Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Macintosh non-volatile memory driver v1.1 PCI: Enabling device :00:10.0 (0006 - 0007) radeonfb (:00:10.0): Invalid ROM signature 0 should be 0xaa55 radeonfb: Retrieved PLL infos from Open Firmware

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-17 Thread matt hull
OK, so I then booted from the hard drive and modified /etc/yaboot.conf like this: image=/boot/kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 label=2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda4 partition=4 append=video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] read-only Unfortunately when I reboot from the

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread Terin Stock
yep, you got the right list. it's kind of slow, but someone will answer your question On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm starting to look into putting Gentoo on our older PowerPC-based Mac Mini. I wanted to know if this is the right list to ask

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, I'm starting to look into putting Gentoo on our older PowerPC-based Mac Mini. I wanted to know if this is the right list to ask a few questions about doing an install. Thanks, Mark On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Terin Stock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yep, you got the

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread matt hull
This is my first PPC machine. I have used Gentoo for years as a user type so I've probably built 30 x86 boxes but never a PPC so I wasn't sure how to configure the kernel by hand so I swiped the /proc/config.gz fine from the CD boot environment and pushed it down into the chroot to use to

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:15 PM, matt hull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my first PPC machine. I have used Gentoo for years as a user type so I've probably built 30 x86 boxes but never a PPC so I wasn't sure how to configure the kernel by hand so I swiped the /proc/config.gz fine from

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread matt hull
apple kernel ? that would be darwin. i think you mean linux kernel ? i dont append any kernel options. you want open firmware framebuffer and radeonfb or nvidiafb compiled in the kernel. not sure if enabling the edid or ddc options will help. i dont have a mac mini, just 2 ibook

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM, matt hull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apple kernel ? that would be darwin. i think you mean linux kernel ? Well, yes, it's a Linux kernel but named 'apple' I think. The instructions you see when you boot from the Gentoo 2007.0 universal install CD say to execute