November 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RS6K standard Ethernet card supported?
by David Callaghan 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

The RS6K B50 comes standard with the PCI IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Adapter (unless its token-ring, fddi, of course!). During installation, the Selection of Network Devices screen does not directly offer this as an option. Also, the Hardware Database doesn't show any IBM ethernet cards as being supported. I was going to choose NE2000 (PCI), but in the SuSe knowledgebase, there are some articles saying this may not be a good idea (kfr_16) or that the system may not recognize the card (rb_nwkconfig). Has anyone found problems with the on-board Ethernet adapter on the B50 under the NE2000 PCI driver? Did you use another driver? Thanks for your help.

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Re: [suse-ppc] Linux 7.1 hangs on installation
by Jose Hime 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Thank you for your prompt response. I will try your solution, but... how can I set kernel args before the installation? I am sorry if this is a beginner question, but I have set kernel args only AFTER installations, never BEFORE (I am an experienced Intel Linux user, not PCC). When I boot, the system does not ask me for any kernel parameter (I boot from the CD with PPCBug), so how can I set parameters for SuSE install? Thank you again, Jose Hime At 11:15 14/11/01 +0100, you wrote: > >Try "video=clgen:off" as kernel arg. This Cirrus Logic >framebuffer version is buggy. You could try kernel 2.4 instead. > > >Gruss Olaf >

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7.1 text-based on RS6K
by David Callaghan 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

I'm using an IBM 3153 ASCII terminal connected to a RS6000 B50 to install 7.1. Unfortunately, the screen does not refresh or display correctly and becomes unusable after loading YAST. I've experimented with different setup settings (Emulation, AutoScroll, etc) and I've had no luck. Any suggestions for setting up a terminal to use a text-based install?

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Oct 4 2001 evolution rpm - cant find libgal.so.9
by Mark Anderson 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Running Powerbook G4 with SuSE Linux PPC 7.1 with current on-line patches and bug update and all October 4 2001 Gnome 1.4 base packages. (You guys did a great job with the SuSE Linux Gnome Service!!) October 4 2001 evolution rpm depends on libgal.so.9 and can't find. looked everywhere for version 9 with no success (using rpmfind.net and suse site quick search) forced rpm install. evolution will then launch displaying the launch screen briefly but quits unexpectedly (but gracefully) prior to displaying anything else. tried creating symbolic link called libgal.so.9 to libgal.so.12, still doesn't recognize libgal.so.9 (maybe in wrong directory?). What to do? Thanks Mark

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DFP support for kernel radeonfb.c added
by Kevin B.Hendricks 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Hi, Okay, with lots of help from Ani and Ben and starting with Ani's most recent radeon code which worked for LCDs and with a lot of testing on my Apple Flat Panel 17 connected to a Radeon Mac Edition card on the dvi port with a dviAtor adapter, I now have the DFP support for radeon frame buffer working well including parsing of the EDID block from OF. To control all of this, I have added two additional options to the kernel parameters passed to radeonfb.c of_edid - which means look in the OF device tree in /proc and grab the detailed timings from the EDID block dfp - overrides the monitor detection and set MT_DFP lcd - overrides the monitor detection and set MT_LCD So my kernel line in yaboot.conf looks like the following: append="video=radeon:of_edid,dfp" The panel x and y resolution are taken from the EDID block and a default_var structure is built up from the detailed timings so no change to the deault block or passing of panel_yres is needed. I have also fixed the setting of fp_XXX registers including stretch to properly intialize their values so that if OF does not set them in some correct "initial state" things will still work. (I need this to get my panel working). All of this depends on their being an EDID block in /proc under the Radeon device tree (it exists on my machine). You can simply look in /proc in the device_tree to see if one exists on your machine (need to have the monitor connected for it to be created). Since there are a lot of changes and since other people have submitted radeon patches recently, I have attached my complete files (radeonfb.c and radeon.h) in the form of a tar archive to this e-mail so that others may more easily understand the changes. I hope this helps others with flat panels but be warned I have only tested them on my own machine. So don't come back to me if your FP goes up in smoke. Use at your own RISK! BTW: Using a dviAtor, and an Apple 17 inch flat panel is a real blast and now all of my eye strain is gone! Have fun! Kevin

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Re: [suse-ppc] suse-linux and 667Mhz- powerbook G4
by suse-ben＠e9000.de 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Am 13.11.2001 18:48:41, schrieb Olaf Hering <olh(a)suse.de>: >On Tue, Nov 13, suse-ben(a)e9000.de wrote: > >> can anybody help me? >> i can't install suse linux ppc 7.1 on my new powerbook- i've tried also mandrake 8.0PPC >> i've tried to copy the MACOS ROM to copy in the (suse) boot-folder of my 32MB Partition HPFS - but all what happend was that there was a small pinguin at the little happy face >> >> during my installation- trys of mandrake i've got the feeling there are some problems with the ati-fb settings (RADEON?) > >You need a newer kernel. >Download this file: >ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/BETA/deflt/vmlinux.initrd.elf-pmac > >rename it to "install" and copy it to the root of your 32mb boot >partition. >Then go to OpenFirmware with command+option+o+f and type > >boot hd:9,install video=ofonly > >The 9 is the partition number, that may vary in your setup. > >> How long I have to wait for PPC7.3 SuSE and will 7.3 boot and install on my mac? > >I will be available in the next days. > > >Gruss Olaf > >-- > $ man clone > >BUGS > Main feature not yet implemented... > okay, this works :-) i see the blue yast screen - but next error is: i can't start YaST1 (after loading datas into ramdisk a red window appears "Die Installation wurde nicht ordnungsgemäß abgeschlossen!) on YaST2 : fallback to the text backend of YaST2: modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.12/modules.dep (No such file or directory) is there an ftp mirror from where i can try to install? any other ideas? grüße v. ben

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Linux 7.1 hangs on installation
by Jose Hime 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Dear All: I am experiencing a problem during SuSE 7.1 PPC installation. First of all, I have a Motorola PowerStack computer, with a 603 processor. During its boot I request its debug utility and I enter the following command: pboot 0 50 Then, the CD installation starts and after a while I get the message above: ---cut--- Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0. PI Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 65536 bhash 65536) Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd v 1.5 clgen: Driver for Cirrus Logic based graphic boards, v1.5.2 Found PCI device, base address 0 is 0x0, btype set to 6 base address 1 is 0x0 Attempt to get OF info for MacPicasso Attempt to get PCI info for Cirrus Graphics Card Board address: $0, register address: $0 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000003c4 (er ror 42000000) NIP: C01A2C38 XER: 00000000 LR: C01A26E4 REGS: c3f7fd90 TRAP: 0300 MSR: 00009032 [EE, IR, DR, ME] TASK = c3f7e000[1] 'swapper' mm->pgd c0200000 Last syscall: 120 GPR00: C01A2A18 C3F7FE40 C3F7E000 0000000F 00000001 00000001 C0220000 00000000 GPR08: 0000100F 00000000 C0220000 C0285334 24888024 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR16: 00000000 00000000 20000002 00000000 0FFFF000 E0001FFE 00000000 00000000 GPR24: 00000000 00000000 40000000 C3F7FE88 C0220000 C3F7FE58 C03B2320 C0285334 Entering xmon kernel debugger. ---cut--- After this message, the system freezes. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance, Hime José Luís Hime Synchro Sistemas de Informações Tel: 55 11 3758-0021 Fax: 55 11 3758-3773 jhime(a)synchro.com.br

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suse-linux and 667Mhz- powerbook G4
by suse-ben＠e9000.de 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

can anybody help me? i can't install suse linux ppc 7.1 on my new powerbook- i've tried also mandrake 8.0PPC i've tried to copy the MACOS ROM to copy in the (suse) boot-folder of my 32MB Partition HPFS - but all what happend was that there was a small pinguin at the little happy face during my installation- trys of mandrake i've got the feeling there are some problems with the ati-fb settings (RADEON?) How long I have to wait for PPC7.3 SuSE and will 7.3 boot and install on my mac? please help me... maybe some comfort ? greetings ben

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Install 7.1 on RS/6K w/ terminal
by David Callaghan 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

I just purchased 7.1 and a new RS6K with an ASCII terminal. I am able to boot from the CD-ROM but I never get to see the installation screen. I was advised by SuSE tech support, during installtion, to enter boot: install console=/dev/ttyS0,9600 and then I would be able to see the installation screen. This did not work. I have requested additional information from tech support but have gotten no answer. Has anyone done this yet? Thanks for any help.

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Suse ppc and printing
by AllanL 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

First I would like to say that suse 7.1 w 2.4 kernal is the only release that saw my twinturbo, mandrake and yellow dog died. Keep up the good work. Issues: Having difficulty with tcp/ip printer setup, using a ricoh, I set up the remote printer, it says the printer is reachable but then I cannot print a test page, I went through some research and found that linux print said to change the port to 544 (from memory) on my printer, but it rejects anything less than 1000. Any help appreciated. Perhaps sse 7.3 for the ppc with netatalk will solve this.

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