I had to give up using the G5 and installed it on a G4 Tower and it Works on that tower. I loaded the G5 with OS 10.4.X and the Ethernet Port works Perfectly. Guess there must have been something that the G5 did not like.
Thanks all for the Help. Billy > From: Derick Centeno <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:36:34 -0400 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Help with PPC Apple G5 > > Hey Billy, excuse me for failing to notice your status with our > Services. It doesn't matter to me whether you use the g5 to play > pacman; it's an honor to assist you in any way possible. > > To business: > First, there are at least several desktop interfaces available within > YDL and they structure their application menus slightly differently, at > least in my view. The app you are using which you called Network > Settings is probably an interface application to the > system-config-network application which you actually need to use to > get the network system within YDL functional. > > In the main menu of your desktop interface (it shouldn't matter whether > it is e17, gnome or something else. I use XFCE. In the main menu, > look for System then move to Network Device Control. This is an > interface application which should show your eth0 device and it's > status (active or inactive). You'll notice a third option Configure. > Click upon it. > > A dialog box will appear which begins: > > You are attempting to run "system-config-network"... > > You must enter root password for the system - which is different > (should be) from the user password - in order to have access. > > A dialog box appears called Network Configuration. Right underneath > the New, Edit, Copy icons are tabs Device, Hardware, IPsec, DNS, Hosts. > > Select Hardware, IPsec and the others and examine them in detail to > make sure that each of the options within each tab are appropriate for > your environment; meaning that every option is approved or sanctioned > and accurate. IPsec would be important in some situations but not > others depending on the what your system is doing. Linux is infinitely > defensible if you know what you are doing. > > Firewall: > There are different philosophies regarding the appropriate approach. I > use a firewall on my router and a firewall operational within YDL. I > also have active a firewall within OS X. Call me nuts, but my system > doesn't fail. > > You need to enforce what is recommended within the environment which > surrounds you. Being rather focused on defending what is mine, I > choose to go the extra mile and avoid nasty problems. > > If there are any changes to be made within a particular tab you will > notice that New, Edit etc. remains available or greys out (is > unavailable) according to the unique tab you are in. You can change or > modify the Ethernet card by clicking upon Edit within the Hardware > tab. In your situation, you will most likely have to add specific > hosts unique to your purposes. You can add hosts for your card and YDL > to recognize under the Hosts tab, and click the New icon. Likewise to > create tunnels you need to use the IPsec tab and click the New icon. > > Of course, if you really want to show off what a g5 is capable of > -- write code activating the Altivec processors which process code at > 128bits. Windows and other current operating systems top out at 64! > > Enough ideas from me, I'm looking to serve as a civilian within the IT > wing of the Services. I hope I can get in; meanwhile I'll use a > popular common phrase directed to President Truman but modify it for you > and your comrades, as an encouragement against our enemies: > > Give 'em Hell!!! > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:35:26 -0500 > "Lenox, Billy AMRDEC/Sentient Corp." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have only One Ethernet port on the G5 and have changed >> Out the Cable with 5 others and it is not the Cable. >> I have reset the HP switch it is plugged into at least >> 5 times and I have done a ifconfig -a and can see that it >> Is there and online. It is active under the Network Settings >> And the FIREWALL is disabled and still the system says >> It is installed and will not PING anything at all. >> Fresh Install of YDL on the system. Am I forgetting to do something >> else? >> >> Billy >> > _______________________________________________ > 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' _______________________________________________ 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'
