Re: Can not run installer with new GRUB image

2019-05-27 Thread swamprock
Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:21 AM, unilock wrote: >> I tried the new image "debian-10.0-powerpc-grub-NETINST-1.iso" from [1] on a >> PowerMac11,2 (Power Mac G5). >> I was able to boot the cd with GRUB, but I was not able to run the installer. >> ... >> I see grub and

Re: Trying the 2019-04-15 image on PowerMac7,3 G5 dual processor -- GUI screen colors are strange.

2019-04-16 Thread swamprock
Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:10 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Apr 15, 2019, at 3:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> I tried the 2019-04-12 debian-10.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso on a PowerMac G5 >> dual processor (PowerMac7,3). >>

Re: 2019-04-11 netinst for ppc64 is nearly perfect flawless beautiful

2019-04-11 Thread swamprock
>Works like a charm everywhere. :-) >All it needs is a 'modprobe -v windfarm_core' somewhere and it is a thing of beauty. Did you have any luck installing GRUB? I still get the same error message as with the 4/9/2019 image. Unfortunately, I blew out the install before I could grab the install

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

2019-01-07 Thread swamprock
Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 2:09 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > Brock suggested me to look here: > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_wireless_working.3F > > there is a typo for sure, lscpi is probably lspci,. > > In any case it suggests

Re: News about Firefox for PowerPC

2018-12-10 Thread swamprock
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, December 10, 2018 10:41 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/10/18 4:37 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > > > I am not sure if you know this website: > > https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Firefox > >

Re: Debian sid testing progress

2018-08-14 Thread swamprock
o in a previous email. > > On 2018-08-13 14:29, swamprock wrote: > > > > FWIW, I am currently trying to fix the Rust compiler on 32-bit PowerPC so > > > that we will eventually be able to use Firefox and Thunderbird on PowerPC > > > again. > > That would ce

Re: Debian sid testing progress

2018-08-13 Thread swamprock
Please excuse the name change. I forgot that this was my old Craigslist reply email :) > Thanks for your work. This encourages us to keep working on the port. > > FWIW, I am currently trying to fix the Rust compiler on 32-bit PowerPC so > that we will eventually be able to use Firefox and