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Modified: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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1.68 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml?rev=1.68&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml?rev=1.68&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml?r1=1.67&r2=1.68 |
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Index: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.67 |
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retrieving revision 1.68 |
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diff -u -r1.67 -r1.68 |
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--- gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 31 Jan 2008 14:33:57 -0000 1.67 |
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+++ gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 23 May 2008 20:30:57 -0000 1.68 |
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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 1.67 2008/01/31 14:33:57 jkt Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.68 2008/05/23 20:30:57 swift 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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<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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+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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</uri> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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- |
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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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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 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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+<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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<p> |
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It's probably just a misconfigured yaboot.conf. The easiest way to fix this is |
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to boot the InstallCD again, mount your gentoo partition and check yaboot.conf |
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-for errors. You'll also need to run |
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-<c>ybin -v -C /mnt/gentoo/etc/yaboot.conf</c> to update the boot loader once |
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-you have finished. This can all be done without chrooting back into your |
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+for errors. You'll also need to run |
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+<c>ybin -v -C /mnt/gentoo/etc/yaboot.conf</c> to update the boot loader once |
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+you have finished. This can all be done without chrooting back into your |
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install. |
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</p> |
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</section> |
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<section id="applebrokeit"> |
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<title> |
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-I installed an OSX update and now my computer only boots into OSX! How can I |
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+I installed an OSX update and now my computer only boots into OSX! How can I |
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fix it? |
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</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Unfortunately, there was a bug in some versions of the baselayout scripts. To |
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-get the system booting, the hardware clock will need to be set. To set the |
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-clock boot into Open Firmware (using the key combination of Apple + O + F). |
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+get the system booting, the hardware clock will need to be set. To set the |
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+clock boot into Open Firmware (using the key combination of Apple + O + F). |
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Once you are at the Open Firmware prompt, you can set the clock using the |
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command below: |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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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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+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 |
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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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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-You will also need to set the keyboard to mouse button mapping values in |
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+You will also need to set the keyboard to mouse button mapping values in |
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<path>/etc/sysctl.conf</path>. Here is an example using F11 and F12: |
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</p> |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Applying the sysctl changes"> |
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-# <i>sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf</i> |
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+# <i>sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf</i> |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The Airport card is an 802.11b device based on the Lucent Orinoco chipset. To |
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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> |
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<p> |
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-For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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+For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=4&chap=4">Gentoo Wireless |
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Guide</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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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 b43 driver project. It has been included in the 2.6.24 kernel. |
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+by the native b43 driver project. It has been included in the 2.6.24 kernel. |
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Note that the driver should select the proper driver between b43 and b43-legacy. |
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The firmware used for these two drivers is different, with the legacy version |
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supporting older 4306 cards. If you have a 4306 card, build both, otherwise, |
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Networking --> Wireless --> |
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<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) |
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-Device Drivers --> Network device support --> |
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+Device Drivers --> Network device support --> |
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[*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) |
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<M> Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack) |
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[*] Broadcom 43xx debugging |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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+For a generic guide to setting up wireless with Gentoo, please see the |
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=4&chap=4">Gentoo Wireless |
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Guide</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Newer Macs use a USB device which only has a driver from Linuxant. Unless you |
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-have purchased a key from Linuxant, this driver will only work at 14.4 and will |
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+Newer Macs use a USB device which only has a driver from Linuxant. Unless you |
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+have purchased a key from Linuxant, this driver will only work at 14.4 and will |
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not support FAX. To install the driver, emerge <c>net-dialin/hcfusbmodem</c> |
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-which will provide <path>/dev/ttySHCF0</path>. Then set up ppp like usual. |
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+which will provide <path>/dev/ttySHCF0</path>. Then set up ppp like usual. |
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Further information about the installation can be found at |
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<uri>http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/install.html</uri> |
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</p> |
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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 |
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+If you compile in ALSA support, you need to also compile in i2c |
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Keywest/PowerMac support. Failure to do this will result in kernel panics on |
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boot! |
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</impo> |
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<p> |
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Depending on the age of the machine, the correct sound driver should also be |
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-enabled. On more modern machines such as Aluminum PowerBooks, new iBooks or |
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+enabled. On more modern machines such as Aluminum PowerBooks, new iBooks or |
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G5's the <c>Apple On-board Audio</c> driver should be used. For older machines, |
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try the ALSA PowerMac driver instead. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="ALSA Drivers - Choose only one"> |
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<comment>Older Machines</comment> |
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ALSA PowerMac devices ---> |
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- <*> PowerMac (AWACS, DACA, Burgundy, Tumbler, Keywest) |
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+ <*> PowerMac (AWACS, DACA, Burgundy, Tumbler, Keywest) |
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<comment>Newer Machines</comment> |
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Apple Onboard Audio driver ---> |
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<*> Apple Onboard Audio driver |
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<p> |
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You can also configure these as modules and ensure they're loaded on boot, but |
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-it's easier to simply compile it all in. |
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+it's easier to simply compile it all in. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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<note> |
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If you are using the alsa-driver package instead of building it into your |
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kernel, the ALSA_CARDS variable should be set to <c>powermac</c> for older |
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-Macs or all of <c>aoa</c>, <c>aoa-fabric-layout</c>, <c>aoa-soundbus</c>, |
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+Macs or all of <c>aoa</c>, <c>aoa-fabric-layout</c>, <c>aoa-soundbus</c>, |
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<c>aoa-soundbus-i2c</c>, <c>aoa-onyx</c>, <c>aoa-tas</c> and <c>aoa-toonie</c> |
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for newer Macs. |
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</note> |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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-If you are still using OSS sound, please test the ALSA drivers instead and |
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+If you are still using OSS sound, please test the ALSA drivers instead and |
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report any regressions to the ALSA bugzila. Thanks! |
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</note> |
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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 at this time. However, there are two |
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-projects that can play many flash objects, |
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-<uri link="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</uri> and |
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+projects that can play many flash objects, |
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+<uri link="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</uri> and |
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<uri link="http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/">swfdec</uri>. |
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Both are capable of playing back Youtube movies and lots of other popular |
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content. |
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<p> |
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Simply emerge <c>xac</c>. Once the package has been emerged, run <c>xac</c> to |
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generate the config for your setup. If you would like to set a keyboard layout, |
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-you can use the --kbd-layout option. Note that although <c>xac</c> does set up |
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+you can use the --kbd-layout option. Note that although <c>xac</c> does set up |
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DRM for most users, you may need to change your kernel configuration and emerge |
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additional drivers to support the suggested configuration. Be sure that you've |
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<p> |
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When emerging xorg-server, make sure the dri use flag is enabled. You should |
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-also set the VIDEO_CARDS variable in make.conf with your video card, |
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+also set the VIDEO_CARDS variable in make.conf with your video card, |
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VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" for radeon support, VIDEO_CARDS="nv" for nvidia support |
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and so on. For a backup option, add fbdev to the list of VIDEO_CARDS, this |
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driver should always work. |
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</pre> |
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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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+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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<p> |
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Due to a mistake in creating the default options for GRP, the drivers for r128 |
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-and radeon were left turned off in the 2007.0 release. Please add the |
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-appropriate VIDEO_CARDS line to <path>/etc/make.conf</path> and recompile |
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+and radeon were left turned off in the 2007.0 release. Please add the |
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+appropriate VIDEO_CARDS line to <path>/etc/make.conf</path> and recompile |
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<c>xorg-server</c> and <c>mesa</c> to rebuild the driver. Sorry about the |
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-trouble! |
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+trouble! |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Also, there are some known issues with the composite extension, please disable |
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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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sound hardware. Therefore, audio information must be read as data and then |
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piped to the sound hardware. This is possible using <e>Audacious</e>, which |
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reads the audio off the CD over the ATA cable, decodes it in software and sends |
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-it to the sound card over the PCI bus as digital data. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Emerge audacious"> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Yes, as long as you are running Gentoo Linux on 32 bit PPC hardware, you can |
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+Yes, as long as you are running Gentoo Linux on 32 bit PPC hardware, you can |
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use <uri link="http://www.maconlinux.org/">Mac-on-Linux</uri> which allows you |
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-to run an instance of OS 9, OS X or Linux as a process on Linux. Simply |
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+to run an instance of OS 9, OS X or Linux as a process on Linux. Simply |
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<c>emerge mol</c> to install this package. MOL supports Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, |
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as well as any version of OS X. It can be run from a console framebuffer or run |
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in a window on X. |
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