June 2008 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-ppc] Sleep LED misused on 10.2 (iBook G3)
by Karl Eichwalder 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

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? -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH GPG: 1024D/06EB882E B2A3 AF2F CFC8 40B1 67EA 475A 5903 A21B 06EB 882E --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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am I hacked ?
by Damir Buskulic 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, I got some problems (disk access denied, bus errors,...) that led me to go into single user mode and fsck my partitions. I noticed then that there were some directories created in the tmp directory, called "dev" and "etc", and one file in the / directory called "success" with 0 length. At reboot, these files disapeared. Does anybody know if this could be a sign of a hacked computer ? I mean could someone have installed a rootkit or some such ? I'm not paranoid but this indeed seems strange. Cheers Damir -- ===================================================================== | Damir Buskulic | Universite de Savoie/LAPP | | | Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110 | | Tel : +33 (0)450091600 | F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex | | e-mail: buskulic(a)lapp.in2p3.fr | FRANCE | ===================================================================== mailto:buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr

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[opensuse-ppc] SuSE v7.3/ppc
by Larry Stotler 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

This message was sent to 3 lists: opensuse, opensuse-factory, and opensuse-ppc I am looking for a copy of SuSE v7.3/ppc. If anyone would happen to know where I can get a copy of it, I would be very grateful. Thanx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] making kernel rpms
by Peter Czanik 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hello, Kernel support for a couple of Genesi and Genesi related PPC board is improving all the time (just as all parts of the Linux kernel). We thought, that by providing slightly modified kernels, user experience could be improved. For example, a patch almost doubling HDD performance on the EFIKA appeared right after openSUSE 11.0 was relesed. The proper way of doing this would be providing kernel rpms. The readme in the kernel source package is a bit lacking: "Instead of building binary kernels by hand, you can also build one of the kernel-$FLAVOR packages using RPM." 'make rpm' in the kernel source directory did not bring the expected results. And I could not find a matching document for it in he openSUSE wiki. So, my question is, what is the proper way to create a modified kernel rpm based openSUSE kernel sources + custom patches? Bye, CzP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Re: [opensuse] Unable to install 11.0 on my Genesi Pegasos (inst32 stops booting)
by Larry Stotler 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I'm forwarding this to the opensuse-ppc list. Please jointhis list by mailing: opensuse-ppc+subscribe(a)opensuse.org I also forwarded it to our resident genesi guru, Peter Czanik. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Lenz Grimmer <lenz(a)grimmer.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi there, > > I have been using and installing openSUSE on x86 for a very long time, this is > my first attempt to install it on a Genesi Pegasos box (G1@1GHz, 512MB). > > I downloaded openSUSE-11.0-DVD-ppc.iso and burned it on a DVD and was able to > start booting from it, following the instructions on this Wiki page: > > http://en.opensuse.org/PegasosQuickStart > > However, the installer never comes up, the little spinning cursor justs stops > at some point and the system is frozen (can only be rebooted by a hard reset). > This is what I see on the screen, when booting from the DVD: > > [SNIP] > Welcome to SmartFirmware(tm) for bplan Pegasos2 version 1.2 (20040810112413) > SmartFirmware(tm) Copyright 1996-2001 by CodeGen, Inc. > ALl Rights Reserved. > Pegasos BIOS Extensions Copyright 2001-2004 by bplan GmbH. > All Rights Reserved. > Auto-boot in 3 seconds - press ESC to abort, ENTER to boot: aborted > ok boot cd suseboot/inst32 > ISO-9660 filesystem: System-ID: "LINUX" Volume-ID: "SU1100.001" > Root dir: " " flags=0x2 extent=0x17 size=0x1800 > / > [SNIP] > > I also tried to copy the inst32 image into the OpenFirmware directory and > booting it from there via a menu entry. Again, it seems to start booting (the > spinner is active for a while), but then stops without any helpful hint. > > I stumbled over the following comment on the PowerDeveloper.org Forums - maybe > this is still the case for the final release as well? > > 'inst32' stopped booting in early 11.0 alpha versions, so I stopped trying it. > > http://www.powerdeveloper.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10978#10978 > > Has anybody been able to successfully install 11.0 from the DVD on a Pegasos > box? Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks! > > Bye, > LenZ > - -- > - ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer <lenz(a)grimmer.com> -o) > [ICQ: 160767607 | Jabber: LenZGr(a)jabber.org] /\\ > http://www.lenzg.org/ V_V > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIX/5USVDhKrJykfIRArxyAJ4llmMI15bxzqfHCxJ2V0fhtCx+DgCeOtEg > UzeGd85WuP7N99Gd5SN3254= > =vxmS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Re: [opensuse] Installing 11.0 without CD.Internet based.Need some information.
by Larry Stotler 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Alberto Barradas <ajcb(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > 1)I boot the installer(11.0) from a harddrive > partition(hfsplus) > and the installation system is downloaded from an > opensuse Not sure what you mean. When the installation system is downloaded, it's being loaded into ram. It has a 4 part thing. Once that is done, the installation starts. > 2)I have 160MB memory,so is it safe to use X based > 11.0 installer or would be better to use : install textmode=1 > at the install boot prompt? If you have less than 256MB RAM, you will need to setup a swap partition first, or the installer will probably fail. Also, please list you system specs. Since you say you have 160MB, I assume you are using a PCI PowerMac(Beige) or a Beige G3? I also sent this message to the opensuse-ppc list, which is a better place for you to get answers on PPC hardware related questions. You can subscribe to it by sending a message to this address: opensuse-ppc+subscribe(a)opensuse.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Installing 11.0 without CD.Internet Based.Need information.
by ajcb＠hushmail.com 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

1)I boot the installer(11.0) from a harddrive partition(hfsplus) and the installation system is downloaded from an opensuse repository.I tested already and stopped when five percent or so of the installation system was already downloaded.I need to know to where the installation system is downloaded,to the same hfsplus partition from where I booted the installation kernel? I have 250MB free space on that partition and at first sight it seems enough and in principle nothing in that partition will be erased(I assume there are controls to avoid that). 2)I have 160MB memory,so is it safe to use X based 11.0 installer or would be better to use : install textmode=1 at the install boot prompt? -- Click now to choose from thousands of designs for your checks! http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4eCa9sGT623QrJTlsiPdEOKJB8UVdWGA6kQUas… --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Re: [opensuse-buildservice] ppc
by Peter Czanik 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hello, Adrian Schröter írta: > On Friday 13 June 2008 13:56:51 Peter Czanik wrote: > >> - is it possible to check out a project from BS, like >> KDE4:/Unstable:/Desktop and recompile it locally for PPC in one go? I >> mean, without needing to compile individual source rpms one by one and >> needing to figure out the build order... >> > > You can setup your own build service, create source links to our remote > instance and compile it at your side. You would just need to import a ppc > based distro into some own project first. > I checked the web interface and also the wiki, but I could only find examples for individual packages. How can I link a complete repository in one go? For example everything from KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop/ instead of individual packages in this repo? Bye, CzP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Changing The Display: Framebuffer
by Irena and Richard Jenkins 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

My G4 with aty128 video card defaults to the framebuffer display for KDE. Worse than that is that it chooses 800 by 600 display ... when it's easily capable of 1024 by 768. Can you please suggest some post installation tweaks to get the display I want every time? Thank you. Richard -- Irena and Richard Jenkins Canberra AUSTRALIA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] ppc
by Peter Czanik 14 Jun '08

14 Jun '08

Hello, I got now a bit stronger PPC machine standing next to my desk ( http://en.opensuse.org/MPC8610 ). This brought me the idea, that I should recompile some buildservice projects for PPC (like: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Enlightenment/ or http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop/ ). Before trying it myself I read some of the documentation, but I still have a couple of questions: - does the buildservice work at all on PPC? - if yes, is it a simple recompile of all files at http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/openSUSE_11.… on PPC? - is it possible to check out a project from BS, like KDE4:/Unstable:/Desktop and recompile it locally for PPC in one go? I mean, without needing to compile individual source rpms one by one and needing to figure out the build order... Bye, CzP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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