Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2018-12-10 7:50 p.m., Michael Galea via talk wrote: > > Yes, I have been looking at those. I'm sampling temperature/humidity in > my home using DHT22's but I have always suspected that the readings are > a bit off because of a lack of airflow across the sensor. DHT22s can give really

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Michael Galea via talk
On 12/10/18 16:40, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 08:47:13AM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: One the opposite end of the fan scale, Sunon make a 10 × 10 x 3 mm micro cooler fan. 17000 rpm at 3 V. Can't think what would need that. Raspberry Pi? :) Yes, I

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 08:47:13AM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > One the opposite end of the fan scale, Sunon make a 10 × 10 x 3 mm micro > cooler fan. 17000 rpm at 3 V. Can't think what would need that. Raspberry Pi? :) -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Mike via talk
To clarify, at a high level, what happens is that: - OpenFirmware finds the first available bootable partition, of Apple_Bootstrap type, in partition 2 of the first disk - *before* the OSX partition. - It runs the ofboot.b script, which presents a menu, to hit 'l' to select yaboot, or 'x' to run

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Mike via talk
On 12/10/18, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2018-12-06 10:35 a.m., William Porquet wrote: >> I have a similar boat-anchor Mac G5. Lubuntu PPC works quite well on it. >> I can't upgrade from 16 to 18 yet, doesn't seem to be supported or the >> distro isn't ripe yet. > > Good to know,

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-10 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2018-12-06 10:35 a.m., William Porquet wrote: > I have a similar boat-anchor Mac G5. Lubuntu PPC works quite well on it. > I can't upgrade from 16 to 18 yet, doesn't seem to be supported or the > distro isn't ripe yet. Good to know, thanks. I've installed Lubuntu 16.04 as powerpc64, but I

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 01:19:33PM -0500, Mike via talk wrote: > I got Debian Jessie installed OK. I had some graphics hassles by > virtue of a kernel upgrade to the 4.9 backport, but got that sorted > out by rebuilding the kernel with slight config redecoration. It > might just boot X fine with

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-06 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 13:19 Mike > > Jessie even manages power and those prodigious fans just nicely. That's good to know. Both my G5s needed PRAM resets (Option-Command-P-R, which is quite special to manage with one hand), SMU resets (the tiny tact switch below the SIMMs) and a battery check.

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-06 Thread Mike via talk
On 12/6/18, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > Hey - so I picked up a couple of very pretty but backbreakingly-heavy Apple > G5s - one dual-core, the other dual-processor single core. I know these are > old machines (2005) and vastly inefficient compared to modern machines: > there are faster ARM

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:33:11AM -0500, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > Hey - so I picked up a couple of very pretty but backbreakingly-heavy Apple > G5s - one dual-core, the other dual-processor single core. I know these are > old machines (2005) and vastly inefficient compared to modern

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on ppc64 (G5) - distro support

2018-12-06 Thread William Porquet via talk
I have a similar boat-anchor Mac G5. Lubuntu PPC works quite well on it. I can't upgrade from 16 to 18 yet, doesn't seem to be supported or the distro isn't ripe yet. You pick up one from Masterfile too? Cheers, William On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 10:33, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > Hey - so I