On 28. jan 2006, at 19.24, Brian D. Carlstrom wrote:
Brian Durant writes:
> 3) The fans on the G5 are revving excessively. I assume this is a
> problem with the "windfarm" module?
Have you done a "yum update" to get the latest software and rebooted
with the newly installed kernel? For me the original FC4 did not
support
my PowerMac7,3 but the updated one did. However, I don't think this
will
work in your case, but updating to an updates-testing kernel might,
if I
recall my earlier email, the 2.6.15 kernel available there had the
PowerMac9,1 code. once you update everything else, you can try a "yum
--enable-depot=updates-testing kernel*" or something like that to get
the newer kernel. Be careful not to install a ppc (versus ppc64)
kernel
or you won't be able to boot.
Sorry, I keep changing things around, but I am really getting
frustrated about not being able to get anything to work with any of
the distros. They all are acting worse than beta ware on my machine.
In my opinion, none of them should have been released before the
issues were sorted out. It doesn't make a good impression for total
newbies. Fortunately, I have had some experience with Linux, so I
know sometimes you need patience, but I still try to follow the ath
of least resistance and deal with the distro that is least bad :-)
Since my posting,I have gone back to YDL 4.0.1 as it seems to work
best on my machine of all of the distros I have tried. Even though I
have a thing for .deb based distros, I am basically a pragmatist at
heart and since YDL works best for me, that is where I will
concentrate my effort on getting things sorted out. Maybe I can be
convinced to love an .rpm based system as well. Who knows? Time will
tell. Hopefully since it has Fedora Core as its base, this won't be
considered off topic for the list. Except for installing Danish
language support, my YDL install is a default desktop install. Here
are some pretty fundamental issues that I can't seem to get around:
1) I can start a root session, but YDL doesn't recognize the root
password when I try to do a command like:
$ su tail -f /var/log/messages [ENTER]
$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages [ENTER]
$ root tail -f /var/log/messages [ENTER]
(This is when I am in a normal user session)
2) "yum check-update" returns something about some file missing in /
var/....
> 1) At the log in, the cursor blinks in the "username"
field, but
> neither my Apple wireless keyboard nor my Apple USB keyboard seem to
> work. The mouse (Apple Mighty Mouse) seems to freeze also. I end up
> having to do a hard shutdown by pressing the poser button.
I have only used the regular wired mouse and keyboards. In addition to
the ones that Apple shipped with the machine, on one machine we have a
Microsoft wired optical mouse and that works fine. We general use the
USB connector on the back of the monitor but we have also used the
front
and back USB connectors without problem.
> 2) Yaboot can't boot into OS X.
There has been a new yaboot since the initial release as well,
though I
have no idea if its related to this problem you are having. I've never
created a dual boot configuration so I'm not helpful there. Also, make
sure you run /sbin/ybwin whenever you change your /etc/yaboot.conf so
that it will take effect. Are there settings in yaboot.conf for dual
boot support?
$ yum provides /sbin/ybin
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
yaboot.ppc 1.3.12-9
base
Matched from:
/sbin/ybin
yaboot.ppc 1.3.12-10
updates-released
Matched from:
/sbin/ybin
yaboot.ppc 1.3.12-10
installed
Matched from:
/sbin/ybin
$
Finally, YDL 4.1 is supposed to be out relatively soon...:)
Yes, I have been thinking about that as well, but to tell you the
truth, I would like to get a boxed version shipped. I would like to
have a manual in my hand to refer to when I am puzzling over a
solution. I like to relax in a sofa and study the matter before I go
back to my desk :-) I'll have to see if Terrasoft can handle a
shipment to Denmark. They have a partner in Germany, but as I don't
read German...
For now, I am going to concentrate on getting 4.0.1 to work and then
see where I go from there :-)
Cheers,
Brian