Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

2015-06-29 Thread Boris Reinhard
Hello Peter, amazing thx for pointing this out, we need to preserve and document this information as detailed as possible. Based on the details you mentioned someone could add information to the ppc faq and known issues/ workaround intructions, but it might be best if you did it yourself, seeing

Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

2015-06-29 Thread Boris Reinhard
on older ppc macs where really mostly firefox is an option https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832732 even tho this says it's fixed), so mega likely would be ill advised for our usage scenario. 2015-06-29 12:59 GMT+02:00 Boris Reinhard reinhard.bo...@googlemail.com: Sounds like a plan

Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

2015-06-29 Thread Boris Reinhard
no responsibility for data loss. Try it out only if you know what you are doing. Link Below: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vffmY5ZnpGUDg4UGNnVFk2M05tQUtEUUkwUmhmQWdLMWpfZGVraDIxSFltb1kauthuser=0 Cheers, Peter On 29/06/15 21:21, Boris Reinhard wrote: Other hosting options

Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

2015-06-29 Thread Boris Reinhard
19:35, Boris Reinhard wrote: Hello Peter, amazing thx for pointing this out, we need to preserve and document this information as detailed as possible. Based on the details you mentioned someone could add information to the ppc faq and known issues/ workaround intructions, but it might

Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

2015-06-29 Thread Boris Reinhard
29.06.2015 16:12 schrieb Boris Reinhard reinhard.bo...@googlemail.com : Hey, thx Peter! I have no G5 system to currently test this on myself (briefly had a single core G5 PowerMac sadly it's mainboard got damaged when the PSU blew). Am 29.06.2015 15:00 schrieb Peter Saisanas psaisa

Re: HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing

2015-04-16 Thread Boris Reinhard
Check this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2209340page=7 You will need the sound hardware id's, they were listed in one of the related bug reports but I do not have the correct link at hand right now. Wolfram Sang w...@the-dreams.de schrieb am Do., 16. Apr. 2015 20:21: I have a

Re: No soundcards found for PowerBook6,4 since kernel 3.5

2015-02-18 Thread Boris Reinhard
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hw-detect/+bug/1296373 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2209340page=6p=13172852#post13172852 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2209340page=7p=13173354#post13173354 2015-02-18 9:18 GMT+01:00 powerbook...@gmx.com: Dear Debianites, My

Re: wanted: old G5 (Nvidia FX5200 AGP nouveau)

2015-02-09 Thread Boris Reinhard
Heya guys, I also would like to thank Clemens Duerrschmidt again for his kind donation of his G5 PowerMac9,1 (single core G5, 1.8 GhZ, 600 MhZ fsb, AGP variant). :) It's already well put to testing, the situation with the Nvidia FX 5200 AGP card is quite messy however, there are multiple bug

Re: wanted: old G5 hardware for use on the ppc64 port

2015-02-03 Thread Boris Reinhard
details. Best regards, Clemens On 02/03/2015 08:19 AM, Boris Reinhard wrote: Hello Clemens, aside from the RAM your system is still a nice one for these type of machines, be aware you could still get quite a lot on ebay for it, the other day I saw a G4 iMac with 1.6 GhZ go away for just

Re: wanted: old G5 hardware for use on the ppc64 port

2015-02-02 Thread Boris Reinhard
Hello Clemens, aside from the RAM your system is still a nice one for these type of machines, be aware you could still get quite a lot on ebay for it, the other day I saw a G4 iMac with 1.6 GhZ go away for just under 60 Euro tho (usually those go for around 100-120), yours is a much nicer one,