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Questions tagged [powerpc]

PowerPC is a RISC CPU architecture used mostly in servers and embedded systems.

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Activate tap to click on touchpad?

I am using Debian 8.6 LXDE on a Powerbook G4 15" 1.67GHz and would like to enable tap to click on the touchpad. It is already double scrolling but tap to click would help to save the ageing mouse button. Two fingered tap for left click would be the…
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Linux kernel for Nintendo Wii

I'm trying to compile a Linux kernel for the Nintendo Wii newer than the version 2.6.32 with mike p5 patches, which I have been using since now without problems. Since version 2.6.33 Wii support is included in the mainline kernel, but I can't manage…
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How to determine CPU features on PowerPC and Power 8 (and above)?

We can examine /proc/cpuinfo on Intel and ARM machines to learn cpu features, like AES and SHA. I need to do the same for PowerPC under both AIX and Linux. Testing with Linux is shown below. The output is produced by GCC112 on the compile farm. $…
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Install new kernel in PowerPC debian

I compiled a new kernel image on x86 using cross compiler with these commands (source): $ cp arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig .config $ make ARCH=powerpc menuconfig $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=pwoerpc-750-linux-gnu- Now, I want to…
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Is AIX/Power safe from Spectre / Meltdown?

Since Intel, AMD and ARM is affected by the Spectre and Meltdown cpu kernel memory leak bugs/flaws, could we say that Power architecture is safe from these?
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Is it possible to run KVM over a qemu emulated powerpc architecture

I understand that qemu uses binary translation to emulate machines, so irrespective of the underlying architecture, it can provide emulation. And, KVM uses Hardware Virtualization technique to make this process faster. Thus, KVM requires VT support…
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Configure power button to shutdown on Debian/Mac Mini G4

I use Debian/PPC on an old Mac Mini G4, it currently serve as a DLNA server (UPnP), no mouse or keyboard plugged. I would like that my power button also serves to shutdown the box. Currently it does nothing, on recent x86 I would have used ACPI as…
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change colour depth

How do I change the colour depth? It says online to edit the xorg.conf file, but I don't have that. I am running Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4
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display login window as list of users

How do you display the login window as a list of users instead of having to type the username? I have Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4.
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Need Advice: What Linux distro should I install on an old PowerPC Mac

I'm trying to set up my brother (who has a PPC Mac, with 1 ghz processor and 256 ram) with a Linux distro that would allow him to surf the web on the device. Support has faded for the new browsers, rendering the device essentially useless when it…
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What distro for my PowerBook G4?

I've got an old PowerBook G4 with a 1333 MHz CPU and 1.25 GB RAM. What are some good distro to use? I tried Yellow Dog and Fedora (which didn't work), but I would prefer something more Debian-like, with apt and all that.
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Configuring Yaboot and Debian to Boot into a Command Line Login Shell?

I have a Debian Squeeze variant (MintPPC 9) installed on an old Mac Powerbook G4 (PowerPC CPU). I wish to boot it into a multiuser CLI login shell instead of automatically booting into the login screen for LXDE. I do, however, wish to keep GDM or…
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Cannot run CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 installer: "Failed to start Switch Root"

I am trying to install CentOS 7.2 on a ppc64le machine. I downloaded the iso from the CentOS site used the dd command to make a bootable USB. When selecting the install option from the boot menu I get lots of dracut timeouts: [ 197.747052]…
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How do I use the color palette (FBIOPUTCMAP)?

I am trying to track down the following issue in Debian Jessie on PowerPC. Per bogl-bterm package maintainer the issue is simply that bterm makes uses of FBIOPUTCMAP, see ref here. So before even trying to patch the linux kernel, I would like to…
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Debian PPC on PowerMac G5 boots to blank screen

As a side project, I thought I'd try to throw Debian (squeeze) on an old G5 PowerMac. It installed just fine, but after the bootloader and kernel boot-up output, the screen goes blank. Looks like a video mode problem or something, but I can't find…
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