RE: Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Brian S McGee]

Mike Wrote:
>  2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for
> your
>  work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use 
>  snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is 
>  played (I hear there's
>  something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's 
>  it?). On
>  the console, I get
>  'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
>  I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show the
>  device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
>  
>  Mike 
I had this same problem on my powerbook G4.  I had to unmute the master
volume in alsamixer.  I couldn't get the alsammixer to work in the GUI,
only in command line.  After unmuting, try running
system-config-soundcard.  Should work after that.

Brian McGee

Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Wade Mealing]

What is the channel called when you run the amixer command ?

Wade Mealing



On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:32:48 -0500, Brian S McGee
<bmcgee21(a)student.scad.edu&gt; wrote:
>  Mike Wrote:
>  > 2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for your
>  > work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use
>  > snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is
>  > played (I hear there's
>  > something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's
>  > it?). On
>  > the console, I get
>  > 'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
>  > I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show the
>  > device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
>  >
>  > Mike
>  
>  I had this same problem on my powerbook G4.  I had to unmute the master
>  volume in alsamixer.  I couldn't get the alsammixer to work in the GUI,
>  only in command line.  After unmuting, try running
>  system-config-soundcard.  Should work after that.
>  
>  Brian McGee
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Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Mike MacCana]

Brian S McGee wrote:

> Mike Wrote:
>   
>
> >2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for your
> >work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use 
> >snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is 
> >played (I hear there's
> >something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's 
> >it?). On
> >the console, I get
> >'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
> >I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show the
> >device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
> >
> >Mike
> >    
> >
>
> I had this same problem on my powerbook G4.  I had to unmute the master
> volume in alsamixer.  I couldn't get the alsammixer to work in the GUI,
> only in command line.  After unmuting, try running
> system-config-soundcard.  Should work after that.
>
> Brian McGee
>   
>  
Okay, what's missing after running s-c-s and then stracing alsamixer...:

access("/etc/asound.conf", R_OK)        = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
access("/root/.asoundrc", R_OK)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR)      = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR)      = -1 ENODEV (No such device)

I'd assumed udev would've created these upon finding the device... any 
ideas?

Mike

Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Wade Mealing]

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:01:49 +1100, Mike MacCana <mmaccana(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Brian S McGee wrote:
>  
>  >Mike Wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >>2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for your
>  >>work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use
>  >>snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is
>  >>played (I hear there's
>  >>something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's
>  >>it?). On
>  >>the console, I get
>  >>'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
>  >>I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show the
>  >>device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
>  >>
>  >>Mike 

Ok, I have those files on my ibook, what model machine are you running.

What do you have in your /dev/snd directory, do you have a /dev/audio
or /dev/dsp ?

Can you also dump me the output of amixer command ?

Wade 


Wade Mealing

Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Mike MacCana]

Wade Mealing wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:01:49 +1100, Mike MacCana
> <mmaccana(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>   
>
> >Brian S McGee wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> >>Mike Wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>
> >>>2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for your
> >>>work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use
> >>>snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is
> >>>played (I hear there's
> >>>something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's
> >>>it?). On
> >>>the console, I get
> >>>'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
> >>>I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show the
> >>>device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
> >>>
> >>>Mike
> >>>        
> >>>
>
>
>   
>  
Thanks for your reply.

> Ok, I have those files on my ibook, what model machine are you
> running.
>   
>  
Its a Mac Mini 1.4Hhz.
The MacIO PCI device shows up as:
     0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O

The soundcard, from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
-
class: AUDIO
bus: MACIO
detached: 0
driver: snd_powermac
desc: "Apple Computer Inc.|PowerMac Sound"

(wish there was an lsmacio...)

> What do you have in your /dev/snd directory, 
>  
crw-------  1 mikem root 116,  0 Feb  8 13:00 controlC0
crw-------  1 mikem root 116, 33 Feb  8 13:00 timer
And that's all.

> do you have a /dev/audio or /dev/dsp ?
>   
>  
No, neither.

> Can you also dump me the output of amixer command ?
>   
>  
[root@nailbox ~]# amixer
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device

And that's all. Is this just a matter of some missing udev rules?

Mike

Fedora Core 3 works on the Mac Mini

[Wade Mealing]

Mike,

What modules are loaded when this happens ?


On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:32:43 +1100, Mike MacCana <mmaccana(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Wade Mealing wrote:
>  
>  >On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:01:49 +1100, Mike MacCana <mmaccana(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >>Brian S McGee wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>Mike Wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>>2. Wade: installed system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2wm (thanks for your
>  >>>>work), the soundcard is detected (the tools says it'll use
>  >>>>snd_powermac)but I can't hear anything when the test sound is
>  >>>>played (I hear there's
>  >>>>something weird with volume control on the card - maybe that's
>  >>>>it?). On
>  >>>>the console, I get
>  >>>>'amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device'
>  >>>>I know this sounds silly, but running strace doesn't seem to show
> the
>  >>>>device its looking for. Maybe I'm blind.
>  >>>>
>  >>>>Mike
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  Thanks for your reply.
>  
>  >Ok, I have those files on my ibook, what model machine are you running.
>  >
>  >
>  Its a Mac Mini 1.4Hhz.
>  The MacIO PCI device shows up as:
>       0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O
>  
>  The soundcard, from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
>  -
>  class: AUDIO
>  bus: MACIO
>  detached: 0
>  driver: snd_powermac
>  desc: "Apple Computer Inc.|PowerMac Sound"
>  
>  (wish there was an lsmacio...)
>  
>  >What do you have in your /dev/snd directory,
>  >
>  crw-------  1 mikem root 116,  0 Feb  8 13:00 controlC0
>  crw-------  1 mikem root 116, 33 Feb  8 13:00 timer
>  And that's all.
>  
>  >do you have a /dev/audio or /dev/dsp ?
>  >
>  >
>  No, neither.
>  
>  >Can you also dump me the output of amixer command ?
>  >
>  >
>  [root@nailbox ~]# amixer
>  amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device
>  
>  And that's all. Is this just a matter of some missing udev rules?
>  
>  Mike
>  
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iBook:EXT2-fs warning, ext2_fill_super, then hangs

[Jason Feingold]

Hi All, I just got Fedora Core 3 installed on my iBook G4, trying to dual
boot with MacOSX, stumbling a bit though. 

The background:
This is my machine - iBook Mac OS X Version 10.3.5 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4
This is my linux image - /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667
This is where I got my iso from -
http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/fedorappc/FC-3/isos/

I was able to boot into linux, and did some configs to my yaboot.conf to
enable dual booting:

parted gave me this info:
hda3 - macosx
hda6 - bootloader
hda5 - swap
hda2 - the full ext3 file system

So, I ran these commands:

yabootconfig -r /dev/hda4 -b /dev/hda6

/sbin/ybin -v

I also edited the /etc/yaboot.conf file and added:

macosx=/dev/hda3
enablecdboot

Ok, so after that, I'm able to boot into MacOSX fine, sweet. 
However, I rebooted and tried to start linux.. Unfortunately, no luck, I'm
getting the following error:

EXT2-fs warning (device hda2): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as
ext2
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Warning: unable to open an initial console.

Then, a bunch of security/SELinux output, and it hangs.

Any help someone can provide is greatly appreciated, thanks much. Jason

iBook:EXT2-fs warning, ext2_fill_super, then hangs

[David Woodhouse]

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 22:55 -0500, Jason Feingold wrote:
>  EXT2-fs warning (device hda2): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3
> filesystem as
>  ext2
>  VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>  Warning: unable to open an initial console. 
Make sure you have the initrd specified in your yaboot.conf. The it
should look something like...

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4
        label=2.6.10-1.1136_F
        root=/dev/hda4
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4.img

You can boot to rescue mode to do this; don't forget to run ybin afterwards. 

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iBook:EXT2-fs warning, ext2_fill_super, then hangs

[Jason Feingold]

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 22:55 -0500, Jason Feingold wrote:
>  EXT2-fs warning (device hda2): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3
> filesystem 
as
>  ext2
>  VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>  Warning: unable to open an initial console. 
Make sure you have the initrd specified in your yaboot.conf. The it
should look something like...

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4
        label=2.6.10-1.1136_F
        root=/dev/hda4
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4.img

> > Hmm, I'm not using FC4, I'm using FC3.  Makes me think I
> should be using 
FC4?

You can boot to rescue mode to do this; don't forget to run ybin afterwards.


> > Typed "Linux rescue", hung up at the same spot..
> "Linux single" doesn't 
work either.  I'm assuming that I need a
rescue CD, and then should boot
from that cd, do you know where I can get one?  Thanks again. Jason
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iBook:EXT2-fs warning, ext2_fill_super, then hangs

[David Woodhouse]

On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 12:58 -0500, Jason Feingold wrote:
>  
>  Make sure you have the initrd specified in your yaboot.conf. The it
>  should look something like...
>  
>  image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4
>          label=2.6.10-1.1136_F
>          root=/dev/hda4
>          read-only
>          initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.10-1.1136_FC4.img 
Er, I said that, not you. Please quote properly when replying so that we
can tell who said what.

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