December 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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[opensuse-ppc] NVidia support
by Klaas. 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Hello, After I installed the final 11.1 the NVidia issue persists. Using the video-ofonly boot option works but it seems when I restart there is not a prompt to enter it again. Where can I set this option - in a member so that I don't need to enter it manually when booting? I'll look into getting a NVidia driver for my G5 PowerMac, any suggestions? assuming that I am not the only one who selected openSuse as a Linux system. ---- greetings, Klaas Punt -- 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] How to recover from missing sata_svw
by Klaas. 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

I did a successful installation of openSuse 11.1 RC1 on my PowerMac G5 dual after I circumvented the formatting bug. Updated the system, ran a few tests. Then after 2 days it would not start anymore because the module sata_svw is missing. Tried to start from the installation DVD with rescue but that didn't help. So my question : Is there a way to recover without re-installing the system? And from Googling I see this is a long time bug, has anybody seen a solution? --- greetings, Klaas Punt -- 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] monitor support in 11.1 rc1
by Klaas. 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hello, Can someone explain the situation with the support for my monitor (a Sony CRT) in the 11.1 RC1? During installation I see no problem - the only thing that indicates there is something wrong is a monitor icon on the desktop. I tried to correct the problem by clicking the icon but no success. When I shutdown there is a total wait with the monitor going very weird. The system does not shutdown, I have to shot the PowerMac G5 down with powerbutton. ---- greetings, Klaas Punt -- 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] Repositories for PPC
by Richard (MQ) 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

I note that the default depositories for ppc installations (as set up by YaST) are those on download.opensuse.org, but some packages are only on powerpc.opensuse.org. In particular I refer to gstreamer plugins, but I think it's rather wider than that. Does anyone know why we have both? If we need both, can the latter be included in the default set? -- Cheers Richard (MQ) -- 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] 11.1 RC1 installation on Mac G3 Powerbook
by Richard (MQ) 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

I'm pleased to report a considerable degree of success with 11.1 RC1 on a 1999 Mac Powerbook G3 (Lombard), also on an iMac of the same era (which behaves very similarly). Installer ran smoothly and quickly, apart from: 1. suggesting formatting of the small hfs (boot?) partition, which will fail with error -3023 setting partition label. Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447782, but work-around is not to agree to formatting, it seems to work OK thus far... 2. Boot loader ignores other bootable systems on HD. This is bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396361 - reported in June 2008 against 11.0 RC1 and present in all subsequent builds. Again, an easy work-around. Post - installation, a few more problems: 3. Sound works, but volume controls / mixers / mute don't https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450970 4. Openoffice isn't available to install (don't know the bug ID but it's well reported). Not looking *too* bad for GM whenever that will be - still on 16th maybe...? -- Cheers Richard (MQ) -- 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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