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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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Log: |
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PPC FAQ Update. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.46 +210 -89 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml?rev=1.46&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml?rev=1.46&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml.diff?r1=1.45&r2=1.46&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.45 |
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retrieving revision 1.46 |
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diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46 |
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--- gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 4 Jan 2006 22:51:33 -0000 1.45 |
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+++ gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 18 Feb 2006 18:08:45 -0000 1.46 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.45 2006/01/04 22:51:33 josejx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.46 2006/02/18 18:08:45 josejx Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml"> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux/PowerPC Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.24</version> |
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-<date>2006-01-04</date> |
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+<version>1.25</version> |
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+<date>2006-02-18</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Questions</title> |
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@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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+ <uri link="#powerpc"> |
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+ What kind of PPC computer do I have and where can I find more information |
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+ about it? |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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<uri link="#osxverify">How can I verify with OSX that the downloaded ISO |
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is not corrupted?</uri> |
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</li> |
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@@ -123,9 +129,7 @@ |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="#modem"> |
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- Will the internal modem in an work? |
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- </uri> |
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+ <uri link="#modem">Will the internal modem work?</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<uri link="#sleep">Does sleep work on my iBook/PowerBook?</uri> |
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@@ -168,11 +172,17 @@ |
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<uri link="#java">Does Gentoo/PPC have a Java plugin?</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="#xconf">Is there an easy way to configure X?</uri> |
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+ <uri link="#xorg"> |
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+ Is there an easy way to configure X? |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="#drm">How do I configure DRM and OpenGL acceleration?</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="#drm"> |
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- How can I enable Direct Rendering (DRM) on rage128 or radeon cards? |
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+ <uri link="#glfreeze"> |
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+ When using OpenGL DRI or playing movies, the system sometimes locks up |
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+ unexpectedly. What can I do? |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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@@ -185,16 +195,10 @@ |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="#glfreeze"> |
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- When using OpenGL DRI or playing movies, the system sometimes locks up |
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- unexpectedly. What can I do? |
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- </uri> |
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- </li> |
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- <li> |
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<uri link="#audiocd">How do I play Audio CDs?</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <uri link="#mol">Can I run Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X under Gentoo Linux?</uri> |
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+ <uri link="#mol">Can I run Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X while running Linux?</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<uri link="#ext">Can I access my ext2/ext3 partitions from OSX?</uri> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Installation</title> |
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+<section id="powerpc"> |
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+<title> |
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+What kind of PowerPC computer do I have and where can I find more information |
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+about it? |
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+</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Welcome to Gentoo PPC! The PowerPC processor has been used in a number of |
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+popular computing devices, here are some links to help you figure out what |
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+type of hardware is in the machine on your desk. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<ul> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html"> |
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+ Apple Product Pages |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://lowendmac.com/profiles.htm"> |
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+ Apple Product History and Details |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://www.pegasosppc.com/products.php"> |
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+ Genesi Model Information |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.pseries.doc/hardware_docs/selectbysystem.htm"> |
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+ IBM Documentation by Model |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://kurobox.com/">KuroBox</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://penguinppc.org/"> |
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+ PenguinPPC - Linux on PowerPC Information |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+</ul> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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<section id="osxverify"> |
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<title>How can I verify with OSX that the downloaded ISO is not corrupted?</title> |
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<body> |
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Yes you can! In fact, <e>yabootconfig</e> will automatically detect and setup |
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<path>/etc/yaboot.conf</path> with Linux, Mac OS X and even classic Mac OS (see |
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the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=1&chap=10">Gentoo |
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-Handbook </uri> for details on yabootconfig). The trick is in how you partition |
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+Handbook</uri> for details on yabootconfig). The trick is in how you partition |
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your hard drive. Before installing Gentoo, startup with the Mac OS X Install |
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CD. Use the <c>Disk Utility</c> to partition the drive in your machine into two |
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or three partitions. Alternatively, use <c>parted</c> from a recent Gentoo |
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<section id="fstabboot"> |
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<title> |
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My /etc/fstab file has /dev/BOOT in it. Do I need to setup this line for my |
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-bootstrap partition? |
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+Apple bootstrap partition? |
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</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-No. If you are not running a separate boot partition (<path>/boot</path>) then |
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+No. If you are not using a separate boot partition (<path>/boot</path>) then |
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you do not need this line and can safely just delete it from |
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-<path>/etc/fstab</path>. The bootstrap partition is <e>not</e> |
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-<path>/boot</path> and is not related in anyway. In general, PowerPC machines |
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-do not need a separate <path>/boot</path> partition, and the bootstrap |
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-partition should not be mounted. |
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+<path>/etc/fstab</path>. The Apple bootstrap partition is <e>not</e> |
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+<path>/boot</path> and is not related in any way. In general, Apple PowerPC |
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+machines do not need a separate <path>/boot</path> partition, and the bootstrap |
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+partition should not be mounted or referred to in your fstab. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<e>pbbuttonsd</e> is a tool that enables the brightness and volume keys on |
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- most ppc laptops. The current versions also work as a powermanager. |
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+ most ppc laptops as well as other apple laptop specific functionality. The |
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+ current versions also work as a power manager and replace <e>pmud</e>. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <e>gtkpbbuttons</e> gives you a gtk front end for pbbuttonsd (visual |
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+ <e>gtkpbbuttons</e> provides a gtk frontend for pbbuttonsd (visual |
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feedback on button presses in X). <e>gtkpbbuttons</e> requires gtk and |
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- should be added to your X session file (<path>~/.Xsession</path>) for best |
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- results (so that it is always running while in X). |
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+ should be started when X is started. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <e>powerprefs</e> ties together with pbbuttonsd, and gives you the ability |
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- to edit settings such as power-management, trackpad options and various |
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- other preferences. |
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+ <e>powerprefs</e> provides a graphical configuration editing tool for |
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+ configuring pbbuttonsd including settings such as power-management, trackpad |
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+ options and various other preferences. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<e>powernowd</e> allows cpu speed scaling for longer battery life. Other |
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packages also provide the same functionality, such as <e>cpudyn</e>, |
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- <e>cpufreqd</e> and <e>speedfreq</e>. |
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+ <e>cpufreqd</e> and <e>speedfreq</e>. It doesn't really matter which you |
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+ chose, just ensure that you have the <e>userspace</e> cpu frequency |
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+ scaling governor enabled in your kernel. |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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-You should edit <path>/etc/pbbuttonsd.conf</path> to better suit your needs. |
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-The behaviour of the Fx-keys can be controlled here as well as many sleep |
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-options. To switch the Fx-keys to the OSX behaviour, set KBDMode to fkeyslast. |
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-You can turn off touchpad tapping by setting TPMode to notap. Many other |
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-options are available, see man pbbuttonsd.conf for details. |
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+You should edit <path>/etc/pbbuttonsd.conf</path> or use <e>powerprefs</e> to |
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+better suit your needs. The behaviour of the Fx-keys can be controlled here as |
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+well as many sleep options. To switch the Fx-keys to the OSX behaviour, set |
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+KBDMode to fkeyslast. You can turn off touchpad tapping by setting TPMode to |
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+notap. Many other options are available, see man pbbuttonsd.conf for details. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-It is useful to add pbbuttonsd and powernowd to your boot runlevel so that they're |
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-started when your computer starts. To do this: |
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+It is useful to add pbbuttonsd and powernowd to your boot runlevel so that |
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+they're started when your computer starts. To do this: |
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</p> |
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|
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<pre caption="Adding pbbuttonsd and cpudyn to the boot runlevel"> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The Airport card is based on the Lucent Orinoco chipset. To use this card in |
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-Linux, enable these kernel options: |
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+The Airport card is an 802.11b device based on the Lucent Orinoco chipset. To |
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+use this card in Linux, enable these kernel options: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Wireless LAN"> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-For more details on iwconfig, refer to its man page. |
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+For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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+<uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=4&chap=4">Gentoo Wireless Guide</uri>. |
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</p> |
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|
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-With the release of the native <uri link="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de">bcm43xx |
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-driver</uri>, using the Airport Extreme in Linux is now possible! Until the |
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-driver is added to the kernel, please see this |
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+The Airport Extreme is an 802.11b/g card that is included with modern Apple |
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+portable computers. It is based on the Broadcom 43xx chipset which is supported |
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+by the native <uri link="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de">bcm43xx driver</uri> |
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+project. Until this driver is added to the kernel, you can use the ebuild in |
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+portage. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Emerge the bcm43xx driver"> |
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+# <i>emerge bcm43xx</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+For additional information, please see this |
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<uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194.html">forum post</uri> |
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for details. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-You can also use MOL and OSX to give Linux access to your Airport Extreme card, |
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-please see this <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html"> |
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-forum post</uri> for details. |
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+For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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+<uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=4&chap=4">Gentoo Wireless Guide</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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your kernel. |
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</note> |
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+<impo> |
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+If you compile in ALSA support, you need to also compile in i2c Keywest support. |
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+Failure to do this will result in kernel panics on boot! |
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+</impo> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section id="alsa"> |
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been tested on PPC or it has been tested, but hasn't yet been marked stable. |
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</p> |
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+<pre caption="The Package Hasn't Been Tested on PPC"> |
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+!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "bar" have been masked. |
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+!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: |
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+- app-foo/bar-1.0 (masked by: missing keyword) |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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If your package hasn't yet been tested on PPC, you'll need to first mark the |
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ebuild with the ppc keyword. This is done using the ekeyword tool which is part |
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-of the gentoolkit-dev package. To mark the ebuild ppc: |
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+of the gentoolkit-dev package. To mark the ebuild ppc and re-digest it to |
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+reflect the changes: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Adding the ppc keyword to app-foo/bar"> |
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-$ <i>ekeyword ppc /usr/portage/app-foo/bar/bar-1.0.ebuild</i> |
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+# <i>ekeyword ppc /usr/portage/app-foo/bar/bar-1.0.ebuild</i> |
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+# <i>ebuild /usr/portage/app-foo/bar/bar-1.0.ebuild digest</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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@@ -810,13 +885,20 @@ |
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<note> |
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This change will only last until the next sync. If you need a more permanent |
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fix, you can maintain a portage overlay. See the portage documentation for more |
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-information. |
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+information on maintaining an overlay. |
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</note> |
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|
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+<pre caption="The Package Hasn't Been Marked Stable on PPC"> |
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+!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "bar" have been masked. |
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+!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: |
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+- app-foo/bar-1.0 (masked by: ~ppc keyword) |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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If your package already has the ~ppc keyword, you have two options. Either |
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follow the above instructions and replace the ~ppc keyword with ppc, or you can |
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-use /etc/portage to unmask the specific package. |
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+use /etc/portage to unmask the specific package. The second option is |
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+preferred simply because it won't be undone by an emerge sync. |
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</p> |
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|
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<pre caption="Using /etc/portage to unmask app-foo/bar"> |
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@@ -828,8 +910,8 @@ |
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</note> |
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|
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<p> |
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-Now emerge the package as normal. Once you're sure the app is stable, <b>please |
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-</b> report this as a bug so the developers can add the keyword. |
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+Now emerge the package as normal. Once you're sure the app is stable, i |
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+<b>please</b> report this as a bug so the developers can add the keyword. |
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</p> |
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|
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</body> |
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@@ -840,14 +922,26 @@ |
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|
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<p> |
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Well, not really. Macromedia has not supplied a linux/ppc binary and open |
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-source implementations are incomplete and buggy at this time. Two projects that |
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-are working on this problem are <uri |
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-link="http://gplflash.sf.net">gplflash2</uri> and <uri |
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-link="http://swfdec.sf.net">swfdec</uri>, so check with these projects for more |
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-information. A possible workaround for now is to use qemu (an x86 emulator) to |
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-run the Macromedia Flash Player 6 stand alone player. This process was |
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-described on the forums: |
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-<uri>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117774</uri> |
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+source implementations are incomplete and buggy at this time. Three projects |
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+that are working on this problem are: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<ul> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://gplflash.sf.net">gplflash2</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ <uri link="http://swfdec.sf.net">swfdec</uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+</ul> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Another possible workaround for now is to use qemu (an x86 emulator) to run the |
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+Macromedia Flash Player 6 stand alone player. This process was described in the |
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+forums: <uri>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117774</uri> |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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@@ -857,12 +951,13 @@ |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Yes, a Java plugin is now available with IBM's Java 1.5 beta. |
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+Yes, a Java plugin is now available with IBM's Java 1.5. Note that not all |
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+Java applications work with Java 1.5 yet. |
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</p> |
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|
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</body> |
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</section> |
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-<section id="xconf"> |
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+<section id="xorg"> |
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<title>Is there an easy way to configure X?</title> |
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<body> |
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@@ -877,30 +972,46 @@ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section id="drm"> |
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-<title> |
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-How can I enable Direct Rendering (DRM) on rage128 or radeon cards? |
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-</title> |
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+<title>What kernel options are required for DRM?</title> |
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<body> |
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|
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<p> |
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Make sure in your kernel config you have the following options set: |
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</p> |
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|
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-<pre caption="DRM kernel configuration"> |
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+<pre caption="Rage128 DRM kernel configuration"> |
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Device Drivers - Character devices ---> |
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<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) |
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[*] Apple UniNorth support |
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[*] Direct Rendering Manager (DRI support) |
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<*> ATI Rage 128 |
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- <*> ATI Radeon |
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Device Drivers - Graphics Support ---> |
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<*> ATI Rage 128 display support |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Radeon DRM kernel configuration"> |
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+Device Drivers - Character devices ---> |
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+ <*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) |
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+ [*] Apple UniNorth support |
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+ [*] Direct Rendering Manager (DRI support) |
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+ <*> ATI Radeon |
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+Device Drivers - Graphics Support ---> |
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<*> ATI Radeon display support |
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</pre> |
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|
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+<pre caption="nVidia kernel configuration"> |
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+Device Drivers - Graphics Support ---> |
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+ <*> nVidia Framebuffer Support |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<note> |
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+There is currently no support for DRM on nVidia cards since nVidia has not |
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+released any drivers for PPC and there are no open drivers for 3D acceleration. |
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+</note> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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Rebuild and install the kernel if necessary. After this, make sure you |
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-have booted to the native framebuffer (i.e. radeonfb or atyfb and |
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+have booted to the native framebuffer (i.e. radeonfb or atyfb128 and |
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<e>not</e> from offb or ofonly video), and run <c>Xorgautoconfig</c>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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-<section id="keymap"> |
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-<title> |
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-I recently emerged Xorg, but when using it, my international keyboard layout |
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-does not work correctly. The main keys work fine but I am unable to compose |
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-special characters like the "at" sign. The startx output says something like |
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-"could not load keymap, falling back to default keymap". What is wrong? |
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-</title> |
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-<body> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-Check that the permissions on <path>/var/tmp</path> are set to |
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-<path>drwxrwxrwx</path>. If not, change them by typing <c>chmod a+rwx |
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-/var/tmp</c>. This will allow Xorg to load keymaps properly again. |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-</body> |
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-</section> |
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<section id="glfreeze"> |
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<title> |
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When using OpenGL DRI or playing movies, the system sometimes freezes hard |
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@@ -957,8 +1051,30 @@ |
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</pre> |
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|
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<p> |
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-Also, there are some known issues with the composite extensions included with the |
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-newer X.org releases. Please disable this extension if you're having problems. |
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+Also, there are some known issues with the composite extension, please disable |
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+this extension if you're having problems. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Finally, if you are still having trouble, please try disabling dri in your |
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+xorg.conf and see if the problems go away. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section id="keymap"> |
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+<title> |
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+I recently emerged Xorg, but when using it, my international keyboard layout |
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+does not work correctly. The main keys work fine but I am unable to compose |
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+special characters like the "at" sign. The startx output says something like |
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+"could not load keymap, falling back to default keymap". What is wrong? |
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+</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Check that the permissions on <path>/var/tmp</path> are set to |
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+<path>drwxrwxrwx</path>. If not, change them by typing <c>chmod a+rwx |
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+/var/tmp</c>. This will allow Xorg to load keymaps properly again. |
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</p> |
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|
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</body> |
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link="http://www.maconlinux.org/">Mac-on-Linux</uri> which allows you to run an |
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instance of OS 9, OS X or Linux as a process on Linux. Simply <c>emerge mol</c> |
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to install this package. MOL supports Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, as well as any |
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-version OS X. It can be run from a console framebuffer or run in a window on X. |
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+version of OS X. It can be run from a console framebuffer or run in a window on |
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+X. |
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</p> |
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|
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<note> |
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+Currently, there is no support for running MOL on 64 bit PowerPC Processors. |
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+</note> |
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+ |
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+<note> |
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To run MOL fullscreen, you'll need to compile MOL with the fbcon use flag |
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enabled and run it in a console framebuffer. |
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</note> |
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