El lun, 09-03-2020 a las 10:58 -0400, Kenneth Parker escribió: > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 8:46 AM Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> > wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 05:11:29PM +1030, dvalin@internode.on.net > > wrote: > > > $ more /etc/issue > > > Debian GNU/Linux 7 n l > > > > Yikes. > > > > > apt-get install of that fails with: > > > Err http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main stunnel4 i386 > > > 3:4.53-1.1 > > > 404 Not Found [IP: 150.203.164.37 80] > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWheezy#FAQ > > This brings up an unusual requirement: I am now the proud owner of > an iMac G4 Desklamp, with a bad Hard Drive but, otherwise in good > condition. I just checked Debian PPC support, namely ppc64el which, > specifically excludes old PPC Macs. > > So how far back, in the Debian Archives do I need to go, before I > find something that supports a G4? > > Thank you and best regards, > > Kenneth Parker Good afternoon Parker, Recently, I have got a iMac G5 working with Debian. I say you that PowerPC(PowerPC 32 bits Big Endian) and PPC64 (PowerPC 64 bits Big Endian) are available as unofficial ports and with low maintenance status. As I am using the PowerPC64 port I cannot ensure that this will work for your case but I am going to try it. First, you need to download the last image for the PowerPC port at https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/powerpc/iso-cd/ The big issue with the image is that the latest keys for the ports repository are not available in the image. So that, you must finish the installation "as default" without configure the mirror and then download and install the package with the signatures at https://packages.debian.org/debian-ports-archive-keyring for sid/unstable. Since the default installation doesn't include wget or curl I had to use a pendrive to port the package and install it. Then, the repositories to be set should be: - deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main - deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib non-free You can also use the CDN links with the same directories (debian-ports and debian) being the first for packages built for your arch and the second one for contrib and non-free packages available as common distribution for every arch. This is made because only main is available for this arch as far I have checked in https://www.ports.debian.org/. I am going to guess that you know how to use the tasksel after this steps and updating the package list and upgrading to the latest versions. I don't know the specifications of your hardware but I am going to guess that includes a ATI card. In /etc/yaboot.conf after every label= (below directly could be preferable but I am not really sure how yaboot parse the config) you have to or should add append="radon.agpmode=-1" to prevent the system freeze at boot time as I have read a lot for different models and also in some installation guides. A last thing: as far I have read and checked personally in some installations guides and other GNU+Linux distributions manuals, that there is an issue with hardware acceleration through OpenGL making pictures and colors, in general, being seen in blue and red in a weird way. This could happen in common tasks like web browsing and in general playing games. -- Regards, Echedey, López Romero
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