Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-10-08 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Tue, 2024-10-08 at 12:11:11 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I assume the new kernel works fine on your PowerBook G4 so far? It does - I didn't give it thorough testing yet, but it boots without any hiccups. I spotted some BT complaint which likely is unrelated. Now I'v

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-10-08 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
gt; happy I assume the new kernel works fine on your PowerBook G4 so far? I should maybe update my iBook G4 as well. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-10-08 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Tue, 2024-10-08 at 12:01:04 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Tue, 2024-10-08 at 11:55 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:38:51 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > As I said in my second mail, please just boot into 6.3.0-1 which is shown > > > in th

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-10-08 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Tue, 2024-10-08 at 11:55 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:38:51 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > As I said in my second mail, please just boot into 6.3.0-1 which is shown > > in the Advanced Options menu of GRUB. You can then install 6.11.x from > > experimen

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-10-08 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:38:51 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > As I said in my second mail, please just boot into 6.3.0-1 which is shown > in the Advanced Options menu of GRUB. You can then install 6.11.x from > experimental where this issue has been fixed - once the kernel package has >

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-26 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Thu, 2024-09-26 at 13:09:00 +0100, Ed Robbins wrote: > FWIW on most of my machines "boot ud:,\\yaboot" will boot from USB, > but not all of them. > > On Thu, 26 Sept 2024 at 12:47, Steffen Grunewald > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 12:42:02 +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > > > > There ar

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-26 Thread Ed Robbins
FWIW on most of my machines "boot ud:,\\yaboot" will boot from USB, but not all of them. On Thu, 26 Sept 2024 at 12:47, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > > On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 12:42:02 +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > > > There are hints in some forum threads that the A1095 indeed may be one of > > >

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-26 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 12:42:02 +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > > There are hints in some forum threads that the A1095 indeed may be one of > > few (perhaps the only?) G4 models that cannot boot from USB. > > BootROM version is 4.8.6f0, fwiw. > > That's frustrating. Can you confirm which partition

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Mike
Yo! I'm lost trying to make mental notes of my actual notes, but im om it and wont give 'much rest' till im halfway there, my best suggestion is to use OpenFirmware 'truckery' and boot grub to boot the proper ISO or env? On Tue, 24 Sep 2024, 13:42 Mark Cave-Ayland, wrote: > On 24/09/2024 10:21,

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 24/09/2024 10:21, Steffen Grunewald wrote: On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 09:43:39 +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: FWIW I did my last install on a G4 Mac Mini using a USB stick running Adrian's latest (at the time) image. I used dd to copy the netinst image to a USB stick, used "show-devs" to locate

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 09:43:39 +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > > FWIW I did my last install on a G4 Mac Mini using a USB stick running > Adrian's latest (at the time) image. I used dd to copy the netinst image to > a USB stick, used "show-devs" to locate the USB drive, and then tweaked the > cd a

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 24/09/2024 09:21, Steffen Grunewald wrote: Hi Efraim, On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 10:25:56 +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote: I know the powerbook and ibook are different machines, but I was able to boot my ibook off a USB stick. I'll drop the link here in case it does actually work for you. https://

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Steffen Grunewald
Hi Efraim, On Tue, 2024-09-24 at 10:25:56 +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote: > I know the powerbook and ibook are different machines, but I was able to > boot my ibook off a USB stick. I'll drop the link here in case it does > actually work for you. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2023/10/

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-24 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 03:26:30PM +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:52:38 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > > > 11.0.0 "Sid" Unofficial powerpc NETINST 20211006-11:28 > > > > That image is quite old. > > It must have served a purpose a whi

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 03:26:30PM +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:52:38 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > > > 11.0.0 "Sid" Unofficial powerpc NETINST 20211006-11:28 > > > > That image is quite old. > > It must have served a purpose a whi

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:31 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:26:30 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > > after "You can't boot a kdump kernel from OF!". > > > > Whatever that asks me to do next... > > Hm, #1079755i (and #1079725). I should have remembered this. > I guess a

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread Steffen Grunewald
On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 15:26:30 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > after "You can't boot a kdump kernel from OF!". > > Whatever that asks me to do next... Hm, #1079755i (and #1079725). I should have remembered this. I guess a reasonable workaround would be to use the kernel from the CD? - S

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread Steffen Grunewald
Hi Adrian, On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:52:38 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > 11.0.0 "Sid" Unofficial powerpc NETINST 20211006-11:28 > > That image is quite old. It must have served a purpose a while ago, and this PowerBook is the only ARM device around, AFAICT. Hm. I'm pretty sure

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:52 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:13 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > > I'm sorry I've got to chime in, but I'm currently lost trying to install > > Debian on a resuscitated PowerBook G4 - which got a new

Re: Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Steffen, On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 12:13 +0200, Steffen Grunewald wrote: > I'm sorry I've got to chime in, but I'm currently lost trying to install > Debian on a resuscitated PowerBook G4 - which got a new disk during the > process (M.2 128 GB "disk" in M.2-to-

Installing on PowerBook G4 - grub failure

2024-09-23 Thread Steffen Grunewald
Hi all, I'm sorry I've got to chime in, but I'm currently lost trying to install Debian on a resuscitated PowerBook G4 - which got a new disk during the process (M.2 128 GB "disk" in M.2-to-44-pin-IDE adapter) as the old one must have been broken and removed... I'

Re: grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/07/2018 07:56 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: >> This would be extremely useful. Thank you. You might have run into >> a bug. > > 2.0.2-2 doesn't build on my powerbook (sid environment). Binaries > are not available. Binaries earlier than buster are not applicable > as they were build against

Re: grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* John Paul Adrian Glaubitz [2018-03-07 16:43 +0100]: > On 03/07/2018 04:25 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: [...] > > Maybe I'll try 2.0.2-2 or earlier... > > > > Thanks for your efforts. > > This would be extremely useful. Thank you. You might have run into > a bug. 2.0.2-2 doesn't build

Re: grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/07/2018 04:25 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/ No. grub was working perfect for about 4 years now. From of prompt choose linux and the grub screen popped up, though Ok, that's an important piece of information that was missing. Ge

Re: grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* John Paul Adrian Glaubitz [2018-03-07 15:26 +0100]: > On 03/07/2018 03:13 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > I've rebooted my powerbook again via grub-ieee1275 and landet in > > grub_rescue complaining "error symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not > > found" > > Did you follow that guide? > >

Re: grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/07/2018 03:13 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: I've rebooted my powerbook again via grub-ieee1275 and landet in grub_rescue complaining "error symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found" Did you follow that guide? http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/running_grub2_on_powerpc_macs/ Getting GRUB w

grub-ieee1275 on powerbook G4

2018-03-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Hi all, I've rebooted my powerbook again via grub-ieee1275 and landet in grub_rescue complaining "error symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found" Various reports in the net recommend to purge grub completely and reinstall. Did that supported by a install cd and chroot with no effect. Did't f

[ I found a solution ! ] Re: sid - PowerBook G4 1.5 Al (radeon) - No Backlight on fourth boot - pbbuttonsd/hdparm

2017-05-25 Thread Fadi Osman
gs.debian.org !!! A final question: should I update the wiki anyway ? Or now that the issue is going to be fixed, we do not need to do it? Thanks, Fadi. En date de : Lun 22.5.17, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit : Objet: Re: sid - PowerBook G4 1.

Re: sid - PowerBook G4 1.5 Al (radeon) - No Backlight on fourth boot - pbbuttonsd/hdparm

2017-05-22 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi, On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 11:08 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 07:12:00AM +, Fadi Osman wrote: >> So I started up in nomodeset - and using the Console, uninstalled >> pbbuttonsd and hdparm, and now have my Backlight back again! > > Thanks for investigating th

Re: sid - PowerBook G4 1.5 Al (radeon) - No Backlight on fourth boot - pbbuttonsd/hdparm

2017-05-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 07:12:00AM +, Fadi Osman wrote: > So I started up in nomodeset - and using the Console, uninstalled > pbbuttonsd and hdparm, and now have my Backlight back again! Thanks for investigating this and thanks for this information. Might be a good idea to put it up in the wi

sid - PowerBook G4 1.5 Al (radeon) - No Backlight on fourth boot - pbbuttonsd/hdparm

2017-05-21 Thread Fadi Osman
PowerBook G4 1.5 Al (radeon) + sid (using instructions listed on: http://wiki.powerprogress.org/DebianPowerPcStartersManual#Installation_of_Debian_powerpc ) Hello, After a week or so of installations and re-installations and many nomodeset and attempts to blacklist modules and trying to setup

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-04-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
> > >From: PhiLLip Pi > >Sent: March 7, 2017 12:46 PM > >To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's > >wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.? > >  > >On Tue

Re: Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-23 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Richard Kuenz [2017-03-23 10:55 +0100]: > Hllo, > > i have installed jessie on powerbook g4 1,67 and am very happy with sound > and video. > can someone please show me how to achieve sleep when i shutdown lid? pbbuttonsd should help here. > ps. there is supposedly a

Re: Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-23 Thread Richard Kuenz
Hllo, i have installed jessie on powerbook g4 1,67 and am very happy with sound and video. can someone please show me how to achieve sleep when i shutdown lid? thank you very much, rich ps. there is supposedly an error with those powerbooks as many don't recognize the second 1gb ram

Re: Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/23/2017 10:43 AM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > For some reason, now the old PB G4 shuts down. I will check if it > happens again. I would recommend hooking up a serial console or a netconsole to watch the kernel buffer while the machine is shutting down. This way you should be able to track down at

Re: Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-23 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 08:04:42AM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 4:57 AM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I noticed every time I do a shut down from Debian PPC stable/Jessie, it > > doesn't fully shut down. I see its screen go black and stuff. I can't > > even wake it up

Re: Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-23 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi, On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 4:57 AM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > I noticed every time I do a shut down from Debian PPC stable/Jessie, it > doesn't fully shut down. I see its screen go black and stuff. I can't > even wake it up with keys (can't even ctrl+alt+F1 keys), trackpad and > its button, and power

Shutting down my PowerBook G4 doesn't really shut down?

2017-03-16 Thread PhiLLip Pi
I noticed every time I do a shut down from Debian PPC stable/Jessie, it doesn't fully shut down. I see its screen go black and stuff. I can't even wake it up with keys (can't even ctrl+alt+F1 keys), trackpad and its button, and power button. Holding its power button for five seconds fully shuts

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-15 Thread PhiLLip Pi
l Outlook. > >-- > >From: PhiLLip Pi >Sent: March 7, 2017 12:46 PM >To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's >wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-15 Thread kaleb white
I think so. Sent from my personal Outlook. From: PhiLLip Pi Sent: March 7, 2017 12:46 PM To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.? On Tue, Mar 07, 201

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-13 Thread Brian Morris
links2 is my fav minimalist browser. Supports pictures and basic formatting, very clean. Also, a hint, often prefixing a website name with "m." will give you a mobile version which loads faster to bookmark for later Have benefitted from PowerPC Debian (also netBSD) : emacs (for both terminal i

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-13 Thread Joe Nosay
; > Il 08/mar/2017 10:54 PM, "PhiLLip Pi" ha scritto: > > Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to > see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. > > > I'm running Debian Jessie on G3 Pismo Power Book, like

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-12 Thread Luke
Il 08/mar/2017 10:54 PM, "PhiLLip Pi" ha scritto: Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. I'm running Debian Jessie on G3 Pismo Power Book, like mini server, without graphic e

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-09 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 03/08/17 22:53, PhiLLip Pi wrote: Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. I have an iBook G3 clamshell running Debian. I bought for it an AirPort, new Battery and SSD drive instead of

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-09 Thread Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR)
Hi, On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to > see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. As a rule of thumb, you can do probably anything which doesn't involve heavy web browsing, or ve

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-09 Thread luigi burdo
OsX Panther. Ciao Luigi Da: Herminio Hernandez, Jr. Inviato: giovedì 9 marzo 2017 09.03 A: Mathieu Malaterre Cc: PhiLLip Pi; PowerPC List Debian Oggetto: Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC? My PowerBook G4 is dual booting Tige

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
My PowerBook G4 is dual booting Tiger and Lubuntu My iBook G4 is dual booting Tiger and Debian Sid My MacMini G4 is running Debian Jessie My PowerMac G4 is dual-booting Leopard and Debian Sid My PowerMac G5 is dual-booting Leopard and Lubuntu I have also an IBook G3 and G4 cube that I will be

Re: What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:53 PM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to > see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. I use my MacMiniG4 for: - ssh server to outside (ppc32 is uncommon so it gives me impress

What are you guys running on your PowerBook G4's Debian PPC?

2017-03-08 Thread PhiLLip Pi
Server? Workstation? Old school text stuff? Just curious. I am trying to see what I can use my slow PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM to do. Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line. And money

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:01:04PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > In my couple days old Debian Jessie/stable PowerPC on a very old 2002 > 15" Titanium PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM, it came with Firefox v45.7 > ESR but it is very slow and uses too much memories. > > I wonder

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 03/08/17 10:33, PhiLLip Pi wrote: Where are you getting your SeaMonkey from? I don't see any in https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=iceape&searchon=names&suite=stable§ion=all andhttps://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.46/ (no PPC port).:( I don't - I do run Firefox

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread luigi burdo
@lists.debian.org Oggetto: Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4? First, flash is dead under PowerPC. It will never work sadly. Besides that I cannot think of another gecko based browser to use. Besides FF I use Midori, but that is WebKit based. On Wed, Mar 8, 20

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread PhiLLip Pi
> > I find that seamonkey consumes less RAM - especially if you use it as your > > email client instead of Firefox+Thunderbird. I like the old-style interface > > also better. > > Ah, I use SM on my better machines but noticed it uses more RAM to me. I > will try it in this old PB G4. Where are

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:01:03AM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > > On 03/08/17 08:01, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > In my couple days old Debian Jessie/stable PowerPC on a very old 2002 > > 15" Titanium PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM, it came with Firefox v45.

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-08 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 03/08/17 08:01, PhiLLip Pi wrote: In my couple days old Debian Jessie/stable PowerPC on a very old 2002 15" Titanium PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM, it came with Firefox v45.7 ESR but it is very slow and uses too much memories. The browser panorama is becoming dim outisde x86/

Re: What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-07 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
ery old 2002 > 15" Titanium PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM, it came with Firefox v45.7 > ESR but it is very slow and uses too much memories. > > I wonder if there are faster Gecko-based web browsers. If they do exist, > then they need to still work with my 20 MB places.sqlite

What are the fastest Mozilla's Gecko-based web browsers for PowerBook G4?

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
In my couple days old Debian Jessie/stable PowerPC on a very old 2002 15" Titanium PowerBook G4 with 512 MB of RAM, it came with Firefox v45.7 ESR but it is very slow and uses too much memories. I wonder if there are faster Gecko-based web browsers. If they do exist, then they need to

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I am not sure Titanium PowerBooks support WPA see *here * On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:55 PM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:43:37PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 0

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:43:37PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > Here is what I know based on my new Debian PPC v8's installation: > > dmesg (full log in http://pastebin.ca/3777025 ): > > $ dmesg |grep airport > > [ 11.706958] ai

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > Here is what I know based on my new Debian PPC v8's installation: > dmesg (full log in http://pastebin.ca/3777025 ): > $ dmesg |grep airport > [ 11.706958] airport 0.15 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt > ) > [ 11.707033] airport: Physical ad

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:01:10AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:32:55AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I know Mac OS Xes can't, but I wonder if this is the same issue with > > Debian/Linux. > > Do you know which wifi chip it has? > > As far as I can tell from some se

Re: Unable to wake up PowerBook G4's display after sleeping (lid & power button)

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:15:04AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > > > Now, I have Debian PowerPC installed, updated, and running on the very > > > > old 2002 15" PowerBook G4. I noticed after closing (Apple's glowing logo > > > > light goes off, but th

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:32:55AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > I know Mac OS Xes can't, but I wonder if this is the same issue with > Debian/Linux. Do you know which wifi chip it has? As far as I can tell from some searching, it is probably a broadcom 43xx chip. If it is, then there is some hope

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread Kirill Shilov
Hello, think this is issue of your "regular AirPort Card" maybe you can replace internal wifi to "AirPort Extreme card"? and think this will work for you. also of course you can use another card in the "outer" PCMCIA card slot on the left side of the machine. This will also allow higher transmiss

Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
I know Mac OS Xes can't, but I wonder if this is the same issue with Debian/Linux. Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line. And money that might have gone to wages went for gas, for guns, for agents

Re: Unable to wake up PowerBook G4's display after closing and reopening its lid.

2017-03-07 Thread PhiLLip Pi
> > > Now, I have Debian PowerPC installed, updated, and running on the very > > > old 2002 15" PowerBook G4. I noticed after closing (Apple's glowing logo > > > light goes off, but the old fans still spin) and opening its lid, it > > > won't wake

Re: Unable to wake up PowerBook G4's display after closing and reopening its lid.

2017-03-06 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 07:52:56AM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > > > Now, I have Debian PowerPC installed, updated, and running on the very > > old 2002 15" PowerBook G4. I noticed after closing (Apple's glowing logo > > light goes off, but the old fans s

Re: Unable to wake up PowerBook G4's display after closing and reopening its lid.

2017-03-06 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:04 AM, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > Hello. > > Now, I have Debian PowerPC installed, updated, and running on the very > old 2002 15" PowerBook G4. I noticed after closing (Apple's glowing logo > light goes off, but the old fans still spin) and opening it

Unable to wake up PowerBook G4's display after closing and reopening its lid.

2017-03-06 Thread PhiLLip Pi
Hello. Now, I have Debian PowerPC installed, updated, and running on the very old 2002 15" PowerBook G4. I noticed after closing (Apple's glowing logo light goes off, but the old fans still spin) and opening its lid, it won't wake up. I retried this in both LXDE, XFCE, an

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread PhiLLip Pi
; > > compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I > > > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( > > > > > > > As I remember, there is software components selection during Debian net > > install. I recomend you select lxde de

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread PhiLLip Pi
Xwhatever, > > etc. packages for GUI stuff. Also, is this net installer really limited > > compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I > > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( > > > > As I remember, there is software components selecti

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread PhiLLip Pi
ted > > compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I > > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( > > X11 is called xorg. Interesting. apt didn't find any. I am using the default /etc/apt/sources.list. I noticed it commented out the servers so

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
gt; expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( X11 is called xorg. Could try 'tasksel' to select graphical desktop install. Or install task-xfce-desktop or similar. The netinstall will have access to everything in debian over the internet. -- Len Sorensen

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 07:38:47PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 11:07:23AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > > > since I didn't have a bl

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread Martin Hřebec
installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( > As I remember, there is software components selection during Debian net install. I recomend you select lxde desktop during installation. If you are installed system without X and now you need i

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-05 Thread PhiLLip Pi
and all that GUI stuff. > ;) Hmm, I must be blind. I can't seem to find any X11, XFree86, Xwhatever, etc. packages for GUI stuff. Also, is this net installer really limited compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( --

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-05 Thread PhiLLip Pi
gt; HDD is still OK. I did try to tell Ubuntu's liveCD's installer to resize > > > the HFS+ partition, but it kept making 0 MB partitions. Argh. It never > > > resizes! So weird. > > > > I rebooted to Ubuntu's live CD, ran its installer, and tried to res

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-04 Thread PhiLLip Pi
tions. Argh. It never > > resizes! So weird. > > I rebooted to Ubuntu's live CD, ran its installer, and tried to resize > HFS+ but somehow it wiped out my HFS+ (resized). Huh? Oh well. I give > up. I am doing an Ubuntu install of the whole drive. I wonder how slow > it wi

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-04 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 09:20:27PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > > > > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > > > > http://cdimage

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
> > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-po

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 11:07:23AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/l

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 06:54:23AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > I downloaded, burned, and booted > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/t

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 02:16:23PM +0100, Martin Hřebec wrote: ... > > Alternatively, linux’s parted utility can resize hfs+ filesystems if > > they are not journaled. You can use an old ubuntu ppc live cd to do > > this. That’s what i did when I install linux on ppc first. See > >

Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread Martin Hřebec
I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the current HFS partition first. >>> >>> In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. >>> In its >>> bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to >>> erase my >>>

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 03:35:35PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: ... > > Well supposedly gparted can shrink HFS/HFS+ partitions (but can't grow > > them for some reason). > > > > So if you could find a livecd or something to boot from for powerpc and > > use gparted you should be able to shrink it. > >

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:17:36PM +0100, Bertrand Dekoninck wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the > current HFS partition first. > >In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it w

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Luke
Alternatively you can create a disk image without free space, from your partition with your current version of OSX. After that partitioning the disk and then resto re with the .dmg previously created in the new resized partition. Il 02/mar/2017 06:17 PM, "Bertrand Dekoninck" ha scritto: > > Le 2

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Bertrand Dekoninck
> Le 2 mars 2017 à 16:37, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) > a écrit : > > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > >>> I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the >>> current HFS partition first. >> >> In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR)
Hi, On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the > > current HFS partition first. > > In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its > bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 07:30:34AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > > > According to > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > > > https://wiki.d

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > > According to > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F > > web pag

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > According to > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F > web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two > partitions

Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Ant
Hello. According to https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two partitions. I have to redo the HDD's partition setup to dual boot

Re: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-08-14 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
z wrote: >> Hello , >> >> can someone please indicate me a solution on how to fix the sound on the >> powerbook g4 1,5 ghz 12'' by apple. sound worked only with debian squeeze >> here; neither with wheeezy, nor with jessie. > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778469#24

Re: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-08-14 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 6:08 PM, richard kuenz wrote: > Hello , > > can someone please indicate me a solution on how to fix the sound on the > powerbook g4 1,5 ghz 12'' by apple. sound worked only with debian squeeze > here; neither with wheeezy, nor with jessie. > &

Re: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-07-31 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* richard kuenz [2015-07-31 18:08 +0200]: > Hello , > > can someone please indicate me a solution on how to fix the sound on the > powerbook g4 1,5 ghz 12'' by apple. sound worked only with debian squeeze > here; neither with wheeezy, nor with jessie. > > please

Re: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-07-31 Thread Bill Chatfield
You could try my solution: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=109936 It worked for me, but I don't know if your 12" has the same sound hardware as my 15". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-07-31 Thread m laks
Same question here from me for the ibook g4 12"inch debian latest stable or sid. Thanks! On Fri, 7/31/15, richard kuenz wrote: Subject: how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Dat

how to solve sound on powerbook g4/12''/debian jessie

2015-07-31 Thread richard kuenz
Hello , can someone please indicate me a solution on how to fix the sound on the powerbook g4 1,5 ghz 12'' by apple. sound worked only with debian squeeze here; neither with wheeezy, nor with jessie. please help thanks ricci Am 31.07.2015 um 17:21 schrieb Daniel Bast: Hi,

RE: 3D acceleration for Radeon 9600 Pro chip on PowerBook G4

2015-04-14 Thread luigi burdo
Subject: Re: 3D acceleration for Radeon 9600 Pro chip on PowerBook G4 > > On 08.04.2015 12:39, Rogério Brito wrote: > > On 2015-04-07 23:43, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > >> > >> 2. install 3 patches two from here > >> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bug

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