-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 That's unfortunate that things have turned out that way.
All the best... On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:08:27 -0400 Stephen Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply Derick. > I reviewed the documentation at YDL and found the interesting > following: [quote] Apple Power Mac G5 1.8GHz G5, 2003-04 Notes: > • The ATI Radeon X800 XT graphics card is non-functional. > [end] That's a fairly new note. I didn't find it a couple of months > ago. Also I asked YDL directly in an e-mail about my configuration > (specifically mentioning my X800 card and got a yes it'll work > reply. I guess they uncovered the problems after my query and only > recently found the card is unworkable. Perhaps YDL could check what > Slackintosh is doing to support it. Kills it for me and YDL as I have > no other card to use. I am glad I didn't buy YDL after all. > Regards... > > On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Steve: > > > > I've heard of Slackware Linux years ago, way back in the early days. > > They had a different reputation than Red Hat or even Debian, back > > then. I'm surprised they, or someone else, decided to make the > > time to > > support a branch for the mac. > > > > Regarding the difficulties you reported is it possible that there > > are components or other hardware which are not native or original > > Apple hardware which came with your G5? You may want to review the > > hardware support page for YDL 6 where your machine is discussed. > > > > All the best... > > > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:17:17 -0400 > > Stephen Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I wonder what the difference is between the Slackintosh and YDL > >> installers. I can get Slack to install but the installer for YDL > >> won't get past the first screen that comes up after pressing enter > >> to install. The last lines have something like cpu99 kick, then the > >> install gives up. Isn't cpu99 a 32 bit thing? Any clues? Thanks, > >> Steve > >> Power Mac G5 > >> Model Identifier: PowerMac7,3 > >> Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (3.0) > >> Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz > >> Number Of CPUs: 2 > >> L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB > >> Memory: 1.5 GB (4 stick) > >> Bus Speed: 900 MHz > >> SATA HDD 2 drives > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yellowdog-newbie mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFH1c2m/bEUUJ0GkAoRAgoWAJkB+R+1V3gqMKcm+TUC5MQ7PUIPzgCcDcfb > > ccKOptOAZOuFnQ6LJqh8tYU= > > =wRIP > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH1jEl/bEUUJ0GkAoRAqNnAJ9BDqotUfMQX8FpiTfNn8ulr5xnUwCeO4BT dyr9tfoTSbIyBsLnsp4DoSE= =5er0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
