August 2000 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SaX
by Sylvain Petitjean 08 Sep '00

08 Sep '00

Hello, To configure XF86 so that I can use the wheel of my Logitech mouse, I recently discovered I could do it with SaX (I say discover because there is not a word about this X configuration utility in the 6.4 for ppc manual !! -- and I'm new to the SuSE world). Problem: SaX does not work properly on my G4. As soon as it is started, my keyboard and my mouse are completely screwed up (as someone mentioned on this list). So I tried sax -f startup so as to force it to run on the startup X server. Sometimes it's better, sometimes it's not. But even when I can use mouse and keyboard, it seems the saved XF86Config file is overwritten by xsfb at boot time so modifications are lost. Apparently there is a new version of xsfb with an option to avoid creating XF86Config at boot. I haven't looked at it yet. Does anyone know if the people at SuSE plan on releasing a new -- and working -- version of SaX soon? Has anyone experience with XF86 4.0.1 and SaX2? Is it any better? (Is SaX2 somewhere on any of the four CDs?) ThanX, -- - Sylvain ``` (o o) +----------------------oOO--(_)--OOo--------------------------------------+

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Fwd: 6.4 on beige G3: login/ppp fun (was: modem fun).
by Ype Kingma 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

Hello ppc'ers, It seems that the original message below found its way into a WOM (write only memory). The situation has not changed, so here it is again. I think I have a problem with a missing serial.o module preventing pppd from accessing anything, because as soon as it should step in nothing (nada, nichts, niks, niets, rien, neat) happens. However a Linux distribution that does not connect to the internet seems so unlikely that I do prefer to have some of your advice before I start learning more about kernel modules... >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 22:07:37 +0200 >To: suse-ppc(a)suse.com >From: Ype Kingma <ykingma(a)pop.xs4all.nl> >Subject: 6.4 on beige G3: login/ppp fun (was: modem fun). >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Hello ppc'ers, > >With help from this list and some experimenting I determined >some useful initstrings for my SupraExpress 288: >first string: ATZ , >second string: AT&F1 . > >Thanks for all your help, I progressed, but only a tiny little bit: > >Using wvdial it dials my provider, nicely makes a connection at >the expected 28.8kb/s, and then things stop. > >That is, there is no domain name service available. >I used kpppd to get a terminal to the line, and sometimes >I can actually type to the connection. I then still have to login >first and then I get connected to a unix shell on the provider. > >(I'm typing this under MacOS 8.1 on the same machine, so the hardware >is ok.) > >When connecting as ordinary user, wvdial complains that >it cannot modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets. >I checked >ls -alL /usr/sbin/pppd >for missing s bits in its mode. All modes are as listed in the checklist. >When connecting as root (I know this is a no no, but I tried anyway), >the wvdial does not complain about the pap and chap secrets files. > >My user names are ykingma for the provider and ype for my own machine, >the beige G3. > >I checked the PPP checklist on the SuSE site, and noticed the following >differences with the required setup: >1. The serial.o module is not present. > At the moment I am not able to investigate or improve this. >2. In /etc/ppp/options no user is mentioned, even though I expected this > after setting up the ppp connection in Yast. > I added my user name (ie. the user name on the Internet service provider) > This had no effect on the problems above: still no login and no DNS. >3. In /etc/conf.modules the line: > alias ppp-compress24 ppp-deflate > was missing. I added this in place indicated in the checklist, > but still no login and no DNS. >4. In /etc/ppp/ the file options.ippp0 is missing. > I don't know what I could do about this. >5. In /etc/ppp/peers there are no files for my provider. (ao. chat script). > As I don't need a script on the Mac, I suppose I don't need these. >6. I added an entry to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: > "ykingma" * "password" > This also had no effect: still no login, no DNS. > >So much for the differences with the PPP checklist. There are a few more, >but the ones mentioned seemed to be possible showstoppers. > >Since there is a space in my password I added double quotes >around it in /etc/wvdial.conf . Again no effect, so I removed the double >quotes. > >I encountered a file /etc/ppp/pppoe, so I added a >user "ykingma" >line to it and tried: >/usr/sbin/pppd call pppoe >but still no DNS. > >I also tried to use kppp to connect, but I had very similar results: >a connection is made, but the login does not seem to get done, let >alone starting ppp on the server side. > > >There are a few things left I might try: >- There is a space in my password: use another password. >- Get educated about kernel modules to make sure serial.o is there. >- chmod wvdial to have s bits like pppd so it won't complain that > it can not modify /etc/ppp/{p,ch}ap-secrets. >- ??? > >Now what should I do to use the internet from Linux SuSE 6.4 ppc edition? > >Thanks (a lot) in advance, >Ype

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problems with network adapter
by Alexander Groß 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

Hi Folks, I have some trouble while networking with my Intel Linux PC and my Mac with Linux. Hardware: PowerMac 5500/275 64 MB RAM, Network Adapter Sonic in CommSlot. Linux: SuSE Linux PPC 6.4. After loading the network-card dirver while bootup (tulip.o for cards with DEC 21041 chipset) the network in running, but after a while the connection breaks. I think it's a problem with the module. This is a shirt piece of $ dmesg: [...] tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 becker(a)cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov eth0: Digital DC21041 Tulip rev 33 at 0x400, EEPROM not present, 00:4C:69:6E:75:79, IRQ 22. eth0: 21041 Media table, default media 3d3d (Autosense). eth0: 21041 media #1, 10base2. eth0: 21041 media #0, 10baseT. [...] # testing some different medias eth0: 21041 media #14, MII 100baseTx-FD. [...] # testing some different medias eth0: 21041 media #0, 10baseT. [...] # testing some different medias eth0: 21041 media #14, MII 100baseTx-FD. [...] # testing some different medias eth0: 21041 media #5, 100baseTx-FD. [...] After some time using the network the following messages appears in /var/log/messages: [...] Aug 31 07:38:27 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000051c8, CSR13 ffff0001, CSR14 ffffffff, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:27 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. Aug 31 07:38:32 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000000c8, CSR13 ffffef09, CSR14 ffffff7f, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:32 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. Aug 31 07:38:37 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000000c8, CSR13 ffffef09, CSR14 ffffff7f, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:37 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. Aug 31 07:38:42 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000000c8, CSR13 ffffef09, CSR14 ffffff7f, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:42 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. Aug 31 07:38:47 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000002c8, CSR13 ffffef09, CSR14 ffffff7f, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:47 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. Aug 31 07:38:52 vader kernel: eth0: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc660000, CSR12 000002c8, CSR13 ffffef09, CSR14 ffffff7f, resetting... Aug 31 07:38:52 vader kernel: eth0: 21143 100baseTx sensed media. [...] This messages repeats as long as I reinit runlevel 2. After changing to runlevel 2 again the network is running ... for some time. I've tried the old tulip driver (old_tulip.o) but it's not loading. Thanks, Alexander

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playing mp3s
by Daniel Tubb 30 Aug '00

30 Aug '00

using suse 6.4 ppc, on a performa 6400/180/32MB whenever I try and play mp3s using anything other than xmms it gives a segmentation fault... (ie freeamp) is there any way I can fix this? -daniel tubb

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MOL
by "Frère, Thierry" 29 Aug '00

29 Aug '00

Hi there, I have installed SuSE 6.4 on a PowerMac 8500. This is overall a great product - and the support from SuSE folks through this mailing-list is great. I have troubles running MOL: the machine freezes after running startmol (it applies the patches, then freezes after having opened a black window with the text (approximate) "this resolution mignt not be supported.. hit the space bar to switch to the console". No way to switch to a text console with the keyboard. And the crash is really bad; at the next linux boot, I have to run fsck manually, which makes me nervous .. I tried various settings in molrc with the same result, including booting from the newworld ROM included in System 8.6 on the mac side Here are some questions: Has anybody seen the same behaviour? does it make sense to boot from the newworld ROM, or is it better to use the built-in ROM? Does MOL boots the Mac from the first partition in the blockdev statements in molrc? in molrc, in the mouse section, the reference to /dev/adbmouse is commented; does it needs to stay this way? If someone has successfully ran MOL on a 8500, could this person kindly send me his molrc file? Thanks in advance, Thierry

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test - please discard
by Bill Heese 29 Aug '00

29 Aug '00

Sorry

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Re: Installation von Suse Linux 6.4 auf PowerSeries 850
by Olaf Hering 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

On Sun, Aug 06, Joerg Knippschild wrote: > So I did not succeed in creating the PRep Boot Partion. Right now, on the > machine AIX 4.3.3 is installed and working. So what is it for a computer: > PowerPC 850 Model 6070 C2l, 128 MB RAM, integrated network card, E15 > graphics adapter, S15 graphics Adapter in addition, Misumi IDE CDROM 4x, > IDE00=1080MBDPEA31080, IDE01=3249MBIBMDAQA-332. I just wanna let you know that we have a 43p 133 up and running. A kernel for that machine (and proably any other PReP based machine) can be found either at http://penguinppc.org/~olaf/ or at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/BETA/kernel Its name is zImage-2.2.16-4.prep, a System.map is only available at penguinppc.org. It panics right now when I start X (the E15 fb patch from David Monroe is included). I will look at this the next days. It has now the proper scsi driver. The 6.4-ppc CD boots fine, but there kernel fails to boot later in the network stuff. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...

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6.4 on beige G3: login/ppp fun (was: modem fun).
by Ype Kingma 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

Hello ppc'ers, With help from this list and some experimenting I determined some useful initstrings for my SupraExpress 288: first string: ATZ , second string: AT&F1 . Thanks for all your help, I progressed, but only a tiny little bit: Using wvdial it dials my provider, nicely makes a connection at the expected 28.8kb/s, and then things stop. That is, there is no domain name service available. I used kpppd to get a terminal to the line, and sometimes I can actually type to the connection. I then still have to login first and then I get connected to a unix shell on the provider. (I'm typing this under MacOS 8.1 on the same machine, so the hardware is ok.) When connecting as ordinary user, wvdial complains that it cannot modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets. I checked ls -alL /usr/sbin/pppd for missing s bits in its mode. All modes are as listed in the checklist. When connecting as root (I know this is a no no, but I tried anyway), the wvdial does not complain about the pap and chap secrets files. My user names are ykingma for the provider and ype for my own machine, the beige G3. I checked the PPP checklist on the SuSE site, and noticed the following differences with the required setup: 1. The serial.o module is not present. At the moment I am not able to investigate or improve this. 2. In /etc/ppp/options no user is mentioned, even though I expected this after setting up the ppp connection in Yast. I added my user name (ie. the user name on the Internet service provider) This had no effect on the problems above: still no login and no DNS. 3. In /etc/conf.modules the line: alias ppp-compress24 ppp-deflate was missing. I added this in place indicated in the checklist, but still no login and no DNS. 4. In /etc/ppp/ the file options.ippp0 is missing. I don't know what I could do about this. 5. In /etc/ppp/peers there are no files for my provider. (ao. chat script). As I don't need a script on the Mac, I suppose I don't need these. 6. I added an entry to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: "ykingma" * "password" This also had no effect: still no login, no DNS. So much for the differences with the PPP checklist. There are a few more, but the ones mentioned seemed to be possible showstoppers. Since there is a space in my password I added double quotes around it in /etc/wvdial.conf . Again no effect, so I removed the double quotes. I encountered a file /etc/ppp/pppoe, so I added a user "ykingma" line to it and tried: /usr/sbin/pppd call pppoe but still no DNS. I also tried to use kppp to connect, but I had very similar results: a connection is made, but the login does not seem to get done, let alone starting ppp on the server side. There are a few things left I might try: - There is a space in my password: use another password. - Get educated about kernel modules to make sure serial.o is there. - chmod wvdial to have s bits like pppd so it won't complain that it can not modify /etc/ppp/{p,ch}ap-secrets. - ??? Now what should I do to use the internet from Linux SuSE 6.4 ppc edition? Thanks (a lot) in advance, Ype

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Has anyone successfully installed SuSe on a G4? It doesn't recognize my Hard drive
by Ken Botwinick 19 Aug '00

19 Aug '00

Any help would be great. I'm losing my mind. I HAVE to get this installed today. Ken

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Trouble Installing Linux on new G4 with Adaptec 2930CU SCSI card
by Ken Botwinick 19 Aug '00

19 Aug '00

After creating the partitions and copying the suseboot folder to the Linux boot partition, I restarted my machine. Linux starts to boot, but hangs when trying to address the SCSI card. Has anyone with a G4 had luck booting Linux with the Build to order SCSI adapter card in their machine? How can I get past this. Thanks. Ken Botwinick

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