On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 17:12 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: > I have a G4 12" iBook running Debian Etch. No problems except the modem > doesn't work. I haven't really chased it up much since the rest of it > seems to work well. It is about a year old or so. I doubt if I would > get another one since it seems that there are cheaper equivalents.
Hi Alan, The PowerPC Macs uses OpenFirmware, the Intel Macs use Intel's EFI, which is their next-generation BIOS. The modem in the G4s are a Conexant chipset. There is a non-free but source-available driver from Linuxant. You need to patch this and stuff about to get it to compile for PPC. In short, it's quicker to use a supported USB modem. Cheers, Glen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
