May 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Older iMac and ibook not booting from SuSE LinuxPPC 7.1 CD1
by Terminus, Inc. Software Distribution 10 May '01

10 May '01

I just recently got my retail copy of SuSE 7.1 for PowerPC. I could not boot my CD1 via open firmware on a rev. B iMac and my iBook 333. Has anyone having these problems, If you do please post what New World PowerMac you have on this thread. Old world Macs are invited to post too. My hardware configuration" IMac rev. b 233 192.MB RAM 40GIG HD Open Firmware version 3.0.f2 Thanks All, Allan -- "Windows - A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." (Anonymous USEnet post)

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MOL causing kernel panics
by dabrowsa＠indiana.edu 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi, I've just updated to suse 7.1, with the 2.2.18 kernel. I've got an iMac 350 (slot-loading) with 320 MB RAM. Suse is on a 2.5 GB partition, Mac OS 9.1 & 10.0.1 are on a 4 GB hfs+ partition. I've tried running MOL (version 0.9.53 from the Suse 7.1 disks) but it always fails to startup. I usually don't mind hacking around to get to root of the problem, but now I'm finding that MOL is causing kernel panics about half the time I run it, and it's no longer fun. Is this normal? I guess MOL needs low-level system access to work, but if it's going to be crashing my system I may as well just boot into Mac OS 9.1. Maybe I should just give up on MOL for the time being? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Dabrowski | Lueckenlos ist die Welt, doch SE 117 5-5470 | zusammengehalten ... von den Verschwundenen. dabrowsa(a)indiana.edu | Sie sind ueberall. -Enzensberger

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upgrade 6.4- 7.0...
by Dan Osmundson 10 May '01

10 May '01

greetings- i'm wondering if there is a downloadable cd-rom image that will update version 6.4 to version 7? or is there a comprehesive list of files and locations to complete this upgrade? thanks, dan ===== -Dan "In life as in art, saying is nothing, doing is all." -Renau __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: Wrong keymap on X-Windows on G3 PowerBook
by Torsten Behle 10 May '01

10 May '01

Ioannis Zannos wrote: > When running without X-Windows the keymap is OK. > When I perform startx, the keymap changes: Delete ~/.kde2/share/config/kxkbrc (Possibly best when not logged into KDE as this user) Same happened to me: I corrected the keyboard settings in KDE control center. Just leave it as it is. Torsten

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reformat ext2 to hfs
by Serge Paulus 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi Is there a quick way to reformat an ext2 partition to hfs to give access to MacOS? To make it more difficult ;-) the partition contains Suse 7 and is located on hda9 (last partition). The MacOS 9.1 startupvolume is on the same disk. I want to get access from MacOS without reformatting the complete hd with "Laufwerke konfigurieren". I already tried with pdisk, but neither MacOS nor Linux seems to be impressed of the canges I made. I deleted hda9, so theoretically, Linux should be gone, but it still starts without problems... thanx in advance Serge

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KDE2.2.1 installation problem
by Herouth Maoz 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi. I'm trying to install KDE 2.1.1 from the packages in ftp.suse.com, including the various development RPMs. I do this with rpm from the command line, not giving up on dependencies, because I found out that it's a bad habit to give them up... Anyways, when attempting to install kdebase-devel, it complains that it depends on alsadev. Nice going, but where do I find alsadev? Not on the original CDs, not on the Suse ftp server, not on rpmfind.net. Can anybody point me in the right direction? My SuSE is PPC/7.0. TIA, Herouth -- EMAIL: herouth(a)netvision.net.il HOME PAGE: http://www.herouth.f2s.com/

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CLISP for LinuxPPC?
by Georg Koss 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hallo! Ich bin an dem o.g. Packet interessiert, das als Binaries für LinuxPPC existiert. Kann ich die Binaries auch mit SuSE 7.0 verwenden, resp . was habe ich zu beachten oder muss ich Source-Code compilieren? TIA -- mfg Georg g.koss(a)eunet.at

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Sound and Boot Priority for 7.1
by Ola Olsson 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hi, I upgraded from 7.0 to 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2 standard) on a Mac G4, 400 MHz. I can no longer get sound to function properly. Using YAST2 I got the Awacs driver to function once; that is, KDE2 would play WAV files, XMMS would work, etc. As soon I rebooted all was lost. The above files will play as static. The best I can get is the DMA sound driver to work which gives the standard system beeps but nothing else. ALSA is installed and I've tweeked the modules.conf file forever without results. Interestingly the exact upgrade on my son's G3 350 MHz B&W works fine; YAST2 configured the sound correctly the first time. Does anyone know about this? 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? 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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mySQL client
by Bill Heese 10 May '01

10 May '01

I was wondering if anyone knows a a good GUI client for mySQL? One that could run from my mac running OS 9 would be better still. I'd like to be able to edit my tables with a little more ease that a command line. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance Bill

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strange kernel messages
by Michael Engel 09 May '01

09 May '01

Hi, I've mounted a second internal ATA hard drive (IBM DTLA-307030) in my B&W G3. After installing Linux (SuSE 7.0) onto this drive, I always get these strange kernel messages: kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } I've never had these messages with the build in hard drive (IBM DTTA-350640). First I thought I configured the drives wrong. So I tried several configurations: 1 Master: DTTA-350640 blue connector of a 24" UltraATA cable Slave: DTLA-307030 gray connector of a 24" UltraATA cable 2 Master: DTTA-350640 black connector of a 24" UltraATA cable Slave: DTLA-307030 grey connector of a 24" UltraATA cable 3 Master: DTLA-307030 black connector of a 24" UltraATA cable Slave: DTTA-350640 gray connector of a 24" UltraATA cable 4 Then I changed UDMA Mode of the DTLA-307030 5 to 2 Now I don't know what else I can change to stop the messages. What is the meaning of them? Is this a serious error or sth. I shouldn't worry about? Thanks, Micha

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Re: [suse-security] 2.2.19 rtl8139 test
by nicola moretti 09 May '01

09 May '01

Roman Drahtmueller wrote: > > Hi together, > > the kernel security update is underway. > > At ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/next/ there is a 2.2.19 tarball. > Could anybody who has a rtl8139 NIC check and see if the driver from the > 2.2.19 tarball works properly for this NIC? We've had a report that the > driver hangs the machine, but it couldn't be verified. Don't have a rtl8139, but I do have a Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+ on an Apple G3/233 that used to work with kernel 2.2.14 but stopped (actually freeze the machine during startup, upon eth1 initialization) with kernel 2.2.18-0 (k_pmac-2.2.18-0.ppc.rpm ) and 2.2.18-14 (k_pmac-2.2.18-14.ppc.rpm). And yes, I also installed the updated devs.rpm and modutils.rpm. To get the computer up and running again, I had to download/install netdrivers-2.1.6 from www.scyld.com (and the 2.2.18 kernel sources, otherwise netdrivers wouldn't compile). The NIC now seems to work OK, even if depmod -a gives unresolved symbols in all netdrivers modules (and a few more, for that matter...). The strange thing is that I didn't need to do all this work for the Apple 10/100 card (Digital chip): the updated kernel/modules (tulip) see and control this card without a hitch. Sorry Roman if this is not relevant to you! > Please report directly to me. In case something unusual turns out, I'll > summarize. > > Roman. regards nicola moretti Personal System srl

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aktual ram requiremnt
by f＠suse.com 09 May '01

09 May '01

hallo, have dokumentation but have yet to install linux. plan is to install on 8500/180. presently have 64 mb. is this sufficient or problematic+? dokumentation claims is sufficient but would like to know from users presently. apolgize for simplicity of question but ram for 8500 much more than kurrent ppc models. ekaterina

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Re: X on IBM pSeries
by MAHRF＠de.ibm.com 09 May '01

09 May '01

I tried sax2 with -f and -af. Sax2 runs, but the only choice I get when adjusting the modes is 640x480, no matter what I chose in the settings before. xsfbswitch won't even start. Ferdinand |--------+------------------------> | | marsaro@intere| | | arth.com | | | | | | 08.05.01 18:45| | | Please respond| | | to marsaro | | | | |--------+------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Ferdinand Mahr/Germany/IBM@IBMDE | | cc: suse-ppc(a)suse.com | | Subject: Re: X on IBM pSeries | | | | | >-----------------------------------------------------------| Did you start sax2 with -f? Regards, Jon On Tue, 8 May 2001 MAHRF(a)de.ibm.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I'm having a hard time trying to get the X server running on my IBM pSeries > 640 B80. > The machine's using the Matrox G200 SD (IBM: GXT 130), but no matter what I > try, I always get the standard resolution of 640x480. > I installed SuSE 7.1 (running 2.4.2 POWER3 kernel) from scratch using Yast1 > because of the RPM bug of Yast2. > Neither sax2 nor xsfbswitch are working for me, and for the Matrox card, > there is no kernel option (like for the ATI cards: video=atyfb ...) > I tried modifying the XF86Config, but even if the only resolution given is > different from 640x480, startx defaults to that. > The G200 should run at 1024x768 (with 8 bit depth), since it has 2MB > memory. > > Any hints, suggestions, success stories? > > Thanks in advance > > Ferdi > > >

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X on IBM pSeries
by MAHRF＠de.ibm.com 08 May '01

08 May '01

Hi all, I'm having a hard time trying to get the X server running on my IBM pSeries 640 B80. The machine's using the Matrox G200 SD (IBM: GXT 130), but no matter what I try, I always get the standard resolution of 640x480. I installed SuSE 7.1 (running 2.4.2 POWER3 kernel) from scratch using Yast1 because of the RPM bug of Yast2. Neither sax2 nor xsfbswitch are working for me, and for the Matrox card, there is no kernel option (like for the ATI cards: video=atyfb ...) I tried modifying the XF86Config, but even if the only resolution given is different from 640x480, startx defaults to that. The G200 should run at 1024x768 (with 8 bit depth), since it has 2MB memory. Any hints, suggestions, success stories? Thanks in advance Ferdi

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Video Mirroring & MOL
by Doug Edwards 08 May '01

08 May '01

Anybody got video mirroring to work with MOL. I have a G4 TiBook and am runningSuSE 7.1. -- 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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RE: new iMacs
by jjboor 08 May '01

08 May '01

>===== Original Message From Olaf Hering <olh(a)suse.de> ===== > >The new iMacs are supported, I tried it a few days before we did the >final 7.1 master CD. The screen was a bit shifted to the left, XFree86 >4.0.2 will not work. But you can install Linux, CD1 should be bootable. I know, It's running fine at the moment. XFree86 4.0.2 is not working as you said (256 color framebuffer srv is). I hope the next XFree86 version supports the Rage128 Ultra, should be not much difference with the Rage128 pro. May be it's just a detection problem (SaX2 says it doens't know the device ID when I try to install ATI Rage128 srv) I also have some modem problems, Yast2 says it detected an unkown modem device which it seems to be able to use. I have to try tough. > >You want to look for an update kernel on the FTP server in the next days, >2.4.5 will be the next version: ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/ > Thanks, I will take a look there. Jaap-Jan > > >Gruss Olaf > >-- > $ man clone > >BUGS > Main feature not yet implemented...

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PPC-INFO
by tschweikle＠fiducia.de 07 May '01

07 May '01

Hallo! Ich habe hier: PowerMac G4 mit NVidia Graphik-Karte, DVD-Brenner. Linux läuft mit beiden Kernel 2.2.18 und 2.4.2. Sound läuft. Netzwerk läuft (Zugriff auf Linux-Server mit AppleShare). Graphik-Karte macht Probleme: Graphik wird dargestellt, X11R3 und X11R4 funktionieren mit fb-Device Arbeiten mit KDE ist möglich, aber sehr unangenehm, da die Graphikkarte mit 24-Bit Farbtiefe arbeitet, der fb aber mit 8-Bit. Das führt zu zimlich unangenehmen Farbkombinationen mit teilweise schwarzer/blauer/grüner Schrift auf schwarzem/blauem/günem Grund. ;-) MOL funktioniert ebenfalls, es ist aber zimlich kompliziert an das 'Mac ROM' heranzukommen, da HFS-Plus verwendet wird. D.h.: die hfsutils helfen nicht mehr viel. Rom auf Netz stellen und unter Linux dann wieder zurückkopieren in das entsprechende Verzeichnis geht aber. IBM-TR-Karte (IBM PCI-Family TR (Olympic)) funktioniert ebenfalls (große Überraschung --- für MacOS gibt es für diese Karte keinen Treiber!). Bei NVIDIA gibt es leider ebenfalls bisher keine Treiber für Linux auf PPC. Eine entsprechende Anfrage wurde negativ beschieden. O-Ton: "...dafür gibt es noch keinen Markt ..." --- komisch nur, das fast alle neuen Mac mit NVIDIA ausgestattet werden. Fragt sich was NVIDIA den noch mehr haben will oder wieder mal 'Marketing'. Dann gehören sie eingesargt, die Marketing-Strategen bei NVIDIA! -- Thomas Schweikle

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new iMacs
by jjboor 07 May '01

07 May '01

Hi, I just bought Suse Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition and read in the manual my Mac is not supported because of new firmware. (I have a february 2001 iMac) (on the box it is stated it *might* not be supported) Does somebody know what this means? Will it not work at all or will it work most of the time but you can't get support if something is not working. If it will not work at all, will it be supported soon (and how, can I get a new first Suse CD to boot with a new kernel or something?) many thanks, Jaap-Jan

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Securing Suse PPC 7.0
by mmn 06 May '01

06 May '01

Running it on a triple booting Lombard 333MHz (OS 9, OSX, Suse 7.0). I've read up alot of Red Hat/ PC based security how toos but still having problems figuring out if I've actually nailed down the holes. There is just enough difference in where specific config files are loacted to get a newbie like me lost. My security goals 1. Removal of all server/remote access related functions. Its strictly a portable workstation.I want to lock down ftp access to be done only be sitting at the machine. 2. The only exceptions are of course email, web access and SSH. (SSH will only be used to access other machines FROM the lap top. It should not accept any SSH remote connections 3. Set up a firewall (Thinking of starting with PMfirewall). Got gobs of info on this. I'm also looking for a site like www.grc.com that does portscans etc.. of linux systems and gives a security profile. (grc.com described my machines as ultra secure with a non sured installed which makes me thing that it works only for windows machines. Right not all I'm looking for is suse ppc spesific tips on securing the machines aka what config files should I use to remove service I don't want and where they are located. thanx

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Linux on 7200/90
by Yuri K 04 May '01

04 May '01

Hello listers, Anybody has succeeded with the subj ? How realistic is this combo in terms of serving me no vice versa? I tried to get OpenBSD running it, but it was too much of a grief. Thanks for any pointers. -- Best regards, Yuri mailto:yuri_ko@mac.com <----------------------------------72---------------------------------->

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SuSE 7.1 PPC Download
by Andrei Verovski 04 May '01

04 May '01

Hi, Anyone knows when SuSE 7.1 PPC will be available for download? Thanks Andrei

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Compiling MOL Question
by Andrei Verovski 02 May '01

02 May '01

Hi, Anyone suceeded compiling lates MOL 0.9.58 on SuSE PPC 7.0 ? If yes, please advice. I have PPC kernel 2.44 in usr/src/linux, XFree86 (from SuSE CD zq series, uncompressed) and MOL sources in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES. MOL compiles succesfully until it tries to include XFree headers. It seem it looks for them in usr/X11R6. I have modified makefile for MOL drivers to search in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/xc, but the problem still exists. Also, its pretty stupid to keep 200 MB of XFree sources, while MOL needs just few headers. Thanks in advance for any suggestion. Andrei

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