June 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Another install question
by hysterion 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

While at it... Below is a question I had once buried in a post-scriptum. It became irrelevant because my network interface card ended up not needing kernel 2.4.x. Nevertheless, I'm still interested in a SuSE-ppc-specific kernel-upgrade-with-rpms-HOWTO...: > P.S.: If really I must upgrade to kernel 2.4.2 > > 1) Will k_deflt-2.4.2-11.ppc.rpm contain all I need? > Looking at http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/Changes?a=ppc#L38 > ("Current Minimal Requirements"), I guess not all 10 items are relevant > to me, but I'm worried about > > o util-linux 2.10o (my SuSE 7.0 has 2.10m) > o modutils 2.4.2 (don't seem to have this) > o e2fsprogs 1.19 (I have 1.18) (I now see that these files are definitely not in k_deflt-2.4.2...) > 2) If yes, will the following procedure be about right? > (I'm going by http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/ftpkernel.html and > http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_64_kernel_update.html) > > 1. Download the package to your hard disk > > 2. Save your old kernel and if necessary also your old initrd. > cp /boot/vmlinux /boot/vmlinux.old > > 3. Install the new package by issuing the following command: > rpm -Uhv k_deflt.rpm > > 4. copy the kernel from Linux to the MacOS side: > o open a root shell with the command " su - " > o mount the MacOS partition with " hmount /dev/macospartitionN " > o copy the file /boot/vmlinux onto the Mac partition: > hcopy /boot/vmlinux : > o unmount the MacOS partition with " humount /dev/macospartitionN" > o Boot into MacOS and copy the file to the correct place, e.g. > your System folder. Make sure that you boot that new kernel, > it must be active in the BootX window. The above was kind of adapted from two old pages (one of them actually about i386). Since the Red Hat HOWTO (http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/) warns that upgrading the kernel with rpm is not nearly as trivial as other packages, and since much of what it says is again i386 specific, I'd be grateful for confirmation/infirmation that the above is a safe procedure; I'm sure that many of you know all about this. My main concern is to be able to easily revert to my current setup, in case anything goes wrong. So I guess I should really use rpm -ihv, for instance. What else? hysterion

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[SuSE-PPC7.1-0.0] Wrecked HD on iMac, help
by Jean-Philippe Moins 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Hi, I lost my iMac boot (suse-ppc7.1, OS9.0.4) after a dumb installation of LVM under YAST1 to the whole hard disk. Disclaimer: yes, I was stupid fooling around with LVM not knowing what it was. I can lose both OS installs, but I would like to see my data back !! Initially I installed my system along the Suse book, and added a large hfs partition readable both under linux and macOS. Of course I do not have a copy of the partition table... I ran the boot CD, and from the console played around w/ pdisk and parted. I want to rebuild the partition table from the data which normally should be intact (?) Here are a few questions I have: 1. I can make a new disk label. >> Which one ? mac or ext2 or ... ? 2. When I try to follow the partition reconstruction guidelines described in Partition-HOWTO, section 6, I fail right at step 2, with the following error: Dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda1. Couldn't find valid filesystem in superblock. >> I am totally at loss here 3. I wonder if I can put my mac IDE HD to an *intel* machine and try to repair it from there. At leat I could use floppies. >> Would the HD melt down or what ?? I hope some readers of the list can help. Thanks in advance. -- JPM

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HardenSuse for PPC 7.1
by Steven Bass 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

I noticed that the HardenSuse tool is available for PPC 7.0 or i386 7.1, but not PPC 7.1 (which I'm using). Is it safe to run one of these versions on 7.1? Thanks, Steve Bass (still new to PPC Linux)

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LVM on PowerMac
by Andrei Verovski 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

HI, I have seen a post on this list regarding LVM on PPC. Is it true that LVM is not supported on Power Macs? I am was going to install SuSE on G4 PowerMac with ReiserFS formatted mirrored hard drives. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * ********************************************************

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FYI: Motorola PowerStack Series E and 7.0 works with minor change
by Heinz Wrobel 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Hi, fyi, a Motorola PowerStack Series E (604 based) will install fine with 7.0 if the boot script is modified. The original boot script hangs when calling "hwclock" to set up the CMOS clock because the option for MTX architectures is not passed. By adding "Series E" as recognition string to use the same hwclock command line as for MTX boards, a PowerStack Series E will work. The space needs to be escaped with a backslash. Yast apparently also calls hwclock if you want to set the timezone but I have no clue on how to change that to use the option for MTX. I do not know if 7.1 supports a "Series E" already. Now I only need to get that old Logitech mouse working for X and I am up and running ... hopefully. Yast2 doesn't seem to know about series 9 mouse protocol. gpm supports it, though. Regards, Heinz Wrobel

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Re: LVM on PowerMac/Yaboot bug
by Andrei Verovski 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

> >> HI, >> >> >> I have seen a post on this list regarding LVM on PPC. Is it true that LVM >> is not supported on Power Macs? >> >> I am was going to install SuSE on G4 PowerMac with ReiserFS formatted >> mirrored hard drives. > >LVM works only with fdisk labels. >OpenFirmware can not read fdisk labels. Hi, Olaf, No problem, I can install ext2 /boot partition and ReiserFS root/, home/, etc, I hope this should work. However, some time ago I have reported bug in yaboot which prevents from use of such combo (ext2 /boot and ReiserFS /root). Is this bug already fixed? ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * ********************************************************

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kde anti-aliasing
by Joss Winn 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Hi, I am trying to get anti-aliasing working in KDE and am getting an error. I have X4.1.0 installed and working well (thanks, Olaf ;) ) I have just downloaded and installed the latest kde packages from SUSE and have installed the qt-experimental.rpm When running the normal qt package, kde runs fine. When I install the experimental package, I get: 21:00 joss:~ $ konqueror konqueror: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1: R_PPC_REL14 relocation at 0x3005d580 out of range 21:00 joss:~ $ This breaks all of kde. Any ideas how to solve my dillema? thanks Joss -- http://www.josswinn.org

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SuSE PPC on New Dual-USB iBook (year 2001 model)
by Andrei Verovski 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Hi, I am going to upgrade my hardware, and my choice goes to the new Apple Dual-USB iBook (year 2001 model). Anyone had success with this model? I am especially interested in these issues: 1) what kernel version (I am currently using 2.4.2 with Endian-safe ReiserFS patch). 2) if Ethernet, modem and XFree (at least with 2D acceleration) are working. Thanks in advance for any information. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * ********************************************************

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Firewall
by Smith, Bradley 25 Jun '01

25 Jun '01

Hi, What's the easiest way for me to configure a firewall (SuSE 7.1, 2001 iMac)? I *will* get around to reading up on ipchain etc. but for the moment it's most important that I have something protecting me from those nasty hackers! Cheers Brad

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Re: [suse-ppc] Dual Boot on New Apple iBOOK
by haystack 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

It's not on the HD. I going to have to invest quite a bit of time learning how to navigate this system before I trouble you further with the dual booting issue, although I'd really like to get the network adapter working. I'm using Yast2, and selecting the Network card configuration icon from the Network section brings up a "Network base configuration" screen that has 2 radio buttons: one for "interface" and another for "Hardware". Just underneath the radio buttons is a line that contains my ethernet information, including the static ip address I entered earlier. After clicking on finish, I receive a box that states the network configuration was successfully saved. Even after rebooting the system, ifconfig only lists the loopback device, and not eth0 as being up and running. Additionally, neither my sound, nor modem work. The boot log contains the following errors: ******************************************* Setting up network device eth0 SIOCSIFADDR: No such Device eth0: unknown interface: No such device SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device eth0: unknown interface: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device done Setting up routing (using /etc/route.conf) Error while executing: /sbin/route add default gw 128.121.35.1 dev eth0 SIOCADDRT: No such device Setting up routing failed ****************************************** I'd appreciate any help in getting the NIC up and running! Thanks again! Joss Winn wrote: > no problem. what does the file /etc/yaboot.conf look like? That > should point to the kernel and boot up automatically. > > If you send me a copy of the file, I might be able to help > > we'll see.... > > cheers > joss > -- > http://www.josswinn.org

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