December 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RS/6000 43p 140 does not boot (SuSE 7.1)
by Alexander Achenbach 22 Oct '02

22 Oct '02

Hello everybody. Did anyone manage to successfully boot Linux on an RS/6000 43p 140 ? I tried using ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/7.1/unsorted/prep/43p_140/zImage.140.chrp and followed the instructions in the German SuSE manual (ie copied the image to an MS-DOS formatted floppy disk, renaming the image to "zimage" there). At the OpenFirmware prompt I typed boot floppy:,zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 fake_initrd I also tried using ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/BETA/deflt/zImage.prep and followed the instructions on http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/olh_ppc_43p140.html (ie copied the image as a raw disk image using dd). At the OpenFirmware prompt I typed boot floppy:,\zImage In BOTH cases, the symptoms are identical: The floppy is read (takes half a minute or so). The OpenFirmware cursor moves to the next line or the line after that. The system freezes (or reboots after a long time). (None of the IPL or memory messages ever appear.) So obviously, none of these approaches works for me. What is the difference between the images copied as raw disk images and those copied as files on an MS-DOS disk? Which approach is *supposed* to work? Both are declared as solutions for 140 43p. BTW: The firmware version of the machine I tried this on is TIG97251. Thanks in advance for any hints or solutions. Alexander Achenbach

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iMac Open Firmware update 4.1.9 compatibility question
by Phil Gray 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

I have a Dec 1999 g3 400 iMAc. Since I am about to install OSX 10.1 and OS 9.2, Apple indicates updating Firmware to 4.1.9 Anyone know if this will thwart my plans to install SuSe Linux 7.1 ? I read the following on the SuSE site, but it is a little vague: <<Apple Cronology * January 2001 * These machines have a newer firmware, the bootloader is unable to open the textmode * iMacs can be used with 7.1 * Cube, Titanium Powerbook G4 can be used with 7.1 * G4 can be used with 7.1, the Radeon and nVidia cards are unsupported, remove the SCSI card, onboard ethernet may not work * iBook2 works (unconfirmed), enter "boot cd:,\\yaboot" on the firmware prompt. * August 2000 * These machines have a newer firmware, the bootloader is unable to open the textmode * G4, Cube, iMac, iBook, Powerbook can be used with 7.0, kernel 2.2.18 recommended * the available Radeoncards are unsupported >> It seems to imply that the firmware on the newer macs is not compatible. Well if I update my older Mac with the latest Firmware update 4.1.9, it sounds like I may shoot my Linux installation plans in the foot! Anyone tried this? Thanks Phlyz

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boot disk partition corrupted.
by Jonathon Wallen 15 Jan '02

15 Jan '02

Hi, After upgrading my kernel to 2.4.2 and running LiLo again I now find I get a macintosh warning every time I boot into mac. The warning says "disk unreadable, do you want to initialize it?", the disk in question is the macintosh standard partition used for booting linux. When I run disk first aid and try to repair it the program says the disk is unrepairable .. here is the output from disk first aid :- Checking disk "linux_boot". Checking "Mac OS Standard" volume structures. Checking for locked volume name. Checking extent BTree. Checking extent file. Checking catalog BTree. Problem: Invalid BTree Header, 0, 0 Checking catalog file. Problem: Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data, 105, 5 Problem: Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data, 102, 5 Problem: Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data, 106, 5 Problem: Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data, 104, 8 Problem: Reserved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data, 103, 8 Problem: MountCheck found serious errors. Checking catalog hierarchy. Cannot continue. An internal error has occurred. If I initialize the partition will that also erase the data on any other partitions on the disk? If so is there something else I can do to restore the boot partition? many thanks. -- - ____________________________ - Jonathon Wallen - B,DES College of Fine Arts, UNSW - z2213441(a)student.unsw.edu.au - jwal707(a)cse.unsw.edu.au - jonathon(a)fridge.unsw.edu.au - ____________________________

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Sound for PowerMac B&W
by Thomas Ruschival 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

Hi, It seems quite odd, but I´m unable to get sound out of my Powermac Running the new SuSE7.3 PPC with improved Sound support.... Well I tried all methods I have been applying to such problems since SuSE 7.0 x86, no avail. If I try 'modprobe dmasound' or 'modprobe dmasound_pmac' Linux says it cant find the module 'dmasound', although I found it under /lib/modules/2.4.12/kernel/sound/dmasound. Same with 'insmod awacs' etc. Since SuSE claims the capabilities of yast 2 I tried a new installation completely using YAST2. Yast 2 detects my souns system as snd0burgundy. But when it comes to the point it should start th sounddriver there is a sort *knack* and the whole System is frozen, no mousemovement no console, no ssh... ..the File mdules.conf is totally scrambled, somtimes rc.config as well. ALSAconf detects my soundchip as 'Awacs' makes some entries in modules.conf but when it wants to start the sound driver .... Same as Yast2 see above. Has anyone got a running soundsyste on a PowerMac G3 B&W ? Do you know what to do? Thanks Thomas

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kernel upgrade
by Jonathon Wallen 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

Hi, I have upgraded my kernel from 2.2.16 to 2.4.2 but suspect I'm still booting into the old kernel. I'm using a B&W G3 and booting with BootX . Is there some step I should take to ensure I'm booting into the correct kernel? Is there anyway I can tell which kernel is currently in use? many thanks. -- - ____________________________ - Jonathon Wallen - B,DES College of Fine Arts, UNSW - z2213441(a)student.unsw.edu.au - jwal707(a)cse.unsw.edu.au - jonathon(a)fridge.unsw.edu.au - ____________________________

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PCI Cards designed for Windows under Linux on a PPC?
by Jochen Busch 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

Although the thing I´am interested in is somewhat multimedia stuff, it depends totaly of the PPC behaviour, and therefore I think belongs to be questioned here. Please don´t blame me if you don´t think so.. At the Moment I use Suse7.1, soon 7.3. I would like to escape from Mac proprietary PCI Hardware, and I did not find yet an Answer to this question: Would PCI Stuff work under Linux in my PPC when it is prooved (eg by Suse Hardware database) to work under Linux on an Intel System? e.g. a TV card with videotext and audio/video capturing features.. ? (the only card available (in Europe) for PPC seems to be the Formac ProTV, with very poor Video Performance and bad (scratchy) audio features, I owned that thing and I am giving it back to my dealer) or (since the new Powermacs come without a Sound in connector) a Card with Sound Input? gruss Jochen

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netatalk - segmentation fault
by Allan E. Levy 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Is it supported? I used yast2 to add the netatalk package, then did a ./atalk start from the /etc/init.d/ library and got a segmentation fault. Do I need to do anything else, I have searched the net for netatalk and suse and found that the sbin is now init.d (due to standards) and I am now slightly at a loss.

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netatalk
by Allan E. Levy 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Is it supported?

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Pb installing Suse on Powerbook Wallstreet G3
by Damir Buskulic 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Hi, I purchased the PPC version of Suse 7.3 tried to install it on a Powerbook Wallstreet G3 and I have difficulties for the generation of the XF86Config file. The system generates a wrong XF86Config file that doesn't work. I had this problem earlier on my version of LinuxPPC and solved it with a config file tuned by someone a long time ago. This doesn't seem to work anymore. I used some kernel arguments in Bootx like video=atyfb:vmode=14,cmode=32:mclk=83 and tweaked the XF86Config file as I could but no way... Does someone have a solution ? Cheers Damir ===================================================================== | Damir Buskulic | Universite de Savoie/LAPP | | | Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110 | | Tel : +33 (0)450091600 | F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex | | e-mail: buskulic(a)lapp.in2p3.fr | FRANCE | ===================================================================== mailto:buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr

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Studio Display 15'' and Linux Installation
by Matthias Geissbühler 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

Hi, I just saw online a hint how to install the Studio Display 15'' under Suse Linux 7.3. It's written that I have to set a Kernel Parameter (http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/olh_ppc_apple_tft.html) BUT: Does this mean that I can't install the Linux on my G4 without installing it from another monitor and then (after installing) setting the kernel parameters? If not, when and how can I set the parameters? I have at the moment a Linux 7.0 running on my G4 (which I installed with the "help" of a seperate monitor): is it maybe easier to simply update the system: Does he accept the "older" kernel-paramters automatically? The fact is that I'd like to reinstall my whole computer with formating it (also the MacOS-Partition)...so I'm not very happy with "updating the system". But if there's no other "easy" way... Thank you for your help greetings from switzerland mat

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Re: [suse-ppc] Microsoft Project
by David Callaghan 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

There doesn't seem to be a good replacement on Linux for MS Project out there. Try Wine and use MS Project on Linux! http://appdb.codeweavers.com/appview.php?appId=446 >Isn't "ToutDoux" (part of Gnome project) supposed to do this? > >I could never get it to compile (on PPC) though... argh. > >-i > > > >On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:16, Kevin B.Hendricks wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On December 20, 2001 06:09, allan levy wrote: >> > Is there a replacement for MS Project >> >> Not in the OpenOffice project. I teach project management to my MBA and >> EMBA students and once looked for a nice alternative that was not big $$ >> and never found it. If you find something please let me know. >> >> Kevin >> > > > >

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Re: [suse-ppc] Microsoft Project
by David Callaghan 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

Please let us all know if it works. I don't have a copy of Project to test my advice, so this was more of an unsubstantiated rumor than an actual tip :) >Hi, > >> >Isn't "ToutDoux" (part of Gnome project) supposed to do this? >> > >> >I could never get it to compile (on PPC) though... argh. > >This looks promising. I grabbed the source, (and it requires postgres sql >as a backend). > >I will try building it under ppc and make a binary if I can get it to work. > >Thanks for the tip. > >Kevin >

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Re: [suse-ppc] Pb installing Suse on Powerbook Wallstreet G3
by Damir Buskulic 27 Dec '01

27 Dec '01

Hi, But there is a need for the atyfb driver, right ? You mean there are two such drivers ? atyfb and ati64fb ? In any case, thanks for the hint. Damir ===================================================================== | Damir Buskulic | Universite de Savoie/LAPP | | | Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110 | | Tel : +33 (0)450091600 | F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex | | e-mail: buskulic(a)lapp.in2p3.fr | FRANCE | ===================================================================== mailto:buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, frank dornheim wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Wallstreet too. I think the problem is the kernel, dont compile > the ati64fb driver in (not in the kernel and not as a module). Than its > work. > > > con >

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Re: [suse-ppc] netatalk - segmentation fault
by ursel24＠web.de 27 Dec '01

27 Dec '01

> Is it supported? > I used yast2 to add the netatalk package, then did a ./atalk start > from the /etc/init.d/ library and got a segmentation fault. Do I > need to do anything else, I have searched the net for netatalk and > suse and found that the sbin is now init.d (due to standards) and I > am now slightly at a loss. Netatalk on: Linux 7.2 i386 and PPC 7.3 on Powerbook G3 or iMac DV works well. Check the atalkd.conf if there's an entry for eth0. Run "rcatalk start". Under MacOS Appleshare you'll see the name of the fileserver. Regards, Ursel ________________________________________________________________ Keine verlorenen Lotto-Quittungen, keine vergessenen Gewinne mehr! Beim WEB.DE Lottoservice: http://tippen2.web.de/?x=13

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unable to switch to cups
by Allan E. Levy 27 Dec '01

27 Dec '01

If I try to switch to cups, yast2 hangs, part of the problem may be that I have a ricoh network printer, that listens on port 10000, not 5xx like most ethernet printers. I need to put the address as addr:port1 so it is not immediately reachable .

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Re: [SLE] Re: Holdout States Want Microsoft Office Ported To Linux
by Bartydeux 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

Le Jeudi 20 Décembre 2001 19:26, vous avez écrit : > On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote: > > Port it and they will come. > > I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show > the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source > native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use > Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and > more developers and users join the swelling tide. > Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work and I need a light and carryable scanner). I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't despair, etc At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE 7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint? Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a seminar? Thanks -- Alain Barthélemy bartydeux(a)gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com

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ANNOUNCE: OpenOffice.org Build 641C released for PPC Linux
by Kevin B.Hendricks 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

Hi, Happy Holidays! - The latest release of OpenOffice.org (build OO641C) 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 ---------------------- - now built with glibc-2.2.4 and -z combreloc enabled to help speed the startup of OpenOffice (need glibc-2.2.4 to see speedup) - lots of font related improvements and bug fixes - fixes for both KDE and Sawfish window manager issues - spell checking in multiple languages now supported with easy to install thrid party dictionaries supported and coming soon for Portuguese, Dutch, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and English (United Kingdom) 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. The new home for PPC Linux OpenOffice.org releases is: ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/ The name of the *latest* installer is: oo641ca_installer.tar.gz The OpenOffice.README_ppclinux contains installation instructions and more information. Due to the late nature of this release, the mirror sites at SuSE and Mandrakesoft have not yet been updates with the latest release but should be early in the new year. ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/powerpc/openoffice/ 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

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Re: [suse-ppc] Re: [SLE] Re: Holdout States Want Microsoft OfficePorted To Linux
by David Callaghan 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

Try StarOffice's Presentation and Drawing programs. I'm a consultant who deals primarily with financial and legal companies. I've pitched a lot of systems, both Microsoft and Linux, won some lost some, and this is what worked for me. A pitch to end-users is typically more difficult than a pitch to system admins and management because many of the strengths of Linux, like stability and security and price, don't carry the same impact as usabilty. For most users in most business environments, it will come down to StarOffice versus MS Office. And MS Office is better than StarOffice for all but the lightest tasks. To make sure, reproduce some of your company's templates, spreadsheet's and databases in Star Office. If it was a comparable experience, you can possibly make some converts. If you want to put the accounting office on StarCalc, make sure all of the macros will convert. If your company has in-house VB developers who have worked with making customized Office applications, these will not convert. You may find more success by trying to integrate rather than migrate. I have found the argument for running a mixed environment using a variety of tools works out better. In the server room, making the web server migration argument is fairly simple (depending on exisiting ASP and ActiveX investment. Go to www.php.net for the ASP-PHP argument). There's also a strong argument to be made for the database server as MySQL and PostGRES are both excellent database alternatives. Print and File Services, handled through samba, provide a viable alternative for Linux. Toss a little netatalk into the mix and welcome your Macs. There are some really cool Mac programs available. I installed SuSE 7.1 PPC on an RS6K and I noticed a lot of prentation, graphics, movie making, photgraphics, etc software. I recently integrated Windows, Linux and Macs together very simply in an enterprise with a home office, a warehouse and multiple call centers. The home office got new XP P4s with 256MB for $550 a piece preloaded with Office XP. It only took about 2 days to connect the XP network, set up the X-Drives for Internet file-sharing and online backup (75MB for $3/m per license), create Office XP intranets for each department for sharing and publishing documents, and setup the MacAfee to try and stem the flow of viruses. The Macs had MS Office by necessity because Sun cut off the development of Mac versions early this year and will leave this up to the openoffice people. It should be easier to talk Mac people into Linux because of the great open software for imaging, publishing and video, but I have never successfully done this. Mac people have heavier resistence to OS-switching arguments. In the warehouse and the field offices, I'm using IBM NetVista thin clients ($800) that boot from a SuSE 7.3 acting as boot server. Thin Clients run PHP/MySQL application on the server based on the open ebXML standards for business transactions, which is analogous to a BizTalk project. Some regional managers use thin clients that run StarOffice as well and can read static spreadsheets and documents sent to them from the home office. The servers are 2 IBM RS6Ks running SuSE PPC and AIX 5.1 loaded with apache, qmail, mysql, php, samba and amanda (tape backup). The Windows PCs use ODBC to connect to the MySQL database to populate Office documents and link tables to Access databases. They use IE to connect to the corporate Apache-driven intranet and save their files to a samba directory for backup. The printers are acually not accessible by the Linux servers (Canon again!), but samba came in handy from the other direction. Find out what your company needs to maintain and what they might need to grow and adapt your presentation to them. And serve donuts. Seriously. >staroffice works pretty well, it is very similar to powerpoint > >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bartydeux wrote: > >Le Jeudi 20 Décembre 2001 19:26, vous avez écrit : >> On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote: >> > Port it and they will come. >> >> I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show >> the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source >> native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use >> Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and >> more developers and users join the swelling tide. >> > >Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user >but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like >Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner >Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work >and I need a light and carryable scanner). > >I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor >working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have >problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do >video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't >despair, etc > >At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be >easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and >I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate >how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet >on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE >7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint? > >Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a >seminar? > >Thanks >-- >Alain Barthélemy > >bartydeux(a)gminformatique.com >http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com > >

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B&W G3 will not boot into MacOS with 7.3
by Ola Olsson 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

After installing 7.3 on my sons B&W G3 and setting up lilo it refuses to boot in MacOS. I've tried setting the default to and from Linux and macos respectively but it freezes whenever it attempts to boot the Mac. How can I access the Mac? Thanks, Ola Olsson -- /******************************************* /** Ola Olsson -- oeolsson(a)enosis.net /** http://www.enosis.net /** "I learn so I can teach so I can learn." /*******************************************

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Scanner doesn't configure with 7.3
by Ola Olsson 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

After installing 7.3 on my 400 MHz G4 my Epson scanner no longer functions. The Yast2 scanner tool sees the USB scanner but can't configure it. SANE and XSane are recognized but when I click test nothing happens. Will I have to do this manually? Thanks, Ola Olsson -- /******************************************* /** Ola Olsson -- oeolsson(a)enosis.net /** http://www.enosis.net /** "I learn so I can teach so I can learn." /*******************************************

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Sound Module Freezes on B&W G3
by Ola Olsson 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

I tried to setup the sound card on my son's B&W G3 using Yast2 in 7.3 but it locks up the computer immediately. The sound card indicated is "burgundy." Is this a known problem? Thanks, Ola Olsson -- /******************************************* /** Ola Olsson -- oeolsson(a)enosis.net /** http://www.enosis.net /** "I learn so I can teach so I can learn." /*******************************************

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Boot Problem
by Ola Olsson 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

After upgrading from 7.1 to 7.3 on my 400 MHz G4 I often get this error when booting the machine -> "DEFAULT CATCH!, code=fffffff6 at %SRR0" What does this mean? And how can I fix it. Thanks, Ola Olsson -- /******************************************* /** Ola Olsson -- oeolsson(a)enosis.net /** http://www.enosis.net /** "I learn so I can teach so I can learn." /*******************************************

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Re: [suse-ppc] Postgres on SuSE 7.0
by clemaire 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Thanks so much for the link Paul! Everything upgraded with no problems. I'm very pleased.. Thanks again. George, to answer your question.. postgres is similar to Microsoft Access.. or Oracle..or mySQL.. or mssql server. its relational database management system (mysql is not..but thats a whole 'nother thread ;). I barely know anything about FileMaker pro, but I think its a db system that has its own language.. which is similar to sql based databases such as postgresql. the db engines differ.. but most are based around the same language --SQL.. and each adds its own flair to the language.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Simpson" <gasjr4wd(a)mac.com> To: "clemaire" <clemaire(a)netnerds.net> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Postgres on SuSE 7.0 > Off topic... > I'm new to SuSE. Really got for server. > Question - I haven't used postgresql. Is it like filemaker pro? Just more > robust? > > > -- > Thank You, > George > > > > > > From: "clemaire" <clemaire(a)netnerds.net> > > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:36:19 -0800 > > To: <suse-ppc(a)suse.com> > > Subject: [suse-ppc] Postgres on SuSE 7.0 > > > > > Hello All, > > I've got SuSE PPC 7.0 running on a iMac SE.. After I installed Postgresql, I > > tried a few commands.. almost every command I issue it says the following: > > > > ERROR: getattproperties: no attribute tuple 1247 -2 > > > > I found a support page that talks agbout it > > http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/poeml_ppc_postgresql.html > > > > Seems that there is an optimization switch problem and it requires a > > recompile.. :/ And it states that there will be an update soon.. anyone know > > when? > > > > Also, it mentions that i can recompile postgres and pg_serv on my own. I > > downloaded postgres.spm from suse's site > > ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/7.0/suse/zq1 > > <ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/7.0/suse/zq1> but cannot find the pg_serv > > there. Perhaps its included in the postgres.spm? > > > > Suse does a great job of RPMing everything and having it all work perfectly. > > So I'm really wary of doing a manual recompile, but I'd like to get this > > going.. Is there a way i can tell how they compiled the packages that went > > into the RPMS? I'd love to know all the options they used for the postgres > > package so that I can also use all of them (except for -o0 of course). > > > > Thanks much > > > > > >

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Postgres on SuSE 7.0
by clemaire 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Hello All, I've got SuSE PPC 7.0 running on a iMac SE.. After I installed Postgresql, I tried a few commands.. almost every command I issue it says the following: ERROR: getattproperties: no attribute tuple 1247 -2 I found a support page that talks agbout it http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/poeml_ppc_postgresql.html Seems that there is an optimization switch problem and it requires a recompile.. :/ And it states that there will be an update soon.. anyone know when? Also, it mentions that i can recompile postgres and pg_serv on my own. I downloaded postgres.spm from suse's site ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/7.0/suse/zq1 but cannot find the pg_serv there. Perhaps its included in the postgres.spm? Suse does a great job of RPMing everything and having it all work perfectly. So I'm really wary of doing a manual recompile, but I'd like to get this going.. Is there a way i can tell how they compiled the packages that went into the RPMS? I'd love to know all the options they used for the postgres package so that I can also use all of them (except for -o0 of course). Thanks much

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Problem with NFS
by Bill Heese 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

Hi All, I must be missing something... Everytime i try to mount an NFS volume served from my SUSE box i get an error that says that a PCNFSD error has occured. (the service is not registered on the remote system) What I'm looking to do is allow users to mount thier home directories. My /etc/exports file looks like this: /home 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw) /home/bheese 10.0.1.20(rw) The output from rpcinfo -p lookss like this: program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100029 1 udp 853 keyserv 100029 2 udp 853 keyserv 100021 1 udp 1027 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 1027 nlockmgr 100021 1 tcp 1029 nlockmgr 100021 3 tcp 1029 nlockmgr 100024 1 udp 893 status 100024 1 tcp 895 status 100005 1 udp 896 mountd 100005 1 tcp 898 mountd 100005 2 udp 901 mountd 100005 2 tcp 903 mountd 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Bill Heese

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No sound from modem after upgrade to SuSE 7.3/PPC
by Warren Jones 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

I just upgraded to SuSE Linux 7.3/PPC on a Mac G4. Most everything went smoothly, but I can no longer get any sound from the internal modem. Under SuSE 7.0, you could hear the modem dialing and negotiating with the remote system, which provides some useful feedback. After a while, you can tell from the modem tones if there's a problem with the connection. After the upgrade to SuSE 7.3, there's just silence. The sound from the modem (when it's working) comes from the Mac's internal speaker, and from an external speaker if one is connected. It's not clear to me how software is involved in getting the sound signal from the modem to the speaker. To Linux, the modem looks like a serial device (/dev/ttyS0), and as far as I can tell, the only software that "knows" it's a modem is the dialer (wvdial in this case). I tried connecting directly to the modem with kermit, and selecting max volume like this: ATL3M2 ATDT<some-number> Still complete silence ... There's nothing wrong with the Linux sound configuration, which is working fine for applications like RealPlayer, etc. The modem has a Conexant (Rockwell) chipset, and ATI6 returns "RCV56DPF-PLL L8571A Rev 29.00/29.00". The modem is still functional, but I miss the audible feedback while it's dialing and connecting. Thanks in advance for any insights ... -- Warren Jones Fluke Corporation Everett, Washington, USA

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newbie needs help w/t installing 7.3 ppc on iMac/700
by Carsten Weiss 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

i don't succeed in installing linux 7.3 ppc on my imac 700. is there anybody who could give/send me an detailed instruction beginning with hd-partition ? when i follow the manual, the first problem appears when i start yast 2 which doesnt recognize the partition. the next problem is setting mount points... after installation i am not able to boot from the installed partition. HELP !!! carsten ------------------------- - Carsten Weiss - - Irlerstr. 28 - - D-42719 Solingen - ------------------------- - Tel. +49-212-2309626 - - Tel. +49-172-2919827 - ------------------------- - carstenweiss(a)web.de - - ICQ: 16559263 - -------------------------

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RE: [suse-ppc] newbie needs help w/t installing 7.3 ppc on iMac/7 00
by AllanL 13 Dec '01

13 Dec '01

You need to use the apple utility to partition the disks, then I found that it complained about custom or foreign partitions, so take the partitions that you designated as swap and root, select the swap and tell it to format it as swap (no mount) then take your root, tell it to format and mount as / > -----Original Message----- > From: Carsten Weiss <carstenweiss(a)web.de>@SUN > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 16:24 > To: suse-ppc(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-ppc] newbie needs help w/t installing 7.3 ppc on > iMac/700 > > <<...OLE_Obj...>> > > i don't succeed in installing linux 7.3 ppc on my imac 700. > is there anybody who could give/send me an detailed instruction beginning > with hd-partition ? > when i follow the manual, the first problem appears when i start yast 2 > which doesnt recognize the partition. the next problem is setting mount > points... > after installation i am not able to boot from the installed partition. > HELP !!! > > carsten > > > > > > > ------------------------- > - Carsten Weiss - > - Irlerstr. 28 - > - D-42719 Solingen - > ------------------------- > - Tel. +49-212-2309626 - > - Tel. +49-172-2919827 - > ------------------------- > - carstenweiss(a)web.de - > - ICQ: 16559263 - > ------------------------- >

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Open Office 641b
by Joss Winn 12 Dec '01

12 Dec '01

Hello, Again, the latest version of Open Office crashes as soon as I click on the menu bar (not icons but on 'file' for example). This occured in the last release that came with SuSE 7.3PPC. Is anyone else experiencing this? In this state, it is unusuable for me. All advice appreciated. thanks joss --

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RE: [suse-ppc] Varargs works different on SuSe PPC
by Jacob Vennervald Madsen 12 Dec '01

12 Dec '01

There was a problem with the following macro #define VALPARM(y) ((va_list) y) It should be #define VALPARM(y) va_list y But now it works. Thanks a million Kevin. We've been trying to fix this problem for days. I'll post this to the rest of the kannel list. Thanks again. Jacob -----Original Message----- From: Kevin B. Hendricks [mailto:khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca] Sent: 12. december 2001 15:38 To: Jacob Vennervald Madsen Cc: suse-ppc(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Varargs works different on SuSe PPC Hi Jacob, Arrgghh! They are passing addresses of va_lists all over the place. Under ppc linux and s390 linux, va_list is actualy based on an array type. So they are trying to pass the address of the array (which itself is a pointer) and all hell breaks loose. They then assume the *args is a va_list argument everyplace. Passing addresses of a va_list is not portable in any way AFAIK. I have no idea if what I did even compiles but you should get the general idea. Just think that va_list is an array. Taking the address of an array makes no sense (you pass the array and it is automatically a pointer) and then taking the contents of that also can be an issue. Whereas passing the address of an element of the array is perfectly fine. I tried something using macros that may do the trick. Hope this helps. Kevin On December 12, 2001 08:22, Jacob Vennervald Madsen wrote: > Thanks a lot. > Here are the .h and .c files. > > In these three methodes I get a warning when compiling: > format_width > format_prec > convert > > These are the warnings I get: > gwlib/octstr.c: In function `octstr_format_valist': > gwlib/octstr.c:1985: warning: passing arg 3 of `format_width' from > incompatible pointer type > gwlib/octstr.c:1986: warning: passing arg 3 of `format_prec' from > incompatible pointer type > gwlib/octstr.c:1988: warning: passing arg 4 of `convert' from > incompatible pointer type > > I also suspect these methods: > octstr_format > octstr_format_valist > octstr_format_append > > Hope you can help. > > Jacob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin B. Hendricks [mailto:khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca] > Sent: 12. december 2001 13:58 > To: Jacob Vennervald Madsen; suse-ppc(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Varargs works different on SuSe PPC > > > Hi Jacob, > > > After debugging it I found out that there is a difference in the way > > that va_arg works on different platforms. > > Yes there is and ppc linux is one of the more strange versions. > > > I've been told to try to update my glibc to the latest version but I > > have version 2.2.4-19, which I think is the latest. > > As I've understood it's another compiler, right? > > Is there a ppc rpm for this? > > Please ignore all of that "advice", it is bad. > > The problem is in the program itself. It is not using cross-platform > code > to do varargs the right way. Thrre are now macros defined that will > allow > most ofthe differences to be properly taken care of. > > Please post the routine from the program that is causing the problem > (i.e. > using varargs incorrectly for cross platform independence) and I can > show > you how to fix it. Then you can submit a patch to the maintainer of > that > program so that they start ding things in a more coross-platform manner. > > Kevin

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Re: [suse-ppc] Varargs works different on SuSe PPC
by Kevin B.Hendricks 12 Dec '01

12 Dec '01

Hi Jacob, Arrgghh! They are passing addresses of va_lists all over the place. Under ppc linux and s390 linux, va_list is actualy based on an array type. So they are trying to pass the address of the array (which itself is a pointer) and all hell breaks loose. They then assume the *args is a va_list argument everyplace. Passing addresses of a va_list is not portable in any way AFAIK. I have no idea if what I did even compiles but you should get the general idea. Just think that va_list is an array. Taking the address of an array makes no sense (you pass the array and it is automatically a pointer) and then taking the contents of that also can be an issue. Whereas passing the address of an element of the array is perfectly fine. I tried something using macros that may do the trick. Hope this helps. Kevin On December 12, 2001 08:22, Jacob Vennervald Madsen wrote: > Thanks a lot. > Here are the .h and .c files. > > In these three methodes I get a warning when compiling: > format_width > format_prec > convert > > These are the warnings I get: > gwlib/octstr.c: In function `octstr_format_valist': > gwlib/octstr.c:1985: warning: passing arg 3 of `format_width' from > incompatible pointer type > gwlib/octstr.c:1986: warning: passing arg 3 of `format_prec' from > incompatible pointer type > gwlib/octstr.c:1988: warning: passing arg 4 of `convert' from > incompatible pointer type > > I also suspect these methods: > octstr_format > octstr_format_valist > octstr_format_append > > Hope you can help. > > Jacob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin B. Hendricks [mailto:khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca] > Sent: 12. december 2001 13:58 > To: Jacob Vennervald Madsen; suse-ppc(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Varargs works different on SuSe PPC > > > Hi Jacob, > > > After debugging it I found out that there is a difference in the way > > that va_arg works on different platforms. > > Yes there is and ppc linux is one of the more strange versions. > > > I've been told to try to update my glibc to the latest version but I > > have version 2.2.4-19, which I think is the latest. > > As I've understood it's another compiler, right? > > Is there a ppc rpm for this? > > Please ignore all of that "advice", it is bad. > > The problem is in the program itself. It is not using cross-platform > code > to do varargs the right way. Thrre are now macros defined that will > allow > most ofthe differences to be properly taken care of. > > Please post the routine from the program that is causing the problem > (i.e. > using varargs incorrectly for cross platform independence) and I can > show > you how to fix it. Then you can submit a patch to the maintainer of > that > program so that they start ding things in a more coross-platform manner. > > Kevin

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Varargs works different on SuSe PPC
by Jacob Vennervald Madsen 12 Dec '01

12 Dec '01

Hi List I'm having a problem with a program called Kannel. I'm trying to compile it on my IBM 44P model 270 with SuSE 7.3 PPC installed. It compiles ok but when I run it I get a Segmentation Fault. After debugging it I found out that there is a difference in the way that va_arg works on different platforms. I've been told to try to update my glibc to the latest version but I have version 2.2.4-19, which I think is the latest. Then I've been told to try Darwin. As I've understood it's another compiler, right? Is there a ppc rpm for this? By the way, is there an ftp site where I can get the latest updates for SuSE Linux 7.3 PPC? Jacob

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CD-ROM Icon [OT]
by Brett Schwarz 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

This is slightly off topic, but since I not a mac person at all (got a 7200/90 from someone), I am not sure if I did something wrong or not. This is probably a stupid question, but shouldn't there be a CD-ROM icon on the desktop when I am in MacOS? I am not very familiar with Mac at all. I had installed PPC 6.4, but recently got 7.3. I just wanted to reinstall using 7.3, but the CD-ROM icon does not show up. I have tried CD1 and CD2, and the CDs from the 6.4 distro, but I do not see the icon. I want to open it so that I can invoke bootx to do the install. The CD-ROM getting found, since I can see it in the "Silverlining" program that shows the SCSI devices. I had even bought another CD-ROM thinking my CD-ROM was bad...but same results. Am I totally missing something here? I had added some hard drives, but removed them thinking that may have caused it, but no. Does the CD-ROM have to be a specific SCSI ID? I wouldn't think so, but you never know. system: pmac 7200/90 MacOS 7.5 thanks, --brett _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Imap mail client for SuSE-ppc-7.1
by Alain Barthelemy 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Hello, Does anyone know a good GUI imap-mail client for SuSEppc 7.1 Kmail does not accept Imap protocol (I regret it) Netscape well but I hate. Sylpheed is supposed to do Imap but does not do it. Is there a new sylpheed-ppc-version that manages Imap protocol. Thus ... Thanks for suggestions if there are any -- Alain Barthélemy Section de Biosécurité et Biotechnologie Institut de Santé Publique R. Juliette Wytsman, 14 B-1050 Bruxelles

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Segmentation fault
by Jacob Vennervald Madsen 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Hi list I'm trying to compile an SMS gateway called kannel on an IBM RS/6000 44P model 270 running SuSe Linux PPC 7.3. It compiles but I get a Segmentation Fault when running it. This is what I get from the debugger: When running, Starting program: /usr/local/kannel/sbin/bearerbox-cvs [New Thread 1024 (LWP 10108)] 2001-12-11 08:57:50 [0] INFO: Debug_lvl = -1, log_file = <none>, log_lvl = 0 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 1024 (LWP 10108)] 0x0fcd8448 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 When issueing bt command: #0 0x0fcd8448 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x10047d60 in convert (os=0x101a0098, format=0x7ffff4c8, fmt=0x7ffff4e8, args=0x7ffff4ec) at gwlib/octstr.c:1897 #2 0x100481dc in octstr_format_valist (fmt=0x1004d879 "s, IP %s.\nLibxml version %s.\nUsing %s malloc.\n", args=0x7ffff580) at gwlib/octstr.c:1987 #3 0x10048054 in octstr_format (fmt=0x0) at gwlib/octstr.c:1958 #4 0x1000ae8c in version_report_string (boxname=0x1004b078 "bearerbox") at gw/shared.c:33 #5 0x1000ad60 in report_versions (boxname=0x0) at gw/shared.c:22 #6 0x10002730 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffff814) at gw/bearerbox.c:434 #7 0x0fc75680 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 It seems like there is something wrong with strlen() from libc. Any ideas? Jacob

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Setting up serial Printer in SuSE 7.3
by Mutscheller＠t-online.de 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Hi, I am using SuSE 7.3 on a PowerMac G3., Kernel 2.4.12. I have a modem connected to the first serial port /dev/ttyS0 and a printer to the second serial port /dev/ttyS1. Unfortunately this second serial port is not recognized by YAST2 so I can not set up the printer because I can not choose the second serial port. Setting up the printer via YAST does also not work ( I choose the printer under yast, and the set the serial speed with the command stty 57600 raw -echo crtscts </dev/ttyS1 ). This procedure worked with SuSE 7.1 Does anybody have an idea ? Best regards Alfred

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will keine mails mehr
by saschapurmann＠web.de 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

hallo, könnten Sie mich bitte von ihren Mailinglisten löschen. Vielen Dank Gruß Sascha Purmann saschapurmann(a)web.de ________________________________________________________________ Keine verlorenen Lotto-Quittungen, keine vergessenen Gewinne mehr! Beim WEB.DE Lottoservice: http://tippen2.web.de/?x=13

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DSL with 7.3
by Ola Olsson 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Hello, Before getting into too many details, is anyone with a Mac G4 tower (400 MHz) that can show me how to setup an ethernet DSL connection? I just installed 7.3 and have DirectTV Broadband. But whatever I do I can't get the connection. The eth0 device keeps turning with an unknown error. I have a static IP address with static Gateway that connected to a broadband router. I tried the ADSL setup and also the ethercard setup but can't get the eth0 device to even startup. Thanks for any help, Ola Olsson -- /******************************************* /** Ola Olsson -- oeolsson(a)enosis.net /** http://www.enosis.net /** "I learn so I can teach so I can learn." /*******************************************

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boot parameter lost and then yast2 thinks you are vga 16
by AllanL 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

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

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LINUX PPC 7.3 G4 500DP Installation Help wanted
by Andrew 08 Dec '01

08 Dec '01

Hi: Is there anyone on this list who has successfully installed the Linux PPC 7.3 on a G4 Dual 500 ( Sept 2000 edition)? I am having problems installing it using the tips seen in the manual including the drag Linux boot to the linux boot partition, using alt+apple +O+ F boot up command line etc Monitor I am using is the E771 viewsonic Background: The software was installed on a StarMax 5000 250 with this same monitor but ended up using the Text interface because SaX2 failed. So I switched over to the G4 to see if I can get it to install satisfactorily. Help !! Ayudame!!

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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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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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