July 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

HFS Support
by todd marek 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Hello- When trying to mount my zip drive I receive the following message: mount: fs type -hfs not supported by kernel I went to the support database which directed me to the following URL: http://www-sccm.stanford.edu/~hargrove/HFS/ which had the following message: Since late in the 2.1.x series of kernels, the HFS module has been part of the main Linux kernel distribution. You should not need to download any of the software on this page unless you have an exceptionally old Linux kernel. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Todd Marek

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LBreakout
by Herouth Maoz 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hi. On the off chance that anybody else tried this - did anybody get LBreakout to compile and run on a Suse 7.0? I found this game on my work machine (A Mandrake/Pentium) and reasoned that anything that works on Mandrake/Pentium should work on SuSE/PPC. So I tried to compile it at home, and it compiled well, but refuses to run. I tried configuring it without sound, but it didn't help. I saw that there is an RPM of it for SuSE 7.1. Question is - if I tried to install the 7.1 RPM, will it work? Does it rely on anything that's only in 7.1? Or should I stick to the source version and just tweak my 7.0, or tweak the source? Thanks in advance, Herouth -- EMAIL: herouth(a)netvision.net.il HOME PAGE: http://www.herouth.f2s.com/

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3 button mouse emulation
by todd marek 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

I was just wondering if anyone knew how to emulate a three buttons mouse. On Darwin all it required was adding an option of -fakebuttons whenever starting x, but x starts automatically on my machine. Thanks- Todd Marek

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Trying to get SuSE 7.0 for PPC to work...Newbie to Mac
by Patrick Klee 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hi, I am used to installing SuSE on x86, but I got an iMac because my PC quit. I am having problems with SuSE PPC. I install SuSE 7.0 on an iMac DVSE. It installs fine, but I shutdown or restart, and I find myself presented with a blank, gray screen, and so I re-install, as if it didn't stick. What do I do. Someone on the Debian PPC mailing list says SuSE doesn't know how to make a bootloader, but that's what I expect from another distro's list. I like SuSE, and want 7.0 because I like all the packages. Please don't tell me to upgrade to 7.1 as I haven't got 7.0 to work, and shouldn't upgrade in case it is SuSE's bootloader. But, I had Debian and had to do like, ofpath /dev/hda and then mkofboot commands. So, how do I get SuSE to stick. I would really appriciate ALL help, so I can mess with this Distro. I have an ATI Rage, and want to do some cool 3D things on SuSE, like POV Ray and the SSystem program. I heard they are really nifty. Anywho cheers, Patrick

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booting SuSe 7.0 on oldworld with sonnet tempo ATA/66
by yvon bricole 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hi all, i'm trying to boot into the SuSe installer from a PPC 9500 running macOS 9.1 without success. (kernel panic or machine check) Here is my setup : 2 disks attached to this machine : dd1 macos 9.1 on HFS+ partition 6 (10go) boot on HFS partition 7 (300mo) Apple_Free Extra partition 7 ( 10.5G) >>UNUSED<< Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap partition 9 (128.0M) Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root partition 10 ( 10.5G) Apple_UNIX_SVR2 A/UX Root partition 11 ( 10.7G) dd2 (backup disk) macos 9.1 on HFS partition (2go) BootX as control panel (v1.2.3) Linux Kernels in system folder (same as below) ramdisk in sytem folder boot contains : (HFS partition on IDE disk attached to Sonnet Tempo ATA/66) suseboot : BootX App (v1.2.3) BootX Settings Finder Linux Kernels : miboot.image.initrd (advice from SuSe support) miBoot.img (advice from SuSe support) vmlinux vmlinux-2.4.4-3b (advice from SuSe support) vmlinux-2.4.6-benh (advice from SuSe support) os-chooser ramdisk-text.image.gz ramdisk-x11.image.gz ramdisk.image.gz System tools yaboot yaboot.conf · BootX Extension which hd may i use to boot (i'd prefer dd1) onto SuSe installer ? seems although the IDE disk is recognized by the kernel (vmlinux-2.4.6- benh) BootX doesn't give the right disk, reason for kernel panic ? did someone have succes in booting linux on a IDE disk attached to a Sonnet Tempo ATA/66 ? regards, -- Yvon bricole... <yvon.bricole(a)pobox.com>

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Re: Trying to get SuSE 7.0 for PPC to work...Newbie to Mac
by Andrei Verovski 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hi, Look at my web site (Linux Tips and Tricks) how to setup booting with SuSE on new-world Mac, either manually either with LILO PPC. >Hi, > I am used to installing SuSE on x86, but I got an iMac because my PC >quit. I am having problems with SuSE PPC. I install SuSE 7.0 on an iMac >DVSE. It installs fine, but I shutdown or restart, and I find myself >presented with a blank, gray screen, and so I re-install, as if it didn't >stick. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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Thanks- PPP now working
by todd marek 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Thanks Olaf- I am now emailing you from my linux box. Really appreciate your prompt and concise response. Thanks Again- Todd Marek

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Re: [suse-ppc] Internal Modem not detected
by todd marek 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

> > >If it is the same problem as it was on my system, you just have to load >the kernel module "macserial" with the command: "modprobe macserial" > >Let see whether it helps. > Thanks, that was the problem. My system now recognizes the modem. However now my machine gives ppp error [4] no kernel support for pppd I tried the same command "modprobe ppp" but nothing changed. Do you know how I can enable kernel support for ppp? Thanks again for the help- Todd Marek

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Internal Modem not detected
by todd marek 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Hello All! I just installed Suse 7.1 on my G4. I've been playing around with the gnu-darwin distribution on the same machine, but it's still a little to raw for a newbie like myself :-) ! The install was incredibly easy( much easier than Net-BSD, which I have yet to get running on the G4, only on an old 486), but I cant seem to get linux to recognize my modem. Any Suggestions? Appreciation in advance- Todd Marek

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Weird problems on SuSE 7.0 PPC. Newbie
by Patrick Klee 22 Jul '01

22 Jul '01

Hi, I installed Linux PPC (SuSE 7.0) on my iMac DVSE. I got it installed, but when I power down or restart, I get a gray screen and find myself re-installing. What do I do so it boots back into linux (suse). Someone on the Debian List said the bootloader is bad and I should switch to Debian. Please don't let this be true, I paid 40 US bucks for SuSE and I don't want to order debian. But I may have to, this is my second bad experience with suse on mac. HELLLLLP! :) Patrick

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