G5 fan revving problems with YDL 4.0.1?

[Brian Durant]

Besides the confirmation that I posted before, referring before to  
what was mentioned on the Fedora PPC list, I have now gotten yum to  
work, did a 'yum update' and then tried the instructions with a 'yum  
install kernel-g5' and was told by yum that I have the latest version.

Besides the fan issue, I have the following issues:

1) New problem after the 'yum update'. Now I have both a CD/DVD-ROM  
and a CD-ROM icon on the desktop. The device I have came with my G5,  
so I assume that it is some sort of SuperDrive. Here are the specs:

SONY DVD RW DW-U21A:

   Firmware Revision:	AADB
   Interconnect:	ATAPI
   Burn Support:	Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
   Cache:	2048 KB
   Reads DVD:	Yes
   CD-Write:	-R, -RW
   DVD-Write:	-R, -RW, +R, +RW
   Burn Underrun Protection CD:	Yes
   Burn Underrun Protection DVD:	Yes
   Write Strategies:	CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

2) I ran 'system-config-sound' after having run 'yum check-update',  
'yum list updates' and 'yum update' + a reboot. I got an error  
message. Sorry I can't be more specific. See more in #3.

3) I have a problem with getting my FAT32 formatted USB key to mount.  
I have been using that to transfer text files from my Linux boots to  
my OS X boot, where I do all of my e-mail writing as I can't stay  
booted into YDL for too long with the fan revving problem. I get a  
usb (driver???) error message right at the start of the boot process.
On 21. jan 2006, at 23.36, Paul Higgins (U of M) wrote:

4) kudzo prompting me at boot to remove and add drivers that appear
to be the same. I still see this after having updated to the latest  
of everything. It times out and continues booting. Mainly an  
irritation, but this could be the source to some of my problems as well.

Cheers,

Brian

> 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,
>>>
>>> Brian