April 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] Installing OpenSUSE 11 alpha3 on PS3
by Thomas Nielsen 06 May '08

06 May '08

Hi opensuse-ppc I have been chasing info to help me installing opensuse 11alpha3 (also tried alpha1 before I learnt that I could not) on my Playstation 3. I have installed the "otherOS" bit, and I boot off the DVD, and when I see the penguin on the PS3 graphic, the PS3 freezes. In alpha 1 I could change the loader parameters at the bottom of the screen, but in alpha 3 I cannot even do that, so i have not even been able to troubleshoot a bit to get decent error codes etc. For starters, the DVD checksum of the http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-Alpha3/iso/torrent/openSUSE-… iso is not posted on http://en.opensuse.org/Development_Version#Downloads which would be nice to rule out that ktorrent did me a service and added some extra challenge in the iso file. please help me get started; Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] v11.0Beta1 - WOW!
by Larry Stotler 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

I'm currently installing v11.0Beta1 on my Wallstreet II, and I must say that I am amazed by the difference in speed of the installation. It's many times faster at everything. Also, unchecking packages, like OpenOffice, deselects all associated packages instead of complaining about how other packages require it. I am very impressed, especially considering the fact that this is running a G3/266 with 320MB RAM. If you haven't tested Beta1, please check it out. While it's still installing, I must say that so far, it's one heck of an improvement speedwise. Good job opensuse teams! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 inirtrd and linux32.gz files?
by Larry Stotler 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

I'm preparing to install v10.3 on my old world Wallstreet. However, I have burned both the Network install CD and the DVD, and I cannot find the initrd and linux32.gz files that I need to copy to the MacOS drive so that I can have BootX start the installation. Are these files no longer provided on the installation media? If not, where do I get these files? I looked at the install notes for the old world machines and there was no mention of the lack of these files or of a location to download them. 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] PPC CDs? newer kernels?
by Larry Stotler 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Is there any reason why there are no install CDs available for PPC? My son's Powerbook G3 doesn't have a DVD drive. While it is on my list of things to get, it may be a while before I have access to one. The Wallstreet also doesn't have USB. It does have an external SCSI port, but I don't have the proper adapter cable, nor do I have a SCSI DVD drive. I was hoping to test out the 11.0 Beta1 since I can't get v10.3 to install, but I'm still stuck. I was also wondering why there are no newer kernels pre-built for PPC like there are for x86 and x86-64. My Wallstreet has an issue with the backlight that was fixed in a newer kernel, but I can't seem to get one, and it's been so long since I built a kernel from source that I'm leary of screwing something up. 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] Wallstreet Backlight problem v10.2
by Larry Stotler 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

I recently fired up my son's Wallstreet II G3/266 Powerbook and applied the updates for v10.2 to bring it current.? Unfortunately, I've run back into a problem with the backlight of the system.? For some reason the backlight with just go off and will refuse to come back on until the system is restarted.? You can still see the screen with a flashlight.? I did not have this problem under v10.0 and there is no problem running MacOS v9.2.2.? v10.1 couldn't be install on this machine because of a kernel incompatibility with v10.1.? I've turned off all the powersaving stuff and it will still just blank the screen out for no reason.? I haven't tried v10.3 yet.? Any suggestions?? 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] factory
by Peter Czanik 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Hello, Tried to install factory today on PPC, but it failed. First it installed packages for a while, then it started to remove them, but failed for every 3-4 packages. Is it already know, or I should try to make another install using a monitor / keyboard to reproduce it? BTW, Olaf seems to be away (I got a vacation message from him). Is anybody else taking care of PPC bugs right now? I have a list of problems, which make installation on my machines difficult at the moment... 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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Re: [opensuse-ppc] Installing OpenSUSE 11 alpha3 on PS3
by Thomas Nielsen 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Ok that brought me a bit in the right direction. I grabbed the kboot off goeffs site http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-kboot/ and installed it, and now the PS3 launches to a kboot prompt?? By ( i assure you ) typing mistake, I discovered that YDL 6.0 install when pressing ctrl-D at the kboot prompt after interrupting (ctrl+c)a command like awk -f ydboot2kboot.awk No clue what all this means, but it looked like working and now at least I have YDL 6.0 Is there anything similar i can do to get OpenSUSE 11 alpha3 kickstarted to install (from the kboot prompt that is)? Thomas >>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:39 PM, in message <80CB6E3C-94AE-4739-A9EA-271F24D7015B(a)webdeal.no>, Alexander Davidsen <alexander(a)webdeal.no> wrote: I had a very similar problem on my PS3 with the nightly-builds of ubuntu. I found out that there was a bug in that version of kboot used with ubuntu. I don't know if the same bug can be introduced in OpenSUSE. Have you had a look at the bugtrack too see if there are any know bugs with kboot in alpha3? -Alexander On 4. april. 2008, at 13.27, Thomas Nielsen wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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