May 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

controlling the Apple Studio Display
by chicco98＠inwind.it 14 Jun '01

14 Jun '01

Hi everybody, I have a Mac G4 Cube (Nov 2000) with an Apple LCD Display (connected through the Apple Display Connector) with the following system * SuSE PPC 7.0 * yaboot 0.8.SuSE * a patched XFree86 Version 4.0.2 * 2.4.2 kernel (k_deflt-2.4.2-2.rpm from SuSE) It all works fine, but after a cold boot the systems comes up normally but the monitor remains off. This problem is also common to Open Firmware; in fact cold booting in OF (alt-apple-O-F) gives the same problem: operational OF (blind typing OF commands produces the expected results) but blank monitor. My solution: cold boot in OS 9.1 (which never fails to switch the monitor on) and reboot in Linux (sometimes iterating the process two or more times until I finally get an ON monitor in Linux). (Notes: this is not an X problem, even the text console or the yaboot prompt is invisible; I already have "output screen" in os-chooser.) Any hints on how to solve the problem? Will a firmware upgrade solve the problem? Will the updated firmware be compatible with my system/kernel/yaboot ? A second, related, question. How do I switch off the monitor with a screen-saver? (Using standard DPMS off-mode give raise to a white screen with backlight on) How can I control display brightness? Thanks to all on this list and to SuSE people. S. M. -- Stefano Miccoli chicco98(a)inwind.it

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bug: Keymap in Suse Linux 7.1 PPC - y and z
by Janus Sandsgaard 08 Jun '01

08 Jun '01

When I select mac/mac-dk-latin1 in Yast -> Installation settings -> Select Keymap I expect a Danish keyboard-design, but it seams that Suse mix up the "z" and "y"-key. Is this a bug or do I misunderstand something? ;-) -j

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PPC 7.1 woes
by Christian Birkle 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Dear all, just installed Suse 7.1 an my PB G3 266 and some issues have come up (sigh) - the 2.4.2 Kernel won't really work even when I use the "No video driver" setting in BootX, X has problems with the display, the graphics looks dithered and hardly readable when the systems starts X using the default setting ("No video driver" unchecked) produces 4 split up start-up screens - under 2.2.18 /lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia is missing:-( so loading during booting fails - can I used power management (under those kernels?) - can I used a "normal" WLAN Card (Lucent) with the airport module??? Thanks in advance Cheers, Christian p.s 7.1 feels much better then 6.4 which I used before!

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can't get PCMCIA recognized (nothing in proc/devices)
by Shawn Gordon 03 Jun '01

03 Jun '01

I'm on 7.1 using kernel 2.4.2 on a TiBook. This configuration is stock and should include the PCMCIA drivers, but I'm getting the following during the boot sequence: PCMCIA: using schem: SuSE modprobe: Can't locate module i82365 modprobe: Can't locate module i82365 /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Operation not permitted /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod ds failed cardmgr[216]: starting, version is 3.1.22 PCMCIA: cardmanager is running cardmgr[216]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices cardmgr[216]: exiting a review of the contents of /proc/devices reveals that there is in fact nothing about pcmcia. At this stage I've exhausted my limited expertise. Can anyone offer a suggestion? thanks very much Regards, Shawn Gordon President theKompany.com www.thekompany.com 949-713-3276

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kernel philosophy
by Michel Pape 03 Jun '01

03 Jun '01

Dear all, Spoilage warning: Maybe this has come up before. I can hardly believe this issue has not been adressed before. If so, feel free to ignore. I am currently using Linux on several x86 machines (server, scada systems, workstations, etc) and just recently on an Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo. I have had quite some experience with Linux on Intel machines, but as an old mac fanatic, I just had to try this! And then my Powerbook caught fire... Since I need to keep my kernel version up-to-date , I always try to keep up to the latest release, often even the development kernels. And here comes the sad bit: No problem on those Intel machines, but I have definitely been wasting too much CPU time trying to compile the _official_ kernel sources from Linus and running into issues time and again. Even the default configure runs into errors. This bugs me. Really. I am in awe of Paul, Ben, Cort and many others who do a fantastic job in supplying us with suitable sources for _our_ machines. But this question comes to mind: Why don´t their changes make it into the official tree? Lack of communication? Dumped into the bitbucket by (I know he hates big patches) Linus or Alan? Political issues? Whatsoever. Anyway, how it got there seems absolutely secondary to me: What is more important now, is how these things can be handled in the future and prevent PPC users from having to dig the net for decent kernel sources. I want my 2.4.5-final NOW! One more thing. Congratulations to the SuSE PPC mailinglist. The support is tremendous, quick response from SuSE always guaranteed (Thanks: Olaf, Matze) and the quality of the posted articles is (almost always) amazing. Rock On! Michel Pape Visual Systems GmbH e-mail: pape(a)vsys.de web: http://www.vsys.de -- "Sundays kill more men than bombs." (Charles Bukowski)

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KDE 2.1 update?
by Tom Dove 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

Hi all, OK. I give up. I've repeatedly tried downloading the KDE 2.1.1 update for SuSE 7.1 (which came with KDE 2.01) and it breaks partway through certain long files every time. After two days of trying every mirror site I can find, I'm throwing in the towel. Has somebody in this group downloaded and saved the KDE 2.1.1 update? Could you please mail me a CD with it? I'll happily reimburse you, of course. I'm using a 56 kbps modem and it's a slow process, even when it works right. This may be a "Catch-22" phenomenon, where KDE 2.01 is flawed and won't download its replacement; there are certainly plenty of other bugs in 2.01, which is the reason I'm anxious to upgrade. -- Tom Dove *** Home page at toad.net/~tdove/ *** * Sailing, genealogy, ham radio *

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Could use some help with SuSE 7.1 and TiBook
by Shawn Gordon 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

I've been having to boot off the CD since I installed this, no matter what I do. Let me run it down and maybe someone can help me. 1. Stock TiBook and normal SuSE 7.1 for PPC installation. I can boot to linux or Mac OS as long as I boot from their CD's. 2. Booting with no CD yields the following message: DEFAULT CATCH!, code=method <draw-rectangle> not found; ihandle=ffbc2a80 phandle=0 3. Does Suse require both yaboot.conf and lilo.conf? The manual seems to indicate this, but LinuxPPC only needs yaboot.conf 4. I've gotten some sample yaboot.conf files from kind folks but it doesn't seem to help. With the Linux CD in the drive I get the 'boot' prompt where I can specify the type and path, which works, but also seems to ignore yaboot.conf and lilo.conf as far as I can see. I would really like to start using Ben's updated kernel, which I've compiled and put in place, but I'm really getting stuck on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We're trying to port some of our stuff to PPC and this is the only PPC machine we have at the moment. Regards, Shawn Gordon President theKompany.com www.thekompany.com 949-713-3276

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7.1PPC, Pismo, Ethernet
by Janus Sandsgaard 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

I am having a real struggle getting ethernet running with Suse Linux 7.1 on my Pismo. On LinuxPPC 2000 it took me five minutes. Question: What type of ethernet-card should I choose in Yast -> System Adm. -> Integrate hardware into system -> Configure network device? - Apple onboard Ethernet mace - Apple onboard Ethernet bmac - Apple onboard Ethernet gmac ? Thank! -j

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Mac G4 and energy saver settings
by Amar Maktal 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

The MacOS has a facility under the Energy Saver CP which allows the machine to restart automatically after a power failure. I believe this sets a parameter in the machines PRAM. Is there a way to configure this setting in SuSE PPC? Thanks, Amar

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ReiserFS Endian-safe Port Question
by Andrei Verovski 30 May '01

30 May '01

Hi, I've got SuSE PPC 2.4.2 kernel sources, SuSE ReiserFS patch, applied patch and succesfully compiled kernel with most drivers built-in rather separate modules. Now I would like to reinstall SuSE PPC on ReiserFS partition. I would like to start installation from suseboot folder located at /macboot HFS partition, not from CD (because boot kernel on CD does not have ReiserFS support). The only question is how to create ReiserFS partition with Yast2, since there is statement in manual that Yast2 do not supports ReiserFS on PPC. Or may be it just checks kernel for presence of ReiserFS code, and will work once they will be found? Can I use my vmlinux kernel instead of original vmlinux located at suseboot (I do not know, may be there is something special in suseboot vmlinux)? Do I need to regenerate ramdisk.image.gz? Thanks Andrei Verovski

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once again: using any non-onboard NIC under SuSE linux
by Timo Schoeler 30 May '01

30 May '01

hello, for the third time i'll report my experiences (?!) on my journey to a working NIC... having tested the smc 9432tx (etherpower II) and the smc 1211 i experienced that both won't work. tested on a pm 8200/120 64/big scsi raid ;)/cd under suse 7.1 ppc. trying to initialize the interface (e.g. via 'rcnetwork restart') results in a hanging machine (blubb -- and away; need for a hard reset). onboard eth works fine (but only 10mb though). ok, so i tried the holy DEC 'Tulip' chipset, the 21143 to be exact -- using the appropriate driver (for 21x4x-cards ;) this results in *lots of* errors on the cli (fortunately, i don't have 'em with me, so that i can't give 'em to you -- perhaps tomorrow...), saying that linux isn't able to initialize that card... so my final question: is there *any* card that runs under (suse) linux ppc? i need at least two additional interfaces (10/100mbit) on that machine! [evaluating debian & linuxppc at time] greetz and tia 4 answers, timo ps: i remember that a few guys had the same trouble -- any ideas?! -- msg, Timo ____________________________________________________________ No electrons were harmed in the manufacture of this e-mail. ____________________________________________________________ In a world without walls and fences who needs Windows and Gates?

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Re: XFree86
by hysterion 29 May '01

29 May '01

> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: XFree86 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 23:20:56 -0700 (PDT) > From: Roxanne Gentile <rmgentile(a)yahoo.com> > To: hysterion(a)mac.com > > > Hello. > > Did you ever get answers to your questions about > configuring XFree86? I am in the same boat. I suppose you are referring to http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-ppc/2001-Mar/0027.html, or http://groups.google.com/groups?scoring=d&num=50&q=xsfbswitch. The only thing that worked for me was to edit /etc/XF86Config by hand. Linux distributions include utilities that ought to do this automagically (XF86Setup, xf86config, Xconfigurator, Xautoconfig SaX, xsfbswitch, SaX2,...) but I have yet to find one that works with with SuSE 7.0 on this hardware: Power Macintosh 7300/180 Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display (graphics controller: /chaos/control) (SuSE 7.0 docs say that XFree86 3.3.6 is mandatory in this case. Maybe there are new solutions with SuSE 7.1 a/o XFree86 4.0.x?) To find the correct parameters to edit into /etc/XF86Config, it's easiest to follow the procedure explained on this excellent page: http://www.linux-france.org/article/materiel/mac/xf86config.html. (Maybe others will know of an equivalent in English - I don't.) Herlent's "manip" is not one that would seem hard to code into a program... Then again, I don't know that it's been done. It seems important to follow it *to the letter* - for example, if I leave out the line with "Virtual" then it stops working. Extra twist in SuSE (7.0 PPC): a pesky script (/sbin/init.d/xsfb) wants to reinstate a generic /etc/XF86Config file each time you reboot! To prevent this "feature"(?) from ruining your efforts, you need to edit /etc/rc.config and replace CREATE_FBCONF="yes" by CREATE_FBCONF="no". Hope this helps, and maybe others will have better solutions or updates to suggest. http://www.kernel.org/LDP/LDP/gs/node4.html says: "The most difficult and frustrating part of any Linux installation and setup is the X Window System." hysterion

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iMac modem
by Jaap-Jan 28 May '01

28 May '01

Hi, I still have no success getting the modem up using a februari 2001 iMac and Suse 7.1. I used the default installed kernel. Yast2 says there is an unrecognized modem, if I use yast to configure dial-up networking and let it probe the modem, it can't find anything. Anybody an idea? thanks, Jaap-Jan

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suse online update
by Janus Sandsgaard 25 May '01

25 May '01

Hi What value should I write in Yast2 -> Software -> Change source of installation -> Network ? Im using Suse Linux 7.1PPC -j -- Boligløs i København siden 1.04.01 - kan du hjælpe? http://janus.dk

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PPC RaiserFS/XFS Status/Patches
by Andrei Verovski 25 May '01

25 May '01

Hi, 1) Anyone succeeded to deploy RaiserFS on PowerMac? If yes, where the patch for 2.4.5preX kernels can be downloaded from? I have seen only patches for 2.4.4 kernel so far. 2) How to properly re-make boot stuff from suseboot folder in order to support RaiserFS: vmlinux (boot kernel), and ramdisk.image.gz (which seem to contain linuxrc/yast install)? 3) If RaiserFS on PowerMac still too "green", anyone tried to use SGI XFS? Thanks in advance Andrei

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Mouse button emulation in Gnome
by BillT＠Mahagonny.com 24 May '01

24 May '01

Hello, I am having problems with mouse button emulation with SuSE/Gnome. I sent an email to SuSE support earlier in the week, but I have yet to receive a response. Maybe someone here has run into the same problem. I am running an Apple PowerBook G3/333 (Lombard/Bronze keyboard) with SuSE PPC 7.1 - Kernel 2.4. All packages are the default versions from the PPC 7.1 CD. I have followed the directions from the SuSE web site (http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/poeml_mouse_buttons_emulation.html) and added the following to /etc/init.d/boot.local : echo "1" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation echo "87" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode # F11 echo "88" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode # F12 This has enabled mouse emulation in KDE, however when I switch to Gnome the F12 key no longer works as the right button. I have also tried passing the kernel argument: "adb_buttons=103,111" using Yaboot as suggested for other distributions, but that did not work for either KDE or Gnome. I would prefer to use Gnome as my desktop since that is what I am used to on the x86 platform. Is there a current fix for this problem? or am I missing something? -- BillT(a)Mahagonny.com | PGP KeyID#: 0xFB966670 If cryptography is outlawed, only outlaws jvyy unir pelcgbtencul.

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Can access only access Internet as a Root User
by Xavier de Cardenas 23 May '01

23 May '01

I successfully configured my SuSE Linux 7.1 on my Beige G3/300 to connect to the internet using my DSL connection (DHCP). The problem is that I can only do this as the Root user. I open a terminal window under my regular user account and change to super user. I then type adsl-start and it connects. When I try to launch Netscape or Konquerer as a normal user I get an error message stating that I am not network socket not connected. Although if I run lynx under the terminal window as superuser (root) it connects without a problem. What am I doing wrong? Xavier -- Xavier de Cárdenas xavierdc(a)verizon.net

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PPC RaiserFS/XFS Status/Patches
by Andrei Verovski 23 May '01

23 May '01

Hi, 1) Anyone succeeded to deploy RaiserFS on PowerMac? If yes, where the patch for 2.4.5preX kernels can be downloaded from? I have seen only patches for 2.4.4 kernel so far. 2) How to properly re-make boot stuff from suseboot folder in order to support RaiserFS: vmlinux (boot kernel), and ramdisk.image.gz (which seem to contain linuxrc/yast install)? 3) If RaiserFS on PowerMac still too "green", anyone tried to use SGI XFS? Thanks in advance Andrei

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glibc-2.2-17.ppc.rpm update fails
by Joss Winn 22 May '01

22 May '01

Hi, has anyone else had any success downloading the updated glibc RPM? I have tried the YaST2 online updater which normally works well for me, but fails after about 600K and so does my browser when I try to download it from there. Downloading other updates from the ftp site is no problem. Is there something wrong with the RPM? Joss -- http://www.josswinn.org

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PPC RaiserFS Status/Patches
by Andrei Verovski 21 May '01

21 May '01

Hi, 1) Anyone succeeded to deploy RaiserFS on PowerMac? If yes, where the patch for 2.4.5preX kernels can be downloaded from? 2) How to properly re-make boot stuff from suseboot folder: vmlinux (boot kernel), and ramdisk.image.gz (which seem to contain linuxrc/yast install) in order to support RaiserFS? Thanks in advance Andrei

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Trackpad and AirPort on iBook?
by Tom Dove 19 May '01

19 May '01

Hi all, I've installed SuSE 7.1 on my Indigo iBook (rev. C) and it runs well. As always, there are a few items I'd like to tweak: 1. The trackpad responds to a tap as if I were clicking the mouse. I don't want this feature and once disabled it when I was running LinuxPPC on this machine but have forgotten how I did it. How can I disable tapping on the trackpad and leave only the "click" bar working? 2. I've followed the instructions in the manual to get AirPort working, but no luck so far. How can I do that? -- Tom Dove *** Home page at toad.net/~tdove/ *** * Sailing, genealogy, ham radio *

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Checking for Acceleration
by Ola Olsson 18 May '01

18 May '01

How do I verify that acceleration is working on my machine? I just installed 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) on a 400 MHz G4 with ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 2x. It appears all the right drivers are loading in the log files. The r128 driver is supposed to enable acceleration by default with XFree86 4. I've been using XMMS with the open GL graphic analyzer as the test. On my G4 the graphic analyzer "stumbles" along while on my son's G3, with identical setup (accept for graphic card) it hums along quite nice. Is it valid for me to be using XMMS to varify acceleration? or is there a better, more definitive way of testing this. I'm wondering whether acceleration might be on but I've simply screwed up my XMMS installation. Perhaps I'm just a doofus but I never had these "problems" with SuSE 7.0. Thanks for any help, Ola

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good and stable NIC for linux?
by Timo Schoeler 18 May '01

18 May '01

hy folks, a few weeks ago i posted my trouble with my SMC NICs (9432TX, EtherPower II) to the list -- unfortunately (but thanks to the guys who tried to help me!) i didn't have any success bringing this cards to work... which card should i use now? i need one with a rock stable driver (yip, guess that this is normal) and it should be 'quality ware'... i used to build in two nics (config is 8200/120 with on board ethernet, 10mbit), one for nfs (adressing my sun workstation) and the other for netatalk; the rest should be done by the on board ethernet device... (which works fine). so which card do you use? which would you recommend? tia, timo

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OT: cable for 2,5" SCSI HD connecting to Mac Host
by Timo Schoeler 18 May '01

18 May '01

hello, sorry for posting my slightly off topic email, but i have a very big problem: since my good ol' power book 100 died yesterday, i have several important data on this tiny hard disk (indeed, it has 20megs... wow!). i have had several 2,5" scsi hd's, but i never had to restore some data from them back to a mac... so i don't know the cable connection (which is data+, gnd etc.). i searched i a little database called 'loeten am mac', there are several listings containing such things -- no go. nothing listet there. it seems to me that using an old style (fast or) asynchronous scsi host adapter (built in every old, i.e. grey mac) should work; the cable to build would -- as far as i can see -- have to supply power to the disk (there are eight (?) pins dedicated for this on the hd). does anyone of you have a 'recipe' for building such a cable? tia, timo

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installing and partitions
by f＠suse.com 15 May '01

15 May '01

hallo, i am trying to install suse-linux on powermac 8500/180 - 64mg. macOS 8.1 i hav external 2gig HD : 3: SCSI, 1.91 GB, /dev/sdc, MICROP-4221-09 1128RQAV This is what i attempt to choose for installation. i get: warning: this disk has foreign partitions and must be handled by the custom partitioner. ok+ so, i go to custom: 1. i select drive, 2. YaST2 needs at least one partition to install SuSE Linux: the root "/" partition. Please create this at mountpoint. i initialized the disk. this appears to be a partition issue. evidently, i am in the dark about creating the appropriate partitions. i tried HD primer, which apparently should allow me to create new paritions; howver when i try to create a 40 000k partition (linux boot partition_) i'm told i have not succeeded as a partition need be greater than 400k. 1 have 2 memory options they begin : 0.5 0.5 <- -> the second 0.5 i can increase/change the size of my partition. the first will not allow any alterations. please forgive my naivete about partitions, but might someone point me in the right direction regarding their appropriate creation. thx. zehn

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Problem with Linux/MacOS Printing - Please help
by Andrei Verovski 15 May '01

15 May '01

Hi, I have TCP/IP forwarding queues (via lpr old) to networked PostScript printers defined in printcap and succesfully working with Linux and Samba. Now I would like to make them work with MacOS9. There are two choices, through Netatalk and through Apple Desktop Printer (TCP/IP & LPR). Unfortunately, none seem to be work via Linux (although direct AppleTalk printing bypassing print server from MacOS works). 1) ------------------------------ Phaser740L|lp1|tek_phaser740_host-tek_phaser740_queue-Phaser740L|tek_phaser 740_host tek_phaser740_queue:\ :lp=:\ :rm=tek_phaser740_host:\ :rp=tek_phaser740_queue:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/tek_phaser740_host-tek_phaser740_queue-Phaser740L:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/tek_phaser740_host-tek_phaser740_queue-Phaser740L/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/tek_phaser740_host-tek_phaser740_queue-Phaser740L/acct: \ :ar:bk:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh: Above is my printcap entry (again, it work with Linux and Samba). I create desktop printer (new Printer -> LPR) with Desktop Printing Utility, enter Linux box IP address, and queue name "lp1". Verify command returns OK status. Anyway, printing from MacOS results PostScript error 8827 (I have selected correct PPD file, and printer, Tektronix Phaser 740L, has built-in PostScript L3 interpreter). 2) ------------------------------ So, I went another way and edited Netatalk papd.conf file: Phaser740_Linux:\ :pr=lp1:\ :op=wes:\ :pd=/etc/PPD/TEK740L.PPD: The printer becomes visible via chooser, but again I've got PostScript error. I removed :op=wes: statement, dropped PPD file definition, changed :pr=lp1: to :pr= tek_phaser740_queue:, but it still does not work. Instead of PostScript error appears another message "printer is not responding to request". I have checked spool directory permission (lp/lp), everything is OK. Of course, I restarted netatalk after each change of papd.conf file. Please help. Thanks in advance. Andrei

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console messages
by Joss Winn 15 May '01

15 May '01

Hello, Ever since installing 7.1, I have had these messages immediately after booting. Could anyone tell me how to get rid of them and why they are appearing? May 15 21:55:56 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module mousedev May 15 21:55:56 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module usb-ohci May 15 21:55:57 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module keybdev May 15 21:55:58 linux kernel: ip_conntrack (2048 buckets, 16384 max) USB keyboard, USB mouse and USB in general works fine. Thank you Joss -- http://www.josswinn.org

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PPC 2.4.5pre1 kernel problem
by Andrei Verovski 15 May '01

15 May '01

Hi, I have problem with custom compiled 2.4.4 and 2.4.5-pre1 kernels from fsmlabs on SuSE 7.0 PPC, bitkeeper tree. I have compiled kernel with ALL Mac-specific drivers, including serial port support, and installed new modutils 2.4 from SuSE ftp. And now the problems: 1) Built-in iBook Modem is no longer recognized by Yast2. 2) Sound recognized but does not work. 3) I have boot message that module char-major-4 is not found. char-major-4 is an alias to dmasound in etc/modules.conf, I have changed alias to dmasound_core, message disappear, but sound does not work anyway. It seems my problems relate to modules.conf file. Does anyone have valid modules.conf file for SuSE 7.0 PPC/2.4.4 kernel, or instruction how to properly update it? Thanks in advance Andrei

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Linux on Motorola PowerStack
by Joachim Gabler 14 May '01

14 May '01

Hi, I have a Motorola Powerstack running Windows NT at the moment. I think it has a special BIOS for Windows - even the bootmonitor has some Windows look and feel - as far as I remember, for running AIX on the machine, another BIOS was needed. Does anybody have experience installing Linux on such a system? Should it be possible in principle? The BIOS version is: Motorola PowerStack RISC PC Firmware: Motorola PowerPC Firmware Version 3.04.08 96/09/10 MCG IR03 Thanks for any help! Joachim

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firewire
by Joss Winn 14 May '01

14 May '01

Hello, I was wondering what the current status of firewire is for PPC Linux. I have been taking a look at http://linux1394.sourceforge.net and it appears that it is working on the x86 platform. An update in March says that work is under way to fully support PPC. Currently, what support is there? Is there any point in me trying to get my CD burner working with the currently available drivers. The web site says my model works with the SBP-2 driver on x86. Thanks very much joss -- http://www.josswinn.org

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Re: [suse-ppc] Setting Acceleration on Rage
by Ola Olsson 12 May '01

12 May '01

At 9:05 AM +0200 4/27/01, Uwe Albrecht wrote: >try to reconfigure XFree 4.x with SaX 2. This works. I think when >you install SuSE 7.1 for the first time the Framebuffer - Server is >activated. You must configure the accelerated Server by yourself. I'm trying to reconfigure using SaX2 but am confused. SaX2 says I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 4x (TMDS) with r128 driver. Expert says that I'm using these options: usefbdev,hw_cursor,dpms. I'm assuming that the first option is use frame-buffer device. Do I turn this off and substitute another option? But which option, there are so many. There is an "accel" option. There is also a "hdcursor" option. What's the difference between "hd_cursor" and "hdcursor"? Either way I've been unable to test these configuration changes. When I select test I get the familiar adjustment screen where I can tweek the width and height. When I click save configuration however the screen switches to gray with the X cursor and stays there without reloading my desktop. At this point I have to kill the session with ctrl + alt + delete. Best Regards, 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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more on that buzzing
by Joss Winn 12 May '01

12 May '01

well just to confirm that there is really something odd going on, I came to my computer this morning and sure enough, there is a buzzing coming from the internal speakers that wasn't there the last time I touched it last night. It changes pitch depending on the brightness of the screen. As I write this in mutt/vim on a black screen, it is fairly subdued. Now if I switch to my netscape desktop I get a solid bass buzzing. When I switch to Konqueror with a grey background, I get a higher pitch buzzing. If this continues, I am going to have to learn how to play a decent tune on this thing! :-) Joss -- http://www.josswinn.org/humour.html

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alsa-dev, alsapayer and audio CD (again!)
by Joss Winn 11 May '01

11 May '01

I think there was mention on this list recently of there not being alsa-dev on the 7.1 CD. I have it on my CDs. It is called alsa-devel 21:28 joss:~ $ rpm -q alsa-devel alsa-devel-0.5.10-16 21:28 joss:~ $ I got my CDs a couple of weeks before they were available to buy so maybe the packages changed, but I can't imagine why.... I would like to ask a couple of sound related questions. When trying to run alsaplayer I get this error: 21:22 joss:~ $ alsaplayer AlsaPlayer 0.99.32 (C) 1999 Andy Lo A Foe <andy(a)alsa-project.org> and others, see AUTHORS file for details Output plugin: ALSA output v1.1 ALSA->set_sample_rate(): parameter error "Invalid argument" ERROR: failed to set sampling frequency. Exiting... And finally, is there anyone on this list who is able to listen to audio cds on a summer 2000 iMac DV SE with SUSE 7.1PPC, because I have tried every bit of advice I can get and still no joy. thanks very much joss -- http://www.josswinn.org/humour.html

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mutt/procmail/fetchamail/7.1
by Joss Winn 11 May '01

11 May '01

hello, following up from my message yesterday, I thought I would note a couple of observations concerning mail and SUSE 7.1PPC. The version of fetchmail included has a bug that produces an error saying that the command "AUTH" is not recognised (or something similar). I looked around on the web and this is a known bug in fetchmail. I am now using the latest stable version and all is well again. The buggy version works fine by the way, it just produces the error. I solved my procmail problem by shifting the .procmailrc file into /etc instead of my home folder. I've no idea why that makes any difference but it works for me as I'm the only user on this machine. Any ideas on why this should be so are very welcome. cheers Joss p.s. good Japanese support in SUSE now :-) -- http://www.josswinn.org

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Software
by Even 11 May '01

11 May '01

Just (a week ago) completed my first PPC installation "without" problems and I have dedicated a week browse around the system and figure out what is different between PPC and x86 (this is my first Mac and I like it) But were can I get more software? Freshmeat? Is there a single source were I can find software for SuSE PPC or do I just have to keep on browsing? From the X86 world I am used to find the software I want, but now ... Very little. I am looking for Java developing tools like J builder (yes I like Netbeans, but another would be nice) and and office package like StarOffice is there any out there? If there is very few apps for PPC and there is very little effort to port more. What can be done to change this situation (yes I know I can do it my self :-) I am basically trying to find out some more about the PPC community I know this questions have probably been answered several times, but I am brand new to PPC Regards Even

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xftp and 7.1
by Joss Winn 11 May '01

11 May '01

while we are trying to find problems in 7.1.... I have never been able to conenct remotely or anonymously to any ftp site (including my own) with xftp on suse 7.1. It was fine in 7.0 but now xft just goes dead and I have to kill it. Is anyone else having this problem or know of a good, stable GUI alternative? thanks joss -- http://www.josswinn.org/humour.html

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Setting Acceleration on Rage
by Ola Olsson 11 May '01

11 May '01

Hi, Hope this isn't a silly question. After upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1 on a Mac G3 Tower and G4 tower using kernel 2.4.2 and XFree86 release 4.0.1, I find that I don't have acceleration working. Window dragging is slow and OpenGL doesn't seem to be functioning either as the spectrum analyzer in XMMS is slow and chunky. If I remember correctly, setting this option in 7.0 was obvious and easy. Has something changed or am I just going blind and missed it. Best Regards, Ola Olsson -- /********************************************/ /** Ola Olsson **/ /** oeolsson(a)enosis.net **/ /** I learn so I can teach so I can learn **/ /********************************************/

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SuSE PPC/ALICE question
by Andrei Verovski 11 May '01

11 May '01

Hi, Is it possible to build custom CD SuSE PPC Linux installation using ALICE from original SuSE CDs, updates from SuSE ftp, and only those packages already installed SuSE on my iBook? I believe my own install would be one or two CDs only. Thanks in advance Andrei

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Re: PPC-INFO
by Olaf Hering 10 May '01

10 May '01

On Thu, May 10, Albrecht Ullrich wrote: > At least the install kernel from 7.1 can't detect (it turns black) the > cinema display. I tried sax2 only once and it din't detect the cinema > display either (maybe i just wrongly started sax2). It can autodetect the PB, but in no way the digital displays. sax2 -f should be fine on both machines. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...

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PPC-INFO
by Albrecht Ullrich 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi, we were successfully able to install 7.1 on a PowerBook G4 Titanium (no kernel parameter) and on a cube with Apple Cinema Display (kernel parameter video=aty128fb:vmode:22). Almost all parts (USB-mouse, USB-printer, network card, modem, sound, mol) are running out of the box. The hole installation was done in text mode. Then we created manually the necessary XFree86 configuration file. For the PowerBook we used the file from the provided link (http://ftp.linuxppc.org/kernels/titanium/) . For the Cinema Display we used as a starting point XFree86.g4 from the CD1 and the parameters from vmode:22 and came up with the following modeline: Modeline "1600x1024" 108.5 1600 1688 1704 1808 1024 1025 1026 1036 +hsync +vsync We hope this information are useful for others. Thanks to Suse for the great distribution. A. Ullrich

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Re: strange kernel messages
by MAHRF＠de.ibm.com 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 40cm (about 16") the maximum cable length for EIDE cables? Especially for UDMA connections? That would explain that your drives work now. Ferdinand Mahr Am Mit, 09 Mai 2001 schrieb Olaf Hering: > What kernel do you use? > I recommend the 2.4.2 kernel, the used CMD646 controller is broken and > works only with 2.2.16 and 2.4.2. > > > Gruss Olaf Until now I tried 2.2.16, 2.2.18 and 2.4.2! I got a hint from Jochen Hoffmann. He told me they had similar problems with two IBM DTLA-305040 (same family as mine) on AMD K7 computers running SuSE 6.4. Kernel update from 2.2.18 to 2.2.19 solved his problem and as a work around he turned off dma support. So I installed 2.2.18 and 2.4.2 but the error messages still occurred. Then I turned off UDMA of the DTLA-307030 and for the first time these kernel messages disappeared (with kernel 2.2.16 or 2.4.2). It must be a data transfer problem. After shortening the UltraATA cable from 24" to 12" I turned on again UDMA Mode 2. It works well since five hours. I only get a nfsserver failure during bootup with kernel 2.4.2: Starting kernel based NFS serverlockdsvc: Invalid argument .....failed and a few new kernel messages: May 9 19:46:46 MacHu8 inetd[395]: swat/tcp (2): bind: Address already in use May 9 19:47:37 MacHu8 /usr/sbin/gpm[637]: Error in protocol I'm not sure why this cable shortening works. Why should a longer cable support one UDMA/33 drive and another on the same cable won't work? And what about my CMD646? In which way is it broken? Regards, Micha

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Re: Sound and Boot Priority for 7.1
by Michel Pape 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi Ola, > Second: with 7.0 I changed the boot priority to MacOS by > swapping lines in the os.chooser file so I had to press the space bar > to launch Linux. This doesn't seem to function anymore with 7.1. In > fact 7.1 seems to ignore the os.chooser file. I'm currently stuck > with Linux as the default OS. How do I switch it to default to MacOS? I experienced the same problem just recently when I updated from 7.0 to 7.1 and wanted to re-use my old os.chooser file. I managed to have the open firmware become aware of my os.chooser file by removing the Mac OS Rom file from the suseboot folder (and of course marking the os.chooser file as tbxi). At least this worked for me on my Powerbook G3 Pismo. It does indeed seem that the os.chooser file was ignored when the Mac OS Rom file was present. Cheers, Michel Visual Systems GmbH Email: pape(a)vsys.de Web: www.vsys.de

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trouble running smc etherpower II (9432TX) under suse 6.4 and 7.1
by Timo Sch=?ISO-8859-1?B?9g==?=ler 10 May '01

10 May '01

hello out there, i have lots of trouble trying to use my second eth interface under suse linux, both 6.4 and 7.1. this is concerning my home server (and every other mac i set up with suse linux 'til now) with the following unspectacular config: power mac 8200/120, one 1,2gb scsi hd (apple built in), one 4,5gb scsi hd (/home), 64 megs of ram (ok ok, it's not my g4 with 1gig ;), on board 10mbit eth (=eth0, works fine unless its pretty slow), one smc etherpower 10/100 (9432TX/MP) via the 'epic 100' module. (if i does work after your hints i guess i'll give it a second to manage nfs for my sun machine... ;) this seems to be pretty normal. everything works fine until you try to activate this smc card to work as the eth1 interface -- there's no difference trying device eth0 for the card. restarting the network (to enable eth1=smc) results in a hanging machine which is not only dead on the console, but also doesn't answer pings nor is reachable via telnet. you have to reset the machine. ***my question now is: did anyone successful use this card under (suse) linux?*** i tried to use this card on a power mac with netbsd -- no problem there... because it's a pretty good card, i think ;) tia for your answers and greetz, timo (aka Pansen)

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[suse-ppc] for mail filter
by Achim Kleinmann 10 May '01

10 May '01

hello, wouldn't it be nice, to have a subject, that begins with for example [suse-ppc] or so, please, please, please... it makes things so much easier ciao achim kleinmann

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PPC-irDA and mobile phones
by Martin Kloss 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi everyone, I'm trying to collect some information on Linux-irDA and using it in connection with mobile phones. I checked the irDA project site at sourceforge but couldn't really find any helpful information on this subject. As I understood the current kernel already supports the irDA protocols (not sure which ones, though), but couldn't find any tools apart from Palm related stuff. In this case, I'm using a nokia 8210 and I'd love to connect through the irDA port. Does anyone know of any tools or libs (so I can roll my own) around? cheers, Martin. Martin Kloss martin.kloss(a)triquart.de ************************ Triquart, Hamburg Bellealliancestr.17 20259 Hamburg Germany Tel.+49 (40)432 923-0 Fax +49 (40)432 923-23 ************************* "Lingo objektorientiert" Das Buch zum Autor jetzt bestellen unter: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3934358322/lingmmugd

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Trouble running SuSE7.0 with OrangeLink Firewire/USB PCI Card installed
by Marc Jaeckle 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi everyone, a couple of days ago I installed an OrangeLink Firewire/USB PCI Card in my beige G3 (266MT). Since then I haven't been able to boot into an existing SuSE 7.0 installation. I tried quite a few precompiled kernels (SuSE 2.2.14, SuSE 2.2.16, SuSE 2.2.18, SuSE 2.4.1, SuSE, 2.4.2, a couple of kernels from Benjamin Herrenschmidt and others) and none did work except for the official 2.2.19 kernel. Even that one only works after a cold restart. I wouldn't mind using that kernel but since using it my mouse stopped working under linux completly and I can't convince it to work. Any ideas? (I only want my mouse back - I'm not asking for a way how to use USB or Firewire under Linux) Gruss Marc

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HFS+
by Doug Edwards 10 May '01

10 May '01

Is there any way of reading HFS+ partitions from linux? -- Dr Doug Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science Room IT 210, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: (+44) 161 275 6191 Mobile: 07968 799 336 email: doug(a)cs.man.ac.uk FAX: (+44) 161 275 6204 The box said 'Requires Windows 95, or better.' So I bought a Macintosh.

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emulation mouse button
by Tomek 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi! I have a question: How to emulate 2 and 3 mouse button on iMac and PowerMac G3? Thomas

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insmod keybdev failed
by Bernd Ulrich 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi, as i connected an USB barcode reader on the USB-port, i got the following error message: unresolved symbol mac_hid_mouse_emulate_buttons unresolved symbol macv_hid_keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes insmod /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/input/keybdev.o failed insmod keybdev failed i'm using an iBook with SuSE 7.1 and Kernel 2.4.2 What can i do to let it work ? The barcode reader works with keyboard emulation and works fine on MacOS. thanks for reply, Bernd Ulrich

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PM 9600 and 7.1
by alexei＠surfhorse.tailie.net 10 May '01

10 May '01

Much to my shock and surprise, when I purchased SuSE 7.0, it was only -after- I made the purchase that I found out that the kernel as shipped didn't support both PCI busses in my PM 9600. So now, I guess I have to ask: is it supported? I can't, for the life of me, find an entry in any of the knowledgebases, so I'm wondering- anyone out there know? Alexei

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