Hi Michal,
It would be phenomenal to get LEAP for ppc64 be!
Note that once installed, quality is here. (Almost everything works very nice - I have problems with wireless, something linked to dhcp lease with my router...)
installation is more hectic though...
In fact, I have realized I was really lucky when I did my first installation...
In the "User Interface" installation phase, If we select either "Server (text mode)" or "Desktop with GNOME)", installation fails (I haven't tested "Desktop with KDE PLASMA").
It looks like packages to install are not selected correctly.
BUT, if we select "Custom" then select the software to install (LXDE or GNOME etc...) installation is done almost correctly.
In fact, for some reason, the kernel is not installed. I think this is linked to the errors concerning the missing prep partition (for ppc64 little endian?).
Anyway, I get by by installing kernel-default using chroot.
This behavior was also present in the September ISO.
I boot using yaboot, and not grub. I have an installation with macos, debian, and now two Tumbleweeds :-)
To sum up, LXDE IS VERY NICE with my iMac G5 1GB Ram, but GNOME takes forever to start, and is red (literally).
I will test KDE when I can!
I will try to encourage more people to install and test Tumbleweed on ppc64 be - by writing a simplified installation procedure on the wiki.
I hope this will help!
Fadi.
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En date de : Ven 22.12.17, Michal Suchánek <msuchanek(a)suse.de> a écrit :
Objet: Re: [opensuse-ppc] Tumbleweed ppc64 big endian.
À: "Fadi Osman" <fospot-ppc(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: opensuse-ppc(a)opensuse.org, "Christian Zigotzky" <chzigotzky(a)bayern-mail.de>
Date: Vendredi 22 décembre 2017, 11h43
Hello,
On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:15:47 +0000 (UTC)
Fadi Osman <fospot-ppc(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi
Christian,
>
> thanks
for your reply, that's encouraging for us... and
especially
> thanks for keeping an
history of installation iso!
>
> I am trying to install using the latest
iso (Snapshot 20171219)...
> it's not
working. I have many errors.
>
> I continue my tests, and try to post the
list of errors.
As you
might have noticed the ppc64 bigendian port is not released
as
part of the more stable Leap releases but
is only part of the
Tumbleweed rolling
release.
This is because we
do not have enough people testing and fixing the
ppc64 port which shows many issues unique to
bigendian machines.
Consequently the ppc64
port is not release quality because many
packages will fail to build or will build but
not work correctly.
With
more users contributing this might change eventually.
Thanks
Michal
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Hi Christian,
thanks for your reply, that's encouraging for us... and especially thanks for keeping an history of installation iso!
I am trying to install using the latest iso (Snapshot 20171219)... it's not working.
I have many errors.
I continue my tests, and try to post the list of errors.
One difference from what I had done two weeks ago, I had installed LXDE, and now I'm installing gnome first...
I'll post my findings.
I'm not sure I'll be able to do this before Christmas, so merry Christmas for all.
Fadi.
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En date de : Jeu 21.12.17, Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky(a)bayern-mail.de> a écrit :
Objet: [opensuse-ppc] Tumbleweed ppc64 big endian.
À: "Fadi Osman" <fospot-ppc(a)yahoo.com>, opensuse-ppc(a)opensuse.org
Date: Jeudi 21 décembre 2017, 17h21
Hi All,
We are using openSUSE PowerPC on our
AmigaOnes.
Links:
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3446
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=3810
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3013
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2404
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1996
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=3784
- http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1985
Downloads:
http://www.supertuxkart-amiga.de/amiga/kernel_distros_opensuse.html
Further Linux-PPC screenshots:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/115515624056477014971
Many thanks for openSUSE
PowerPC! :-)
Cheers,
Christian
On 21
December 2017 at 3:19PM, Fadi Osman wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I'm representing a group of people
interested in keeping a ppc64 big endian linux distribution
alive:
> https://www.powerprogress.org/
> https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/
>
> No, we're not
crazy, we're serious!
>
> There are about a dozen of us in the
software group (from almost everywhere in the world) ready
to help in testing, debugging etc... We're beginners,
but we're willing to learn (and we have a bunch of G5
iMacs and PowerMacs)!
>
> After meeting some OpenSUSE people in
France (Alionet), I decided on trying out Tumbleweed ppc64
(be).
>
> So I have
installed it last week on an iMac G5, and ... it is great!
Really! Thanks a lot for your efforts in keeping it alive
and well!
>
> I got
some driver issues during installation using the net iso - I
had to download the full iso :-(, but besides one or two
things, installation was fine.
>
(I'll do the installation again and take note of the
errors I got).
>
>
I'm beginning to look at OBS and factory and studio -
but I'm really just beginning.
>
(I'm not sure if susestudio works for ppc64...)
>
> My first
"mission" is to use OBS to build a libreoffice
package (I couldn't find the ppc64 binaries in any
repository).
>
>
Thanks again for all your work, and I hope the powerpc
mailing list will get more activity :-)
>
> Bye,
> Fadi OSMAN.
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Hello guys,
I'm representing a group of people interested in keeping a ppc64 big endian linux distribution alive:
https://www.powerprogress.org/https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/
No, we're not crazy, we're serious!
There are about a dozen of us in the software group (from almost everywhere in the world) ready to help in testing, debugging etc... We're beginners, but we're willing to learn (and we have a bunch of G5 iMacs and PowerMacs)!
After meeting some OpenSUSE people in France (Alionet), I decided on trying out Tumbleweed ppc64 (be).
So I have installed it last week on an iMac G5, and ... it is great! Really! Thanks a lot for your efforts in keeping it alive and well!
I got some driver issues during installation using the net iso - I had to download the full iso :-(, but besides one or two things, installation was fine.
(I'll do the installation again and take note of the errors I got).
I'm beginning to look at OBS and factory and studio - but I'm really just beginning.
(I'm not sure if susestudio works for ppc64...)
My first "mission" is to use OBS to build a libreoffice package (I couldn't find the ppc64 binaries in any repository).
Thanks again for all your work, and I hope the powerpc mailing list will get more activity :-)
Bye,
Fadi OSMAN.
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