Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Claudia, On Wed, 2024-02-07 at 20:19 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > Now firmware R300_cp.bin, b43 and isight.fw is missing. Use this sources.list [1] and then install "firmware-amd-graphics". For the iSight camera, you can just download this file [2] and place it below /lib/firmware.

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-07 Thread Federico Vaga
On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 08:19:19PM +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: Hi all, in the meantime I succeeded in installing Debian 12.0.0 on iMac G5 with radeon graphic card. I used ISO-Image 2023-06-18, installed default with tasksel KDE plasma, LXDE and LXQT. I had to insert "radeon.agpmode=1

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-05 Thread Federico Vaga
On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 3:33 PM Claudia Neumann wrote: Can I boot from USB? I don't think you can boot from USB on G5's. Or I was not able to boot from a USB thumb drive when I installed Debian on my PowerMac G5. The Open

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-05 Thread Claudia Neumann
Hi all, now I could install debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso from 2023-05-28. But grub would not install. I can boot into grub. The partition is (ieee1275/hd,apple3) and I can find the kernel in /boot: config-6.2.0-9-powerpc64 vmlinux-6.1.0-9-powerpc64 initrd.img.old vmlinux.old vmlinux

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-04 Thread Claudia Neumann
Mouse button during boot worked like a charm. Thanx Claudia Am Sonntag, 4. Februar 2024, 22:12:17 CET schrieb DistroHopper39B Business: > Hold down the mouse button during boot. If that doesn't work, boot to Open > Firmware (Command-Option-O-F) and type “eject cd” > > On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-04 Thread DistroHopper39B Business
Hold down the mouse button during boot. If that doesn't work, boot to Open Firmware (Command-Option-O-F) and type “eject cd” On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM Claudia Neumann wrote: > Yes, I did boot from DVD. But how can I get the DVD, that will not boot, > out of the drive? > > CU > > Claudia >

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-04 Thread Claudia Neumann
Yes, I did boot from DVD. But how can I get the DVD, that will not boot, out of the drive? CU Claudia Am Sonntag, 4. Februar 2024, 21:57:30 CET schrieb Jeffrey Walton: > On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 3:33 PM Claudia Neumann > > wrote: > > Hi John, hi Frederico, > > > > I tried

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 3:33 PM Claudia Neumann wrote: > > Hi John, hi Frederico, > > I tried debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso from 31.1.2024. > > The Mac G5 stops with > > smp_core99_probe > > smp_core99_bringup_done > > I tried with > > radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off nomodeset > >

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-02-04 Thread Claudia Neumann
Hi John, hi Frederico, I tried debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso from 31.1.2024. The Mac G5 stops with smp_core99_probe smp_core99_bringup_done I tried with radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off nomodeset radeon.agpmode=-1 radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off nomodeset in grub. No better. Now I have the

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Claudia Neumann
Great! Thanx Claudia Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 18:42:03 CET schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > Hello Claudia, > > On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 17:59 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > > I choose > > debian-11.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > > from 14.5.2023. > > > > I can start the installation,

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Claudia, On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 17:59 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > I choose > debian-11.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > from 14.5.2023. > > I can start the installation, partitioning has succeeded. > it installs busybox but hangs with: > package zstd is not available. There is a reference

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Claudia Neumann
Hi Adrian, I choose debian-11.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso from 14.5.2023. I can start the installation, partitioning has succeeded. it installs busybox but hangs with: package zstd is not available. There is a reference from another package. The installation stopped. Any suggesttions? Should I

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Federico Vaga
Hi Claudia, perhaps there is a misunderstanding. I'm trying Debian 12 ppc64 Big-Endian. My suggestion to you is to try the proposed fix from the fienixppc team. I report here what is mentioned in their article (I copy only what is of interest to you). ``` [...] the system shows only a black

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Claudia, On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 15:39 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > Hi all, hi Adrian, > > downloaded the image and burnt on DVD. Now the iMac starts from DVD but hangs > with: > smp_core99_probe > smp_core99_bringup_done > the ventilator is up high but nothing else happens. > > I have ATI

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Claudia Neumann
Hi Federico, if it didn't work for you, I would rather try with Debian. CU Claudia Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 15:05:06 CET schrieb Federico Vaga: > Hi Claudia and all, > > this is a very interesting coincidence. I've started trying a couple of > days > a go to install Debian 12 on the same

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Federico Vaga
Hi Claudia and all, this is a very interesting coincidence. I've started trying a couple of days a go to install Debian 12 on the same iMac. In my case, I'm booting the netinst image from USB but the kernel crashes somewhere. The screen is not refreshed after a few kernel messages, so I was

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread Claudia Neumann
Hi all, hi Adrian, downloaded the image and burnt on DVD. Now the iMac starts from DVD but hangs with: smp_core99_probe smp_core99_bringup_done the ventilator is up high but nothing else happens. I have ATI Radeon X600 (Rev 380) 3E50 (PCIE) Any hints? Claudia Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024,

Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5

2024-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Claudia, On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 14:54 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > I have an iMac G5, PowerMac 12,1 PPC970FX, Platform: PowerMac 12,1 MacRISC4 > Power Macinstosh, Memory 1GB+384MB. > > I had installed Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS and it was running fine. Now I need newer > libc and so on. So I wanted