Hi Billy: It appears to me that first you need to identify if YDL even sees the hardware that is installed; if not then the problem is really a matter of making sure the card you have sits within or mates firmly within the G5 properly.
I'm using YDL 6.2 from a G4 laptop so what I see is not going to match what you should find as far as hardware details. However the tools YDL uses to discover the hardware should be close enough. There exists a tool within YDL called Hardware Browser or Hardware which can be accessed by choosing System --> Hardware. Within the Command Line Interface (CLI) it is known as hwbrowser; the quite way to find it is: $ whereis hwbrowser hwbrowser: /usr/bin/hwbrowser /usr/share/hwbrowser $ cd /usr/bin $ ./hwbrowser If you use the CLI remember that the app invoked this way needs to have the terminal you invoked it from remain open. In this situation, hwbrowser will cease or terminate if the CLI it is invoked from closes. Once hwbrowser is open (regardless how how you choose to invoke it) select Network Devices and whatever devices YDL actually sees will be listed there including driver and device directory. The ethernet port is eth0. You can make sure it is functioning by also finding the Network Configuration app. Do Other --> Network. Then enter your root password. The Network Configuration app should start without any problem. The first listing you should see is Ethernet highlighted; it is either Active or Inactive. I use wireless so mine is inactive; you will need to have it active so just highlight it and then choose the Activate Button. Of course after you do this make sure that your Firewall is up within YDL. Let's suppose that you need to have eth0 up everytime you log into YDL and you don't want to repeat this procedure everytime you boot. Then while you are within the Network Configuration app then while you are within the Devices tab, choose Edit. You'll see Activate at device when computer starts. Be sure to cycle through the other tabs for your device to make sure the settings are correct, this is a good time to refer to the manual which explains your card. Once everything is defined correctly then choose OK and the settings will be used as you defined them every time you boot into YDL. All the best... On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:37:56 -0500 "Lenox, Billy AMRDEC/Sentient Corp." <[email protected]> wrote: > Help with PPC Apple G5 > > I have installed YDL 5.0.2 on a PPC Apple G5 > Tower and the Ethernet Port will not activate > Or work. Please help > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
