Installing Adelie Linux on a PowerBook G4 12"
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In todays video we will be taking a look at my PowerBook G4 12". I haven't given Adelie Linux a shot on any of my old PowerPC Mac's but now that's all changed. Will the old Nvidia FX Go5200 hold us back even further? Let's work through getting this installation completed and see if Adelie makes this computer still usable.
Additional packages installed for KDE:
plasma-browser-integration
plasma-framework
plasma-integration
plasma-nm
plasma-pa
plasma-vault
plasma-workspace
kdeplasma-addons
kde-gtk-config
kde-cli-tools
kde-multimedia
kde-system
kde-graphics
kde-utilities
kde-internet
kdewebkit
kde-games
calligra
*Not all packages necessary.
To enable swap:
edit /etc/fstab
add /dev/sdaX none swap sw 0 0
save ctrl+x
swapon -a
Awesome, so strange to see modern KDE running on this PowerBook. It's also surprising to see how modern these laptops look even nowadays with those bezels!
Thanks! I agree, these old PowerBooks look surprisingly modern considering their age. It’s nice to see modern KDE is usable on the hardware, even if it’s slow and a little choppy.
A complex installation, but you got there!👍👍
Very cool! I have the latest of these modela and also a 15’ that I upgraded with an mSata but use 10.5.8
Nice! I’d love to track down a
DSLD 15” PowerBook but they seem pretty scarce. I also run 10.5.8 on my 15” PB, having 2GB of RAM and better GPU features helps for sure.
You already have the Mac OSX system installed. How do you install Adelie on a Mac with a blank hard disk?
Why not use Firefox with flags to enable hardware acceleration and make sure you have all the updated mesa drivers installed and that nouveau is being used for acceleration?
Honestly, the video was taking a long time to create and I hadn’t figured out how to properly compile it on adelie for ppc in that timeframe unfortunately. Any tips on compiling Firefox for ppc on adelie?
Why KDE? The hardware is already ancient for modern standards to handle system resources consumption of DE. Wouldn't Mate which is a for of good old Gnome 2 be better?
How do i get to the hard drive/boot menu
I want to Install Adelie also in a powerbook g4 but in the 17 inches model . Instead of a cd, im booting to the partitions options where it shows the disk with penguin icon. But when i select it to boot, it returns to the same point, no matter how many times I select it. Any ideas what to do to make it boot to the installer? Thanks.
How do you get to the partitions
Does anybody know if there is a projected date for support for Rage128 video (MacG3 Blue and White) to be added to Adelie? Thanks.
mine is a dual g4-2ghz with pci-x fx5200agp 8 gb memory dual layer dvd drive
Súper cachangaa
Is there a way I can get the untrusted signatures to force themselves to be trusted? It keeps saying untrusted signature and it refuses to install.
Hmm there’s a few possibilities but one I recall encountering was due to system time/date being incorrect. Have you verified that yours is correct upon installation? My clock battery is dead so I had to set it manually, repeatedly. Also are you using RC2 or RC3?
@@markdoestechthings the time/date is correct and RC2.
I haven't messed with the machine lately but I am under the impression that you may need to wait until the RC3 release (supposedly very soon) for this to work. I have seen mention that RC2 support has ended even though it is the only option they offer for ppc currently.
I managed to find some potentially helpful information in a post on macrumors below, I know it is for a G5 but it seems it may be of use.
forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-installs-of-adelie-linux-rc2-and-below-are-now-broken.2371012/post-31874121
"forums.macrumors.com/members/powerpcfan.1305336/
"git.adelielinux.org/-/snippets/12 for Manual Installation instructions
git.adelielinux.org/-/snippets/130 for a little more detail but the auto installer does not work for a G5. This is more for trying to follow the manual steps.
At the point of the manual installation where you are to start dealing the APK keys and repositories, do this instead:
mkdir -p /target/etc/apk
curl -o /target/keys.apk distfiles.adelielinux.org/adelie/keys-20221101/ppc64/adelie-keys-1.0-r2.apk
tar -xf /target/keys.apk && rm -r /target/keys.apk
apk --root /target --initdb add
echo -e "next.adelielinux.org/system
next.adelielinux.org/user" >> /target/etc/apk/repositories
apk --root /target update "
@@markdoestechthings I even tried that and the tar command says not a valid file.
@RetroPCUser What is your exact machine? I can attempt to repeat this over the weekend and get back to you with my findings.