On 27/10/06, Bill Perrotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right now i'll work on installing firefox instead. Paul can you post how you > got firefox to run shockwave flash? and will this enable me to view > shockwave flash enabled we pages? > > Bill Perrotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok i already have ydl 4.0 burned guess i'll use that. But if there is a way > to get flash running on ydl 2.1 that would be even better because right now > it's running perfectly. Installing ydl 4.0 might or might not work.
I'm glad to see you're persevering with YDL and your new-found (free) friend, the PowerMac 8600! YDL 4.0 should work on your machine with few (or no) problems. Although YDL 4.0 officially only supports "NewWorld" Macs*, people have had lots of success running YDL 4.0 on OldWorld machines (me included). Installing it requires the bare minimum of fiddling and is worth it! Points: - To install YDL 4.0, you need to obtain a version of the kernel that's not included on the install CDs (easy download) and configure BootX to use it. - At one point you need to three-finger-salute (command-control-power) the computer to restart it: the YDL installer tries to do configure something that OldWorld machines don't support and hangs... no harm done. - After you get YDL 4.0 installed, you can use 'yum' (the package management software) to update all software (including the kernel... you may have to prevent it from installing the G5 kernel (64 bit kernel), however) to the latest/last YDL 4.0.1 version (security fixes are occasionally released for YDL 4.0.1). - Flash? No idea how to get that running. You can use open source projects to run some Flash code, but the official Adobe/Macromedia software only works under Mac OS X and on x86-clones (Linus/Windows). - If you have enough memory (e.g. 64 MB or more... 128 MB or more STRONGLY recommended) you could, in theory install MOL (Mac-On-Linux) and run a Mac OS inside MOL. The 8600 was a speed demon in its day, but that day pre-dated Mac OS X by quite a bit. You can possibly get Mac OS X 10.2 running under MOL but it will be as slow as molasses in January (or, if you're a 'Roo or a Kiwi, July ;-), especially if you only have 64 MB of RAM! You could also try running Mac OS 9 under MOL. In that case, you could run an older version of Flash but you wouldn't be suffering the same performance penalty (an OS under MOL runs at ~90% native speed, but, that speed is dependent on the amount of REAL RAM that your machine has). Note: AFAIK, no one is running YDL 4.1 on an OldWorld Mac. Rumours were circulating for a few months after it was released but no hard evidence has surfaced! *For more info on OldWorld vs. NewWorld Macs see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh>. Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
