User:Tonyr/Journal/Jul07 - Revision history

Tonyr: /* 26Jul07 */ add crossref

2007-08-15T15:25:36Z

26Jul07: add crossref

Tonyr: /* 15Jul07 */

2007-08-06T20:32:49Z

15Jul07

Tonyr: /* 15Jul07 */ rescue mode note

2007-08-06T20:30:39Z

15Jul07: rescue mode note

Tonyr: 31jul07 section and first entries

2007-07-31T22:57:33Z

31jul07 section and first entries

Tonyr: /* 24Jul07 */ a little illumination

2007-07-30T18:13:09Z

24Jul07: a little illumination

Tonyr: /* 26Jul07 */ noint10 solution

2007-07-30T18:09:31Z

26Jul07: noint10 solution

Tonyr: /* 26Jul07 */ 3 button mouse comments

2007-07-27T06:36:33Z

26Jul07: 3 button mouse comments

Tonyr: 26jul07 section; radeon/vga links

2007-07-26T19:00:13Z

26jul07 section; radeon/vga links

Tonyr: /* 25Jul07 */

2007-07-26T18:51:08Z

25Jul07

Tonyr: 25jul07 section

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25jul07 section

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 * dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode=88
 where 87 and 88 are the key codes for the F11 and F12 keys. This article [http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html] (and others) reports that using only the '''mouse_button_emulation''' line assigns Fn+Alt=right-click and Fn+Apple=middle-click.
+* Ref. [[User:Tonyr/Journal/Aug07#15Aug07|15Aug07]] ''Unmap F11/F12'' entry.
 ==31Jul07==

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 ''Yaboot options''<br>
 Along with the new-user boot option, '''x86''' based Ubuntu installations by default have a '''rescue''' boot option that boots into single-user (root) mode.  The '''PPC''' version never has had that as far as I can tell. Why is that, do you suppose?
-  It is possible to boot into single user mode: at the boot prompt enter '''Linux single''' or '''Linux S'''.
+  It is possible to boot into single user mode: at the boot prompt enter '''Linux single'''. There is no
- There is no hint for this in the default welcome message, and it requires that the user know ahead of time
+ hint for this in the default welcome message, and it requires that the user know ahead of time when
-  when and how to intervene.  The default wait time is not very long, either. The modification described below
+  and how to intervene.  The default wait time is not very long, either. The modification described below
   is one alternative.

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 ''Yaboot options''<br>
 Along with the new-user boot option, '''x86''' based Ubuntu installations by default have a '''rescue''' boot option that boots into single-user (root) mode.  The '''PPC''' version never has had that as far as I can tell. Why is that, do you suppose?
 It is relatively easy to add a boot stanza to ''/etc/yaboot.conf'': make a copy of the '''Linux''' stanza, change the label to '''rescue''', and change the '''append''' line to be '''append="single"'''.  This by itself does not work, because the '''PPC''' boot environment does not behave the same way as the '''x86''' boot environment.  Ubuntu, as of release 6.10(Edgy) is using a new '''init''' system called '''upstart''', which does not pay any attention to runlevels.  An accommodation has been made by the devs to have a semblance of backward compatibility with the earlier runlevels convention.  There is a ramification for selecting a runlevel from bootloader menus.  Before release 6.10, a runlevel specifier could be added to one of the lines in a boot stanza in ''menu.lst'' (grub) or ''yaboot.conf'' that would be digested and acted on.  Since 6.10, only '''single''' or '''S''' is recognized, otherwise only the '''"default"''' runlevel 2 is available, and in the PPC version, even that is broken.  A [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/85014 bug] has been logged about this at Launchpad.  All is not lost, however.

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	* dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode=88		* dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode=88
	where 87 and 88 are the key codes for the F11 and F12 keys. This article [http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html] (and others) reports that using only the '''mouse_button_emulation''' line assigns Fn+Alt=right-click and Fn+Apple=middle-click.		where 87 and 88 are the key codes for the F11 and F12 keys. This article [http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html] (and others) reports that using only the '''mouse_button_emulation''' line assigns Fn+Alt=right-click and Fn+Apple=middle-click.
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		+
		+	==31Jul07==
		+	''Gnash''<br>
		+	Gnash is the GNU opensource Flash player. Both Gnash an a mozilla plugin (and a konqueror plugin) are in the Feisty repository (maybe in backports?). It is reported to work on some video formats, and for some Youtube videos. My experiment with a vanilla gnash install and the mozilla plugin worked really badly at the youtube sight, so I'm putting of adding it to the normal PPC installation for now.
		+
		+	''Automatix''<br>
		+	The Automatix folks dropped support for the PPC version when Ubuntu relegated the PPC releases to the ports pile. COnsequently there is no PPC Automatix. Another extra package path, in addition to Add/Remove, must needs be devised, and the Mac new user FAQ updated accordingly. I have already removed the Automatix reference in that document.

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 ==24Jul07==
 ''Pismo video''<br>
-Pismo (early G3 Powerbook) has video problems with xorg.  There is an ''xorg.conf'' fix described at [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301].
+Pismo (early G3 Powerbook) has video problems with xorg.  There is an ''xorg.conf'' fix described at [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301].  It says,
 ==25Jul07==

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	* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271]		* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271]
	The basic suggestions are 1) use '''fbdev''' as the driver instead of '''ati''', producing a slightly less robust video display, or 2) add '''Option "NoInt10" "true"''' to the Device section, or 3) copy the xorg.conf file from the LiveCD.		The basic suggestions are 1) use '''fbdev''' as the driver instead of '''ati''', producing a slightly less robust video display, or 2) add '''Option "NoInt10" "true"''' to the Device section, or 3) copy the xorg.conf file from the LiveCD.
		+	note: The "Option" "NoInt10" "true" solution works. tr 30jul07

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	* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/93509 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/93509]		* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/93509 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/93509]
	* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271]		* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/93271]
		+	The basic suggestions are 1) use '''fbdev''' as the driver instead of '''ati''', producing a slightly less robust video display, or 2) add '''Option "NoInt10" "true"''' to the Device section, or 3) copy the xorg.conf file from the LiveCD.
		+
		+
		+	''One button mouse''<br>
		+	Apple has always used a one button mouse. Ubuntu/Gnome 'expects' a three button mouse. Ubuntu PPC has defined the F11 and F12 keyboard keys as the 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons. The correspondence, Mac mouse/keyboard to 3 button mouse, is
		+	* mouse button = left-click
		+	* F11 = middle-click
		+	* F12 = right-click
		+	On the other hand, a real three button mouse works just fine.
		+
		+	This correspondence is actually specified in ''/etc/sysctl.conf'' with the lines:
		+	* # Emulate the middle mouse button with F11 and the right with F12.
		+	* dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation=1
		+	* dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode=87
		+	* dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode=88
		+	where 87 and 88 are the key codes for the F11 and F12 keys. This article [http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html] (and others) reports that using only the '''mouse_button_emulation''' line assigns Fn+Alt=right-click and Fn+Apple=middle-click.

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 and talked about driving a truck up to swap PCs for old Macs.  FG does not have the facilities to
 store old Mac computers for that long.  I mentioned Nextstep Recycling in Eugene to them, as did Richard, as a possible alternative   The woman's name is Marie deBello; the guy's name is Noah <something>.  She
-left me a card but I gave it to Liane.  She left another card with someone else
+left me a card but I gave it to Liane.  She left another card with someone else.

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 ==25Jul07==
-''Dual Cpu MDD"<br>
+''Dual Cpu MDD''<br>
 Been workin' on a dual cpu mirror drive door G4 tower.  This one has several idiosyncrasies.  The video
 card is a Radeon 9000, and has only ADC and DVI connectors.  Installation with a 17" Apple Studio

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	''Pismo video''<br>		''Pismo video''<br>
	Pismo (early G3 Powerbook) has video problems with xorg. There is an ''xorg.conf'' fix described at [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301].		Pismo (early G3 Powerbook) has video problems with xorg. There is an ''xorg.conf'' fix described at [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=418301].
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		+	==25Jul07==
		+	''Dual Cpu MDD"<br>
		+	Been workin' on a dual cpu mirror drive door G4 tower. This one has several idiosyncrasies. The video
		+	card is a Radeon 9000, and has only ADC and DVI connectors. Installation with a 17" Apple Studio
		+	Display ADC CRT works, but the ''xorg.conf'' produced is minimal, having only one screen resolution:
		+	1280x1024. I haven't tried a DVI monitor on the other connector, but a VGA monitor on that connector
		+	using a DVI-ADC adapter does not work. ''dpkg-reconfigure'' seems to work alright, but at login time
		+	the Xserver crashes trying to setup the '''int10'' module. Google turned up several similar
		+	complaints, most of which are associated with dual display setups. The sound interface was not onfigured
		+	during installation so I added '''snd-powermac''' to ''/etc/modules''. The removeable media drive is
		+	a DVD-RW. It won't recognize a CD or DVD when one is inserted, kicks it back out, and then opens
		+	again automatically when closed. I've seen this behavior before, and I think it got solved. I'll
		+	have to see if I made a journal entry about it.
		+
		+	''Computers 4 Kids''<br>
		+	A man and woman from LA visited this afternoon interested in acquiring old (beige colored) Macs and
		+	looking for a place to recycle PCs. They come up to Coos Bay/North Bend abot three times a year,
		+	and talked about driving a truck up to swap PCs for old Macs. FG does not have the facilities to
		+	store old Mac computers for that long. I mentioned Nextstep Recycling in Eugene to them, as did Richard, as a possible alternative The woman's name is Marie deBello; the guy's name is Noah <something>. She
		+	left me a card but I gave it to Liane. She left another card with someone else