Subject: Re: I really hate sounding stupid, but...
From: Bruce Thompson (Bruce_Thompson@palm.com)
Date: Thu Oct 19 2000 - 07:24:11 MDT
Hi Christoph,
Thanks for the hints! I'll give this a shot and see what I can
come up with. Thanks also for the offer of your config files.
Depending on what amount of success (or lack thereof :-)) I may need
to take you up on that. I'll contact you directly if that turns out
to be the case.
Cheers,
Bruce.
>Hello Bruce!
>
>You aren´t stupid. :-)
>
>I´m running MOL and linux on my Pismo without big problems.
>
>May I give you some hints:
>
>run kernel 2.2.17pre20-ben3 from http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh
>Use the new input layer as discribed on the same page.
>use yaboot to boot into linux and bootinfo.txt to select MacOS or linux
>I´m running MOL in its in own VT (vt8). Use MOL 0.9.50
>
>To get more than 8bit colors I use this in yaboot.conf:
>......
>init-message = "\nWelcome to LinuxPPC!\nHit <TAB> for boot options.\n\n"
>timeout = 50
>default = linux
>
>image = hd:9,\\Systemordner\\vmlinux-2.2.17pre20ben3
>label = linux
>root = /dev/hda12
>append = "video=aty128fb:vmode:17,cmode:32"
>......
>BTW. I´m running mol with ethertap
>
>I f you want I can send you my config-files .
>
>Bye,
> Christoph
>
>Bruce Thompson schrieb:
>
>> Hi,
>> I've got a PowerBook G3 200 (Pismo, I believe) that I want to
>> have running Linux with MacOS running under Mac-on-Linux. I'm having
>> an a great deal of difficulty getting everything working.
>>
>> Just for context, I've been running Linux on various x86 boxen
>> since the 0.99 days. I've also been using Macs of various flavors
>> since 1994. This has me stumped though.
>>
>> Surely there is a Howto somewhere for both configuring Linux
>> (LinuxPPC, YellowDog, Debian, frankly it doesn't matter to me which
>> one so long as I can get things up and running) and for setting up
>> MOL on this box. I've yet to find a definitive source for this info
>> though. Please tell me someone has done this before! Getting Linux up
>> and running really hasn't been that big a problem, getting X to run
>> with more than 8-bit depth has not been successful, yet; and getting
>> MOL to do anything more than spawn around 15 processes and sit there
>> with a blank screen (at best). The wierdest thing so far was when I
>> tried to run it in a VC and somehow the keyboard got remapped so it
>> only sent control characters. Now _that_ was odd :-).
>>
>> Like I said, I hate sounding stupid (feeling stupid is something
>> I've grown accustomed to :-)). If I've missed something obvious then
>> please point me in the right direction, and if it's stupidly obvious
>> then I'll tatto "I'm a total idiot" on my forehead. Well, not really,
>> but you know what I mean.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruce.
>> --
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Bruce Thompson | "Pinkie! Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
>> Software Engineer | "I think so Brain, but if they called them Sad
>> Partner Engineering | Meals kids wouldn't buy them!"
>> Palm, Inc.
>
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>Dipl. Ing. Christoph Ewering C & E Informationsdienste GbR
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>eweri@cunde.de
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bruce Thompson | "Pinkie! Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Software Engineer | "I think so Brain, but if they called them Sad Partner Engineering | Meals kids wouldn't buy them!" Palm, Inc.
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