Subject: Re: Powerbook G3 installation
robert.kerr@gtri.gatech.edu
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 08:12:26 MDT
Go to www.linuxdoc.org and get the kernel How-to
Then read the README files in the /usr/src/linux directory of your installation
>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?
>>
>>I have YDL 2.0 running on a "Wall Street" (Old World ROM)
>>Powerbook, with no problems.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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
-- __________________________________ Robert R. Kerr Senior Research Engineer Georgia Tech Research Institute Ph. 770-528-7549 FAX 770-528-7083
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