Re: I am stuck with this while installing devian on my IMac early 2006

2022-05-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On May 29, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Nusrath Moin wrote: Whenever i login after installing debian on my imac early 2006 it shows "debian gnu/linux comes with absolutely no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law" That message is normal when you log in to a terminal. I think

Re: I am stuck with this while installing devian on my IMac early 2006

2022-05-29 Thread Timothy Butterworth
On May 29, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Nusrath Moin wrote: > > >Whenever i login after installing debian on my imac early 2006 it shows >"debian gnu/linux comes with absolutely no warranty, to the extent permitted >by applicable law" on some command screen and i am stuck what

Re: I am stuck with this while installing devian on my IMac early 2006

2022-05-29 Thread Dan Ritter
Nusrath Moin wrote: > Whenever i login after installing debian on my imac early 2006 it shows > "debian gnu/linux comes with absolutely no warranty, to the extent > permitted by applicable law" on some command screen and i am stuck what > should i do please tell me i am una

I am stuck with this while installing devian on my IMac early 2006

2022-05-29 Thread Nusrath Moin
Whenever i login after installing debian on my imac early 2006 it shows "debian gnu/linux comes with absolutely no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law" on some command screen and i am stuck what should i do please tell me i am unable to use my imac

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-02-14 Thread Robert F. Crochelt
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 08:24:57AM -0800, Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 18:14, Felix Miata wrote: > > Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 17:25 (UTC-0800): > > > > > inxi output attached. > > > > Your iMac's BIOS date is about a month earlier than mine. Likely the only >

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-27 Thread Bob Crochelt
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022, at 08:24, Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 18:14, Felix Miata wrote: >> Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 17:25 (UTC-0800): >> >> > inxi output attached. >> >> Your iMac's BIOS date is about a month earlier than mine. Likely the only >> difference b

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-27 Thread Felix Miata
Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-27 08:24 (UTC-0800): > Felix Miata wrote: >> overheating. Have you tried running memtest86? > Tried to run memtest86 from the grub menu but it just seemed to > sit there, will try that again today. Your Grub menu has memtest86+. That's quite different than memt

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-27 Thread Bob Crochelt
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 21:34, Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:52:55 -0800 > "Robert F. Crochelt" wrote: > > > Can't even > > shift to a different console with ctrl-F_. > > Try ctl-alt-F_. > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https:

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-27 Thread Bob Crochelt
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 18:14, Felix Miata wrote: > Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 17:25 (UTC-0800): > > > inxi output attached. > > Your iMac's BIOS date is about a month earlier than mine. Likely the only > difference between ours is you have G92M [GeForce 8800M GTS] while I have > RV

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-26 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:52:55 -0800 "Robert F. Crochelt" wrote: > Can't even > shift to a different console with ctrl-F_. Try ctl-alt-F_. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-26 Thread Felix Miata
Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 17:25 (UTC-0800): > inxi output attached. Your iMac's BIOS date is about a month earlier than mine. Likely the only difference between ours is you have G92M [GeForce 8800M GTS] while I have RV630/M76 [Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT/2700]. If yours is anything lik

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-26 Thread Bob Crochelt
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 17:09, Felix Miata wrote: > Robert F. Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 16:52 (UTC-0800): > > > Older iMac, recently installed Debian 11. Having system freezes even > > when running light weight environment like fvwm. Starts with slow > > vide

Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-26 Thread Felix Miata
Robert F. Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 16:52 (UTC-0800): > Older iMac, recently installed Debian 11. Having system freezes even > when running light weight environment like fvwm. Starts with slow > video, progresses over a few minutes to complete freeze. Can't even > shi

system freeze older iMac Debian 11

2022-01-26 Thread Robert F. Crochelt
Hi Older iMac, recently installed Debian 11. Having system freezes even when running light weight environment like fvwm. Starts with slow video, progresses over a few minutes to complete freeze. Can't even shift to a different console with ctrl-F_. Nothing in top (when it starts) to su

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-10 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Your graphic card can probably be managed by: - Nvidia closed-source driver (including firmware): https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers - Nouveau open-source driver (automatically loaded by default for your hardware) with a firmware you have to install (probably the firmware-mi

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, (there is at least one answer which was not Cc'ed to you as follow-up under https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/05/msg00358.html ) Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I finally managed to install the following image on my iMac G5 : > [...] debian-10.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso [...]

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-09 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sun, May 9, 2021, 1:18 PM Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I finally managed to install the following image on my iMac G5 : > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ > > https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/ports/current/debian-10.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > > The inst

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
Pat Pathmanathan composed on 2021-05-09 19:02 (UTC+0100): > I finally managed to install the following image on my iMac G5 : > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ > https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/ports/current/debian-10.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > The installati

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
On Sonntag, 2. Mai 2021 13:29:47 -04 didier gaumet wrote: > Le 02/05/2021 à 16:43, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > >> From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor > >> is a>> > >> powerpc64 Big Indian, not a power

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread didier gaumet
Le 02/05/2021 à 19:29, didier gaumet a écrit : (I have  almost wrote "inglish") sorry : "written" There: absent-minded ;-)

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread didier gaumet
Le 02/05/2021 à 16:43, Greg Wooledge a écrit : On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor is a powerpc64 Big Indian, not a powerpc64 Little Indian [...] That's "Endian", not "Indian". https://en.wikipedia.

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Sun, May 2, 2021, 11:51 AM Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Sun May 2 08:17:13 2021 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > > > >> From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor > >> is a powerpc64 Big Indian, not a powerpc

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Sun May 2 08:17:13 2021 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > >> From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor >> is a powerpc64 Big Indian, not a powerpc64 Little Indian [...] > > That's "Endian", not "Indian". 8080

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the > 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ [..] > I was > able to install Ubuntu Mate 16.04 for powerpc without any problem. Possibly you want Debian for "ppc64" or &

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:38:21PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > From what I understand (If I understand correctly), your processor is a > powerpc64 Big Indian, not a powerpc64 Little Indian [...] That's "Endian", not "Indian". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread didier gaumet
://www.adelielinux.org/download/ Even the *BSD seem to lack support for the Imac G5

Re: Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 5/2/21 3:21 PM, Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the > 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ image to CD on a newer iMac (2017). > When I boot the iMac G5 holding the ‘Option’ key down with the CD > inserted, the G5 doesn’t

Installing Debian 10.9 Buster on iMac G5 (powerpc)

2021-05-02 Thread Pat Pathmanathan
I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ image to CD on a newer iMac (2017). When I boot the iMac G5 holding the ‘Option’ key down with the CD inserted, the G5 doesn’t recognise the CD as a bootable CD. I then did the same wit

Re: Trouble with 2011 iMac Sound Card On Debian

2020-06-09 Thread Keifer Bly
Will try, thx. --Keifer On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:26 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 08 iun 20, 16:11:02, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > So I installed Debian on a 2011 iMac and it is working ok, except for the > > sound. There is no sound from either the sp

Re: Trouble with 2011 iMac Sound Card On Debian

2020-06-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 08 iun 20, 16:11:02, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi all, > > So I installed Debian on a 2011 iMac and it is working ok, except for the > sound. There is no sound from either the speaker or the headphone jack. > > When I go to the system settings, the volum option is com

Trouble with 2011 iMac Sound Card On Debian

2020-06-08 Thread Keifer Bly
Hi all, So I installed Debian on a 2011 iMac and it is working ok, except for the sound. There is no sound from either the speaker or the headphone jack. When I go to the system settings, the volum option is completely greyed out. Running cat /proc/asound/cards in UXTerm returned this: 0 [PCH

Re: Installing Debian on iMac

2019-05-05 Thread David
On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 09:28, Dan Ritter wrote: > John Hammack wrote: > > iMac: iMac (24-inch, early 2009), Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, > > Mem 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3, OS X El Capitan ver 10.11.6. > > Objective: Install Debian and software development tools (compile

Re: Installing Debian on iMac

2019-05-05 Thread Rick Thomas
://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/> Take a look at this wiki page[2] for instructions on making a dual-boot MacOS/Debian setup. The wiki page is aimed at the mac mini but it should mostly carry over for your iMac. Also, you’ll want to read the wiki page[3] for burning

Re: Installing Debian on iMac

2019-05-05 Thread Dan Ritter
John Hammack wrote: > iMac: iMac (24-inch, early 2009), Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mem > 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3, OS X El Capitan ver 10.11.6. > Objective: Install Debian and software development tools (compilers, > interpreters, and support applications for software

Installing Debian on iMac

2019-05-05 Thread John Hammack
iMac: iMac (24-inch, early 2009), Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mem 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3, OS X El Capitan ver 10.11.6. Objective: Install Debian and software development tools (compilers, interpreters, and support applications for software development.) Progress: I have searched the

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
earch for "install debian imac" leads to https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple >> (and would it be update able for a long time in the future)? Not sure what's "long" for you, but I'm running Debian testing on my 2006 mac-mini and my 2003 Thinkpad X30. Stefan

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-05 Thread JulHer
El jue, 04-10-2018 a las 04:04 -0700, Keifer Bly escribió: > Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian > Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS > on this computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an > error message s

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:52:17AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: > What would be the steps for doing this? Thank you. It's just an ordinary Debian install with an EFI bootloader. Pretend it's a similar year MacMini, if you want hand holding: https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel Use stretch (stable, c

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Keifer Bly
What would be the steps for doing this? Thank you. On 10/4/18 4:47 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:04:48AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:04:48AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux > on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on this > computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an error message > s

Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Keifer Bly
Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on this computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an error message saying "could not be installed on this computer, they probably do not suppor

Debian Stretch on iMac 2013

2018-09-17 Thread Josh Horn
Hi everyone, I've been using Debian since very early on, so I'm hoping this works, but does anyone know if Debian Stretch will run well on a 2013 21 inch iMac? I've had Linux Mint 9 on it before, but I'm definitely loyal to Debian. The things that I know work are th

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:55:38 +0800 lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Rick Thomas > wrote: > > > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >> > >> On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > >> > >>> Ha

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-21 Thread lina
> Revertible:No > LV Name: Macintosh HD > Volume Name: Macintosh HD > Content Hint: Apple_HFS > LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:55

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-21 Thread lina
Macintosh HD Volume Name: Macintosh HD Content Hint: Apple_HFS LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:55 PM, lina wrote: > Yes, the current iMac comes with OS X EI Captian version 10.11.3 > > I do wi

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread lina
Yes, the current iMac comes with OS X EI Captian version 10.11.3 I do wish to keep the Mac OS, and may give 400GB for it. and 600GB for debian. My big concern is the fusion driver. Thanks, On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Rick Thomas

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread lina
Hi all, For the two questions: There is none functioning DVD or CD drive coming with iMac. I can access to internet, both wifi and ethernet. Thanks, On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > >> Has anyone tried successf

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 21/02/16 00:53, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Jerome BENOIT > wrote: > >> There is a Debian website dedicated to MacBookPro machines. >> Ubuntu also provides information. > > Thanks! This may be helpful. Can you provide some links? Google is our friend here: http

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > >> Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with >> Fusion drive? >> >> The basic configuration is >> >> • 2.8GHz quad-co

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > There is a Debian website dedicated to MacBookPro machines. > Ubuntu also provides information. Thanks! This may be helpful. Can you provide some links? Enjoy! Rick

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello: On 20/02/16 23:13, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > >> Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac >> with Fusion drive? >> >> The basic configuration is >> >> • 2.8GHz quad-co

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with > Fusion drive? > > The basic configuration is > > • 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz > • Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 01:31:57PM +0800, lina wrote: > Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with > Fusion drive? > > The basic configuration is > > • 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz > • Intel Iris Pro Gr

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread z060822400814a
Just fellow the Debian install disk/USB instruction: nothing special here. https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable On 20/02/16 06:31, lina wrote: > Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with > Fusion drive? > > The basic configuration is > &g

how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-19 Thread lina
Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with Fusion drive? The basic configuration is • 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz • Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 • 8GB 1867MHz LPDDR3 • 1TB Fusion Drive Where I can find a step-by-step

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Chris Bannister writes: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: >> "The administrator installed disapproved software. Since then, many > > No. That would have got you a smack over the hand with a ruler. :) Then how do you say that? >> users have had trouble with the system and th

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/12/2012 6:44 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: Are you saying it's not possible to say that "the administrator installed disapproved software" because "disapproved" cannot be used as an adjective? Yes I would say, in American English* "the a

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 07:44:03 PM Chris Bannister wrote: > > How do you call it when software or an administrator is being > > deprecated, i. e. the process of deprecating something/making something > > I can only think of the word "redundant" (surplus to requirements) at > the moment.

Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:26:09PM +0200, lee wrote: > "The administrator installed disapproved software. Since then, many No. That would have got you a smack over the hand with a ruler. :) > users have had trouble with the system and the administrator became > deprecated." Doesn't seem right. P

deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

2012-09-11 Thread lee
Chris Bannister writes: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:55:21PM +0200, lee wrote: >> >> "Disapproved" is as much an adjective as "deprecated". > > Not when I went to school. English is not your native language? No, it isn't. Do you mean "disapprove" or really "disapproved"? If "disapproved", why

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:55:21PM +0200, lee wrote: > > "Disapproved" is as much an adjective as "deprecated". Not when I went to school. English is not your native language? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the peop

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-10 Thread lee
Chris Bannister writes: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 02:11:33AM -0400, Doug wrote: >> > >> Artha: deprecate: express strong disapproval of; deplore > > You can disapprove of the behaviour, but the "behaviour is > disapproved", is not the same as the "behaviour is deprecated" > > disapproved is a tr

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 02:11:33AM -0400, Doug wrote: > On 09/09/2012 01:40 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > >>On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > >>>On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Interesting sta

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-09 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - From: Chris Bannister >> The usual definition is "disapproved". > I don't think "disapproved" is the correct word in that sense. "deprecated" in software means the use of some item is discouraged/disapproved and one shouldn't be using it. Whether a deprecated item

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-08 Thread Doug
On 09/09/2012 01:40 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:56:45AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) > >>is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be ful

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread The Wanderer
On 09/07/2012 10:56 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at least

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Gary Dale
On 07/09/12 08:21 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at least 1 year. Thus "deprecated soon" is not accu

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:45:27 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > On 07/09/12 16:34, Camaleón wrote: >> OTOH, Debian 6 has (more or less) one year and a half of support (when >> Wheezy is out -and that should happen around February, 2013- > > > in 6 months !? When "it's ready" ;-) Now seriuosly: yes

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 07/09/12 16:34, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:28:25 -0700, T Elcor wrote: - Original Message - Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Model Name:iMac Model Identifier:iMac8,1

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:28:25 -0700, T Elcor wrote: > - Original Message - >> Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download >> for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. >> >> Model Name:    iMac >> Model Identif

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:04:04AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Interesting statement. Squeeze (6) is still STABLE. After Wheezy (7) > is moved from TESTING to STABLE, Squeeze will be fully supported for at > least 1 year. Thus "deprecated soon" is not accurate, unless your > definition of "soo

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-07 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/7/2012 1:28 AM, T Elcor wrote: > amd64 or i386 both should work, I would go with amd64 (see > http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ ). I'd stay away from the PAE kernel with a 4GB machine unless you have an app known to not work on the AMD64 kernel. > I would also install Debian 7 (wheezy) as

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-06 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - > Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for > installing on iMac with specifications shown below. > > Model Name:    iMac > Model Identifier:    iMac8,1 > Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo amd64 or i386 both shoul

What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-06 Thread whitebuck777
Hello, I would like to know which version of Debian 6 I would download for installing on iMac with specifications shown below. Thank you, William G. Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Number Of

Re: installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
27;d like to install Debian on my mac. Any hints or clues on where to start is appreciated. Cheers David On Jul 31, 2012, at 1:47 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: If this is a PowerPC iMac, you should be able to use the Debian PowerPC installer. If so, you can install Debian Squeeze

Re: installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-31 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
also) runs fine on my iMac. It installed without problems--both VirtualBox and Debian 6 Squeeze. Here in the ofiice with have many Mac workstation, 3 Mac OS X servers, and many Linux servers. If you would be near our location (Nuremberg, Germany), we could offer you many old power Macs ch

Re: installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-30 Thread Rick Thomas
If this is a PowerPC iMac, you should be able to use the Debian PowerPC installer. If so, you can install Debian Squeeze with either http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-powerpc-CD-1.iso or http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current

Re: installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-30 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, 30.07.2012 23:19, David Harrison kirjoitti: > Hi, > > I thought I'd like to install Debian on my mac. Any hints or clues > on where to start is appreciated. I haven't tried Debian on Mac, but I have installed Ubuntu on MacBook. First you ins

Re: installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-30 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 30 July 2012 22:19, David Harrison wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I'd like to install Debian on my mac. Any hints or clues on where > to start is appreciated. > Hi First of all: search the web for debian imac and you'll get a lot of material to study. Second: please be m

installing Debian on an iMac

2012-07-30 Thread David Harrison
Hi, I thought I'd like to install Debian on my mac. Any hints or clues on where to start is appreciated. Cheers David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: A correction: was Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:55:32 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 27 March 2012 00:30:57 jwesleycoo...@cox.net wrote: > > Correction of my earlier email. You had been waiting 20 hours (the > original datelines I used were in different time zones). It really is a > bit much to call 20 hours "days on

Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread jwesleycooper
Thanks, I'll go ahead and post it there. :) Elimar Riesebieter wrote: * John Wesley Cooper [2012-03-27 12:20 -0700]: > Is there a mailing list more appropriate to the question I asked > in my last email? http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/ Elimar -- Obviously the human brain work

Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* John Wesley Cooper [2012-03-27 12:20 -0700]: > Is there a mailing list more appropriate to the question I asked > in my last email? http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/ Elimar -- Obviously the human brain works like a computer. Since there are no stupid computers humans can't be stupi

RE: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread John Wesley Cooper
, 2012 13:51 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac On Tuesday 27 March 2012 20:20:33 John Wesley Cooper wrote: > not be stuck sitting on my hands for days on end According to the date lines you had been waiting for

A correction: was Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 27 March 2012 00:30:57 jwesleycoo...@cox.net wrote: Correction of my earlier email. You had been waiting 20 hours (the original datelines I used were in different time zones). It really is a bit much to call 20 hours "days on end". Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 27 March 2012 20:20:33 John Wesley Cooper wrote: > not be stuck sitting on my hands for days on end According to the date lines you had been waiting for an answer for 30 hours. Hardly "days on end". Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-27 Thread John Wesley Cooper
-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac Hey all, I'm having some trouble getting Debian Squeeze installed on my old original iMac, which is one of the first "Bondi" blue ones ... from what your install guide says, it should

Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-26 Thread jwesleycooper
Hey all, I'm having some trouble getting Debian Squeeze installed on my old original iMac, which is one of the first "Bondi" blue ones ... from what your install guide says, it should be supported; plus I know it's not the disks though, because the OpenSuSE box I burnt t

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen Allen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:07:26PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: > > > > Sorry Stephen, but there doesn't seem to be any such list. Were you > thinking of the PPC list? > ---end quoted text--- Thought it was MacOS and not strictly PPC. Guess not? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers, Mike. T

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers, Mike. There is a

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-16 Thread Stephen Allen
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: > > Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem > sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I > explained in my earlier post. > > Cheers, Mike. There is a Debian Mac list; probably get bett

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-16 Thread Mike Hore
lier, but... it appears that other people do - including the wiki page author Kereoz (Christophe Hauser). I'd like to contact him directly but couldn't work out his email address. NOTE: "latest" Mac and "aluminium iMac Intel 12,1" doesn't mean anything to me...

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-16 Thread Miles Bader
Mike Hore writes: > Hmm... no replies. I take it then that NOBODY is running Debian on one > of this year's iMacs?? Maybe I should just go away and try again in a > few months? Hmm, remember only a fraction of debian users actually use the mailing lists... (and I suppose even some devs may not

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
I'd have posted earlier, but... it appears that other people do - including the wiki page author Kereoz (Christophe Hauser). NOTE: "latest" Mac and "aluminium iMac Intel 12,1" doesn't mean anything to me... so apologies if you've already looked at these and/or the

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Hore
on this. I think the relevant bugs are #637284 and 627705 - neither have had any activity during these few weeks. Is everybody on holidays?? -- Mike. Hi again, I was directed to the wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/iMacIntel Apparently this section has been updated: Update (2011/08/12) : alumi

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-12 Thread Mike Hore
the wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/iMacIntel Apparently this section has been updated: Update (2011/08/12) : aluminium iMac Intel 12,1 / Wheezy , see the "video" section. However this didn't work for me. Even applying the radeon.modeset=0 line in the boot parameters just leads to a blank screen

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-08-29 Thread Lisi
et a wider readership and > find if there's been anybody yet who has been able to install wheezy -- > or ANY Debian version -- on a new iMac. There appear to be issues with > the video driver and ethernet card, and possibly other things as well. > (I see there have been

Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Hore
as been able to install wheezy -- or ANY Debian version -- on a new iMac. There appear to be issues with the video driver and ethernet card, and possibly other things as well. (I see there have been similar problems with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE).

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