| 00:00.11 | docelic | the first screen is white I think |
| 00:00.21 | localadmin | I've reinstalled I bet a handful of times, but no luuck |
| 00:00.24 | docelic | maybe bootloader or whatever that should show up on it isn't installed ok? |
| 00:01.15 | localadmin | have you been able to install it and run? |
| 00:01.25 | docelic | sure, talking to you from it :) |
| 00:01.48 | docelic | which installer/branch you tried? |
| 00:02.56 | localadmin | well three different. first was stable net install. then testing xfce version |
| 00:04.21 | localadmin | I used the take over disk and installed to the first disk (at least I think it was the first disk) but I let debian do the partitioning |
| 00:05.40 | localadmin | each time I did the installation the installation went as planned. no hicup. I just cant boot into it |
| 00:06.32 | localadmin | i do get the yaboot menu of l,x,c... if I choose l it just goes to a white screen and then the fans kick on |
| 00:07.39 | localadmin | ubuntu does the same thing. however yello dog does not. it boots fine, but it has major problems running because of the graphics |
| 00:10.03 | docelic | imac g5? |
| 00:10.09 | docelic | or which machine? |
| 00:18.52 | localadmin | no powermac g5 |
| 00:19.09 | localadmin | dual 2 ghz |
| 00:20.29 | localadmin | i didn't know that this was going to be such an issue getting this thing installed |
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| 09:24.20 | wart | 4win 3 |
| 09:24.33 | wart | oops. sorry. |
| 09:37.13 | flok420 | wart: ehr, you did press the white button didn't you? |
| 10:11.01 | wart | flok420: Well, I can't ping the HMC -- it should work even if the main CPU is off, right? |
| 10:13.02 | wart | At least, that's what they say in the QuickStart :) |
| 10:15.28 | wart | flok420: Okay, I pressed it. The thing switched on, but I still see no led digits on the front panel and no link on HMC ports :) |
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| 10:33.26 | wart | flok420: F$#%k. I'm a stupid bastard. No, really. |
| 10:34.02 | wart | I was too sure both of the cards now, in 2008, would grok that the patchcord isn't crossed over. |
| 10:34.50 | simonrvn | doh! |
| 10:47.38 | wart | .. now I figured I forgot the ASM admin password I set half a year ago, but that's another story :)) |
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| 14:44.24 | Bor_Ed | anyone in a need for linux compatible dvb-c pci card? I need to sell mine _fast_ as moving to area where cable ain't available :/ |
| 16:05.56 | peterrooney | Bor_Ed: well that kinda sucks |
| 16:07.24 | Bor_Ed | well not really... I can get loads of more channels from sat :D |
| 16:07.53 | peterrooney | anyways, i do have a debianppc Q: |
| 16:08.03 | peterrooney | status of nvidia on powerpc? |
| 16:08.07 | Bor_Ed | none |
| 16:08.32 | peterrooney | well, drat. |
| 16:08.38 | Bor_Ed | nvidia corp doesn't realease specs so no accelerated 2d/3d around |
| 16:09.24 | peterrooney | was just gifted a G4 DigitalAudio OSX screams, linux not so much. |
| 16:11.37 | peterrooney | s/Audio/Audio./ |
| 16:12.22 | Bor_Ed | try snd-powermac instad of dmasound-pmac driver |
| 16:12.53 | peterrooney | I meant the video :) |
| 16:13.18 | Bor_Ed | ahh |
| 16:13.32 | Bor_Ed | well, nvidia ain't accelerated in linux... |
| 16:13.34 | peterrooney | I could draw the boxes myself faster than the xorg fbdev driver |
| 16:14.12 | Bor_Ed | get ati rage 128 card there... that's accelerated and works well |
| 16:15.16 | peterrooney | righto, that's what's in the G3 B+W, should be able to pick one up cheap. |
| 16:15.27 | Bor_Ed | yea |
| 16:15.37 | peterrooney | s/the G3/my G3/ |
| 16:15.40 | Bor_Ed | hmm, I've got one available from my headless server :D |
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| 17:20.35 | pahartik | peterrooney: I have spare "ATI Radeon 9100" that came with "PowerMacintosh G4 MDD SMP"... Currently using "ATI Radeon 9800 Macintosh Edition" on it... |
| 17:21.49 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: Specify details of PCI DVB-C tuner |
| 17:22.49 | Bor_Ed | pahartik: a sec |
| 17:23.10 | Bor_Ed | 05:07.0 Multimedia controller: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Mantis DTV PCI Bridge Controller [Ver 1.0] (rev 01) |
| 17:23.16 | Bor_Ed | enough? |
| 17:23.39 | Bor_Ed | terratec cinergy dvb-c HD as retail name |
| 17:23.59 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: Numeric PCI ID? |
| 17:24.08 | Bor_Ed | lspci -v ? |
| 17:24.46 | Bor_Ed | didn't show... |
| 17:25.57 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: "lspci -n" |
| 17:26.15 | Bor_Ed | 00:00.5 0800: 1106:5336 |
| 17:26.19 | Bor_Ed | that? |
| 17:32.42 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: Probably "lspci -n | grep 05:07.0"... But anyway, any of my DVB-C tuners are not identical to that... |
| 17:33.33 | Bor_Ed | mine is included in 'mantis v4l-dvb kit' and tried on server too, worked |
| 17:34.19 | Bor_Ed | I also have smartcard reader which works on linux/ppc among others... and mythtv can connect to the server daemon |
| 17:38.06 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: "mantis v4l-dvb kit" is package that someone sells for GNU/Linux systems? |
| 17:38.40 | Bor_Ed | naa, it's v4l-dvb fork supporting new devices |
| 17:40.22 | Bor_Ed | ubuntu team got interested on that when I mentioned that they're missing 250-300 cards, got to mythbuntu dev tree 2 days later :D |
| 17:42.25 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: I still have not tried MythTV, as VDR is nice... No time for everything... |
| 17:43.41 | Bor_Ed | the mantis kit works even without it... I use me-tv personally as it does the job for me, recorded some programs from console too with vlc as it's no brainer too |
| 17:48.57 | pahartik | Bor_Ed: I never got VLC to tune DVB adapter directly, but it plays DVB TS over HTTP without problem from VDR streamdev-server |
| 17:50.13 | Bor_Ed | VLC needs the channels.conf from scantv util to tune up |
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| 20:50.10 | localadmin | hello all |
| 20:50.18 | localadmin | anyone awake in here |
| 20:50.42 | Bor_Ed | no |
| 20:51.11 | localadmin | i'm trying to figure out why the only ppc linux i can install and run is yellodog. I want to run debian lenny ppc but i can't get it to boot |
| 20:52.30 | localadmin | I have read all the help guides to re do yaboot with ybin after making changes to the yaboot conf but still can't get debian to boo. |
| 20:53.01 | localadmin | oh i was able to get ubuntu live release to run but after install I get the same as debian. |
| 20:53.41 | localadmin | is there a step by step for installing debian on a G5 dual ppc? |
| 20:54.34 | Bor_Ed | I'd guess it's in www.debian.org under 64 bitter ppc docs |
| 20:55.09 | localadmin | yes I've read that they mention nothing on boot problems after install |
| 20:56.21 | Bor_Ed | tried 'C' button after boing yet? |
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| 21:48.04 | koan | localadmin: do you have two sata drives? |
| 21:48.41 | koan | there is a known problem that yaboot mixes up the two drives, so your drive you install debian on doesn't boot |
| 21:49.24 | localadmin | koan yes i have 2 sata drives |
| 21:49.39 | koan | I had to repair that manually, starting from a live cd and then fixing yaboot.conf |
| 21:49.52 | localadmin | ok so what is the work around |
| 21:50.09 | koan | I don't remember it exactly... |
| 21:50.31 | localadmin | ok. I can boot into a live cd |
| 21:50.35 | localadmin | ubuntu |
| 21:50.46 | koan | yes, is did that too |
| 21:51.03 | koan | the problem is that yaboot sets your device wrong in yaboot.conf |
| 21:51.18 | koan | so by fixing it, you can boot it |
| 21:53.12 | koan | try to google for it, I did that, but at the moment I'm unable to find the solution again |
| 21:54.33 | localadmin | i was guessing that, and have tried to set my boot device to the openfirmware device |
| 21:54.52 | koan | device and ofboot also have to be correct |
| 21:55.11 | koan | boot should be in the form of /dev/sdaX |
| 21:55.24 | koan | device and ofboot in openfirmware format |
| 21:58.34 | koan | e.g. I have: |
| 21:58.37 | koan | boot=/dev/sda2 |
| 21:58.37 | koan | device=/ht@0,f2000000/pci@7/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0: |
| 21:58.38 | koan | ofboot=/ht@0,f2000000/pci@7/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0:2 |
| 21:59.20 | koan | you can find the device value by the command /usr/sbin/ofpath /dev/sda |
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| 22:11.43 | localadmin | ok |
| 22:13.58 | localadmin | using that command I get result /disk@0: |
| 22:25.06 | localadmin | koan i modified the yaboot.conf. working in ubuntu live cd. what is command to update the yaboot |
| 22:27.41 | localadmin | got it.. but now on boot i still get the dam white screen |
| 22:28.14 | localadmin | i'm getting to stage one boot and can select l .. then it goes to blank white screen |
| 22:28.33 | koan | no error message? |
| 22:28.38 | localadmin | nope |
| 22:29.19 | koan | you installed the right yaboot.conf? with ybin -C pathtoyaboot.conf? |
| 22:30.24 | localadmin | yep. i gave the following comand ybin -v -b /dev/sda2 -C /media/disk/etc/yaboot.conf |
| 22:35.04 | localadmin | well that was progress yaboot let me boot into macosx. that is a first |
| 22:36.16 | localadmin | i'm guessing it has to do with video |
| 22:41.11 | localadmin | i think yaboot is sending the right info and the kernel is loading but it is kernel panicing . I think I'll change yaboot.conf to have append="quiet video=ofonly" |