Trackpad not detected in Powerbook G4
by Mohamed Parvez
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.
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Thanks/Regards,
Parvez
18 years, 4 months
Failed X server start on Apple eMac FC4 installation
by J.M. Brough
<** 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.
18 years, 5 months
Re: Request for Testing of Installer X Configuration on PPC
by Mike Hammill
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
18 years, 5 months
How to configure a French PowerBook keyboard on Fedora PPC ?
by Thierry Le Chevillier
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,
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18 years, 5 months
Video Problem on Mac Mini
by dj faké
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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18 years, 5 months
Debugging 64-bt programs using gdb on Fedora Core 4 on G5 PPC
by Shay, Daniel
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
18 years, 5 months
RE: Debugging 64-bt programs using gdb on Fedora Core 4 on G5 PPC
by Shay, Daniel
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?
--
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June 24-25, 2005 in Karlsruhe, Germany
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18 years, 5 months
FC4 on iMac G5, try #2
by Ramón Rey Vicente
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).
18 years, 5 months