PowerPC is a RISC CPU architecture used mostly in servers and embedded systems.
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What distro for my PowerBook G4?
I've got an old PowerBook G4 with a 1333 MHz CPU and 1.25 GB RAM.
What are some good distro to use? I tried Yellow Dog and Fedora (which didn't work), but I would prefer something more Debian-like, ...
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How much success can I expect with Qemu On PowerPC Linux?
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 for PowerPC and I installed Qemu just for kicks, having experience using it in the past to build an iso for an arm tablet, and upon doing a search I found this installed on my ...
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Configuring Yaboot and Debian to Boot into a Command Line Login Shell?
I have a Debian Squeeze variant (MintPPC 9) installed on an old Mac Powerbook G4 (PowerPC CPU). I wish to boot it into a multiuser CLI login shell instead of automatically booting into the login ...
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Console won't power off on PowerPC with Debian
I installed Debian 6.0 on a Power Mac G5. First it would boot to a blank screen but I fixed that by blacklisting nouveau as described here.
Now the monitor will never turn off. It's a server so I'll ...
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Cross LFS - PPC - Error while compiling
I'm trying to build a CLFS for a PPC 8270 processor. All is fine until I use the make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=${CLFS_TARGET}- command.
CC arch/powerpc/kernel/align.o
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Linux kernel for Nintendo Wii
I'm trying to compile a Linux kernel for the Nintendo Wii newer than the version 2.6.32 with mike p5 patches, which I have been using since now without problems. Since version 2.6.33 Wii support is ...
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Mac G5 - Nvidia GeForce 5200 FX settings
I finally was able to install Debian on my powerpc, but the only way to get a GUI up is by disabling nouveau. I just use Linux nouveau.modeset=0 at the yaboot prompt. However my color is all messed up ...
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Where do I download Vine Linux for PowerPC? [closed]
Where do I download the latest version of Vine Linux for PowerPC? I cannot find the link for PowerPC download on their website.
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Debian or a Gentoo Stage 1 on PPC Mac Mini? [closed]
I was just curious if I should install PPC Debian or do a stage 1 install with Gentoo. Mainly I am curious if GS1 will make a big difference on this hardware (1.2GHz, 1GB RAM). I don't recall it ...
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not able to create xorg.conf file
I want to change my colour depth. I posted this, and got the following answer:
Create an xorg.conf file by running Xorg -configure. Then edit the Depth entry in the Display subsection of the ...
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change colour depth
How do I change the colour depth? It says online to edit the xorg.conf file, but I don't have that. I am running Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4
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display login window as list of users
How do you display the login window as a list of users instead of having to type the username? I have Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4.
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sixteen digit colour code?
I am trying to convert the mac4lin awn theme from 0.3 to 0.4 so it will work in my awn. But I'm not sure about the colour codes in the 0.4 files. They are not normal hex codes, they are sixteen digits ...
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Debian PowerBook G4 WiFi Driver
How do I get wifi to work on my powerbook g4 with xfce debian? I have tried sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter but it comes up with E: Unable to locate package bcm43xx-fwcutter. What do I do?
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Arch Linux PowerPC installation guide for absolute beginners
I was wondering if there was an Arch Linux installation guide for absolute beginners for PowerPC. I've been using the one on the website, and I receive errors such as "the Linux kernel package could ...
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Debian PPC on PowerMac G5 boots to blank screen
As a side project, I thought I'd try to throw Debian (squeeze) on an old G5 PowerMac. It installed just fine, but after the bootloader and kernel boot-up output, the screen goes blank. Looks like a ...
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hack mac g4 powerbook firmware to boot linux?
Is there a way to flash/hack/jailbreak the firmware for say a 15" G4 powerbook so that I can boot from linux live usb sticks?
As it is many macs simply do not boot from usb, let alone usb sticks and ...
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perfect distro for an old mac desktop (ppc g3) (320mb ram)
I have on old mac desktop:
Power PC G3 (300MHz)
320 MB Ram
I want to use it for browsing the internet and playing videos. What distro should I use?
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Message while booting : “can't allocate mem resource [0xc0000000-0xbfffffff]”
I get the following message on the console every time the Linux kernel boots:
pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: can't allocate mem resource [0xc0000000-0xbfffffff]
Is this an error message? What causes this ...
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Need Advice: What Linux distro should I install on an old PowerPC Mac
I'm trying to set up my brother (who has a PPC Mac, with 1 ghz processor and 256 ram) with a Linux distro that would allow him to surf the web on the device. Support has faded for the new browsers, ...
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Install new kernel in PowerPC debian
I compiled a new kernel image on x86 using cross compiler with these commands (source):
$ cp arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig .config
$ make ARCH=powerpc menuconfig
$ make ARCH=powerpc ...
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Is it possible to run KVM over a qemu emulated powerpc architecture
I understand that qemu uses binary translation to emulate machines, so irrespective of the underlying architecture, it can provide emulation.
And, KVM uses Hardware Virtualization technique to make ...
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How to install kvm in Debian (Lenny) over powerpc
I am emulating powerpc using qemu-system-ppc on top of x86, and running debian-lenny-ppc with it. I want to install kvm inside that debian. I have learned that the kvm and qemu-kvm packages are not ...
