The iBook G3 come with a white LED that's active if the device sleeps.
On 10.2 during installation you seem to misuse it to signal hard disk
activity. How can I disable it?
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Hi
Yesterday I was able to occupy the TV for a few moments to try again, and here what i observed.
1st i should note, that It always annoyed me with opensuse 11.1-ppc beta 5.1 that i could not change the resolution. Since I am a big KDE fan, I lower the resolution to save memory, and doing this (720p on the boot splash) sent me to a black terminal.
A while ago I tossed the openSUSE 11 ppc, but I found OpenSUSE 11.1 beta 2. Then took the otheros.bld from that one, powered down and up, and suddenly I noticed the graphic is moving on the splash screen, and i could set the resolution - even when installing beta 5 :-)
So i started on the otheros.bld from 11.1beta2 to install 11.1 beta5.
But then it was VERY SLOW, and never finished. 1st try dies in the partitioner (freeze). Second try sent me to a terminal, where the questions followed on cli, but I gave up when it asked for the installation server (it did not see the DVD anymore??)
Still not there yet.
As to the different brands of DVDs - indeed my beta 2 is burnt on another brand of dvd media.
Since they are at home I cannot be sure about the beta 2 (but i think it is verbatim) but beta 5 is on a imation DVD.
Thomas
>>> Stefan Assmann <sassmann(a)suse.de> 11/24/2008 2:56 PM >>>
Larry Stotler wrote:
> On 11/24/08, Stefan Assmann <sassmann(a)suse.de> wrote:
>> Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed
>> where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens
>> before swap gets activated.
>
> If you are doing an install and have a previous linux swap partition,
> can't you activate that during the boot? Not sure how the PS3 boots
> because I don't own one yet....
Not necessary anymore as we have the ps3vram driver now :)
>
> Also, I have several systems with only 256MB. Does the PS3 allow all
> of the 256MB or does it steal some of it and only allow so much? It
> would be really nice if the 256MB of graphics ram was available. The
> low ram is probably the biggest drawback for me(since I don't play
> games....).
Normally you get around 210MB of RAM, that's what the hypervisor exposes.
Additionally now you get around 240MB of VRAM which will be used as
swap during installation. You shouldn't run out of memory anymore while
installing.
Stefan
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Stephan Kulow írta:
> Am Mittwoch 26 November 2008 schrieb Peter Czanik:
>
>> Automatically adding x86 sources does more harm than good IMHO, so it
>> should be removed or fixed on PPC. Should I also enter this to bugzilla?
>>
>
> Yeah, do so. Not sure we can fix it before GM though
>
Done: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449200
Bye,
CzP
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Hello,
I just finished installing the latest factory on PPC. I wanted to
install some non-oss apps, like Opera, but I could not find them in
sw_single, even after verifying, that it exists in the repo. Then I
realized, that the x86 repositories were added automagically, even on
PPC, that's why I could not find Opera & co.
linux:~ # LANG=en_US zypper -v sl -u
Verbosity: 1
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh |
Type | URI
--+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+---------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------
1 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | Yes |
yast2 | http://roxen.integrity.hu/pub/opensuse/ppc/factory/repo/oss/
2 | openSUSE-11.1-Updates | Updates for 11.1 | Yes | Yes |
rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.1-Debug | No | Yes |
NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/debug/
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes |
yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | Yes | Yes |
yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/
Automatically adding x86 sources does more harm than good IMHO, so it
should be removed or fixed on PPC. Should I also enter this to bugzilla?
Bye,
CzP
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Hello,
Until now I tested smaller office sw on PPC, like abiword + gnumeric and
koffice. Now I wanted to install OpenOffice.org, but I could not as
OpenOffice.org is not available. Looking at the logs at
https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log?arch=ppc&package=OpenOffi…
I see, that it was last tried to build beginning August. Could you
please trigger a rebuild, and check if it works now?
Thanks, bye,
CzP
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PS3 install comments
First a few positive comments, and then a Q
The advanced partitioner seems happy now - THANKS :-)
The cracklib is now searched local during install - THANKS :-)
(need to close the bugs)
Weird observation
When installing, I switched to detailed view, and at about 175 remaining packages, install froze hard, and had to pull
the switch.
Started over, and install finished, but in the boot screen, it says
failed to boot
(or something very similar (very sorry to not have exact msg))
Q: What went wrong, and what can I do to troubleshoot - I tried to remove quiet from the boot line, but no diff.
On top another funny observation - the game OS can now read the linux partition :-)
Please help on how narrow down on my boot pb.
Thomas
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Hi Larry
I think we have the same feature - as per Stefan in his reply to me earlier:
(and indeed the 11.1 install runs A LOT faster than any of the other ones)
".....
> <<<agree I think It is memory - I see Yellowdog found a way to use the video memory in PS3 not as ram memory, but as
> swap
> "and the introduction of ps3vram functionality which enables use of PS3 video RAM for temporary storage or swap"
> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05193
> When I started over, I did not enable the detailed view to see the progress on installed packages, and it
> finished>>>>>>
Yeah, we have that too! :D
...."
>>> "Larry Stotler" <larrystotler(a)gmail.com> 11/24/2008 2:25 PM >>>
On 11/24/08, Stefan Assmann <sassmann(a)suse.de> wrote:
> Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed
> where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens
> before swap gets activated.
If you are doing an install and have a previous linux swap partition,
can't you activate that during the boot? Not sure how the PS3 boots
because I don't own one yet....
Also, I have several systems with only 256MB. Does the PS3 allow all
of the 256MB or does it steal some of it and only allow so much? It
would be really nice if the 256MB of graphics ram was available. The
low ram is probably the biggest drawback for me(since I don't play
games....).
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Hmm I should maybe read to the end:
More answers under each of your comments
>>> Stefan Assmann <sassmann(a)suse.de> 11/24/2008 10:52 AM >>>
Thomas Nielsen wrote:
> PS3 install comments
What version did you install?
<<<<OpenSUSE 11.1 Beta 5.1>>>>
> First a few positive comments, and then a Q
>
> The advanced partitioner seems happy now - THANKS :-)
> The cracklib is now searched local during install - THANKS :-)
> (need to close the bugs)
> Weird observation
> When installing, I switched to detailed view, and at about 175 remaining packages, install froze hard, and had to
pull
> the switch.
Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed
where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens
before swap gets activated.
<<<agree I think It is memory - I see Yellowdog found a way to use the video memory in PS3 not as ram memory, but as
swap
"and the introduction of ps3vram functionality which enables use of PS3 video RAM for temporary storage or swap"
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05193
When I started over, I did not enable the detailed view to see the progress on installed packages, and it
finished>>>>>>
> Started over, and install finished, but in the boot screen, it says
>
> failed to boot
> (or something very similar (very sorry to not have exact msg))
> Q: What went wrong, and what can I do to troubleshoot - I tried to remove quiet from the boot line, but no diff.
Please be more precise at what point this occurs. Did the installation
finish? Did you install the otheros.bld from the install media?
>>>From the playstation OS, I "installed other OS, and it was making a progress bar on installation, and I can only
assume it is when it is copying the otheros.bld from the media (the Opensuse 11.1B5.1 in this case) however the screen
texts are not very clear.
oh if it finished - I am almost certain - I it reached the congratulations screen, but was frozen there, and i
powercycled it :-) (froze as in mouse pointer does not move anymore ctrl+alt+F1 is ignored.
Think I will try again tonight.
> On top another funny observation - the game OS can now read the linux partition :-)
Nice :)
> Please help on how narrow down on my boot pb.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> Technical Support Engineer
> +33 155 62 5094
> +33 6 8282 7936
> Novell France
>
> "You are always going to face the choice between a hard right and an easy wrong, choose wisely".
>
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>
>
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How can I be so stupid to omit the version :-/
tsk tsk
openSUSE 11.1 beta5.1
Thomas
>>> Stefan Assmann <sassmann(a)suse.de> 11/24/2008 10:52 AM >>>
Thomas Nielsen wrote:
> PS3 install comments
What version did you install?
> First a few positive comments, and then a Q
>
> The advanced partitioner seems happy now - THANKS :-)
> The cracklib is now searched local during install - THANKS :-)
> (need to close the bugs)
> Weird observation
> When installing, I switched to detailed view, and at about 175 remaining packages, install froze hard, and had to
pull
> the switch.
Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed
where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens
before swap gets activated.
> Started over, and install finished, but in the boot screen, it says
>
> failed to boot
> (or something very similar (very sorry to not have exact msg))
> Q: What went wrong, and what can I do to troubleshoot - I tried to remove quiet from the boot line, but no diff.
Please be more precise at what point this occurs. Did the installation
finish? Did you install the otheros.bld from the install media?
> On top another funny observation - the game OS can now read the linux partition :-)
Nice :)
> Please help on how narrow down on my boot pb.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> Technical Support Engineer
> +33 155 62 5094
> +33 6 8282 7936
> Novell France
>
> "You are always going to face the choice between a hard right and an easy wrong, choose wisely".
>
> "Ce message et ses pièces jointes n'ont aucune valeur contractuelle ou juridique ; en particulier, aucune
transaction
> ne peut être basée exclusivement sur des emails. "
>
>
Stefan
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