On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Christoph Hammann wrote:
> Dear listmembers!
>
> I plan on getting an Apple iBook but wouldn't if there were any unsurmountable
> issues concerning getting Linux PPC running on it. I had thought of SuSE 6.4 .
> Does any one of you have this combination running? Please be so kind to share
> your experiences, good or bad.
i used an ibook in my latest Linux book "Linux for the Laptop," which
should be out in a week or so... the current status:
PPC Linux works well on the ibook (i used Yellow Dog and PPC Linux 2000)
the internal ethernet port is supported
sound is not supported by any distribution
the internal modem works! *but* you must boot using Apple's OpenFirmware
prompt and the Yaboot loader... when you boot this way, X is limited to
256 colors
if you boot using BootX, you can use X11 at 16bpp, but the modem won't
work...
pass kernel arguments to map buttons 2 and 3 (middle and right) to F11 and
F12...
hope this helps...
bball
> TIA!
>
> Christoph Hammann
>
> --
> Random fortune quote:
> Mythology, n.:
> The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its
> origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished
> from the true accounts which it invents later.
> -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
>
