G5 fan revving problems with YDL 4.0.1?

[Brian Durant]

On 21. jan 2006, at 23.36, Paul Higgins (U of M) wrote:

> Brian:
>
> Have you tried this?
>
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.0/fix- 
> fans.shtml>
>
> This looks like it might be the solution to the fan problem.  I  
> have a G5
> myself, but haven't installed YDL on it yet (but the main HD is  
> partitioned
> for it).  I'd be interested to hear if this works for you.
>
> On Saturday 21 January 2006 21:09, Derick Centeno wrote:
>> Brian:
>> Apparently you decided to reinstall.  Perhaps if you referred to the
>> manual in the section describing setting up the partitioning and  
>> mount
>> points on the drives, the details could be less confusing.  Here's  
>> the
>> TSS link to download the manual for YDL 4.0/4.0.1:
>>
>> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/
>>
>> For clarity, I am not suggesting that a reinstall will change the
>> revving issue.  Unfortunately, I don't have a G5 myself and my  
>> previous
>> guesses were limited as they were based upon a G4 anyway.  Hopefully,
>> other G5 users will come forward and assist your queries.
>>
>> Best wishes...
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
>>> Sooo.... I tried booting from the installer disc (YDL 4.0.1) and  
>>> with
>>> "install-g5". At least with the kernel used on the install disk, the
>>> fan revving problem is still there. I went all the way through the
>>> process, including partitioning and package selection before I  
>>> bailed.
>>> I have two internal SATA drives. sda (OS X) and sdb (hoping to  
>>> install
>>> Linux). I bailed because I couldn't tell which drive YDL was  
>>> about to
>>> be installed on. I know about the issue with installing Linux on a
>>> second internal SATA drive and yaboot and PRAM settings, but I am  
>>> not
>>> prepared to change that at this time. I am just trying to see if  
>>> I can
>>> get a system without fan revving as a first priority.
>>>
>>> Where do I go from here?
>>>
>>> Cheers,


Thanks. I have consulted with others more knowledgeable than myself  
on the Fedora PPC list. Here was their reply:

> This is web page was about the support for the very first of the new
> PowerMac G5 machines. With this fix I got fan support for our  
> 2.0GHz G5,
> back when we ran YDL because I thought their Mac focus would mean  
> better
> support for such things. note these were kernels from around 2.6.8 and
> 2.6.9.
>
> However, this was specifically PowerMac7,2 and for PowerMac7,3 I  
> had to
> move to FC4 unless I wanted to pay for YDL 4.0.91 beta. For a while I
> built my own kernel but I didn't want to keep doing that, applying a
> simple patch to add 7,3 support that I got from a benh post somewhere.
>
> As far as your 9,1 system, 2.6.15 was the first place the support was
> officially integrated. It is likely that YDL 4.1 might have it when it
> comes out, even if its a backport to an older kernel. I'm going to  
> grab
> the 4.1 YDL kernels when they are available and try them out. I'm also
> going to try and rebuild the FC4 test 2.6.15 kernels to see if I  
> can get
> them working properly.


Cheers,

Brian