Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 05:46:58PM -0800, Kristen wrote: > So then I must ask this question, given that Gnome fails to work for > PowerPC, at least for Apple computers. Why is it that during the install > process is Gnome even listed as a desktop environment to install? > > Does Gnome need to be

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-23 Thread Kristen
On 10/16/16 10:24 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Kristen wrote: >> List, >> >> I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still >> supported in Debian? I have tried to use a netinstall of Debian 8.6.0 on >> a G3 iBook, a G4

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-19 Thread Kristen R.
On 10/15/2016 12:12 PM, Kristen wrote: > List, > > I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still > supported in Debian? I have tried to use a netinstall of Debian 8.6.0 on > a G3 iBook, a G4 MP, and a G5 iMac and all have failed in the same manner. > > The install appears to

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-17 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
I have used MATE. It works ok PPC Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Kristen wrote: >> List, >> >> I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still >>

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-17 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Kristen wrote: > List, > > I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still > supported in Debian? I have tried to use a netinstall of Debian 8.6.0 on > a G3 iBook, a G4 MP, and a G5 iMac and all have failed in the same

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-15 Thread Cat
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 06:01:29PM -0800, Kristen wrote: > So it would appear everything is Radeon and I think there is a big > problem with ATI cards and this version of Debian. If I recall, but I > have not searched the archives of this list. If you think it's an ATI driver problem, try a

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-15 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Have you tried this in yaboot Linux radeon.agpmode=-1 On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Kristen wrote: > On 10/15/16 3:11 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: >> I run Debian on a PowerBook G4, iBook G4, PM G4 MDD, and PM G5. I >> have not seen that error before. What

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-15 Thread Kristen
On 10/15/16 3:11 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > I run Debian on a PowerBook G4, iBook G4, PM G4 MDD, and PM G5. I > have not seen that error before. What graphics card are you using? The G3 is an iBook. From http://everymac.com I see the card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (2X AGP) with 32

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-15 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I run Debian on a PowerBook G4, iBook G4, PM G4 MDD, and PM G5. I have not seen that error before. What graphics card are you using? On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Kristen wrote: > List, > > I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still > supported in