Hi Matt:
I'm going to focus on trying to get you to save time, ok?
First, always make a habit of consulting the hardware pages first:
http://us.fixstars.com/support/hardware/
http://us.fixstars.com/support/hardware/apple-powermac-g5.shtml
Kernel level device support is also listed here:
Hi Kevin:
In my effort to focus on sudo, visudo and related topics I totally
skipped another topic.
Question: Why are you attempting to run apt-get?
YDL uses yum and has done so since at least YDL 3.
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:58:15 -0600
Kevin McMahon butt...@mybuttershome.com wrote:
Hello,
Hi John:
There are two components to your question:
1. The rules governing linux software version numbering, which could
be researched elsewhere. It is beyond the scope of this method of
communication, ie. via this kind of mailing list.
2. Very briefly, YDL 6.1 is not an upgrade from YDL 6.0
Caveat Warren: Remember that Ubuntu quit supporting the PowerPC
officially back in version 6. What you've acquired is an unofficial
community effort. I understand your frustration; I thought you
would prefer to be clear regarding the lay of the land.
Still all the best...Derick
On Jan
Warren, have you ever heard of R? I did sometime back and I've been
playing and using it within YDL. It's source is available here:
http://www.r-project.org/
You may be able to do your work in R and drop Igor. R may be that
good. I compiled it sometime ago and it works fine. As far as cad
Hi John:
Go to the list of mirrors which Fixstars Solutions provides via their
website and choose the site closest to you. The next task is finding
the actual sources. Under powerstation, you'll enter releases, then
yellowdog 6.1. Then choose SRPMS, the kernel source is within that list.
Hi Warren:
It's funny that the Nextstation was built around the PPC, which Jobs -
the same fellow who started Next walked away from when he came back to
Apple.
I'm sure that decision was based on a business reality which made sense
to Jobs at the time. In any case, when it comes to scientific
Hi Warren:
I hope that you are well. I just want to highlight something. It was
Apple which walked away from IBM's consortium regarding PowerPC
development which led up to the Cell, not the other way around. Apple
may yet crumble due to the fact it continues to be the least secure
commercially
Thanks Richard for your reply. I downloaded the latest version of
libgcrypt source. How do I build rpms from it?
Where would you start?
Thanks.
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:28:35 -0500
Richard June rj...@bravegnuworld.com wrote:
The simplest answer is...
Build your own RPM.
It's not terribly
Hi John:
Many, if not all of the questions you've asked can be addressed by looking here:
http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/
Although I'm a longtime user of YDL, I don't currently own or use a PS3.
However you could also find useful information and guidance from the YDL
Community
Hi John:
Did you read the links which were recommended earlier? Video settings on the
PS3 is not a straight-forward affair, unfortunately. If the documentation
available on the Fixstars site or advice available here or on the YDL Board
remain unclear or impractical then maybe you may consider
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:57:10 -0600
Erick Curtis pocatello...@cableone.net wrote:
Hello All
I'm a newbie and would like some help setting up YDL on a dual G4
tower. I'd like to set up a NAS box that supports AFP and FTP. I was
wondering if anyone might be able to point me in the right
Interesting Brian, they are different and yet end up on the same page.
At least you can see what's there.
By the way after I compiled foremost within YDL 6.2 it wouldn't run. It
reported a segmentation fault, I found a resolution here:
http://sourceforge.net/users/colling2/
Modify the dir.c
Hi Adam:
I came across a problem also compiling truecrypt, apparently the pkcs11.h file
(the header file necessary for implementing pkcs encryption) is missing.
Usually Cronocloud is quite good about this kind of problem, I'll post my
finding there and expand the conversation as well so that he
___
Good Luck...
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:59:17 -0500
Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz dlu...@okay.com.mx wrote:
Le mercredi 26 août 2009 16:51:29, Derick Centeno a écrit :
Saludos Luis!
Un abraso desde un Borinqueño celebrando la belleza de La Vida con
Hi Paul!
First, yum is always run from superuser. You can also run it using
sudo but you have to have modified your sudoers file enabling your
user name to have the same status to access and implement root level
commands for a limited amount of time.
Second, please look carefully on this page:
Hi Paul!
First, yum is always run from superuser. You can also run it using
sudo but you have to have modified your sudoers file enabling your
user name to have the same status to access and implement root level
commands for a limited amount of time.
Second, please look carefully on this page:
.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
wrote:
Hi Paul!
First, yum is always run from superuser. You can also run it
using sudo but you have to have modified your sudoers file
enabling your user name to have the same status to access and
implement root
Glad you were able to fix it.
Regarding translation: It is always a risk to decipher what is
actually being asked when the description of a problem or difficulty
has multiple interpretations and nuances. Unlike direct person to
person communications which nearly everyone is used to,
Hi Jason:
The xorg.conf file you are interested in is generated either
according to settings chosen within anaconda prior to YDL booting for
the first time or as YDL boots for the first time and allows one to
set up the user/root accounts as well as the monitor settings. I
don't recall which. Of
Hi Jason:
The xorg.conf file you are interested in is generated either
according to settings chosen within anaconda prior to YDL booting for
the first time or as YDL boots for the first time and allows one to
set up the user/root accounts as well as the monitor settings. I
don't recall which. Of
Hi Jason:
The xorg.conf file you are interested in is generated either
according to settings chosen within anaconda prior to YDL booting for
the first time or as YDL boots for the first time and allows one to
set up the user/root accounts as well as the monitor settings. I
don't recall which. Of
Did you check to see if maybe the bluetooth tools are installed first?
You can determine that by doing:
#yum info *bluetooth*
Yum will list what is available for installation and what you already
have installed. Brief explanations will be listed as well. Of
course, you can only invoke what is
...@lists.fixstars.com
[mailto:yellowdog-general-boun...@lists.fixstars.com] On Behalf Of Derick
Centeno
Sent: Thursday, 08 October, 2009 22:41
To: Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] yum update does not work after yum upgrade from
ydl-6.1 to ydl-6.2
Did you check to see
Hi Patrice:
I did a little digging and came across the following explanation from IBM
which explains that the CPU you are coding for (amcc440) requires a specific
Linux capable of the following:
In versions 2.6.26 and earlier of the Linux kernel, the code did not
properly clear reserved bits 11
I was able to get Airport Extreme working within YDL. Implementing the
directions were straightforward.
All the best...
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Tyler Brenner ty...@tylerbrenner.comwrote:
HI all,
New to YDL. I'm just curious if there's anyone who's had success
using an airport or
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:54:14 +0100
Celine-Alexander M. Preiss fam.pre...@hotmail.com wrote:
HI,
I just got e friend to install
yellow dog (I think he installed vers. 6.1) on my old PS3, all seems
to work fine, except the following:
A) Bluetooth used to communicate with the
wireless
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:09:48 +1100
Robert Spykerman robert.spyker...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
wrote: ...snip...
Be sure to use the YDL Board as a resource so that you meet other
PS3 users like yourself, as well as others who program
Good to hear from you Warren!! It's been a long time!!
Glad you liked my analogy.
I wasn't aware of IBM's announcement. I guess we are the lucky ones
who got these marvelous computers while they could be had. Too bad
others won't have the opportunity to explore and develop varied
You may want to know that you may find decent parts for your system
from http://macsales.com/
I think we may have to really keep our PowerPC running for longer than
that although I did hear of someone developing a multicore PowerPC
laptop a month or so ago. I've got to search for who this fellow
Holidays!!
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
wrote:
I wasn't aware of IBM's announcement. I guess we are the lucky ones
who got these marvelous computers while they could be had. Too bad
others won't have the opportunity to explore and develop varied
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:37:34 -0800
Warren Nagourney war...@phys.washington.edu wrote:
Thanks, Derick.
Although this is a YDL forum, I am afraid to say that there is no
comparison between any linux on PPC and OS X. The former simply
doesn't have the software base that I need. I used to
I found an article discussing IBM's decision to cancel the Cell which
I'm posting for others here. I'm satisfied it comes close enough to what
he described. Here's that article:
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/end-of-the-line-for-ibms-cell.ars
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:46:10 -0800
I thought you, Rob and interested others would find this article
interesting as it follows along the lines of what you stated earlier
with some different details.
First the article:
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/end-of-the-line-for-ibms-cell.ars
You'll note that future
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:20:18 -0500
Rob Sanders ra...@travelinglightfarm.net wrote:
It is an interesting article, and reminds me of some discussions
I've had with 'younger'
programmers at work. One of my coworkers is an absolutely awesome
web developer, using
the newer frameworks (Groovy
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:17 -0800 (PST)
Chris Blan christopher_b...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm trying to install yellow dog linux 6.1 but can't seem to log in
once the installation is finished. During the installation I am never
asked to setup a user name. Is there a standard user name everyone
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:57:32 -0500
Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:17 -0800 (PST)
Chris Blan christopher_b...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm trying to install yellow dog linux 6.1 but can't seem to log in
once the installation is finished. During
Apologies: I should have referred to the Toshiba SpursEngine.
Begin forwarded message:
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:23:53 -0500
From: Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
To: yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Linux yellow dog manual for dummies
I thought you, ... Toshiba
On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 09:38 +1100, Stephen Harker wrote:
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 02:33:04PM -0500, Derick Centeno wrote:
So if you are building any applications from source you need to make
sure that you also build from source all related rpms, but before all
that you also need to remove
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:00:52 +0100
R. Hirschfeld r...@unipay.nl wrote:
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:14:26 -0500
From: Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
Just to be explicit, any one Linux computer owned by an individual
has one and only one root account. If however there is a family
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:44:13 +0700
Somsak Sriprayoonsakul som...@inox.co.th wrote:
Hello,
Sorry if the question seems too stupid, but we are desperately trying
to find the answer on this but no exact answers found yet.
We are trying to install YDL6.2 on an IBM Blade JS22. However, we
, as a former Apple developer, that
Apple pros are studying IBM's efforts and progress as well.
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:27:42 -0500
Derick Centeno wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:09:48 +1100
Robert Spykerman robert.spyker...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Derick Centeno dcent
Hi Robert:
First you have to make sure that YDL sees it. I'm using YDL 6.2,
but older versions of YDL should behave similarly. I'll do an example
on my system using my portable usb drive as an example:
[agu...@arakus ~]$ su -
Password:
[r...@arakus ~]# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 1.8.1
Using
As usual Robert, the easy way to get what you want is the least obvious.
First, take the time to learn how to modify the standard application
called yum which YDL uses for updates, installations, etc. The
detailed instructions are here:
http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19t=3017
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:02:13 +
Pat Wall pjw...@mac.com wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:49:19 +
Pat Wall pjw...@mac.com wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:45:24 -0500
Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net wrote:
...
You must symbolically link the plug-in, rather than copy it, so
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:38:18 -0500
Young-Min Park smpl...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't call yourselves open source if it's not free. This is an
outrage to everyone who as ever volunteered their time and expertise
to open source projects without pay.
Hi Park:
Judging from your comment, it
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:16:28 +0100
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Hello everyone ! Some time ago, I had a blackout while YDL 6.2 was
running. Since then, I get this message after starting udev: error at
! /etc/X11/Xmodmap. I'm running YDL on a PS3 40 GB, which I
expanded to 250 GB,
for a standalone
development/runtime environment?
Thanks - John Brickman
From: Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net
To: yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com
Cc: robert.a.bl...@noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:45:24 -0500
Reply-To: Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:44:09 +0100
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Dear Derick, thank you very much for the quick reply. The fact is
that I previously used the same USB keyboard and USB mouse and I
hadn't any problem, it recognizes the keyboard saying the model and
it uses a standard
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:50:23 +0100
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Thank you very much Derick for your effort, but I used the same USB
hub also previously, and udev didn't complain. Thus, it shouldn't be
the reason why now it does. You haven't told me what this error
message means.
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:04:59 +1300
Sam Lummis sam.lum...@gmail.com wrote:
As Derick has said, OpenSource does in no way mean free. That's a
connotation uninformed people consistently derive about Open Source
Software. It's insulting that you'll insult a perfectly legitimate, well
Hi Rob, my comments follow yours:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:20:56 +1100
Robert Spykerman robert.spyker...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Kai Staats k...@overthesun.com wrote:
As a former employee of Fixstars and huge fan of YDL on the PS3, I
offer this link with all due
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:57 +0100
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Hello everyone !
Is there anyone who can suggest a still in production Epson ink-jet
printer not too expensive that works with YDL 6.2 and - possibly - PS3
GameOS 3.15 ? I bought a Stylus S-20, but it neither works with
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:58:25 -0700
Julian West jwest...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm afraid I didn't accurately describe my issue.
My install of Yellow Dog 6.2 went fine.
I left my mac on after using it for over an hour or so. I like to leave my
computer on because I know how
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:25:44 +0200
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Hello everyone, is there anyone who can suggest me an inkjet color
printer that is available now for which there is the YDL 6.2 driver ?
Maybe HP or Epson USB printer. I bought an Epson Stylus S20 , but it's
not
Hi James:
Linux, can use a variety shells and every Linux distribution includes
the option to use/switch between 3 or more different shells.
Some Linux distributions use the bash shell as the default shell;
however regardless of the distribution anyone with sufficient Unix/
Linux
On Thu, 27 May 2010 07:30:30 -0700
james gray pointerl...@gmail.com wrote:
I just went back in to the admin and tried again and here are the
results at more explicit, without having to remember.
This is the instructions from the source:
Or, you may also conduct a media check prior to burning
On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:43:19 -0500
Nick Jones nicholas-jo...@uiowa.edu wrote:
Hi Derick,
First off thank you very much for the very thorough and prompt
response.
You're welcome.
# uname -r
Linux lcn 2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1custom #1 SMP Tue Aug 8 17:01:58 CDT 2006
ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
I
On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:41:48 -0700
james gray pointerl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello and thank you.
I was trying to install YDL on a G4 iBook.
YDL or any Linux is not installed on this machine.
I apologize but i think the communication and understanding that the
person seeking to install YDL has
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:30:39 +1000
Stephen Harker s...@adfa.edu.au wrote:
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:52:41AM -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:35:19 -0600
Thomas Carlson tcarl...@sharedcup.com wrote:
Derick:
I did what you suggested: changed my window manager
Question:
Correct me if I missed something, but wasn't the third spare intended
to be an exact mirror so that it could replace either the first or
second drive?
For the spare to be a replacement for either the first or the second
drive it also would have matched the exact partition structure
Questions:
You can boot from the original second drive but not from it's replacement??
Are you familiar with the application within YDL known as parted (aka:
partition editor)? It can reveal a rather precise layout of the
partition table for each of the disks in question which would allow you
Hi Tom!
Please remember that Ubuntu is a Debian deviant, or a off-shoot or
sub-branch of Debian. Also Debian came to support the PowerPC very,
very late, almost reluctantly after Ubuntu dropped official support.
If you would permit me to provide some information regarding what is
going on
Thanks for the correction. As regards these venerable aging machines
it's pretty easy to misplace one's personal enthusiasm regarding a
unique function or quality of a system's architecture as being something
anyone should obviously appreciate in spite of the reality that
there's little to no
John, that depends on what you choose to do.
Sony, as you know ended the option of supporting the OtherOS option
quite sometime ago. Intel, has been moving for some years to producing
more multi-core based PCs, currently duo-core models are inexpensive,
quad-core are considered intermediate, and
John, that depends on what you choose to do.
Sony, as you know ended the option of supporting the OtherOS option
quite sometime ago. Intel, has been moving for some years to producing
more multi-core based PCs, currently duo-core models are inexpensive,
quad-core are considered intermediate, and
Thanks, I appreciate the correction.
The question however remains in terms of the quality of PowerPC support.
There is a bit of a difference between support for IBM POWER server
architectures, which institutions (corporate and educational) tend to
use versus consumer grade computers such as the
I ran YDL 6.2 on a 15 G4 for a long time until the LCD screen failed.
So what I'm sharing is based upon memory. Be that as it may, my
experience running YDL spans all the way back since it's earliest
incarnations when Terra Soft Solutions (the original creator/vendor)
initially released the
Hi Stephanie,
Start with redirecting where yum looks for repositories, meaning sites
where software which yum recognizes as available for download for YDL.
Getting the right software installed will get your network up and
running faster.
Here's the link:
Hi Stephanie,
Start with redirecting where yum looks for repositories, meaning sites
where software which yum recognizes as available for download for YDL.
Getting the right software installed will get your network up and
running faster.
Here's the link:
Hi Stephanie,
Start with redirecting where yum looks for repositories, meaning sites
where software which yum recognizes as available for download for YDL.
Getting the right software installed will get your network up and
running faster.
Here's the link:
Jon, you can remove yourself at anytime.
Note: Everytime you receive something from this mailing list you notice
those last three lines which include something that starts with:
Unsuscribe, which should of course be Unsubscribe
Just follow that link. If it's not highlighted then merely copy it
On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 14:41:25 +0400
Robert Hagan robertha...@gmail.com wrote:
I would like to purchase a working YDL PowerStation. Please indicate
price and location to robertha...@gmail.com Thanks.
I believe you are a few years too late; the original company which sold
them Terra Soft
suggestions or guidance on PowerPC
systems is long over. Therefore what you can find online as reference
is all that is left.
Here is the link addressing the G5 fan resolution, Good Luck!
http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_4.x/fan-control.shtml
Sincerely, Derick Centeno
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:28
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