Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:55 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" <marcotrillo@gmail.com> To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" <horst@sxemacs.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resignation, X being a <insert expletive>, and assorted questions. Message-ID: <b9c23c9f0810220210u7e40ee27xa9a68b39f90300f7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1224657584.10591.72.camel@horst-tla> References: <48FE33D7.3080505@fgznet.ch> <1224657584.10591.72.camel@horst-tla>
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Hi, On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III <horst@sxemacs.org> wrote: > ------------ > Networking > ------------ > It seems FreeBSD does not always try to do DHCP configuration at boot of > the onboard gem0 - This is slightly annoying as it always boots up > thinking it's 1976. I'm sure you can understand why this is of concern. > > I've tried editing some of the bootscripts for this to no avail - any > ideas? Do you have a line such as ifconfig_gem0=3D"DHCP" added to your /etc/rc.conf file ? > > ------- > Audio > ------- > I'm not sure of the soundcard this mac uses, but I believe it's Apple > Crystal (a look at the motherboard and there's a small chip that says > CRYSTAL that looks like the sound chip on the iMac) so... I think > FreeBSD supports it. Is there a good way to test sound with the base > system (i.e. without installing mpg123?) > The Crystal chip is indeed the sound codec -- it can be either the "Burgundy" (CS4211) chip, used on original iMacs, or the "Screamer" (CS4212) chip, used on iMac DVs and late iMac G3s. What model of iMac is this? I have a driver and patch that supports both of these devices -- currently audio output only. It should apply at least to 8.0-current and to 7.x -- let me know if you are interested on testing it . Thanks, Marco
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