February 2012 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-ppc] Sleep LED misused on 10.2 (iBook G3)
by Karl Eichwalder 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

The iBook G3 come with a white LED that's active if the device sleeps. On 10.2 during installation you seem to misuse it to signal hard disk activity. How can I disable it? -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH GPG: 1024D/06EB882E B2A3 AF2F CFC8 40B1 67EA 475A 5903 A21B 06EB 882E --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] No hard disk found by YaST during factory install from 12.2 build 0003 NET
by Richard (MQ) 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

I think a new thread is called for here. As mentioned somewhere in the thread "Booting openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso" I'm having trouble installing factory on my old 1999 G3 machine. I can boot the NET image as described in that thread, using a local copy of the factory repo and vsftp. But YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting a console with Alt-F2 and running pdisk confirms this. I assume the necessary module is not being loaded, but not sure what to look for. The hardware is just fine, running mac OS-X and Opensuse 11.0 if I boot the installed hard disc. Running lspci offers very few likely interfaces for the hd, apart from several with "host bridge" in the name. Comparing the output from lsmod with that from OSL 11.0 yields few clues either. Please can anyone help with tracking down the module that I need to get the installer under way? -- Cheers Richard (MQ) Linux user # 439271 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Should openSUSE review it's Security Policies?
by Larry Stotler 29 Feb '12

29 Feb '12

As many are aware, Linus Torvalds has started a rant about the security policies in openSUSE for things that require the root password. From his Google+ post(https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5), he names these: Time Zone changes Adding a Printer Adding a wireless network. Now, I don't usually see the wireless issue because KNetworkmanager in KDE3(which I use) has never asked the root password for adding a new network. While at 37, I've never changed timezones(I lead a boring life) I would have to agree that having to use the root password for this would be annoying if I needed to change it because of a flight or something. I've worked with Linus on a hardware issue years ago, and I think we should probably at least consider reviewing the policies if they do need changed. Just my 2 cents. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Booting openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso
by Wolfgang Engel 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi there, just a few words how to boot current factory on PowerMac. I tried it on a 1,6GHz PowerMac G5. 1. Power on your PowerMac ;) 2. Get to Open Firmware with "Alt-Option-O-F" keys pressed 3. Insert openSUSE-NET-ppc CD by ejecting CD-ROM drive with command "eject cd" 4. Boot into yaboot by entering "boot cd:,\suseboot\yaboot" 5. Choose your Installation-Type >From there I was able to go through installation pre-configuration setup (network, http-server) and YaST2 started. But it crashed when I tried to do partitioning stuff. Maybe someday I'll have the knowledge to be able to fix things for PPC... Have fun! Wolfgang -- View this message in context: http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/Booting-openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media-i… Sent from the opensuse-ppc mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] OBS workers and Factory status
by Dinar Valeev 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hi, Just want to bring you good news: We have now 5 out of 12 ppc64 build machines running KVM!!! Still in testing, but so far it builds packages fine. Status of the Factory:PowerPC is 32bit have about 3200 packages succeeded, 122 failed and 64bit 2500 succeeded and 76 failed. I've just sent 3 SRs to fix some of failed packages. Most of the failed builds are easy to fix, don't be shy. Find a failed's package devel project, branch it, fix it and submit it back (simple formula)! We're really close to open ppc64 builds back to the public. Have fun, Dinar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner(a)opensuse.org

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