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josejx 06/06/12 19:12:06 |
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Modified: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml |
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Log: |
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Added XFS read-error question and updated snd-aoa and bcm43xx FAQ questions. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.51 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=1.51&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=1.51&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=1.50&r2=1.51&cvsroot=gentoo |
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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 1.50 |
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retrieving revision 1.51 |
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diff -u -r1.50 -r1.51 |
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--- gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 1 May 2006 03:13:47 -0000 1.50 |
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+++ gentoo-ppc-faq.xml 12 Jun 2006 19:12:05 -0000 1.51 |
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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 1.50 2006/05/01 03:13:47 josejx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.51 2006/06/12 19:12:05 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>1.27</version> |
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-<date>2006-04-30</date> |
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+<version>1.28</version> |
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+<date>2006-06-12</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Questions</title> |
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</uri> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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+ <uri link="#xfs"> |
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+ When I try to boot, yaboot only says "read error"! Why can't I boot? |
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+ </uri> |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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<uri link="#applebrokeit"> |
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I installed an OSX update and now my computer only boots into OSX! How |
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can I fix it? |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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+<section id="xfs"> |
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+<title> |
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+When I try to boot, yaboot only says "read error"! Why can't I boot? |
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+</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+You're probably using XFS for your root partition. While this is an option, |
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+yaboot has some issues accessing files with holes. To ensure that your kernel |
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+will boot, instead of copying the vmlinux file to /boot, simply <c>cat</c> |
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+the kernel as shown below. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Fixing yaboot read errors on XFS with cat"> |
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+# <i>cat /usr/src/linux/vmlinux > /boot/vmlinux</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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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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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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+project. It has been included in the 2.6.17_rc2 kernel. To enable it select |
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+the options below (you must enable SoftMAC first!): |
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</p> |
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-<pre caption="Emerge the bcm43xx driver"> |
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-# <i>emerge bcm43xx</i> |
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+<pre caption="Adding bcm43xx support to the kernel"> |
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+Networking --> |
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+ <M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack |
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+ [*] Enable full debugging output |
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+ <M> IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x) |
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+ <M> IEEE 802.11i CCMP support |
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+ <M> IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption |
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+ <M> Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack |
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+ [*] Enable full debugging output |
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+ |
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+Device Drivers --> Network device support --> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions |
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+ <M> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support |
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+ [*] Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED) |
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</pre> |
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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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+After compiling your kernel, you'll need to emerge <c>bcm43xx-fwcutter</c> to |
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+install the firmware. 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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</p> |
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<p> |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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-The sound card on Macs is connected through the i2c Keywest bus, not the PCI |
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-bus. You will not see the card listed when viewing the PCI bus. This is less |
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-of a problem then you might imagine, because all Macs use the same driver |
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-for sound, but you will need to insure that you have i2c Keywest support in |
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-your kernel. |
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+The sound card on Macs is connected through the i2c Keywest/PowerMac bus, not |
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+the PCI bus. You will not see the card listed when viewing the PCI bus or when |
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+using alsaconf. This is less of a problem then you might imagine, because all |
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+Macs use the same driver for sound, but you will need to insure that you have |
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+i2c Keywest/PowerMac support in 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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+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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</body> |
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(or configure as modules and ensure they're loaded on boot). If you have a |
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late model Powerbook, you should look into snd-aoa instead. If you're using |
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snd-aoa, be sure to disable the |
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-PowerMac (AWACS, DACA, Burgundy, Tumbler, Keywest) driver above. snd-aoa is |
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-available in this git repository: |
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-<uri>http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/snd-aoa.git</uri> |
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+PowerMac (AWACS, DACA, Burgundy, Tumbler, Keywest) driver above, but leave the |
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+rest of the options the same. Once you've built your kernel, emerge snd-aoa. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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<c>i2c-core</c> in the kernel or as a module. |
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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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+report any regressions to the ALSA bugzila. Thanks! |
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+</note> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section id="wakeon"> |
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