August 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

no sound
by Peter Stummer 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

Hi there, I try to get sound working on my Powerbook G3 (400 MHz, Firewire) Pismo running SuSE Linux 7.1 but the only thing I get is the message (see below) at boot time (copied from /var/log/boot.msg) ! I used kernel 2.4.6-benh from the SuSE ftp server first without any difference. Following the instructions given on the SuSE support data base doesn't solve the problem either, my Powerbook still doesn't make a sound... ...any ideas ?? Thanks, Peter Starting sound driver: snd-card-awacs /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod snd-card-awacs failed done Starting sound driver: snd-card-awacs /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod snd-card-awacs failed done

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Compiling zimage
by Azman Salleh 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

I need to install linux on a IBM RS6k 43P-140, unfortunately I can't find a ready-made "zimage" that my 140 can boot up from. I saw some patches (243-140) on the IBM site that supposed to fix this 140 problem. It says "...Apply these against the 2.4.3 kernels from the official PowerPC kernel source trees from fsmlabs.com" http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/ppc/43p_140n otes.php Can anybody advise if this is what I should do: 1) Copy source trees from fsmlabs.com into a RS6k B50 running suse-ppc 7.0 2) Apply the 243-140 patch onto the source tree. 3) somehow compile the above together on the B50. A new zimage is produced. 4) dd the zimage into a floppy, and use it to boot the 43P-140. I've never compiled kernel before, so pls provide pointers on how to do this. thanks, azman

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clock problem on Titanium PowerBook
by i 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello, I'm running SuSE 7.1/PPC on kernel 2.4.8-benh (this happened with older kernels, too), and when I boot linux, the time is always way off (often even the minutes are wrong, not just the hour). So I fix the time in Linux, and everything is fine. But when I go back to MacOS, the clock is wrong again. Anybody else have this problem? Know how to stop it? Thanks. --i

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KDevelop Compiler Options
by Marco Hoffmann 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi! I am running SuSE 7.1 on my G4 PowerBook. When I try to set compiler options within kdevelop 1.3 the following error is printed: checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= 1.42 and < 2.0) (libraries) not found. Please check your installation! What can I do? Thanks, MH

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Linuxppc7.1: Umax Scanner 1220s an UmaxS900
by Stephan Ruehle 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hallo zusammen, hat jemand eine Idee, wie ich den Scsi Scanner am original Scsi Anschluß zum laufen bekomme? Beim Booten wird der Scanner gemeldet, beim Einrichten auch (/dev/sg2). Leider meldet mir xsane "No device found {o.ä}". Beim zweiten Aufruf von xsane dann "device busy". Gruß Stephan

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Fw: [suse-ppc] How to use cdwriter ide included on iMac
by Alain Barth�lemy 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Still problems with CDwriter delivered with iMac (transparent blue casing bought in march). This iMac is thus equipped with an ide CDwriter (unfortunately not SCSI) I have thus to emulate the CDwriter as a SCSI driver in order to be able to use cdrecord. I follow the same procedures as at home with a PC and a ide CDwriter: 1) in /etc/lilo.config: have line append = "hdb=ide-scsi" (then type instruction lilo) 2) in /etc/modules: have line alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi 3) add line /dev/scd0 /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 Everything goes fine I reboot instruction mount /cdrom : OK cd is mounted I type "eject": error: unable to eject, last error: input/output error I read the man of eject: I type eject scd0: OK it ejects Now I can try to burn a CD Mkisofs: OK no problem to make an image and to mount it with mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 etc... I test cdrecord -scanbus: SCSI device is 0,0,0 I try now cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 dir/image.iso and.... .... my dear SuSE 7.1 on iMac "crashes" no error messages, no explanation, just crashes: only solution: hard stop. Anybody can give me an idea how to burn a CD on an iMac? -- Alain Barthélemy Section de Biosécurité et Biotechnologie Institut de Santé Publique R. J. Wytsman, 14 1050 Bruxelles

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Boot Help Needed
by LouToppers＠aol.com 26 Aug '01

26 Aug '01

I am having difficulty booting 7.1 PPC on a G4, with a separate hard drive for Mac OS9.1 and the SuSE Linux. Does anyone have the text for the OS bootable script? My partition for the Linux Root is "/dev/hda8" Thank you.

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New G4 with Cinema-display
by Andreas Berg 26 Aug '01

26 Aug '01

Hello, i tryed to install 7.1 on my new mac (single 867mhz, GeForce2 MX, cinema-display) I tryed different vmlinux-versions and ramdisks (starting from my linuxBoot-directory(standard-hfs)) but it is not working. Did somebody installed it on a adc-display? Greetings, Andreas Berg

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How to use cdwriter ide included on iMac
by Alain Barth�lemy 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Small problem At home I use without problem an ide cdwriter on a PC to burn CD I just have to emulate it as a scsi drive On the iMac, I apply the same configuration in /etc/lilo.conf change line: append="hdb=ide-scsi" (I checked, drive is well hdb) then type "lilo" to fix thr config in /etc/modules.conf: change alias scsi_hostadapter off to alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi Everything goes fine. If I type cdrecord -scanbus the cdwriter is detected as scsi drive. I change /etc/fstab -> I can mount the drive Though, I have a BIG problem, if I want to eject the CD I get an error message (input/output error or something like that) and the CD does not get out. Has somebody solved the problem? Alain Barthélemy

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Dual boot (2 Linux Distro's) sharing same Swap partition?
by Tony Kruse 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

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New install
by Alain Barthelemy 23 Aug '01

23 Aug '01

Bonjour, First I am not a fan of iMac & Co but it is the only thing I have at work and I installed an efficient O.S. (for network applications, not for games and graphical apps of courses). I just installed SuSE 7.1 on a iMac (blue transparent? with CDwriter). Installation went very smoothly, thanks SuSE I have just a small problem: unsufficient Mac keyboard. I can't use the <backspace> key. When I hit it, it acts as <del>. How can I solve the problem? The same with the other keys: <home>, <Page Up>, <Page Down>, <end> Just for info, I had some problem to install my network card. The install CD detected it OK and installed tge right kernel modile (gcat something). Problem: I could not configure the ehernet interface with Yast1 or Yast2. I did it then the shortest way: # ifconfig eth0 <my_ip_addresse> netmask 255.255.255.0 up # route add default gw <my_router_address> ... and it worked immediately. Thus, the console-way is often the shortest. Thanks -- Alain Barthélemy Section de Biosécurité et Biotechnologie Institut de Santé Publique R. Juliette Wytsman, 14 B-1050 Bruxelles

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sound on G3 whith linux-benh
by Aurélien Sergent 23 Aug '01

23 Aug '01

hi I 'm working on a PPC G3 beige using the radeon graphic card... so I configured bootX to use the linux-benh kernel to boot the linux 7.1 ppc. it works find except the fact that I can't have any sound (can't find any module at boot time) I've tried aslaconf, yast2... no way do you know if there is a solution? thx AS

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help with ppp!!!
by X.X. 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

i'm trying to configure ppp with suse 7.1 ppc but it seems not working in any way i use a isdn terminal adapter (zyxel omni.net lcd) connected via serial port to a wallstreet powerbook, i tried with yast but also after resolving the "cannot locate module char-major-108" it doesn't work kppp tells kppp: interface is down after starting pppd and wvdial disconnects after few seconds without giving any error pls help! leonardo

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kmail kde 2.2 crashes
by Sven Goethel 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 i have suse linux ppc 7.1: Linux charelle 2.4.7 #2 Wed Aug 1 11:59:05 CEST 2001 ppc unknown with all necessary updates installed exec kmail gives me: kmail: error while loading shared libraries: /opt/kde2//lib/libkdecore.so.3: R_PPC_REL14 relocation at 0x00a44788 out of range any ideas ? cheers, sven - -- mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com www : http://www.jausoft.com ; pgp: http://www.jausoft.com/gpg/ voice : +49-521-2399440 ; fax : +49-521-2399442 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7emOxHdOA30NoFAARAo+2AJ4iQuNT8pNRAS1ChN1OIDW5aPCLkwCdHZ0z d+dAqYfNsywUa2GCLhd9Ric= =8p8E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RPM --rebuild samba-2.2.0a-0.src.rpm
by Michael Andersson 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

Hi! I have 7.1 installed and is using Samba (standard 2.07). I want to join W2K-computers to the domain but for that I need a newer version of Samba to work. I´ve seen a posting from Olaf saying that I can do a rpm --rebuild of the i386-package. I tried this but bumped into some problems along the way. 1. Automake was missing. Installed it. 2. Libtool was missing. Installed it. After doing that I got much further and almost all the way (I think). The last lines are: checking for working mmap... yes checking for ftruncate needs root... no checking for fcntl locking... yes checking for broken (glibc2.1/x86) 64 bit fcntl locking... no checking for 64 bit fcntl locking... yes checking for a crypt that needs truncated salt... no checking for broken nisplus include files... yes checking whether to use smbwrapper... no checking whether to use AFS... no checking whether to use DFS auth... no checking whether to use Kerberos IV... no checking whether to use Kerberos 5... no checking whether to use AUTOMOUNT... yes checking whether to use SMBMOUNT... yes checking whether to use PAM password database... yes checking whether to use NISPLUS password database... no checking whether to use NISPLUS_HOME... no checking whether to use SSL... no checking whether to use syslog logging... no checking whether to use profiling... yes checking whether to support netatalk... no checking whether to support disk-quotas... yes checking whether to support utmp accounting... no checking whether to support Microsoft Dfs... yes checking whether to support the experimantal Samba vfs... yes checking how to get filesystem space usage checking statvfs64 function (SVR4)... no checking statvfs function (SVR4)... no checking for 3-argument statfs function (DEC OSF/1)... no checking for two-argument statfs with statfs.bsize member (AIX, 4.3BSD)... no checking for four-argument statfs (AIX-3.2.5, SVR3)... no checking for two-argument statfs with statfs.fsize member (4.4BSD and NetBSD)... no checking for two-argument statfs with struct fs_data (Ultrix)... no checking checking if large file support can be enabled... yes checking whether to support ACLs... no checking configure summary configure: error: summary failure. Aborting config Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61910 (%build) Does anybody have an idea on what is wrong? BR Micke

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SuSE PPC 7.1 on Powebook G4 Titanium ?
by François G. Meyer 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

I am about to purchase a Powerbook G4 Titanium, and would like to know if I can install SuSE PPC 7.1 "out of the box" ? 1) Do I need a newer kernel than the one provided on the CD ? 2) Is the video card supported ? 3) Does it allow to use 1152 x 768 pixels in 32 bit mode ? I thank you very much, and look forward to hearing from you. François.

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Fw: [suse-ppc] Problem installing on IBM 43P-140
by azman 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

Thanks Sree, but I still ahve problem. What I did: 1) ra"wrote" the zimage to a floppy.. 2) boot /root=/dev/fd0..... like your instr, but the 43P did not read from the floppy (even tho in Sys Startup i set it so). 3) then I did this ********************************************************************************* memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok 0 > setenv real-base c00000 ok 0 > setenv load-base 200000 ok 0 > boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 chrpboot starting: loaded at 0x400000 gunzipping (0x10000 <- 0x4062c8:0x4cba74)...done 1959648 bytes start address = 0x10000 checking display...copying OF device tree....................................... ...done returning 00010000 from prom_init IBM,7043-140: reprogramming the memory controller. vector: 200 at pc = c000e47c, lr = c000e484, msr = c1030, sp = c01732c8 [c017321 8] current = c0171460, pid = 0, comm = swapper mon> ********************************************************************************* I'm stuck here now. Doesnt look like its asking for a ramdisk does it? TIA, azman ----- Original Message ----- From: rsreelat(a)in.ibm.com To: Azman Salleh Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Problem installing on IBM 43P-140 Try this. Change in the System Startup setting to make the floppy as first bootable drive on the system. Use raw- write to write the zimage to the boot disk. Then type boot /root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000. at the open firmware prompt. Sreelatha I have prepared the following floppies: 1) Boot disk - I formatted 1.44MB floppy from my Win98 PC, then copied ftp.suse.com's zImage.140.(renamed as zimage)to it. 2) ramdisk - I used rawrite to write into 2nd floppy from ftp.suse.com's ramdisk.image.deflt.gz I updated 43P firmware to be TIG01150 successfully. From the 0> prompt, I issued boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 I got back the 0> prompt; and the 43P's floppy show that it's reading the boot disk. But nothing else came out even after 1/2 hour. THe floppy drive kept reading. I tried again without success. THis time, I preceded boot floppy with "setenv real-base c00000" and "setenv load-base 20000". I never got the phase where it asks for the RAMDISK. pls help. thanks, azman

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Problem installing on IBM 43P-140
by Azman Salleh 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

I have prepared the following floppies: 1) Boot disk - I formatted 1.44MB floppy from my Win98 PC, then copied ftp.suse.com's zImage.140.(renamed as zimage)to it. 2) ramdisk - I used rawrite to write into 2nd floppy from ftp.suse.com's ramdisk.image.deflt.gz I updated 43P firmware to be TIG01150 successfully. >From the 0> prompt, I issued boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 I got back the 0> prompt; and the 43P's floppy show that it's reading the boot disk. But nothing else came out even after 1/2 hour. THe floppy drive kept reading. I tried again without success. THis time, I preceded boot floppy with "setenv real-base c00000" and "setenv load-base 20000". I never got the phase where it asks for the RAMDISK. pls help. thanks, azman

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Installing suseppc7.1 on harddisk connected to acard 6260m
by Stephan Ruehle 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Hi, is there anyone out there, who can help me installing suseppc 7.1 on my machine? Umax S900 G4 Upgrade 450mhz Acard Controller 6260M harddisk 1. IDE channel Mater If i boot to Linux installer (Old World, i use Bootx), ther was no harddisk found (all partitions have benn made previosly under MacOS). Is there a easyer way to get Linux installed than install it first on scsi harddisk, than compile the Kernel, reboot, copy all to the Partitions on Ide harddisk, change fstab, .... . Thank you for your help Stephan

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usb modem on ppoa
by Aurélien Sergent 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

Hi everybody I d like to know if it is possible to connect on ppoA (not ppoE) whith an usb adsl modem (alcatel speed touch), i've seen that kernel 2.2.18 and 2.4.2 support usb but i don' t know if : 1/ they support hot plugging 2/ the driver for linux provided by alcatel and J. verrept will work on a linux-ppc box does anyone know that? thx a lot aurélien

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Linux auf RS/6000 (43P140)
by Thomas Hoffmann 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hallo, fuer ein Projekt in meinem Praktikum soll ich Linux auf einer RS/6000 (43P140) installieren. Ich habe es mit mehreren Distributionen versucht, leider komme ich nur bis zum entpacken des Linuxkernels und danach haengt die Maschine (im Display bei F05). Der Rechner hat folgende Ausstattung: 320 MB Ram, CD-ROM (SCSI) und 2 SCSI HDD (4 und 9 GB). Mir wuerde es auch reichen, wenn ich den Kernel gebootet bekaeme und dann ueber FTP von einem Server installieren kann. Wer haette ein paar Tips fuer mich? Vielen Dank! -- Mit freundlichem Gruss Thomas Hoffmann

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gdb gives a segv fault on SUSE 7.1 ppc
by rsreelat＠in.ibm.com 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hi, I am running gdb 5.0.14 version( which comes with suse 7.1 cd) on SUSE 7.1 for PPC. When I try to debug a multi-threaded program as below, GDB gives a segmentation violation fault. The program runs fine outside the debugger and the problem seems to be related to gdb and threads. *************************************************************************************************************************************** sree@prep:~ > gdb a.out GNU gdb 5.0 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "ppc-suse-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)... (gdb) run Starting program: /home/sree/a.out (no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 1024 (LWP 470)] Segmentation fault ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Has anybody come across a similar problem. Please suggest. regards, Sreelatha

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problem with 2.4
by Aurélien Sergent 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hi I ve a problem with kernel 2.4 (suse ppc 7.1 out of the box) on a power mac G3 beige in fact I can t boot with the kernel 2.4 (only whith 2.2.x) during the boot the screen turn black at a moment (not always a the same moment), it seems to be a video problem. I use the integrated video card (framebuffered), but i've 2 PCI video card too (without any screen connected). do you think i have to remove these cards or to give the kernel some parameters (and which one) help THX

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Re: [suse-ppc] CD-ROM on PM 7200
by Olaf Hering 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

On Wed, Aug 15, Brett Schwarz wrote: > Olaf Hering wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, Brett Schwarz wrote: > > > > > Anyone know why all of a sudden MACOS is not recognizing my SuSE 6.4 > > > CDs? I installed from them, so I know they use to work. Now when I boot > > > into MACOS, with the CD in the drive, I get a message saying that "The > > > disk is unreadable by this Macintosh. So you want to initiakize it?" > > > > > > Well, if I hit cancel, it ejects the CD. > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > Also, for some reason, when I press the 'c' key, the system does *not* > > > boot from CD. Any reason for this? > > > > You mean you can not boot your original MacOS CD? > > The CD1 is only bootable on new Macs. > > No, I was trying to boot SuSE CD1 (and 2,3,4, etc..I tried them all!). > > So, how do I boot SuSE linux? Can I boot from floppy? If so, how do I > create the floppy? You have to boot into Macos and launch the BootX app. There is no easy way for floppy boot and I wouldnt recommend it. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...

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Two problems with KDE
by Jerry Ciring 15 Aug '01

15 Aug '01

Hi, I'm running SuSE Linux 7.1 Kernel 2.4.2 on a PowerMac 6400. Only variance from the distributions install is the addition of Gnome 1.4, installed from rpms off the SuSE GNOMES site. Recently, two odd things have begun happening. Firstly, I can no longer adjust the CD volume slider in kmix. It's permanently stuck at zero. This started when I noticed that audio cds wouldn't play. I haven't a clue as to how to go about fixing this. Attempts to update to KDE 2.1 have resulted in DCOP server failing to start up. Secondly, in my / directory (not /root) two invisible directories have started to popup name ".kde" and ".kde2". I've browsed through the archives of the list and found mention of this happening to others, but I couldn't track down the solution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jerry -- Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau

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Booting SuSE 7.1
by Mark Grewar 15 Aug '01

15 Aug '01

Thank you all for your expert advice - I will hopefully be able to respond successfully from my linux os Mark

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CD-ROM on PM 7200
by Brett Schwarz 15 Aug '01

15 Aug '01

Anyone know why all of a sudden MACOS is not recognizing my SuSE 6.4 CDs? I installed from them, so I know they use to work. Now when I boot into MACOS, with the CD in the drive, I get a message saying that "The disk is unreadable by this Macintosh. So you want to initiakize it?" Well, if I hit cancel, it ejects the CD. Anyone have any ideas? Also, for some reason, when I press the 'c' key, the system does *not* boot from CD. Any reason for this? thanks, --brett _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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HELP! Yast cannot find partition
by Thiemo Kellner 14 Aug '01

14 Aug '01

Hi, I am trying to install 7.1 on a beige G3 MT. I partitioned the hard disk by, hm what's the english name, "Laufwerke konfigurieren" everything looked fine. Then the computer starts quite normally into the installer but it can't find the device. I tried to partition the bl.. disk with pdisk and the installer of LinuxPPC. pdisk found the disk but afterwards yast didn't. The LinuxPPC installer failed completely. I'm rather desperate. I'd appreciate any idea. Thiemo -- root weiss, was er tut. Wicht weiss es nicht. Halb Wicht, halb root. Geht das gut? thiemo(a)gmx.ch

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Graphics on RS/6000 with 7.1
by Tor 14 Aug '01

14 Aug '01

I have successfully installed 7.1 on a IBM RS/6000 43P model 150, and it is running fine now. I had some problems at first but I have got most of them sorted now. My main consern is the graphics on the machine. I am not sure what graphics card is in the machine. I think it is a GXT2000p, but I don't know for certain. I never checked while AIX was on it, and there is nothing on the card that would point me in the right direction. there is a heatsink/fan glued on the chip, and I don't want to take that off. Now. The display is set to 1280X1024 - Perfect. the colour depth is 8 bit. I can live with that, but the refresh is 60hz. And that is pure pain. Specially on a 21" monitor :( It's running with the generic/OpenFirmware fb device, and i can't seem to change this.. Is there really no way of changing this? PS. using kernel 2.4.6 and X 4.10 Regards, Tor

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7.1 on PM7600 with G3-upgrade?
by Philipp Leusmann 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

Hi, i am trying to install Suse 7.1 on an PM7600 with LittleJoe G3-Upgradeboard. I am starting the installation from ramdisk but when it tries to start yast (now matter wether 1 or 2) I always get an error-message. When I try to install via NFS, I get an error-message, too. When I insmod rtl8139 and the kernel-messages pop up, they are always starting with something like "bad extfs2 on ramdisk. Trying to write behind last block". Thats not exactly what it says, but nearly :). I can´t look now. Could anyone tell me what could be the problem? Thanks, Philipp

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Still no news
by mark grewar 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

I still cannot load SuSE 7.1 on my iMac, even though going by the manual and by experts advice, Why?! Surely, its not much to ask for - the EXACT things to type into the firmware to allow a bootup into SuSE. Its not that SuSE is not working, Its just that it won't boot on its own!! Why should I use a CD1 to boot when I don't even want mac on my ppc?? Can anyone help me? The SuSE people can't! - and don't ask me why yaboot and chooser don't work - they were done properly on OS9.1 and I prefer to use OS X as a partition, but no one seems to know how to just use OS X and SuSE 7.1 on the same hard drive. Many thanks, Mark

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Unwanted attachments
by John A Ure 09 Aug '01

09 Aug '01

I won't be the only one to complain about this - but if any other unthinking subscriber sends out a 1.7 mb attachment (or any attachment for that matter) to everyone on this list, then that's the end of my involvement. -- John A. Ure (john(a)jaure.demon.co.uk) Fax(UK): 0870 056 8174; Fax(Outside UK): +44 870 056 8174

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Re: [suse-ppc] suse linux and new power mac G4
by Jean-Francois Donati 09 Aug '01

09 Aug '01

Thanks for the trick about the oschooser. It works well now. It was really a pain having to go through the openfirmware each time. The modem works as well, but only when the new ppp rmp (ie ppp-2.4.0-3.ppc.rpm) is installed. This is a good point. I still get the `eth0 PHY reset timeout !` each time i boot, but it does not look to be fatal. Sound does NOT work. I installed the modules-alsa.conf, included the line in the module.conf file (at the same location as in the example module.conf file posted on your web site). I did rcalsaound start as root and got the alsa sound driver started (driver name: snd-card-awacs). I am not too sure about alsamixer: i cannot toggle between the various channels. I used the kde mixer instead (and checked that unmuting channels with the kde mixer unmuted channels in the alsamixer as well) and unmuted all channels that could be unmuted. In particular, I unmuted headphone, which seems to be the channel that controls the volume of the internal speaker (this is the one to move to control the sound on the pismo at least). But nothing happens. I don't even get the system beep. Color table is just as POOR. I tried to remove the `video=ofonly' kernel argument, and it makes no difference at all. I tried to run sax2 -a and it essentially rebooted the x server (i'm not too sure whether it did something else: it did not update the /etc/XF86Config file in any case. Note that I'm still in XFree86 3.3. I need a proper XF86Config file (new version, the one that goes in /etc/X11) to switch to 4.0.1. I tried to make one that include the Screen section you suggested, but it need also a Device section that contains more than what i have at the moment (Identifier "Primary-Card"). I've read somewhere that there is a nvidia driver called nv, even for ppc, but that this driver does not work very well for the geforce2 mx. May be it does not work for acceleration, but it may help for the colors (it's really the x11 colors that don't work, the colors in console mode - init 2 - seem ok). Is this right?? I don't have this driver on the suse7.0ppc disc, and I have no idea of what i need to specify for the kernel arguments and for the XF86Config Device section (in particular BoardName, BusID, Option). Would you have it somewhere, or at least some idea of where i could find it?? Any help would be very welcome. Thanks again.

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Fwd: GXT2000p adapter + suse 7.1
by Alberto Da Milano 09 Aug '01

09 Aug '01

Hi experts, yesterday I read in Suse support DB that there is a new adapter supported in IBM RS/6k env. It seems that it is necessary to have a recent kernel (2.4.6 ) and an openfirmware driver : I suppose it means I have to download the latest microcode for the workstation I want to install. The URL is http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/olh_ppc_hardware_ibm.html (this is the whole line of info): GXT 2000P (requires kernel 2.4.6 and newer, OpenFirmware driver) Is there someone who can kindly suggest me how to configure the last kernel in order to have the support for this adapter? ( for example if I have to activate fb for MATROX (???) or else...) or better if is there a precompiled kernel I can download? And what is exactly an openfirmware driver? Thanks in advance and best regards Alberto bat21(a)libero.it -------------------------------------------------------

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Still cannot get SuSE 7.1 to boot without cd1
by Mark Grewar 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

Hello SuSE People. Thank you all for your help the last week. I Still cannot get SuSE 7.1 to boot without cd1, I did ALL the correct things - only one thing was different from others; My /etc/fstab had the /dev/hda9 /mac/MacOS9.1 hfs as ro and not rw! I could not work out hot to fix this. I really would like to use only linux on my iMac, so, is there a magic formula i can type into the firmware to finally allow an install of SuSE 7.1 to bot on powering up? (my firmware crashed after doing last installs as per manual many thanks again Mark.

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Re: [suse-ppc] suse linux and new power mac G4
by Jean-Francois Donati 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

You can find below the files you requested. The first one is the output from Display Name Registry 1.1, the second one from dmesg and the third one the gzipped tar file produced by suse_hw_info.sh. It corresponds to a linux suse 7.0 implementation updated with kernel-benh.rpm. Not working at the moment is: the colour map in X11 is complete rubbish (eg the standard Konsole setup gives black text on black background, but using the `System colors' of the Schema option gives you black on white. But still, you get colour problems with many apps. Do you have any ideas of how to fix this issue?? the accelerated video card support does not work. I did not try to update to xfree 4.1 yet (i'm still in 3, ie the basic 7.0 setup). Shall i try, and in which case, which XF86Config is expected to give me the best results?? ethernet does not work. I get the `eth0 can't locate modprobe module' error. It looks as if i don't even have the gmac module. Would this fix the problem?? Where should i find it?? sound does not work either. yast2 does not detect any problem and tells me that it should work (the sound card is an awacs card if i remember correctly). modem probably works but i did not try yet. As far as yaboot is concerned, i can boot using yaboot, but only by typing: boot ultra1:8,\\yaboot in the open firmware enviromnent. The oschooser (supposed to send this message to the open firmware) does not work. Is there a way to make this work, and in particular the use of the space bar to toggle between macos and linux, which i find very convenient ?? Thanks again very much for your help. jean-francois.

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Drucker an der seriellen Schnittstelle
by Ritchie-W＠t-online.de 08 Aug '01

08 Aug '01

hallo, ich versuche derzeit meinen Postscript Drucker an der seriellen Druckerschnittstelle von meinem Powerbook anzuschliessen. Unter MacOS kein Problem, jedoch habe ich bis jetzt noch kein Erfolg auf der Linux Seite. Das Problem ist, das ich nicht weiss, welches Device die Modem Drucker Schnittstelle vom Mac verwendet. Ein Blick in die Boot-og Datei zeigt mir folgende Zeilen <4>PowerMac Z8530 serial driver version 2.0 <4>ttyS0 at 0xcb809020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC, port = modem-printer <4>ttyS1 at 0xcb810000 (irq = 16) is a Z8530 ESCC, port = infrared (IrDA) <4>ttyS2 at 0xcb816020 (irq = 79) is a Z8530 ESCC, port = internal-modem ( Ich vermute daher das ttyS0 der Modem-Drucker darstellt. jedoch hat folgendes Kommando keine Wirkung gezeigt. echo -en "Dies ist eine Testzeile /f" > /dev/ttyS0 Wie kann ich unter Linux die Baudrate, parity, etc.. aendern. Und noch besser waere, wie ist die Einstellung einer Apple-tal Verbindung und wie bekomme ich das Protokoll auf diese Schnittstelle ? Viele Grüße Richard

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Re: [suse-ppc] suse linux and new power mac G4
by Jean-Francois Donati 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

> > I dont think you will see much performace difference in Linux and > rage128 are well supported. > No idea if nvidia will ever provide ppc drivers, where did you see a ppc > driver on the xfree86 site? > I haven't seen a driver on the xfree86 site, just a file mentionning that XF86 version 4.1 supports the nvidia card. And they have a ppc version, not of the driver, but of xfree86 4.1. And they don't mention explicitely that the ppc version of xfree86 doesn't support the nvidia card in accelerated mode. May be it's just incomplete information about their packages. > > At first, make sure you can always boot into Linux with a kernel that is > know to work. Booting via CD would be an option. > > You can find newer kernels here: > /mirror/SuSE/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/BETA/sleep/ > There is a kernel-benh.rpm, it installs /boot/vmlinux-benh, configure > lilo to boot that kernel, you still need "video=ofonly" > Boot that kernel and send me the "dmesg" output. > There is a script to collect needed infos from the /proc filesystem: > /mounts/mirror/SuSE/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/BETA/suse_hw_info.sh > But it can hang your machine. > I booted from a 2.4 ppc kernel that i got from the web. But i didnot have the corresponding system map nor the set of modules. Meanwhile, i dowloaded benh kernel 2.4.6 with system map AND modules. Is this one ok?? Or should i use the 2.4.7-pre6 that you have on the suse/ppc/kernel/BETA/sleep ftp area (there is no specific set of modules available though)? By the way, I'm not too sure of what I actually need to do to properly upgrade suse7.0 to the 2.4.6 kernel. I tried this on my pismo (where i had a a working suse7.0 config with xfree4.0 activated, with an upgrade to kernel 2.2.17pre20-ben3, which works nice except for firewire, sound, sleep and dvd drive). Although it booted correctly, trackpad was no longer active (/usr/bin/trackpad was giving the message "no trackpad!" at boot). I tried to install several additional rpm's (in particular devs-2001.1.2-11.ppc.rpm and modutils-2.4.2-11.ppc.rpm) but it did not improve the situation. Also, sleep was behaving strangely: the pismo went to sleep at bizarre times, even while i was typing. When waking up, strangely enough the trackpad was active although i did nothing specific in that aim (the `trackpad notap' setting seems to be lost each at each wake up though). The copy/paste mouse utility was no longer active with the 2.4.6 kernel, while it was working ok with the 2.2.17 one. Obviously, I missed some crucial steps in the upgrade. Any ideas of what it can be?? I usually don't use lilo to boot, but rather yaboot (using the space bar to toggle between macos and linux). It looks as if it does not work on the G4. As if the open firmware did not get the message from the os-chooser. I have to boot in the open firmware enviroment, and mention explicitely that i need to boot using yaboot. Any ideas of what is causing this?? The normal procedure works perfectly with the pismo, but not with the G4. Is this due to a newer openfirmware?? I don't have the G4 here, but will bring it back tomorrow for new tests. I tried the suse_hw_info.sh script on my pismo and it worked fine, so hopefully,it will work for the G4 as well. I will send you all the information tomorrow. > If you have OS9 installed, download the PCI DDK 3.0 from > http://developer.apple.com/sdk/: > ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/PCI_DDK_3.0.sit.hqx > There is a tool Display Name Registry 1.1, start that, go to > "file, save as.." activate "save all entries" and send me the file. > > I'm not sure how to solve the black text on black background bug, you > could try to activate 256 colors in MacOS, the OF driver will use that. > I also downloaded PCI_DDK_3.0 ok, tried Display Name Registry 1.1 on the pismo and it seems to work fine. I'll do all this on the G4 and will send you the output tomorrow. Meanwhile, any info you can have on upgrading the pismo to the 2.4.6 benh kernel is welcome. The simplest way is probably to buy suse7.1ppc, and i may do it if suse7.3ppc is not expected before a while ;o) ... Thanks again very much for your help!! > > > Gruss Olaf > > -- > $ man clone > > BUGS > Main feature not yet implemented... >

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Suse 7.1 PPC and Ximian Gnome
by Janus Sandsgaard 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Hi Are people at Suse helping Ximian to bring Red Carpet to Suse 7.1 PPC? I would love to see Red Carpet on my Pismo; the perfect tool for keeping your system up to date; The only thing I miss at PPC compared to my x86-system. -j -- Netcetera Aps Men are from Earth. Brolaeggerstraede 4 Women are from Earth. DK - 1211 Koebenhavn K Deal with it!

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Gnome update?
by BillT＠Mahagonny.com 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Has anyone installed the GNOME update for ppc 7.1 that is on the ftp site? Is there an easier way to do it than selecting each file individually with Yast? Thanks, -- BillT(a)Mahagonny.com PGP KeyID#: 0xFB966670

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Re: [suse-ppc] suse linux and new power mac G4
by Jean-Francois Donati 07 Aug '01

07 Aug '01

Following the howto written by Dave Ray (penguinppc.org/usr/newg4howto.html) gave me the same results he described. What I did was: use the suse 7.0 CD along with a newer kernel (2.4.2 if I remember correctly) with the following yaboot install parameters: image = vmlinux label = installer initrd = ramdisk.image.gz initrd-size = 64000 root = /dev/ram0 video = ofonly it looks as if using the parameters of the os chooser are not properly transmitted to the open firmware. i had to boot in the open firmware, then to boot on the proper partition (ie boot ultra1:8,\\yaboot) The yast2 installer works ok, apart from the fact that the windows appear as black rectangles with nothing in them. it's only when you click in them that the highlighted text becomes visible. It's inconvenient but it works. Then the installer reboots and the reboot fails. I had to reboot under macos, changed the yaboot parameters to image = vmlinux label = linux root = /dev/hdb6 hda = autotune video = ofonly and reboot again through the open firmware. all the install went fine, even the XF86 version 3 (the one that comes with suse 7.0 by default) worked fine, except that the whole screen appears in psychedelic colors. Konsoles are basically unuable (black text on black background), except if you chose some non standard setup, where you get greenish text on black background. Still, it's hard to work with. I tried to change to a newer configuration of Xfree (4.0.1, ie that also provided with suse 7.0) and messed up my xf86Config file, and could no longer get x to work. But as the ethernet card does not work either (neither does the sound card), i stopped my investigations, hoping that there will be some new suse version integrating all this soon. i didnot test the cd/dvd burner yet... as far as the video card support, going to the xfree86 site, they say that version 4.1 supports the nvidia geforce 2 mx (accelerated), and they have a ppc version. They do not mention that the ppc version does not provide accelerated X for this nvidia card, so I assume that it worked. I tried to install it directly from the xfree86 site, but i could not even get x working: it looks as if the suse version of xfree86 is slightly different than the official version. is this right?? I also tried to install the rpm's from the suse ftp site (ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/X/suse71/4.1.0) but it failed again (version GLIBC2.2 not found). May be it's because I only have suse7.0ppc rather than suse7.1ppc. According to you, there will be no ppc driver for nvidia. It sounds really stupid isn't it?? given the fact that they produced drivers for intel platforms, why not for ppc platforms as well?? Is that what the nvidia guys told you??? Is it definite?? I'm reluctant to go back to an ati rage128 card as they are supposed to be far worse in terms of graphical performance. Any idea of how i could make the ethernet card work?? I thought of buying suse7.1ppc to see if it worked any better. is it supposed to work any better than the 7.0 version for all the above issues (os chooser booting, nvidia accelerated support, ethernet, sound)?? when is the 7.3ppc supposed to come out? should it perform better on this particular hardware?? Thanks again in advance for all the info. cheers, jean-francois.

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unsubscribe suse-ppc
by Francisco Jesus 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

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suse linux and new power mac G4
by Jean-Francois Donati 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

Hi, I've just bought a new G4 in the aim of putting linux onto it to turn it into a small workstation. I assumed that it would be very easy, just as it was with SuSe linux 7.0 on my pismo. However, I discovered that there is no linuxppc driver yet available for the nvidia card (Geforce 2) that comes in with this new hardware. I found since then the list of problematic macs on the suse page (which includes the new G4s), but it does not mention when linux should be available for these macs. I've noticed on the nvidia web site that there actually ARE some linux drivers for these cards, but only for the INTEL distributions. I tried to download the sources and compile the driver myself, but it failed (some files seem to be missing). I imagine that most information about the nvidia card is contained in the intel versions of the drivers. Is that right?? In this case, making drivers that work for the new G4s should be fairly easy, and I imagine they will be part of the next Suse PPC distribution (7.3, as i understand). Is this right or am I completely wrong?? Note that in case you need guinea pigs to test new nvidia drivers, I would like to be one of those. Trust me for doing all sorts of nasty tests... THanks a lot for any information you can provide on this subject. Best regards, jean-francois DOnati

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update dependency error
by Joss Winn 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

Hi, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but I just ran the YAST2 online update and installed openssl 0.9.6a-14. The RPM package says it should provide libssl.so.0 and libcrypto.so.0 as well as libssl.so.0.9.6 and libcrypto.so.0.9.6. However, only the 0.9.6 libs were installed and without the plain x.so.0 libraries, there are dependency problems. I fixed them by making symbolic links to the later 0.9.6 versions, but clearly there is a mistake here in the packaging since the description says it provides the old libs but in fact does not. I noticed that both Mutt and Konqueror (web browser mode not file manager) were broken without the old ssl and crypto libs. cheers Joss --

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