Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:33:16 +0100 From: Christopher Illies <christopher.illies@ki.se> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: 7.0-snap on iBook G4 + few questions Message-ID: <20051112103316.GA59950@Klabautermann.ks.se>
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I successfully installed FreBSD7.0-snap on my 12inch iBook G4. It runs very nicely on console mode (using a USB keyboard). Ethernet (gem0) now also works, which did not work under 6.0. Nice work, thank you! I am now trying to make the system more useful, i.e. install some ports. The lynx package that was on the web works well, even though I assume it was compiled for 6.0 (?). Anyway, how do I install the ports collection? Using sysinstall gives the following error message: Warning: Can't find the `7.0-20051105-SNAP' distribution on this FTP server... And cvsup is obviously not an option either. I am probably missing something obvious. Second question: My iBook has a radeon graphics card. According to the the freebsd ppc web site a special driver (radeon_driver.c) is needed. Where should this file be put to be compiled? In the xorg source tree? Related to that question: For the radeon driver to work the sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap should be changed to relax ofw syscon range checks. What kind af values are sensible to try? TIA, Christopher
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