Re: PowerMac8600 help ...

2010-11-17 Thread kevin diggs
Hi, I have managed to boot the G4 (GigE) using a kernel built with the 4.3.5 compiler on the 8600. I have also discovered what prevented firefox from working with 4.3.5. It was picking up the 3.4.6 libstdc++ (possibly other internal tidbits as well). Even something as simple as: #include

Re: PowerMac8600 help ...

2010-11-17 Thread Segher Boessenkool
I have also discovered what prevented firefox from working with 4.3.5. It was picking up the 3.4.6 libstdc++ (possibly other internal tidbits as well). So you installed (one of) those compilers incorrectly. P.S.: newer powermacs have a line in cpuinfo, like PowerMac 7,2. Does this uniquely

PowerMac8600 help ...

2010-11-08 Thread kevin diggs
Hi, Sorry for the noise but I am having trouble getting the latest kernel built for a PowerMac8600 with a 750GX processor card. If this is not an appropriate topic for the list please tell me (and hopefully point me in the correct direction). I have narrowed the problem down to the compiler. YDL

Re: PowerMac8600 help ...

2010-11-08 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 10:43 -0600, kevin diggs wrote: Sorry for the noise but I am having trouble getting the latest kernel built for a PowerMac8600 with a 750GX processor card. If this is not an appropriate topic for the list please tell me (and hopefully point me in the correct direction).