[slackintosh-users] Re: new Slackintosh user
- From: Mikael Andersson <manders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: slackintosh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:23:28 -0500
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> Can anyone suggest URLs for the following?
>
> X on Slackintosh
> Kernel build on slckintosh (I am guessing I need to spend an evening on
> ppckernel.org)
Kernel build for me was straightforward, if you've done it on Intel you
can do it on PPC as well.
If you haven't done it at all, there are some good guides out there - an
ultra-simplistic example:
http://www.slackbasics.org/html/kernel.html
Aside from a basic config, the only thing you really need to ensure is
that you enable any PMac specific functionality, such as integrated NICs
and video, and file system support (HFS and Ext/Reiser, for starters) -
these generally need to be compiled into the kernel, not left as modules.
Finally, of course, ignore any references to LILO/Grub/yaboot and simply
copy your kernel from /usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/boot (I think O_o) into
the directory on your HFS partition where you keep your kernels. Reboot
into Mac OS, change the name of the kernel to boot to the new one you
just compiled, reboot ... likely get odd error messages, reboot, change
to the kernel that works, make menuconfig again, mess around some more,
recompile (ccache is your friend), and try again until it works.
Once you have a kernel that's working, and you've compiled support for
your PPC's video card, try the standard VESA xorg.conf that ships with
Slackintosh (right?) - you may be in luck and have a standard ATI Rage
or something, in which case that conf should work just fine.
Good luck!
Mikael Andersson
Computer Technician
McMaster University
Humanities Media & Computing
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 207
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8S 4M2
Phone 905.525.9140
Ext. 24429
Fax 905.577.6930
Email manders@xxxxxxxxxxx
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