July 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

StarOffice / OpenOffice for PPC?
by schwalmprof＠netscape.net 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

Hi group, although it's written nowhere explicitly I've come to the conclusion that Linux 7.1 for PPC comes without StarOffice. With YaST or YaST2 it's not to find in "pay" or somewhere else. Thus my question: Will there be a StarOffice / OpenOffice release for PPC (OldWorld Mac architecture) with Linux 7.3 or later? Kind regards, Axel __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Fwd: LinuxPPC / kernel 2.4.7-preX / aty128fb-16bit.diff
by Sven Goethel 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FYI if you are interesting in the patch, i can send it to 'ya. cheers, sven - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: LinuxPPC / kernel 2.4.7-preX / aty128fb-16bit.diff Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 21:09:07 +0200 From: Sven Goethel <sgoethel(a)jausoft.com> To: michdaen(a)iiic.ethz.ch, paulus(a)cs.anu.edu.au - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Michel Dänzer, Dear Paul Mackerras, i had success using Michel's aty128fb 16bit patch with kernel 2.4.7-pre8 ;-) i just wonder when and if you (Paul ?!) are integrating this patch into the regular kernel sources ... Just to be sure .. i have attached the patch to this email (5kbytes) Thanks for your great engagement - thanxs a lot I use the patch to enable the DRI hw rendering for opengl, on my powerbook 500mhz (w. r128). Now i can develop my GL4Java on it better - thanxs. Peace, Love & Unity Cheers, sven - - -- mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com www : http://www.jausoft.com ; pgp: http://www.jausoft.com/gpg/ voice : +49-521-2399440 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7WdNTHdOA30NoFAARAjiuAJ9z73AbeVoplcy5FT4Ij2hapb8JTQCgvJu7 acr545YE3dqBUxkuGBPIaFc= =WcS+ - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - ------------------------------------------------------- - -- mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com www : http://www.jausoft.com ; pgp: http://www.jausoft.com/gpg/ voice : +49-521-2399440 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7We3eHdOA30NoFAARAj9pAKC8RIqs6JwjWW2UcRtSXhNVdKzV4gCgomYh /9dZhXTqSUShkS1aOafBXsE= =a60c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE 7.0 on Titanium PowerBook G4 ?
by Isaac 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

hi, i can't boot the CD, and i tried copying the suseboot folder to my HFS linux partition. it boots up to the line where is says 'using color dummy device 80x25' then it just hangs there (and usually resets the hardware clock) ... i'm guessing it's got something to do with this screen's non-standard resolution. has anyone else had success, or do i need to wait until i can afford to get a 7.1 CD? thanks for any tips. --isaac

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Suse 7.1 on IBM 7044 model 270
by Jacob Vennervald Madsen 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi List Has anybody installed Suse 7.1 on an IBM 7044 model 270? I'm having huge problems installing it. If I choose graphic installation I get an error "RPM returned an error" when it tries to install the Power 3 kernel. If I choose expert mode I can install it but I can't boot it afterwards. I have written a new lilo.conf and run lilo afterwards, but it still doesn't boot. This is how my lilo.conf looks: boot=/dev/sda1 timeout=100 default=linux image = /boot/vmlinux_chrp64 root=/dev/sda3 label=linux append="console=ttyS0,9600" Best regards, Jacob Vennervald Madsen Mobile Systems Developer GoPinocchio Norrebrogade 45 DK-2200 Copenhagen www.gopinocchio.com +45 26750106 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.

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weid keyboard with kde2
by Thierry de Coulon 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hello! I'm experimenting SuSE ppc 7.1 on an "indigo" iMac . I understand this is one of the "new" Macs that still aren't totaly supported. Linux itself run's fine (let aside the boot process that's unpalatable - can't get the thing to boot macos by default, or if I get it then there is no way to boot linux), but weird things happen with my keyboard (it's an usb, "ps/2" like keyboard, actually very nice). - under linux it is configures as mac-fr_CH and works OK - under X it is configures as mac-fr_CH, macintish layout, and works fine most of the time: - under kde 1.2 it is configures as swiss french and works OK - under gnome it is not configured (I take it gnome uses the X settings) and is working fine, unfortunately gnome itself is unusable (gmc keeps crashing every 30 seconds) - under kde 2.01 and kde 2.1, whatever keyboard layout I choose, I get a total garbage, looks as if someone had played with the keycaps. I've been trying X and kde settings for 3 days until I figured out only kde 2 had the problem. I did not find anything in the archive either (well, I haven't read '2000 messages). Anyone got a clue to which layout to use in kde 2? I'm back working with 1.2 now but I kind of got used to version 2. Thierry -- ************************************************** Thierry de Coulon - reply to: tcoulon(a)smile.ch web site: http://www.decoulon.ch ************************************************** "On the side of the box, under 'System Requirements', it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." **************************************************

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Re: [suse-ppc] How to get Graphical GUI / Xwindows @ PM4400/ Suse 7.1PPC ?
by Carolus 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

To answer your question: I'm using allready Kernel version 2.4.2. NB: Olaf mentioned that the Mach64 chip at my PM4400 is very hard to use for SuSe linux. So I tried the following : I installed an extra PCI IMS TwinTurbo-128 card. I attached my monitor to the PCI card and rebooted. At first, sax refused to recognize this card. But with the command lspci the TwinTurbo showed up and it gave at least the correct PCI-position : 0:14:0 So I got brave and just changed the /etc/X11/XF86Config file with vi ; and changed the input for "Device" from "unknown" (for the still only detected ATI Mach built-in) to "IMS9129" and changed the busID from the old 0:17:0 (built-in Mach 64) to 0:14:0 ; I kept the "fbdev" as driver ; I kept the Device id [0] ; but changed the vendor name; And saved all changes. Then I just typed "startx" at my root prompt and >>> I GOT MY GRAPHICAL DESKTOP IMMEDIATE ! So, I think the built-in ATI Mach64 just doesn't work altogether... thanx so far, Carolus van Soest ===================previous text : ============================ On Mon, Jul 16, Olaf replied to request from Carolus: Original request: > I finally got Suse PPC 7.1 installed at my OldWorld PowerMac4400 with: etc. > entering "startx" gives just the following error messages from the > server-log: > > (**)FBDev(0): claimed PCI slot 0:17:0 > ( I I ) FBDev (0): using default device > (WW)****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0x400 e: 0x4ff correcting > (EE) FBdev(0): xf86RegisterResources found resource conflicts. > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error : no screens found. > > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > > Then I again just get my root-prompt back ... Olaf replied: Can you have a look at `cat /proc/fb`, is OFfb active? If yes, dont boot with "No video driver". The Ati chip in the 4400 is a bit tricky, can you boot with "video=atyfb:vmode:13:cmode:8"? I tried those different video settings, with and without the checkbox "no video driver", but in the end the original problem reamins the same: no Xserver, and I keep getting the same error messages in the log. Note: the system-info of Suse recognizes the chip as a ATI mach 64, so that looks ok.

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New XFree 4.1-12 Update info
by Andrei Verovski 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi, What's new in XFree 4.1-12 Update PPC released yesterday? Does this update fixes problems with iBook? Also, what libXft.so.1.1.gz does? ******************************************************** * 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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SV: [suse-ppc] Blinking cursor during installation
by Michael Andersson 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi! And thanks for the response. I thought that it might be something like this, but what I really was looking for an answer to is WHY the X11 server fails. >From what I understand Yast2 uses some X11 server and at the first stage of the setup that works OK. The real question would have to be "Why doesn´t the X11 server work after the first reboot?". It seems to me that after the reboot I don´t get to choose MacOS or SuSELinux with BootX. Why is that? What can I do to get into Yast2 after the reboot? Could i change some settings in BootX BEFORE I start the installation (ramdisk, video settings etc.?) //Mike -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Klaus Kaempf [mailto:kkaempf@suse.de] Skickat: den 17 juli 2001 15:23 Till: Andersson Michael; suse-ppc(a)suse.com Ämne: Re: [suse-ppc] Blinking cursor during installation On Tuesday 17 July 2001 12:15, Michael Andersson wrote: > the machine reboots. Now comes the problem. The machine starts booting, but > after a while, all I see is a blinking block cursor in the upper left > corner. Then nothing happens. > > What is going on!? The X11 server fails to start up and yast2 uses the textconsole as a fallback. Due to a bug in the fallback code, the virtual console isn't properly switched. Try to switch to console 1 or 3 with ctr-altr-F1 or ctrl-alt-F3. Klaus

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JFS 1.0.1
by Uwe Hees 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi, while browsing the SuSE ftp site I noticed the presence of a directoty JFS within the BETA stuff. I have tried to use JFS 1.0.1 on a SuSE-7.1/PPC but got lots of errors while running fsck.jfs after I copied /usr/src/linux to a JFS partition. What is your experience in using JFS with SuSE/PPC? Regards, Uwe

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X starts in 256 colors
by Jonathon Wallen 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi all, quick newbie question - Every time I boot up X starts up in 256 colors instead of 16million .. a real hassle since each time I have to reset it to millions of colors which logs me out, shuts down the X server and then restarts it forcing me to log back in ... What do I need to do to force the server to start in millions of colours? many thanks. Jonathon

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