From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 05:28:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2915D1065697 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 05:28:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwbacon@tds.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAB828FC16 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 05:28:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so3691464qwj.13 for ; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:28:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.225.213 with SMTP id it21mr865515qcb.90.1291352225463; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from sculpin.jbacon.dyndns.org (h69-131-29-165.nwblwi.broadband.dynamic.tds.net [69.131.29.165]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u2sm940597qcq.43.2010.12.02.20.57.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:57:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CF8789E.3030409@tds.net> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:57:02 -0600 From: Jason Bacon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091021) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: iBook touch pad X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:28:45 -0000 Hi all, I just hacked the development version of my desktop-installer script for powerpc using an iBook G4. After a period of testing, I'll do a maintainer update, but in the meantime, if anyone is interested, it's available at http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon/Ports/. I was delightfully surprised how few limitations there are with this platform. Installation was a little rough on the edges, but thanks to the info on the wiki, it was easy to work around the glitches, and I now have a seemingly stable XFCE setup. The one thing I really lament is a functioning touch pad. I found a brief thread suggesting porting the netbsd driver, so I was wondering if anyone has been working quietly on that since the post, or if there's another solution available. There are a few more bugs to iron out before desktop-installer will produce a fully-functional powerpc system without intervention, but I'm pretty confident that it won't be too difficult. Thanks for all the hard work, and TIA for any tips on the touch pad. Jason -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason W. Bacon jwbacon@tds.net http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~