Best bet, try booting them off of a PPC live CD. If you get a live CD that boots and starts x, then steal the xorg.conf. Then move that xorg.conf to the ltsp tree on the server and call on it with custom settings in lts.conf and XF86CONFIG_FILE (double check the syntax on that). If you google my name along with lts.conf, ppc, or XF86CONFIG you should find some pretty decent instructions on setting this up. The hardest part is getting a working xorg.conf, and the easiest way is to try different flavors of PPC live CD's. Then you don't have any time invested in trying an OS to see if it will work.
Good luck. Jim On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:30:53 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote > Well, I finally got all my powerpc machines to boot off the network. > Thanks to all those that helped. I'm planning on documenting the > process, although I can't remember if it was Lagunitas IPA or > Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. > > This is on Gutsy, BTW. > > Well, one of three powerpc machines work. > > The newer iBook G4 works perfectly. The G3 iMac (eMac?) and the G4 > Power Mac both boot but won't start X. > > If I log into root on the G4 Power Mac as root and simply run startx I > get this in the xorg log: > > (II) VGA(0): initializing int10. > (II) VGA(0): No legacy BIOS found -- trying PCI > > (II) Attempted to read BIOS 64KB from /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:10.0/rom: > got 44KB > > Backtrace: > 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x94) [0x10093f44] > 1: [0x100344] > 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so(LockLegacyVGA+0x50) [0xf815a70] > 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so(xf86ExtendedInitInt10+0x300) [0xf818670] > 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vga_drv.so [0xf916b00] > 5: /usr/bin/X11/X(InitOutput+0xb08) [0x1006e2c8] > 6: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x294) [0x1002e064] > 7: /lib/libc.so.6 [0xfc79380] > 8: /lib/libc.so.6 [0xfc795c4] > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 7. Server aborting > > I also looked at xorg.conf and it's using "vga" for the driver. > > Anyone seen this before? > > I doubt I can convince the school to use these machines in console > mode only -- although I do feel the days of the GUI are numbered. > lynx, mutt, and vim. What else do you need? > > -- > Bill Moseley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by the Cotter Technology > Department, and is believed to be clean. Jim Kronebusch Cotter Tech Department 453-5188 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
