Re: debian on apple powerbook
On 6/30/20 11:08 AM, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > This does not work either. > > $ pacmd | tail -4 > 0 card(s) available. > 0 sink input(s) available. > 0 source output(s) available. > 0 cache entrie(s) available. Then you will need to collect as much as information as possible regarding your audio setup and post it on the list. The more information we have, the more likely it is that we can find out what the problem is. Try researching the specifics of the audio driver in use. Maybe it needs firmware to work or similar. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian on apple powerbook
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/the-powerpc-linux-wiki.2178457/ has an entry on sound under "Fixes", it may help you, I don't know. Jeroen Giuseppe Sacco schreef op 2020-06-30 11:08: Hello Adrian, Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 10.30 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: [...] Try using Pulse-Audio. On my iBook G4, sounds works out of the box with Pulse-Audio without any additional configuration. Your sound card is probably just muted. This does not work either. $ pacmd | tail -4 0 card(s) available. 0 sink input(s) available. 0 source output(s) available. 0 cache entrie(s) available. Also, software like alsa-mixer is usually run as the user logged in, not root. Right. I have the same error with my normal user. Bye, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
Hello Adrian, Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 10.30 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: [...] > Try using Pulse-Audio. On my iBook G4, sounds works out of the box with > Pulse-Audio without any additional configuration. Your sound card is > probably just muted. This does not work either. $ pacmd | tail -4 0 card(s) available. 0 sink input(s) available. 0 source output(s) available. 0 cache entrie(s) available. > Also, software like alsa-mixer is usually run as the user logged in, > not root. Right. I have the same error with my normal user. Bye, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
On 6/30/20 10:25 AM, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > I think the PATH is already setup correctly. As root: > > # echo $PATH > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin > # alsamixer > cannot open mixer: File o directory non esistente > > Alsa modules are not loaded, I think, since: > > # cat /proc/asound/cards > --- no soundcards --- > # cat /proc/asound/devices > 33:: timer > # cat /proc/asound/pcm > # > > What is in these files in a working system? > > Which modules are loaded? These are mine: > > # lsmod | fgrep snd | sort > snd57428 5 > snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_timer,snd_aoa,snd_pcm,snd_aoa_codec_tas > snd_aoa13256 1 snd_aoa_codec_tas > snd_aoa_codec_tas 9805 0 > snd_aoa_i2sbus 18268 0 > snd_aoa_soundbus3685 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus > snd_pcm78991 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus > snd_timer 19655 1 snd_pcm > soundcore 5242 1 snd Try using Pulse-Audio. On my iBook G4, sounds works out of the box with Pulse-Audio without any additional configuration. Your sound card is probably just muted. Also, software like alsa-mixer is usually run as the user logged in, not root. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian on apple powerbook
Hello Adrian, Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 10.11 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: > On 6/30/20 9:54 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > > For some reason, Debian does not install the correct PATH variable, maybe > > that is the problem. > > So you could try as as root: > > > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > You most likely used sudo or su without using a new login shell, no? I used "su -" for going from normal user to root. I tried in two ways: remotely via ssh and on an xterm at the console. Thank you, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
Hello Jeroen, Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 09.54 +0200, Jeroen Diederen ha scritto: > For some reason, Debian does not install the correct PATH variable, > maybe that is the problem. > So you could try as as root: > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin I think the PATH is already setup correctly. As root: # echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin # alsamixer cannot open mixer: File o directory non esistente Alsa modules are not loaded, I think, since: # cat /proc/asound/cards --- no soundcards --- # cat /proc/asound/devices 33:: timer # cat /proc/asound/pcm # What is in these files in a working system? Which modules are loaded? These are mine: # lsmod | fgrep snd | sort snd57428 5 snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_timer,snd_aoa,snd_pcm,snd_aoa_codec_tas snd_aoa13256 1 snd_aoa_codec_tas snd_aoa_codec_tas 9805 0 snd_aoa_i2sbus 18268 0 snd_aoa_soundbus3685 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus snd_pcm78991 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus snd_timer 19655 1 snd_pcm soundcore 5242 1 snd Bye, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
On 6/30/20 9:54 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > For some reason, Debian does not install the correct PATH variable, maybe > that is the problem. > So you could try as as root: > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin You most likely used sudo or su without using a new login shell, no? Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian on apple powerbook
For some reason, Debian does not install the correct PATH variable, maybe that is the problem. So you could try as as root: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin Giuseppe Sacco schreef op 2020-06-30 09:02: Hello Jeroen, thank you for your hints. The first about the battery worked immediately, while the second about the sound didn't. Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 08.17 +0200, Jeroen Diederen ha scritto: [...] sound: To get sound working install alsa-utils and launch alsamixer sudo apt install alsa-utils alsamixer I have alsa-utils 1.2.2-1 from unstable already installed. # LANG=C alsamixer cannot open mixer: No such file or directory do I need any more module loaded? Thanks, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
Hello Jeroen, thank you for your hints. The first about the battery worked immediately, while the second about the sound didn't. Il giorno mar, 30/06/2020 alle 08.17 +0200, Jeroen Diederen ha scritto: [...] > sound: > To get sound working install alsa-utils and launch alsamixer > > sudo apt install alsa-utils > alsamixer I have alsa-utils 1.2.2-1 from unstable already installed. # LANG=C alsamixer cannot open mixer: No such file or directory do I need any more module loaded? Thanks, Giuseppe
Re: debian on apple powerbook
Hi Giuseppe! Battery: If the battery status is not displayed correctly then open up the terminal and type: sudo modprobe pmu_battery To make this permanent type the following: sudo nano /etc/modules Add the line pmu_battery sound: To get sound working install alsa-utils and launch alsamixer sudo apt install alsa-utils alsamixer Then hit fn+F6 (SoundByLayout) go to the right and make sure you have PCM at 80<>80 ESC to exit alsamixer You should have sound now… Regards, Jeroen Giuseppe Sacco schreef op 2020-06-29 22:22: Hello, I just installed (again) debian on an Apple PowerBook G4. It is a quite old machine, but it fits my requirements. After having installed the latest supported Debian release, I upgraded to sid using the ports archive. A few think do not work, so I am asking how to fix them, if possible. First, kernels 5.6 and 5.7 do not boot at all. I opened a bug a few days back (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=963689). Second, the battery is not detected by upower, so it does not show up in MATE. Third, audio is not working at all. Do you have hints about how to solve these problems? I am willing to spend some of my time in order to debug and, eventually, provide patches. Thank you, Giuseppe
Re: Debian on Apple Powerbook 5300c with a 603e
Bill Paterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone got Debian running on the above machine? If yes, elaboration on workarounds, glitches, etc. would be appreciated. No way. Only MkLinux (DR3 Pre-R1) will currently run on the 5300 (= 24 MB RAM), with no ext. SCSI, no PCMCIA, and of that wasn't enough, buggy serial port support. But the system itself is said to run stable and much faster than MacOS does. There are threads on the 5300 on comp.os.linux.powerpc every now and then, all with the same sad result. Sorry for us. -- Andre
