August 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

no sound
by Peter Stummer 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

Hi there, I try to get sound working on my Powerbook G3 (400 MHz, Firewire) Pismo running SuSE Linux 7.1 but the only thing I get is the message (see below) at boot time (copied from /var/log/boot.msg) ! I used kernel 2.4.6-benh from the SuSE ftp server first without any difference. Following the instructions given on the SuSE support data base doesn't solve the problem either, my Powerbook still doesn't make a sound... ...any ideas ?? Thanks, Peter Starting sound driver: snd-card-awacs /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod snd-card-awacs failed done Starting sound driver: snd-card-awacs /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.9-benh0-benh/misc/snd-card-awacs.o: insmod snd-card-awacs failed done

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Compiling zimage
by Azman Salleh 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

I need to install linux on a IBM RS6k 43P-140, unfortunately I can't find a ready-made "zimage" that my 140 can boot up from. I saw some patches (243-140) on the IBM site that supposed to fix this 140 problem. It says "...Apply these against the 2.4.3 kernels from the official PowerPC kernel source trees from fsmlabs.com" http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/ppc/43p_140n otes.php Can anybody advise if this is what I should do: 1) Copy source trees from fsmlabs.com into a RS6k B50 running suse-ppc 7.0 2) Apply the 243-140 patch onto the source tree. 3) somehow compile the above together on the B50. A new zimage is produced. 4) dd the zimage into a floppy, and use it to boot the 43P-140. I've never compiled kernel before, so pls provide pointers on how to do this. thanks, azman

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clock problem on Titanium PowerBook
by i 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello, I'm running SuSE 7.1/PPC on kernel 2.4.8-benh (this happened with older kernels, too), and when I boot linux, the time is always way off (often even the minutes are wrong, not just the hour). So I fix the time in Linux, and everything is fine. But when I go back to MacOS, the clock is wrong again. Anybody else have this problem? Know how to stop it? Thanks. --i

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KDevelop Compiler Options
by Marco Hoffmann 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi! I am running SuSE 7.1 on my G4 PowerBook. When I try to set compiler options within kdevelop 1.3 the following error is printed: checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= 1.42 and < 2.0) (libraries) not found. Please check your installation! What can I do? Thanks, MH

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Linuxppc7.1: Umax Scanner 1220s an UmaxS900
by Stephan Ruehle 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hallo zusammen, hat jemand eine Idee, wie ich den Scsi Scanner am original Scsi Anschluß zum laufen bekomme? Beim Booten wird der Scanner gemeldet, beim Einrichten auch (/dev/sg2). Leider meldet mir xsane "No device found {o.ä}". Beim zweiten Aufruf von xsane dann "device busy". Gruß Stephan

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Fw: [suse-ppc] How to use cdwriter ide included on iMac
by Alain Barth�lemy 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Still problems with CDwriter delivered with iMac (transparent blue casing bought in march). This iMac is thus equipped with an ide CDwriter (unfortunately not SCSI) I have thus to emulate the CDwriter as a SCSI driver in order to be able to use cdrecord. I follow the same procedures as at home with a PC and a ide CDwriter: 1) in /etc/lilo.config: have line append = "hdb=ide-scsi" (then type instruction lilo) 2) in /etc/modules: have line alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi 3) add line /dev/scd0 /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 Everything goes fine I reboot instruction mount /cdrom : OK cd is mounted I type "eject": error: unable to eject, last error: input/output error I read the man of eject: I type eject scd0: OK it ejects Now I can try to burn a CD Mkisofs: OK no problem to make an image and to mount it with mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 etc... I test cdrecord -scanbus: SCSI device is 0,0,0 I try now cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 dir/image.iso and.... .... my dear SuSE 7.1 on iMac "crashes" no error messages, no explanation, just crashes: only solution: hard stop. Anybody can give me an idea how to burn a CD on an iMac? -- Alain Barthélemy Section de Biosécurité et Biotechnologie Institut de Santé Publique R. J. Wytsman, 14 1050 Bruxelles

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Boot Help Needed
by LouToppers＠aol.com 26 Aug '01

26 Aug '01

I am having difficulty booting 7.1 PPC on a G4, with a separate hard drive for Mac OS9.1 and the SuSE Linux. Does anyone have the text for the OS bootable script? My partition for the Linux Root is "/dev/hda8" Thank you.

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New G4 with Cinema-display
by Andreas Berg 26 Aug '01

26 Aug '01

Hello, i tryed to install 7.1 on my new mac (single 867mhz, GeForce2 MX, cinema-display) I tryed different vmlinux-versions and ramdisks (starting from my linuxBoot-directory(standard-hfs)) but it is not working. Did somebody installed it on a adc-display? Greetings, Andreas Berg

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How to use cdwriter ide included on iMac
by Alain Barth�lemy 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Small problem At home I use without problem an ide cdwriter on a PC to burn CD I just have to emulate it as a scsi drive On the iMac, I apply the same configuration in /etc/lilo.conf change line: append="hdb=ide-scsi" (I checked, drive is well hdb) then type "lilo" to fix thr config in /etc/modules.conf: change alias scsi_hostadapter off to alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi Everything goes fine. If I type cdrecord -scanbus the cdwriter is detected as scsi drive. I change /etc/fstab -> I can mount the drive Though, I have a BIG problem, if I want to eject the CD I get an error message (input/output error or something like that) and the CD does not get out. Has somebody solved the problem? Alain Barthélemy

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Dual boot (2 Linux Distro's) sharing same Swap partition?
by Tony Kruse 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

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New install
by Alain Barthelemy 23 Aug '01

23 Aug '01

Bonjour, First I am not a fan of iMac & Co but it is the only thing I have at work and I installed an efficient O.S. (for network applications, not for games and graphical apps of courses). I just installed SuSE 7.1 on a iMac (blue transparent? with CDwriter). Installation went very smoothly, thanks SuSE I have just a small problem: unsufficient Mac keyboard. I can't use the <backspace> key. When I hit it, it acts as <del>. How can I solve the problem? The same with the other keys: <home>, <Page Up>, <Page Down>, <end> Just for info, I had some problem to install my network card. The install CD detected it OK and installed tge right kernel modile (gcat something). Problem: I could not configure the ehernet interface with Yast1 or Yast2. I did it then the shortest way: # ifconfig eth0 <my_ip_addresse> netmask 255.255.255.0 up # route add default gw <my_router_address> ... and it worked immediately. Thus, the console-way is often the shortest. Thanks -- Alain Barthélemy Section de Biosécurité et Biotechnologie Institut de Santé Publique R. Juliette Wytsman, 14 B-1050 Bruxelles

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sound on G3 whith linux-benh
by Aurélien Sergent 23 Aug '01

23 Aug '01

hi I 'm working on a PPC G3 beige using the radeon graphic card... so I configured bootX to use the linux-benh kernel to boot the linux 7.1 ppc. it works find except the fact that I can't have any sound (can't find any module at boot time) I've tried aslaconf, yast2... no way do you know if there is a solution? thx AS

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help with ppp!!!
by X.X. 22 Aug '01

22 Aug '01

i'm trying to configure ppp with suse 7.1 ppc but it seems not working in any way i use a isdn terminal adapter (zyxel omni.net lcd) connected via serial port to a wallstreet powerbook, i tried with yast but also after resolving the "cannot locate module char-major-108" it doesn't work kppp tells kppp: interface is down after starting pppd and wvdial disconnects after few seconds without giving any error pls help! leonardo

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kmail kde 2.2 crashes
by Sven Goethel 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 i have suse linux ppc 7.1: Linux charelle 2.4.7 #2 Wed Aug 1 11:59:05 CEST 2001 ppc unknown with all necessary updates installed exec kmail gives me: kmail: error while loading shared libraries: /opt/kde2//lib/libkdecore.so.3: R_PPC_REL14 relocation at 0x00a44788 out of range any ideas ? cheers, sven - -- mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com www : http://www.jausoft.com ; pgp: http://www.jausoft.com/gpg/ voice : +49-521-2399440 ; fax : +49-521-2399442 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7emOxHdOA30NoFAARAo+2AJ4iQuNT8pNRAS1ChN1OIDW5aPCLkwCdHZ0z d+dAqYfNsywUa2GCLhd9Ric= =8p8E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RPM --rebuild samba-2.2.0a-0.src.rpm
by Michael Andersson 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

Hi! I have 7.1 installed and is using Samba (standard 2.07). I want to join W2K-computers to the domain but for that I need a newer version of Samba to work. I´ve seen a posting from Olaf saying that I can do a rpm --rebuild of the i386-package. I tried this but bumped into some problems along the way. 1. Automake was missing. Installed it. 2. Libtool was missing. Installed it. After doing that I got much further and almost all the way (I think). The last lines are: checking for working mmap... yes checking for ftruncate needs root... no checking for fcntl locking... yes checking for broken (glibc2.1/x86) 64 bit fcntl locking... no checking for 64 bit fcntl locking... yes checking for a crypt that needs truncated salt... no checking for broken nisplus include files... yes checking whether to use smbwrapper... no checking whether to use AFS... no checking whether to use DFS auth... no checking whether to use Kerberos IV... no checking whether to use Kerberos 5... no checking whether to use AUTOMOUNT... yes checking whether to use SMBMOUNT... yes checking whether to use PAM password database... yes checking whether to use NISPLUS password database... no checking whether to use NISPLUS_HOME... no checking whether to use SSL... no checking whether to use syslog logging... no checking whether to use profiling... yes checking whether to support netatalk... no checking whether to support disk-quotas... yes checking whether to support utmp accounting... no checking whether to support Microsoft Dfs... yes checking whether to support the experimantal Samba vfs... yes checking how to get filesystem space usage checking statvfs64 function (SVR4)... no checking statvfs function (SVR4)... no checking for 3-argument statfs function (DEC OSF/1)... no checking for two-argument statfs with statfs.bsize member (AIX, 4.3BSD)... no checking for four-argument statfs (AIX-3.2.5, SVR3)... no checking for two-argument statfs with statfs.fsize member (4.4BSD and NetBSD)... no checking for two-argument statfs with struct fs_data (Ultrix)... no checking checking if large file support can be enabled... yes checking whether to support ACLs... no checking configure summary configure: error: summary failure. Aborting config Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61910 (%build) Does anybody have an idea on what is wrong? BR Micke

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SuSE PPC 7.1 on Powebook G4 Titanium ?
by François G. Meyer 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

I am about to purchase a Powerbook G4 Titanium, and would like to know if I can install SuSE PPC 7.1 "out of the box" ? 1) Do I need a newer kernel than the one provided on the CD ? 2) Is the video card supported ? 3) Does it allow to use 1152 x 768 pixels in 32 bit mode ? I thank you very much, and look forward to hearing from you. François.

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Fw: [suse-ppc] Problem installing on IBM 43P-140
by azman 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

Thanks Sree, but I still ahve problem. What I did: 1) ra"wrote" the zimage to a floppy.. 2) boot /root=/dev/fd0..... like your instr, but the 43P did not read from the floppy (even tho in Sys Startup i set it so). 3) then I did this ********************************************************************************* memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok 0 > setenv real-base c00000 ok 0 > setenv load-base 200000 ok 0 > boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 chrpboot starting: loaded at 0x400000 gunzipping (0x10000 <- 0x4062c8:0x4cba74)...done 1959648 bytes start address = 0x10000 checking display...copying OF device tree....................................... ...done returning 00010000 from prom_init IBM,7043-140: reprogramming the memory controller. vector: 200 at pc = c000e47c, lr = c000e484, msr = c1030, sp = c01732c8 [c017321 8] current = c0171460, pid = 0, comm = swapper mon> ********************************************************************************* I'm stuck here now. Doesnt look like its asking for a ramdisk does it? TIA, azman ----- Original Message ----- From: rsreelat(a)in.ibm.com To: Azman Salleh Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] Problem installing on IBM 43P-140 Try this. Change in the System Startup setting to make the floppy as first bootable drive on the system. Use raw- write to write the zimage to the boot disk. Then type boot /root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000. at the open firmware prompt. Sreelatha I have prepared the following floppies: 1) Boot disk - I formatted 1.44MB floppy from my Win98 PC, then copied ftp.suse.com's zImage.140.(renamed as zimage)to it. 2) ramdisk - I used rawrite to write into 2nd floppy from ftp.suse.com's ramdisk.image.deflt.gz I updated 43P firmware to be TIG01150 successfully. From the 0> prompt, I issued boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 I got back the 0> prompt; and the 43P's floppy show that it's reading the boot disk. But nothing else came out even after 1/2 hour. THe floppy drive kept reading. I tried again without success. THis time, I preceded boot floppy with "setenv real-base c00000" and "setenv load-base 20000". I never got the phase where it asks for the RAMDISK. pls help. thanks, azman

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Problem installing on IBM 43P-140
by Azman Salleh 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

I have prepared the following floppies: 1) Boot disk - I formatted 1.44MB floppy from my Win98 PC, then copied ftp.suse.com's zImage.140.(renamed as zimage)to it. 2) ramdisk - I used rawrite to write into 2nd floppy from ftp.suse.com's ramdisk.image.deflt.gz I updated 43P firmware to be TIG01150 successfully. >From the 0> prompt, I issued boot floppy:,\zimage root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 I got back the 0> prompt; and the 43P's floppy show that it's reading the boot disk. But nothing else came out even after 1/2 hour. THe floppy drive kept reading. I tried again without success. THis time, I preceded boot floppy with "setenv real-base c00000" and "setenv load-base 20000". I never got the phase where it asks for the RAMDISK. pls help. thanks, azman

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Installing suseppc7.1 on harddisk connected to acard 6260m
by Stephan Ruehle 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Hi, is there anyone out there, who can help me installing suseppc 7.1 on my machine? Umax S900 G4 Upgrade 450mhz Acard Controller 6260M harddisk 1. IDE channel Mater If i boot to Linux installer (Old World, i use Bootx), ther was no harddisk found (all partitions have benn made previosly under MacOS). Is there a easyer way to get Linux installed than install it first on scsi harddisk, than compile the Kernel, reboot, copy all to the Partitions on Ide harddisk, change fstab, .... . Thank you for your help Stephan

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usb modem on ppoa
by Aurélien Sergent 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

Hi everybody I d like to know if it is possible to connect on ppoA (not ppoE) whith an usb adsl modem (alcatel speed touch), i've seen that kernel 2.2.18 and 2.4.2 support usb but i don' t know if : 1/ they support hot plugging 2/ the driver for linux provided by alcatel and J. verrept will work on a linux-ppc box does anyone know that? thx a lot aurélien

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Linux auf RS/6000 (43P140)
by Thomas Hoffmann 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hallo, fuer ein Projekt in meinem Praktikum soll ich Linux auf einer RS/6000 (43P140) installieren. Ich habe es mit mehreren Distributionen versucht, leider komme ich nur bis zum entpacken des Linuxkernels und danach haengt die Maschine (im Display bei F05). Der Rechner hat folgende Ausstattung: 320 MB Ram, CD-ROM (SCSI) und 2 SCSI HDD (4 und 9 GB). Mir wuerde es auch reichen, wenn ich den Kernel gebootet bekaeme und dann ueber FTP von einem Server installieren kann. Wer haette ein paar Tips fuer mich? Vielen Dank! -- Mit freundlichem Gruss Thomas Hoffmann

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gdb gives a segv fault on SUSE 7.1 ppc
by rsreelat＠in.ibm.com 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hi, I am running gdb 5.0.14 version( which comes with suse 7.1 cd) on SUSE 7.1 for PPC. When I try to debug a multi-threaded program as below, GDB gives a segmentation violation fault. The program runs fine outside the debugger and the problem seems to be related to gdb and threads. *************************************************************************************************************************************** sree@prep:~ > gdb a.out GNU gdb 5.0 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "ppc-suse-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)... (gdb) run Starting program: /home/sree/a.out (no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 1024 (LWP 470)] Segmentation fault ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Has anybody come across a similar problem. Please suggest. regards, Sreelatha

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problem with 2.4
by Aurélien Sergent 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Hi I ve a problem with kernel 2.4 (suse ppc 7.1 out of the box) on a power mac G3 beige in fact I can t boot with the kernel 2.4 (only whith 2.2.x) during the boot the screen turn black at a moment (not always a the same moment), it seems to be a video problem. I use the integrated video card (framebuffered), but i've 2 PCI video card too (without any screen connected). do you think i have to remove these cards or to give the kernel some parameters (and which one) help THX

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Re: [suse-ppc] CD-ROM on PM 7200
by Olaf Hering 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

On Wed, Aug 15, Brett Schwarz wrote: > Olaf Hering wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, Brett Schwarz wrote: > > > > > Anyone know why all of a sudden MACOS is not recognizing my SuSE 6.4 > > > CDs? I installed from them, so I know they use to work. Now when I boot > > > into MACOS, with the CD in the drive, I get a message saying that "The > > > disk is unreadable by this Macintosh. So you want to initiakize it?" > > > > > > Well, if I hit cancel, it ejects the CD. > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > Also, for some reason, when I press the 'c' key, the system does *not* > > > boot from CD. Any reason for this? > > > > You mean you can not boot your original MacOS CD? > > The CD1 is only bootable on new Macs. > > No, I was trying to boot SuSE CD1 (and 2,3,4, etc..I tried them all!). > > So, how do I boot SuSE linux? Can I boot from floppy? If so, how do I > create the floppy? You have to boot into Macos and launch the BootX app. There is no easy way for floppy boot and I wouldnt recommend it. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...

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Two problems with KDE
by Jerry Ciring 15 Aug '01

15 Aug '01

Hi, I'm running SuSE Linux 7.1 Kernel 2.4.2 on a PowerMac 6400. Only variance from the distributions install is the addition of Gnome 1.4, installed from rpms off the SuSE GNOMES site. Recently, two odd things have begun happening. Firstly, I can no longer adjust the CD volume slider in kmix. It's permanently stuck at zero. This started when I noticed that audio cds wouldn't play. I haven't a clue as to how to go about fixing this. Attempts to update to KDE 2.1 have resulted in DCOP server failing to start up. Secondly, in my / directory (not /root) two invisible directories have started to popup name ".kde" and ".kde2". I've browsed through the archives of the list and found mention of this happening to others, but I couldn't track down the solution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jerry -- Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau

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