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ruzey · Joined:Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:33 pm Posts:7

Okay, firstly MintPPC has been fantastic so far and has totally resurrected my ibook. However I've had a few problems:

Sound:
No sound card is found when I enter in terminal

Code:

~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards

even though a sound card is in the machine and sound worked perfectly on OSX.

Background:
When I change my desktop background to one of my own images it changes to it, but when i restart or shutdown it reverts to the MintPPC one.

Minor Issues:
Battery never changes from 100%
My conky won't detect network up/download or cpu temperature.

Thanks for any help

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

sound:
http://oswaldkelso.blogspot.com/2010/10 ... werpc.html

desktop picture, should be right click on desktop. Select pic. That's all, if not let me know.

battery. maybe reset pram ?
command+option+p+r

conky: no idea

ruzey · Joined:Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:33 pm Posts:7

Okay I'm working through that sound blog post. Will report how that goes.

The desktop problem is not changing the desktop, that works fine, the problem is that whenever I shutdown or reboot it will revert to the default one. I've tried rm'ing the old background but now it just sets the wallpaper to black every time I reboot. I could try saving the picture I want as the same file name in the location it originally was, however I deleted it like this

Code:

~ $ sudo rm /usr/share/backgrounds/mintppc11/*.png

so if you could tell me the file name of the default image that would be good.

The battery is working fine now, thanks!

The conky thing is not really a big deal, just a little quibble.

tcarlson · Joined:Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:08 pm Posts:76

I find that changing the desktop picture is not saved when I reboot, too. Otherwise, I'm very happy with MintPPC 11 on my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2001.

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

ruzey:

To get you wallpaper back:

Code:

sudo apt remove --purge mintppc11-backgrounds
sudo apt install mintppc11-backgrounds

To change the wallpaper:
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=671&p=4547#p4547

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

You probably need to modprobe snd_aoa_tas (as root)

Code:

sudo modprobe snd_aoa_tas

I needed a few others as well on my iMac G5 20:

Code:

snd_aoa_i2sbus
snd_aoa_fabric_layout
snd_aoa_codec_tas
snd_aoa_codec_onyx

Just modprobe them and see what happens. You can have a look in alsamixer if channels are created, using these kernel modules.

If you found out which ones work for you, add them to /etc/modules. My file looks like this now:

Code:

~ $ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

loop
#snd-powermac
pmu_battery
i2c-dev
snd_aoa_i2sbus
snd_aoa_fabric_layout
snd_aoa_codec_tas
snd_aoa_codec_onyx

tcarlson · Joined:Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:08 pm Posts:76

Actually, I think what ruzey is referring to is the fact that when you right-click on the desktop and in Desktop Preferences change the wallpaper to something other than the default and then reboot... it doesn't save the change. It's a detail, I know.

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

tcarlson: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=671

ruzey · Joined:Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:33 pm Posts:7

Code:

sudo mv <insert desired image location here> /usr/share/backgrounds/mintppc11/mintppc11_4.png

Worked a charm for the desktop problem, that's another one fixed!
I modprobed all of them but they all came up with the following warning and

Code:

snd_aoa_tas
snd_aoa_i2sbus

also came up with the following fatal error.

Code:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf.save, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module snd_aoa_tas not found.

Also, how can I edit the cat /etc/modules file I've tried nano but i get an empty file.
Also, where is the # key on the keyboard as I need it for python comments. On OSX it was alt 3.
Also how can I make something run automatically upon startup.

Thanks so much for all the help!

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

# is shift 3 on my keyboard (US)

Code:

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

or

Code:

sudo nano /etc/modules

should do it.

autostart, edit

Code:

/etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart