Powermac G4 randomly shutting down (corrected)

[Jackson Jones]

Derick,

The Powermac is used to assist in driver development which is intended 
for an embedded platform. Well written Linux drivers should be platform 
independed, but there is always some comfort in running things which use 
the same kernel version etc as the target platform.

I agree that Linux on Macs is a dying issue. The machine was purchased 
used so it did not cost alot. My question about the Raedon was to see if 
any knew if the Raedon 8500 driver was better than the "NV" driver. I 
know that some ATI cards are much better supported.

The pegasosppc platform looks interesting from a development point of 
view. Freescales' largest market is the embedded market, so that would 
be helpful for developers. Freescales reference platforms (for their 
various processors) are very expensive and difficult to develop on with 
the same ease as a workstation.

Thanks,

Jackson

Derick Centeno wrote:

> Hi Jackson:
> You are probably as aware as anyone else of Apple's plans to move away 
> from the PPC; implementing this plan as soon as next year.
>
> This puts everyone (or it should) into a re-evaluation of what one is 
> using the PPC for and does one really one to continue along with PPC 
> systems.  Of course, YDL will remain a PPC Linux OS, but as Apple's OS 
> will not be there anymore some projects like Mac On Linux will be 
> immediately affected and quickly cease to be.  Likewise OpenOffice.org 
> for OS X running on PPC is likely to become an increasingly niche 
> project for the same reason.
>
> To answer your question in general any card closer to the current 
> year's version is "better" than what originally came with the older 
> computer model one has.  But what about the system bus?  That isn't 
> changing, and so why invest in any card if the data flow isn't 
> efficient or of practical use in current terms?  It really depends on 
> what is using one's computer for.  But as the Mac is NOT the future as 
> far as PPC systems, then one has to look at Genesi 
> (http://genesi.pegasosppc.com/), and what Genesi offers is not 
> terrible.  It is actually pretty decent, inexpensive together with a 
> modern bus, and video card.
>
> Best wishes....
>
> On Jul 18, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Jackson Jones wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I had thought about overheating. I know 
>> Apple has some weird cooling parameters for its machines and it is 
>> possible that Linux may not have that stuff completely covered 
>> (considering Apple is not the most open of companies). The random 
>> shutdowns seemed to happen more frequently with the newer 
>> YDL-2.6.12.2 kernel on www.ppckernel.org/specialized.php, so I 
>> reverted back to the stock 2.6.10-1.
>>
>> I work in a very good environment for computers. It is well cooled 
>> and not humid. The power is fine. The same configuration runs on a 
>> 12" Powerbook without any random shutdown issues.
>>
>> The Display has trouble waking up, so I keep it on (KDE -> Control 
>> Center->Periphnerals->Display set it to never and save). I also have 
>> an Apple version of a Radeon 8500, is that card better supported than 
>> the Geforce 2 MX that came with the machine?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jackson
>
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