ppc June 2005

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800mhz G3 ibook using UDMA33 hdd speeds?
by Jesse Keating 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Kernel is picking up my IDE interface at UDMA33 and forcing my hdd into udma2 mode according to hdparm. Is this the right speed? Seems really slow, shouldn't it at least be UDMA66 ? -- Jesse Keating RHCE (http://geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (http://www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (http://geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating

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Trackpad not detected in Powerbook G4
by Mohamed Parvez 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

Hello, I tried to install FC4 on my new PowerBook G4. The track pad in not detected at all. I have tried everything but still it was not detected during installation nor after installation. -- Thanks/Regards, Parvez

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Failed X server start on Apple eMac FC4 installation
by J.M. Brough 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

<** Repost to the correct list! **> During installation of FC4 test 3 the X server failed to start and I would have to use 'linux text' to install. The monitor display was stuck in one mode and xvidtune was unable to align the monitor output correctly, losing approximately 2 cms of the screen on the right hand side. I was hoping that this would not be the case for FC4 when released. Sadly, the same problem occurs with FC4 release (The DVD version - stentz-dvd-ppc via bit torrent from duke.edu). Is there anything I can do about this? Otherwise, I am unable to use Fedora. My system is an Apple eMac with 512Mb Ram, which has the ATI 9200 with 32Mb of VRam. Using the ATI Displays program under OSX the card is described as follows: Card #: 109-xxxxx-00 Card Model: ATY, RV280 Vendor ID: $1002 (4098) ROM Name: ATY, Merlin_A ROM#: 113-xxxxx-102 FCode Version: 1.92 NDRV Version: 1.0.1f57 VRAM Size: 32MB Why it displays 'xxxxx' for Card# and ROM# is a mystery to me. Anyway, has anyone successfully installed FC4 on the above type machine without losing 2 cms of their display? If so, would they email the xorg config file for me to try. It would be most appreciated. Using linux on the mac reminds me of using linux on the PC about 2-3 years ago! Cheers, Jason.

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Re: Request for Testing of Installer X Configuration on PPC
by Mike Hammill 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Jeremy, Unfortunately, the test X CD failed on my PowerMac G4 with an I/O error from mini-wm. PowerMac 3,3 (65, PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics) Probing for video card: ATI Radeon 9200 Probing for monitor type: StudioDsply1 Probing for mouse type: Generic - 3 button mouse (PS/2) Attempting to start native X server Waiting for X server to start ... log located in /tmp/x.log 1...2...3...4...5 X server started successfully mini-wm: Fatal IO Error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :1.0. It might be helpful to note that the Radeon 9200 is a PCI card. There is no card in the AGP slot. During boot, I get the message PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 0001:11:02.0 which is the PCI address of the Radeon 9200. However, the message does not stop the boot process. Ubuntu works (with X on a nearly identical machine with the same card). It also give the "Cannot allocate resource region 1 message). Fedora Core release 3.9.2 (Pre-FC4)/kernel 2.6.11-1.1286_FC4, which I am currently running on the machine, fails with the same message as the X CD. Previously, I had been running FC3 and the installation process correctly put up X graphics, but on reboot the X server failed. I moved off of FC3 explicitly to get LVM2 but was sad to find that one gets a message saying you cannot configure logical volumes without a graphics interface! A long way of saying I am REALLY looking forward to having a working X on FC4 with the Radeon card. Best of luck with your work! BTW, I has not filed a bugzilla report against FC4 with the mini-wm message. Should I do that (assuming I don't find one already filed) or are you fielding the most recent problems via this forum? /Mike

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How to configure a French PowerBook keyboard on Fedora PPC ?
by Thierry Le Chevillier 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Hi, I just install a Fedora Core 4 on my venerable Powerbook Bronze and I have some problem with the keyboard mapping. I don't know which files to configure. If someone could help me and give me some advices, Il would be very grateful, Thanks in advance, Have a nice day, -- Woody ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com

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Rev. D iMac- Can't Select NIC Driver
by Jack Murgia 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Using the direction at http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html, I'm stuck at selecting driver for the NIC- have tried all the apple drivers, but it keeps bringing me back to selection window, where I find each driver I previously selected removed from the list. This particular machine currently has YDL 3.0 installed successfully on it, in case that is significant. Cheers!

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Video Problem on Mac Mini
by dj faké 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Installed FC4 on my Mac mini but the video goes wacky at the login window- audible beep then a big blue blur. Tried booting "linux video=ofonly" still have the same problem, even though FC4 goes through the x troubleshooting, but doesn't fix it. Any suggestions? c btw, audio works nicely with the mini now. --

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Debugging 64-bt programs using gdb on Fedora Core 4 on G5 PPC
by Shay, Daniel 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Using: Fedora Core 4 Hardware: Dual 2.7GHZ Apple G5 Problem: Debugging 64-bit compiled applications fails with message """ This GDB was configured as "ppc-redhat-linux-gnu"..."programToDebug": not in executable format: File format not recognized """ $ gdb --version GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.21rh) Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "ppc-redhat-linux-gnu". Trying to install 64 bit version using yum fails to locate an appropriate version Information need to recreate problem. Example: # Example Hello World C++ Program #include <iostream> using namespace std; void SayHelloWorld(void) {cout << "Hello World!" << endl;} int main (void) { SayHelloWorld(); Return 0; } # Makefile all: hello hello64 hello: hello.cpp g++ -Wall -o $@ hello.cpp hello64: hello.cpp g++ -Wall -o $@ hello.cpp -m64 # EOF

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RE: Debugging 64-bt programs using gdb on Fedora Core 4 on G5 PPC
by Shay, Daniel 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

This is more of a usage issue, when installing FC4 on a 64bit capable system the appropriate tools i.e. gdb.ppc64 should be installed. The gdb.ppc64 available from the development branch works fine. Thank You, Daniel Shay -----Original Message----- From: Colin Charles [mailto:byte@aeon.com.my] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:36 PM To: Shay, Daniel Cc: fedora-ppc(a)lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Debugging 64-bt programs using gdb on Fedora Core 4 on G5 PPC On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 16:22 -0600, Shay, Daniel wrote: > > Using: Fedora Core 4 > Hardware: Dual 2.7GHZ Apple G5 > Problem: Debugging 64-bit compiled applications fails with message > """ > This GDB was configured as "ppc-redhat-linux-gnu"..."programToDebug": > not in executable format: File format not recognized File a bug against gcc/powerpc if this is a problem David, can you repeat this on fish? -- Colin Charles, http://www.bytebot.net/ FUDCon II @ LinuxTag June 24-25, 2005 in Karlsruhe, Germany http://fedoraproject.com/fudcon/

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FC4 on iMac G5, try #2
by Ramón Rey Vicente 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Hi all. Well, I tried this morning the installation of FC4 after reading gentoo documentation about partitioning scheme in ppc. The information I could understood was that the first partition in the partitioning process must be numbered 2 (for example, /dev/sda2) instead of /dev/sda1. The partitioning tool in anaconda create partitions starting with number 1, and I think this is confusing for openfirmware and/or yaboot in the installation/booting process. After creating the partitions scheme from a gentoo live-cd, with mac- fdisk, i installed succesfully FC4 in my iMac G5. Well, the problems started with the first runnning wizard. When the wizard show the sound devices and click on test the hardware, the system hangs. After this, I booted one more time FC4, and passed the wizard without touching nothing ;-). And then I reboot. The rhgb works fine and finish the booting process with the greeter/ gdm screen, but... no keyboard, no mouse detected. Well, this is far far away than the first attempt to install FC4 I made, but, the graphical environment is now the problem. I have a apple keyboard and mouse (one click mouse).

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