about ydl-4.0.1 work with iMac G5

jerrifer zhoujianhui at tsinghua.org.cn
Fri Apr 1 04:18:23 MST 2005


> Hi
> 
> >From the description on the website, it seems the ydl-4.0.1 will work
> fine with iMac G5, including the sound card and fan control. However,
> after I installed it on my iMac G5 1.8G 17", I met the following two
> problems:
> 1) the sound card can't work -- the system find the sound card, but it
> can't work(no sound). 
> 2) no fan control -- the fan fully running all the time. 
> 
> Is there anybody can help me to resolve these two problems?
> 
> Regards
> Jerrifer 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:25:15 -0800
> From: Owen Stampflee <ostampflee at terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Subject: Re: [yhpc-general] about ydl-4.0.1 working with iMac G5
> To: Y-HPC General Discussion List
> 	<yhpc-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Message-ID: <1112196315.5651.2272.camel at beast.terraplex.com>
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> 
> This belongs on ydl-general, not yhpc-general.
> 
> Either way, those things are not supported, and the website clearly
> states that.
> 
> Apple iMac G5 Video information
>         audio
>         No*
>          
>         AirPort
>         Extreme
>         No
>          
>         Mac-On-Linux
>         No**
>         Fan
>         control
>         No***
>          
>         
>         * Sound is not currently supported with G5s.
>         
>         ** MOL is not currently supported with G5s
>         
>         *** YDL v4.0.1 does not support fan control on single CPU G5s
>         (PowerMacs, iMacs). This means the fans will run at maximum
>         speed. To date, this has never caused issue or harm (other than
>         a noisy box).

Is there anybody work on these patches to make iMac G5 quiet in
yellowdog-linux? It makes too much noise with the fan fully running. 

Regards
Jerrifer 



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