Subject: Re: Powerbook G3 installation
From: Krisnadi Poedjosoedarmo (kpoedjos@chori.org)
Date: Fri Jul 13 2001 - 17:21:07 MDT
It sounds as if I have the same Powerbook as you do.
Mine is a WallStreet 233Mhz.
The only difference is that I am using YDL Champion Server 1.2 and
not 2.0. So maybe I should try 2.0 first.
If I were to rebuild the kernel, how do I go about learning how to do that?
thanks for the reply.
--kris
>>I'm new to this mailing list, so maybe this question has been
>>answered before. I've succesfully installed YDL onto a PowerPC
>>7200/120 (works great too...) but am now having difficulty with my
>>powerbook.
>>
>>I've tried installing YDL about 4 times now, every time
>>encountering a new problem. Currently it is not recognizing the
>>keyboard. Why is that...?
>>There were 3 choices, mac extended, standard and dvorak. I picked
>>standard...isn't this the right one?
>>
>>Any help rendered is much appreciated.
>>--
>>KRISNADI POEDJOSOEDARMO
>>Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
>>Tel: (510) 428-3885 ext. 2643
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>Which G3 Powerbook do you have? Does it have USB ports? Have you
>tried to build a custom kernel?
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>I have YDL 2.0 running on a "Wall Street" (Old World ROM) Powerbook,
>with no problems.
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>I used the mac standard (HFS, not HFS+) disk partition format, which
>worked fine.
>
>My G3 Powerbook has no USB ports, but the default YDL 2.0 kernel
>configuration uses a USB driver to talk to the ADB port devices (
>keyboard and mouse) anyway. Apparently there is some built in, low
>level translation that allows the USB driver to work.
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>I have also installed YDL 2.0 on a PowerMac 8500 with a Newertech G3
>upgrade card. I tried rebuilding the kernel on this machine a time
>or two, which eventually got me better performance, but in the
>process I once tried selecting the old ADB port driver (in make
>xconfig) instead of the USB driver. In that instance, the 8500 did
>not recognize the keyboard. I've had no keyboard problems as long
>as I've stuck with the USB driver.
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>--
>__________________________________
>Robert R. Kerr
>Senior Research Engineer
>Georgia Tech Research Institute
>Ph. 770-528-7549 FAX 770-528-7083
-- KRISNADI POEDJOSOEDARMO Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Tel: (510) 428-3885 ext. 2643
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