Fedora Core 4 On mini mac

[Hill, Richard D]

(sorry if this is the wrong place to post this)

For days I have been trying to install Fedora core 4 (ppc) on my Mini Mac I have
repartitioned destroyed partitions etc and every time it errors with ignore or cancel
messages about partition blocks I can press ignore and go on but it generally bombs out
when it comes to the actual formatting of the new partitions I've defined and the copy
of files part , on one occasion it seemed to actually install but on reboot it failed to
load kernel image
There is nothing wrong with the hdd I have no issues at all installing tiger back on the
Mini Mac , but do what I will it actively refuses to have anything to do with Fedora.
Has anyone else experienced this problem ?

Richard

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:14:19 -0500
From: Steven Stern <subscribed-lists(a)sterndata.com&gt;
Subject: Re: Nautilus missing sidebar, address bar [solved]
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Message-ID: <42FC929B.8060103(a)sterndata.com&gt;
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Steven Stern wrote:
>  My Nautilus windows are missing the sidebar and address bar as well
> as 
>  the options to turn them on/off from the VIEW menu.  The help system says:
>  
>  You can show and hide file browser window components as follows:
>  
>  To hide the side pane, choose View-> Side Pane. To display the side pane 
>  again, choose View -> Side Pane again.
>  To hide the toolbar, choose View -> Toolbar. To display the toolbar 
>  again, choose View -> Toolbar again.
>  To hide the location bar, choose View -> Location Bar. To display the 
>  location bar again, choose View -> Location Bar again.
>  To hide the statusbar, choose View -> Statusbar. To display the 
>  statusbar again, choose View -> Statusbar again
>  
>  but there are no such items on the View menu.
>  
>  I don't know how they got removed. How do I get them back? 
Never mind....

EDIT -> PREFERENCES -> BEHAVIOR -> Always open in browser window was 
unchecked.  I checked it and the sidebar is back.

-- 

   Steve



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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:28:32 +0100
From: Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org&gt;
Subject: Re: Logins
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
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Ted Gervais wrote:
>  Before upgrading to FC4 I used to be able to turn on my computer and
> up would 
>  come FC3 with any need to login.  It would sit there at the 'desktop' waiting 
>  for me to do something.  But I never had to enter a username and password.
>  
>  However, I DO have to do that now with FC4?  Obviously there is a setting 
>  somewhere that can fix that but where is it?    
Having to log in is the default; before upgrading you must have 
configured autologin yourself.

See the AutomaticLoginEnable and AutomaticLogin keywords (documented at 
http://yippi.hypermall.com/gdm/gdm-documentation/x241.html) in 
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf to set it up again.

Paul.



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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:42:12 +0200
From: Tatxe <tatxe(a)tatxe.org&gt;
Subject: Re: Newbie. Java Path in Fedora not found
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
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El vie, 12-08-2005 a las 11:42 +0100, Clive at Rational escribió:


Try this:

instead of
/etc/profile.d/java.sh
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_08/bin

use this:
export PATH=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_08/bin:$PATH

And the system look first in the SUN java before than de gnu java :)

>  Hi,
>  
>     I am running Oxygen XML successfully under Fedora 4
>  kernel 2.6.12
>  
>    However, before I run the program I have to issue
>  the following command
>  
>  export PATH=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_08/bin:$PATH
>  
>    otherwise I get lots of error messages and OXygen
>  does not run.
>  
>     Now I have searched around and found the following
>  file and entry
>  
>  /etc/profile.d/java.sh
>  export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_08/bin
>  
>    However, this entry does not seem "sufficient" to
>  define a path to Java. What do I need to do to the
>  java.sh entry so I do not need to run the export
>  command every time I want to run Oxygen?
>  
>  Thanks 
>  
>  Clive
>

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:53:31 +0100, Hill, Richard D wrote:

>  (sorry if this is the wrong place to post this) 
Not the wrong place, but the wrong way : if you *have* to reply to a
digest (not that you had to this time), for Net's sake edit out the
irrelevant parts! And control your line length; it makes your post much
more readable -- as below. (It would also help to use punctuation.)
 
>  For days I have been trying to install Fedora core 4 (ppc) on my
> Mini
>  Mac I have repartitioned destroyed partitions etc and every time it
>  errors with ignore or cancel messages about partition blocks I can press
>  ignore and go on but it generally bombs out when it comes to the actual
>  formatting of the new partitions I've defined and the copy of files part
>  , on one occasion it seemed to actually install but on reboot it failed
>  to load kernel image There is nothing wrong with the hdd I have no
>  issues at all installing tiger back on the Mini Mac , but do what I will
>  it actively refuses to have anything to do with Fedora. Has anyone else
>  experienced this problem ? 
Not that problem, but a similar one -- I tried to replace YellowDog on an
iBook with FC4.ppc. There was some discussion here -- not much, iirc --
and more on gmane.linux.yellowdog.general. The conclusion which people far
more knowledgeable than I seemed to be inclining to was that there may be
something wrong with the ISOs on RedHat's server. (I presume that's where
you got them, right? You didn't say.)

If so, RedHat will have to fix them; I don't know enough to be able to
file a useful bug report. So I'll just go on getting along with YDL till I
hear that the ISOs have been fixed, or at least that someone has succeeded
somehow with an FC4.ppc installation.

If perchance you're mainly trying to get away from OSX, take a look at
YDL; it's at terrasoft.com, installs very easily and isn't half
bad. My reason to switch is just that all our other machines are PCs, and
I'd rather have one less OS to keep up with.

-- 
Beartooth Neo-Redneck, Linux convert 
FC4, YDL 4; Pine 4.63, Pan 0.14.2.91; Privoxy 3.0.3; 
Dillo 0.8.5, Opera 8.02, Firefox 1.0.6, Epiphany 1.6.1 
Remember I have little idea what I am talking about.

[Chasecreek Systemhouse]

PMFJI:

>  > For days I have been trying to install Fedora core 4 (ppc) on my
> Mini
>  > Mac I have repartitioned destroyed partitions etc and every time it
>  > errors with ignore or cancel messages about partition blocks I can press
>  > ignore and go on but it generally bombs out when it comes to the actual
>  > formatting of the new partitions I've defined and the copy of files part
>  > , on one occasion it seemed to actually install but on reboot it failed
>  > to load kernel image There is nothing wrong with the hdd I have no
>  > issues at all installing tiger back on the Mini Mac , but do what I will
>  > it actively refuses to have anything to do with Fedora. Has anyone else
>  > experienced this problem ? 
Here is a possible work-a-round (really way around, but hey.)

Boot up ubuntu and allow it to format your system the correct way;
then go back and install FC4 but pick the filesystem layout manually. 
Once done it should look like this under parted:


/dev/hda1 AppleDiskLabel (created by ubuntu.)
/dev/hda2 Apple-Boot (created by FC4.) (1MB)
/dev/hda3 /boot (100MB make it an ext2 FS however)
/dev/hda4 swap (however big you want/need.)
/dev/hda5 / (root) (the rest of the stuff, make it a Ext3 FS...)

Or something very similar.  I don't believe anything else will work.

HTH =)
--
WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/

[Joel Rees]

On 2006.3.17, at 03:47 AM, beartooth wrote:

>  On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:53:31 +0100, Hill, Richard D wrote:
>
> > (sorry if this is the wrong place to post this)
>
>  Not the wrong place, but the wrong way : if you *have* to reply to a
>  digest (not that you had to this time), for Net's sake edit out the
>  irrelevant parts! And control your line length; it makes your post much
>  more readable -- as below. (It would also help to use punctuation.) 
Was this another case of "digest" in the subject line?

I sure didn't see this thread until now.

> > For days I have been trying to install Fedora core 4 (ppc) on my
> Mini
> > Mac I have repartitioned destroyed partitions etc and every time it
> > errors with ignore or cancel messages about partition blocks I can 
> > press
> > ignore and go on but it generally bombs out when it comes to the 
> > actual
> > formatting of the new partitions I've defined and the copy of files 
> > part
> > , on one occasion it seemed to actually install but on reboot it 
> > failed
> > to load kernel image There is nothing wrong with the hdd I have no
> > issues at all installing tiger back on the Mini Mac , but do what I 
> > will
> > it actively refuses to have anything to do with Fedora. Has anyone 
> > else
> > experienced this problem ? 
Yeah. I gave up the first time. That box is currently dual booting 
openbsd and Mac OS X.

>  Not that problem, but a similar one -- I tried to replace YellowDog
> on 
>  an
>  iBook with FC4.ppc. There was some discussion here -- not much, iirc --
>  and more on gmane.linux.yellowdog.general. The conclusion which people 
>  far
>  more knowledgeable than I seemed to be inclining to was that there may 
>  be
>  something wrong with the ISOs on RedHat's server. (I presume that's 
>  where
>  you got them, right? You didn't say.) 
The ISO is mucked up. When you see signature errors, you know it's 
botched.

I'd try building from source, but I've got other things to do with my 
time these days.

>  If so, RedHat will have to fix them; I don't know enough to be
> able to
>  file a useful bug report. So I'll just go on getting along with YDL 
>  till I
>  hear that the ISOs have been fixed, or at least that someone has 
>  succeeded
>  somehow with an FC4.ppc installation.
>
>  If perchance you're mainly trying to get away from OSX, take a look at
>  YDL; it's at terrasoft.com, installs very easily and isn't half
>  bad. My reason to switch is just that all our other machines are PCs, 
>  and
>  I'd rather have one less OS to keep up with. 
The only complaint I have about YDL is that they tend to stay a little 
behind FC. But my FC box here at home is currently still at FC3, so 
that's really not a big deal. Well, the other thing about YDL is that 
they seem to not want casual users to be able to find their distro 
(which is another reason I went with openbsd on that box for now).

Initial reaction to not wanting to limit the number of OSses to track, 
Mac OS X is one of the Unix family. Then I thought a moment about 
/Library and /Users and how the early versions had the users all 
belonging to group staff, and I decided that it could well be 
strategic. heh.