Fedora 4 + iMac G5 - PowerPC 64

cruiseoveride · #1 12th January 2006, 05:30 AM

Hi there,

I am happy to say, ive convinced a friend of mine into using linux on his G5,
After first trying out the ubuntu live ppc disc, and being completely humiliiated, when it froze, i reverted to the all favorite fediora, which installed without a glitch, butttttttttt

1) Cannot type quickly in tty console,
why what happens
---> Systems freezes and hdd switches off

2) Cannot logoff gnome or shutdown system
why what happens
---> System freezes

Don any of you have any ideas? by the way the FC4 im running is fully updated.
The other thing is how do i run a compiled kernel under this ppc64 enviroment,
I built the kernel and installed the modules, but

Code:

make install

doesnt seem to work
thanku

big_mac126 · #2 13th January 2006, 01:57 AM

what do you mean exactly by "make install doesnt work"? What error is being given?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cruiseoveride

Hi there,

I am happy to say, ive convinced a friend of mine into using linux on his G5,
After first trying out the ubuntu live ppc disc, and being completely humiliiated, when it froze, i reverted to the all favorite fediora, which installed without a glitch, butttttttttt

1) Cannot type quickly in tty console,
why what happens
---> Systems freezes and hdd switches off

2) Cannot logoff gnome or shutdown system
why what happens
---> System freezes

Don any of you have any ideas? by the way the FC4 im running is fully updated.
The other thing is how do i run a compiled kernel under this ppc64 enviroment,
I built the kernel and installed the modules, but

Code:

make install

doesnt seem to work
thanku

cruiseoveride · #3 13th January 2006, 04:47 AM

it doesnt matter now, i found another way of installing the kernel

but i cant play any music, it freezes everytime i try to play a song

cruiseoveride · #4 22nd January 2006, 05:03 PM

the new custom built kernel has fixed the shutdown issue.
but i cant play any music, even though alsa recognises the sound card, as soon as u try to play something the machine locks up.
and another thing, if gdm is enabled, the system will lockup after a few seconds after gdm loads.

tomhammond · #5 4th March 2007, 12:23 AM

Hi there,

How did you find another way of installing the kernel? I can't get MAKE INSTALL to work on my PowerPC, either. I receive a "Make: No rule to make target 'install'. Stop" message.

Thanks for the help!
Tom

cruiseoveride · #6 4th March 2007, 12:56 AM

Its been over a year since i setup that machine, i cant remember what i did.
Try get the latest 2.6.20.1 from kernel.org and build it with the toolchain that comes on the Fedora DVD, you should have much better support with Fedora 6 under the G5, then that of what I had with Fedora 4

**Finalzone** · #7 4th March 2007, 02:47 AM

Another way to build a kernel. This one is far better for Fedora because you can easily install/remove the kernel.rpm.

tomhammond · #8 4th March 2007, 03:34 AM

Thanks for the advice, but the "build a kernel" link only seems to work for i386 cores, as the "yum install fedora-rpmdevtools" command doesn't work for PPC Fedora (I've tried it on both platforms).

How do I setup a "toolchain" from the Fedora DVD? The article above mentions needing a complete toolchain but doesn't say how to make one.

Thanks!
Tom

**Finalzone** · #9 4th March 2007, 04:02 AM

Change fedora-rpmdevtools by rpmdevtools.

tomhammond · #10 6th March 2007, 04:19 AM

Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a try, but I think that the instructions are more tuned for i386 Fedora users, as the "make install" command doesn't work on my PowerPC Fedora, either.