December 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

updating kernel - modutils
by Jonathon Wallen 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hi all, I'm in the process of upgrading my suse 7.0 kernel to k_deflt-2.4.2-11.ppc.rpm I understand I need to update the ppp and modutils as well, I updated the ppp with ppp-2.4.0-3.ppc.rpm and then tried to update modutils and got this message error: failed dependencies: rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1 is needed by modutils-2.4.11-9 The actual kernel upgrade seemed to install ok but I have rebooted yet to see if it's working or not... where do I get this rpmlib thing? many thanks. Jonathon

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RE: [suse-ppc] Re: boot parameter lost and then yast2 thinks you are vga 16
by AllanL 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Thanks for the information, last night I was working with a fresh install of 7.3 with the 2.4.10 kernel, I then booted into that with an older kernel I think 2.4.x from 7.1. This allowed me to get into a screwed up graphic mode and I then ran sax2 which said I was using kde 3x and it was going to start 4x. Amazingly I got a perfect screen so it can be configured if you just can get into sax2, I believe I played with the matrox g200 driver. It was perfect but I lost it when I logged out. On the next login it was strange, but I got it to the point that If I can get it working again should I look at some parametes (that would show me the parameters built so I then could document it for other unfortunates and then I could modify the sax2 -a build files) Also, I used to be an assembly programmer and used to play with device drivers (many years ago, so maybe I could look at the driver imsttfb in the kernel from 2.4 and see if I could get that to work. I appreciate your kind help. > -----Original Message----- > From: Olaf Hering <olh(a)suse.de>@SUN > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 20:20 > To: AllanL > Cc: suse-ppc(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-ppc] Re: boot parameter lost and then yast2 thinks you > are vga 16 > > <<...OLE_Obj...>> > On Thu, Dec 06, AllanL wrote: > > > > > [1]http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/snwint_bootparameter.html > > > > describes a problem where yast2 apparently gets confused and starts > > vga. If I have a twin turbo card, should I then say on the boot > > > > x11i=fbdev video=fbdev > > You should boot with the "No video driver" option. > > It seeems the twin turbo card doesnt work anymore with recent kernels. > There is nothing I can do, you could try to force it with a kernel > parameter ala: > > video=imsttfb:vmode:17,cmode:8 > > > But it should be activated when it detects the device. The best what you > can do is to try either older kernels from our ftp server. Grab the > vmlinux.gz files. Extract them with Mac Gzip from suseboot:tools. > ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/ > > I have now a lot of reports that it doesnt work anymore, so I guess your > are out of luck. You could try to get another card, ATI Radeon might > work. > > > > Gruss Olaf > > -- > $ man clone > > BUGS > Main feature not yet implemented...

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RE: proc does not copy kernel
by AllanL 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Thanks for the clarification. > -----Original Message----- > From: Olaf Hering <olh(a)suse.de>@SUN > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 20:13 > To: AllanL > Cc: suse-ppc(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: proc does not copy kernel > > <<...OLE_Obj...>> > On Thu, Dec 06, AllanL wrote: > > > > > In the following article > > [1]http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/bugs73ppc.html > > > > PREP: The kernel is not copied in the boot partition > > Do not reboot the system after the installation. Copy the kernel > > manually inserting CD 1 and proceeding as follows: > > mount /cdrom > > dd if=/cdrom/suse/images/zImage.prep of=/dev/sda1 > > > > I am a little confused, if I use bootx is this true, and how do I get > > into the command mode as I am in the graphical installer when it says > > reboot. Also, if I am using the oldworld kernel is the above > > instruction still correct. > > This one refers to a Motorola PReP box, these are usually old PPC > machines and have nothing in common with a PowerMac. > > > Gruss Olaf > > -- > $ man clone > > BUGS > Main feature not yet implemented...

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proc does not copy kernel
by AllanL 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

In the following article http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/bugs73ppc.html PREP: The kernel is not copied in the boot partition Do not reboot the system after the installation. Copy the kernel manually inserting CD 1 and proceeding as follows: mount /cdrom dd if=/cdrom/suse/images/zImage.prep of=/dev/sda1 I am a little confused, if I use bootx is this true, and how do I get into the command mode as I am in the graphical installer when it says reboot. Also, if I am using the oldworld kernel is the above instruction still correct. >

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problems trying to force framebuffer device in 7.3
by Allan E. Levy 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

I am trying to install 7.3, I tried to set m11i=fbdev so yast2 would not start in vga mode, this did not work for me. I used kernal arguments video=ofonly m11i=fbdev wind up with no x11 config When I log in I try sax2 -m 0=fbdev it says card is not supported. I was trying to follow the help for configuring an unsupported card using the frambuffer. so I tried sax2 -a to force a config then sax2 -m 0=fbdev which failed then a startx which seemed to load fbdev then I got a message weight(000) not equal depth 32 I have a ims twin turbo btw. any help is appreciated.

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Re: [suse-ppc] KDE2.2.2 terminates upon start-up
by Jutta Buschbom 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

Hi Herouth and Olaf, Thanks a lot for your suggestions! Here is what I found: >Question: did you ever have KDE2, even a beta version, running? I had >this same problem when I updated from an early KDE2 to a later one, >as my personal preference files got somehow trashed. So, if you have >a .kde directory (maybe a .kde2, I don't remember at the moment), >rename it to something else, and log in again. I renamed both the .kde and the .kde2 directories and logged in again. Unfortunately, that did not improve the performance of KDE2, it still crashes as before. >Can you try to run 'startx' from runlevel 3? As I understand it, my system is normally running in runlevel 3 which probably explains why nothing happened when I typed init 3 either as root or user. >Another thing to verify: >try a fresh new user: >su - >useradd -m -c 'test user' fred >passwd fred > >then login as fred with and type startx. Both Freddi and I get the same error message running startx: "Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0. If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. ..." Renaming /tmp/.X0-lock does not do anything (as far as I can see). KDE2 still crashes. If I run startx as root, then the following section is added (after the note that you should look into the log file): Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-Cookie-1 key giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Following the note I looked into the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log from Wed Dec 5 19:59:10 2001. I am runnning XFree86 4.0.1. The following warnings (WW) and errors (EE) are shown: (WW) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/<something or other> does not exist. Entry deleted from font path (EE) r128 (0): Cannot read V_BIOS (4) (WW) r128(0) Mode "<different resolutions>" deleted (vrefresh out of range) (WW) Cannot read colour map from VGA. Will restore with default. AUDIT: Wed Dec 5 23:04:01 2001: 497X: Client 9 rejected from local host Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 Honestly, this does not tell me a lot. I don't know which of these warnings & errors need to be taken seriously and fixed necessarily. If you could point me to the right/a promising direction than that would be greatly appreciated . Jutta

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umax s900 ims twin turbo works on 7.1 dies on 7.3 also dhcp
by Allan E. Levy 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

I was excited to get the new 7.3, however I have two major problems. I am using vmlinuz-oldworld kernel , what is the one install oldworld. the install color is screwed up in dev=imsttfb , so I set novideo, when yast2 tried to set up x11 , no mode would work so I have no KDE. It worked fine in 7.1 with the 2.4.x kernel on the cd. Help also sax2 also says it does not know about the card. My network dhcp initialized fine with my 3 com card in 7.1 , now it says it can't find dhcp in 7.3 no response. I also have an internal apple card. I was really hoping to go forward not backwards, PS the install is very pretty

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ANNOUNCE: OpenOffice.org Build 641B released for PPC Linux
by Olaf Hering 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

This did not came to the list. Thanks for the work, Kevin! Gruss Olaf ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: ANNOUNCE: OpenOffice.org Build 641B released for PPC Linux Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:54:01 -0400 From: Kevin B. Hendricks <kevin.hendricks(a)sympatico.ca> To: yellowdog-general(a)lists.yellowdoglinux.com, linuxppc-user(a)lists.linuxppc.org, suse-ppc(a)suse.com Cc: sbenedict(a)mandrakesoft.com, discuss(a)openoffice.org Hi, The latest release of OpenOffice.org (build OO641B) for PPC Linux is now available! OpenOffice.org is based on the same source tree (with a few minor differences) as the upcoming StarOffice 6.0. It basically supplies an almost drop in replacement for Microsoft Office (and is getting better with every release). New in this release: - lots of stability improvements and bug fixes - now includes Mozilla 0.94 and higher AddressBook support For more information including the full source code check out the OpenOffice.org website: http://www.openoffice.org This binary should run on any ppc linux system with glibc 2.2.1 or higher, XFree86 4.0 or higher, etc. This includes YellowDogLinux 2.0 and 2.1, SuSE 7.3, MandrakeSoft 8.1, and DebianPPC (has been tested under Debian Sid). PLEASE NOTE: If you have the URW fonts installed, please upgrade them to the very latest versions from your distribution type (copies of the RedHat RawHide urw-fonts src and noarch rpms are available on the download sites) since older URW fonts have some minor corruption that can make OpenOffice anti-aliased text segfault (and yes we are working on making freetype much more robust to corrupt Type 1 font data). The new home for PPC Linux OpenOffice.org releases is: ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/ With mirrors at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/powerpc/openoffice/641b/ http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ Thank you Dan Burcaw (YDL) for providing a new home of the PPC Linux OpenOffice.org project. And thanks to Olaf Hering ( of SuSE) and Stew Benedict (of Mandrakesoft) for graciously providing mirror locations. Please support our PPC Linux distributions and buy the latest distributions, they are helping to bring great new software to you! Thanks, Kevin Hendricks kevin.hendricks(a)sympatico.ca ------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...

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KDE2.2.2 terminates upon start-up
by Jutta Buschbom 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hi, I am trying to get KDE2.2.2 working on my G3 powerbook Firewire running Suse 7.0 ppc. All the rpms from Suse.de's website are installed and all dependency problems solved (done in Fvwm2). After the installation I modified /opt/kde/share/config and added "kde2" as choice in the session type menu. I then exited Fvwm2, and in kdm logged in as user choosing kde2. KDE2 seems to start (background changes to a lighter blue/grey background), stays there shortly, then terminates and single user mode comes up which is immediately starting kdm again. Thinking that I might not have configured some configuration file, I was executing /sbin/SuSEconfig in single user mode. But that did not bring about any improvement, KDE2 still terminates exactly as before. I had the same problem when I wanted to get KDE2.2.1 running earlier this fall. So far I have been using KDE1 (version that came with Suse 7.0 CDs) which seems to do just fine, but would like to update for KDEOffice. At this point I have no clue how to go on. I might just not have performed a necessary step. If not, is there any possibility to find out at exactly which point KDE2 is terminating to get a hint as to what to do next? Does anyone know what is going on? Please answer newbie-friendly! Thanks! Jutta -- ____________________________________ Jutta Buschbom University of Chicago Field Museum of Natural History Committee on Evolutionary Biology Botany Department 1025 E. 57th Street, Culver Hall, Rm. 402 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637, USA Chicago, IL 60605, USA Tel: (312) 665 7846 Tel: (773) 702 4697 Fax: (312) 665 7158 Fax: (773) 702 4699 email: jbuschbo(a)midway.uchicago.edu email: jbuschbom(a)fmnh.org

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Questions
by George Simpson 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

I have just 7.1 installed on a 8600 about a week ago. Still trying to figure out what everything is. (Sorry, if it's not mac classic, I'm lost) Most of what you guys are saying is gibberish to me. I used to think I catch on fast, but... I'm not interested in using it as a desk top, just a server, web and file, and fire wall. Headless would be nice. I have used Apple Share IP (ok) and have OS X 1.2 (junk, red headed step child!) I am looking to set it and forget it. (yea, I know. But I can dream, can't I?) My questions are: 1. What is the difference in 7.1 and 7.3. I finally got this installed and am wondering what I am missing with the new version. 2. How can I change the resolution of the monitor? Everything is so big! I am using the KDE desk top. With the others, I just keep getting errors and crashing. 3. The manual doesn't tell you everything. What would be a good text book to get that doesn't talk like I need another dictionary to decipher it? Thanks in advance! Any and all input is greatly appreciated! -- Thank You, George "do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow." --Laurence Peter

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