Installing Mint 11 PPC in English and Serbian

	Bottom Previous Topic Next Topic
Register To Post

Anonymous

This is modified manual based on my experience on Mint 11.
Soon I will propose what should be better stressed in great X1000 Linux Debian and others manual

Herby I salute my friend @knight http://forum.opensource-srbija.org/user/303-knight/ that has spend whole day and night
playing with my Master Miggy.

PRE-REQUISITES / INTRO

Why Mint 11 PPC? http://www.mintppc.org/ Well, it takes best of Debian and Mint, mixes it with light LXDE and makes
way faster distro then Ubuntu 12.04 LTS REMIX. If its my penguin taste, this should be
our supported distro However, note that Ubuntu does comes with some newer software,
no need to insert kernel and does have Firefox 22 instead of Iceweasel. And is about 2-3x slower
(my subjective experience). At the other hand, Debian files are tested and way more stable release.

None have Flash support on PPC, use HTML5 (youtube.com/html5) whenever possible.

HAVE FAST INTERNET

If you intend to use Net version of Mint11 / Debian 7.2. install good side is smart
CD to download and you will get most recent files (no need to update after install)
but it will take thousands of small files downloaded. Pick US mirrors or fastest
mirrors from your location, have a real fast net!

READ THE MANUALS
Note these files are accessable only to registered X1000 users
Firmware guide http://secure.a-eon.biz/download/AmigaO ... e-v5.1.pdf
Linux install guide http://secure.a-eon.biz/download/Debian ... X-1000.pdf

Get to know your CFE. Read whole Linux install guide as most important steps are listed in ordinary
Linux Debian install. Read Mint 11 specific install.

Text in bold are file paths that may vary depending on current Debian and X1000 kernel,
as well as device of your choice to use DVDs, USB flash or Card Reader during install.

BE SMART

Dont follow the procedures blindly, think is that path / partition on your computer.
Read everything on screen. Have a skilled Penguin around. Be patient. Love your X1000

COMPIZ PROBLEM

Compiz and Screen Applets are great, but can so easily spoil the LXMDE desktop.
Avoid it unless stable release that does no evil appears. And it slows down the gfx
performance.

CFE>

CFE> are commands in Firmware mode. Enter CFE by pressing F on X1000 boot menu.

KNOW YOU FILES

Once in CFE there is no way to access files and see them. Check and write
down ALL FILE PATHS of KERNELS AND LINUX INSTALL FILES.

X1000 KERNEL

Get the latest X1000 specific kernel from XENO and good guys.
IDEALLY IF YOU CAN COPY IT TO CARD READER AS IT WILL BE OF PERMANENT USE AFTER INSTALL.
DO NOT DELETE THOSE FILES ONCE LINKED TO LINUX AND CFE BOOT MENU COMMAND,
it MAY RENDER LINUX BOOT IMPOSSIBLE.

IF YOU USE USB

Make sure its FAT16 formatted, CFE cannot read FAT32/NFTS. Also, insert USB Flash drive
AFTER YOU ENTER CFE

Recommended method is shorten kernel, LInux net install file names and Kernel names
and to have them ideally on CF in X1000 (NEEDS EXTERNAL CARD READER, YOU CANNOT SEE
CF IN AMIGA OS 4.1.6, only in Linux)

HERE WE GO!

INSERT DEBIAN V7.2 PPC64 NETINSTALL DISK
DURING BOOT-A ENTER FIRMWARE BY PRESSING F ON X1000 BOOT SCREEN

CFE> ramdisk -z -addr=0x24000000 -fs=iso atapi0.1:install/powerpc64/initrd.gz /PATH TO INIT FILES OF LINUX INSTALL

CFE> setenv bootargs "root=/dev/ramdisk install url=mintppc.org” /PATH TO DOWNLOAD MINTPPC FILES

CFE> boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinuz /PATH TO KERNEL

DEBIAN WILL REPORT ERROR OF NOT HAVING PROPER KERNEL, CONTIUE
WHEN ASKED FOR NETWORK TAKE PA SEMI ONBOARD ETHERNET, BE SURE YOU ROUTER IS CONNECTED TO IT
REPARTITION HARD DRIVE IF NEEDED, DO NOT TOUCH AMIGA DH PARTITIONS. TAKE A NOTE THAT AT THIS
STAGE ROOT MUST BE EXT3 FORMATTED. MOUNT EXT3 ROOT WITH / AND MOUNT /HOME IF NEEDED
AS WELL AS SWAP PARTITION IF NEEDED/. /CHECK AND WRITTE DOWN WHAT IS YOUR ROOT SDA - which SDA

My drives scheme

SCSI 1 (0, 0, 0) (sda) - 2.0 TB ATA MOUNT POINT

#1 121.9MB affs7 BDH0

#2 109.8GB B DH0

#3 40GB F ext3 dhx /

#4 80GB F swap dhx swap

#5 491.5GB F ext3 dhx /home

#6 1.4TB DH1

SCSI 7 (0, 0, 0) (sdb) 129.0MB ATA ATP COMPACT FLASH

#1 PRIMARY 128.5MB B FAT16

SCSI 8 (0, 0, 0) (sdc) 4.0GB VERBATIM STORE N GO

#1 4.0GB FAT16

AFTER SETTING MOST BASIC THINGS UNDER LINUX - LOCALE - USER AND ROOT A THOUSANDS
FILES WILL BE DOWNLOADED FROM NET. TAKE A WALK, BE WITH PERSON YOU LIKE

After reboot re-enter CFE as described.

CFE> setenv -p bootargs [b]“root=/dev/sda3“ [url]/HERE USE YOUR /HOME SDA SDA[/url]

CFE> setenv -p boot_debian "ramdisk -max=20000000 ide0.0:/boot/initrd ; boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinuz" /LOADS KERNEL FROM CARD

boot_debian

MAKING BOOT MENU - DEPENDS ON YOUR MENU CONFIG

CFE> setenv -p MENU_2_COMMAND "boot_debian"

CFE> setenv -p MENU_2_LABEL "linux mintppc 11"

TEST IT BY USING COMMAND MENU and choice

SETTING 3D ACCELERATION

In LINUX TERMINAL
/etc/init.d/gdm stop /STOPING GFX SERVICES
Root YOUR PASSWORD
ls /etc/X11
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-vsync.conf /ENTERING TEXT EDITOR, type in it:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon HD [b]6870 " /DEPENDS ON YOUR CARD
Option "SwapbuffersWait" "False"
EndSection

CTRL + X, confirm with Y

nano /etc/profile.d/radeon_sh
# export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri_g/
# export R600_ENABLE_S3TC=1
export vblank_mode=0
export CLUTTER_VBLANK=none
CTRL + X, confirm with Y

HOW TO TEST GFX CARD

Enter terminal, type glxgears - without 3D it will be 60 fps with it 1500 fps and up depending on card

After this you should insert newly created user (in my case vox( in sudoers user group - LXDE menu USERS AND GROUPS

If you wish to use encrypted DVDs install libdvdcss2 via Synaptic or software manager

At this time it is libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb
sudo /home/vox/ARCHIVE/x1000 files/libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb (This is not mentioned in manual for this to work you have to be sudoers group of users and needs a restart to work)
sudo dpkg --install /home/vox/ARCHIVE/x1000 files/libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb

/home/vox ... is path where I downloaded it.

COMPIZ INSTALL:

sudo apt-get install xcompmg (You need to add scrinlets via Synaptic, this is also lacking in manual)
gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart
And edit file and add to the end

@xcompmgr -n

Save file.

/etc/init.d/gdm stop /SHUTDOWN xorg server: ROOT ONLY

Enter root username and psw in terminal
su
/etc/init.d/gdm start

If you wish not to use compiz re-edit the mentioned file with line @xcompmgr -n and save it, restart

BUG REPORT: Lower LXDE panel might discappear, or something else might go wrong on LXDE desktop.
SOLUTION: DELETE HIDDEN FILES top and bottom in /home/vox/.config/... and RESTART. New LXDE
desktop will be generated during boot

ENJOY MINT 11 POWERPC64!

In Serbian / Bosnian / Croatian

1) UBACITI DEBIAN V7.2 PPC64 NETINSTALL DISK
2) PRILIKOM BOOT-A UĆI U FIRMWARE SA KOMANDOM F
3) ZATIM KUCATI SLEDEĆE:
• CFE> ramdisk -z -addr=0x24000000 -fs=iso atapi0.1:install/powerpc64/initrd.gz (ako nije ova putanja do initrd.gz datoteke naći odgovarajuću, pročitati je sa drugog kompa)
• CFE> setenv bootargs "root=/dev/ramdisk install url=mintppc.org”
• CFE> boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinuz (putanja u kartici od 128MB-a, gde je vmlinuz kernel)
1) PRETHODNOM KOMANDOM POKRENUTA JE DEBIAN INSTALLACIJA, IZBACIĆE GREŠKU DA NIJE MOGAO UČITATI KERNEL MODULE, TE PITANJEM DA LI DA NASTAVI ODGOVORITI SA "YES"
2) KAO MREŽNU KARTICU IZABRATI SEMI PA NETWORK
3) PO POTREBI (RE-)PARTICIONISATI DISK ILI OSTAVITI ISTO, A FORMATIRATI SAMO BIVŠU ROOT PARTICIJU I MOUNTOVATI JE SA "/", I SAMO BEZ FORMATIRANJA MOUNTOVATI "/home" PARTICIJU I MOUNTOVATI BIVŠU "swap" PARTICIJU (PAŽNJA, AMIGA PREPOZNAJE SAMO ext3 FAJL SISTEM ZATO SISTEMSKA I HOME MORAJU BITI FORMATIRANA ISKLJUČIVO KAO exr3!). TRENUTNA ŠEMA PARTICIJA NA HARDDISKU VIĐENA OD STRANE DEBIANA JE SLEDEĆA:

SCSI 1 (0, 0, 0) (sda) - 2.0 TB ATA MOUNT POINT
#1 121.9MB affs7 BDH0
#2 109.8GB B DH0
#3 40GB F ext3 dhx /
#4 80GB F swap dhx swap
#5 491.5GB F ext3 dhx /home
#6 1.4TB DH1

SCSI 7 (0, 0, 0) (sdb) 129.0MB ATA ATP COMPACT FLASH
#1 PRIMARY 128.5MB B FAT16
SCSI 8 (0, 0, 0) (sdc) 4.0GB VERBATIM STORE N GO
#1 4.0GB FAT16
1) POSLE INSTALACIJE UĆI PONOVO POSLE REBOOT-A U FIRMWARE PA KUCATI SLEDEĆE KOMANDE:
CFE> setenv -p bootargs “root=/dev/sda3“ (U NAŠEM SADAŠNJEM SLUČAJU SLUČAJU ROOT PARTICIJA JE BROJ #3 VIDETI TABELU PARTICIJA GORE)
CFE> setenv -p boot_debian "ramdisk -max=20000000 ide0.0:/boot/initrd ; boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinuz"
boot_debian (PROVERA DA LI RADI NOVA BATCH SKRIPTA ZA UČITAVANJE LINUX-A)
2) PRAVLJENJE MENIJA U CFE-U:
CFE> setenv -p MENU_2_COMMAND "boot_debian"
CFE> setenv -p MENU_2_LABEL "linux mintppc 11"
ZATIM SE KUCA KOMANDA "MENU" KOJOM SE PROBAVA ODMAH DA LI RADI MENI?
3) ZATIM NAMEŠTANJE GRAFIČKE KARTICE:
• OTVORITI TERMINAL: su (KOMANDA)
• KUCATI /etc/init.d/gdm stop (STOPIRAMO GRAFIČKI SERVER I ULAZIMO SAMO U TERMINAL)
• KUCATI root PA šifru za root
• ls /etc/X11
• mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
• nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-vsync.conf (ČIME ULAZIMO U nano TEKST EDITOR A U NJEMU OTKUCATI SLEDEĆE):
• Section "Device"
• Identifier "Radeon HD "
• Option "SwapbuffersWait" "False"
• EndSection
• NA KRAJU PRITISNUTI CTRL+X ZATIM ODGOVORITI SA Y (ENTER) ČIME SE SNIME FAJL
• nano /etc/profile.d/radeon_sh PA U NOVOM FAJLU:
• # export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri_g/
• # export R800_ENABLE_S3TC=1
• export vblank_mode=0
• export CLUTTER_VBLANK=none
• NA KRAJU PRITISNUTI CTRL+X ZATIM ODGOVORITI SA Y (ENTER) ČIME SE SNIME FAJL
1) ZA PROVERU INSTALACIJE GRAFIČKE OTVORITI TERMINAL I OTKUCATI glxgears OTVORIĆE SE DEMO ZA PROBU 2D/3D AKCELERACIJE, BEZ NJE, RADI NA OKO 60fps-a, DOK POD NJOM RADI NA OKO 1500-1700fps.
2) POSLE INSTALACIJE TREBALO BI UBACITI NOVOKREIRANOG KORISNIKA vox U sudoers KORISNIČKU GRUPU PREKO KOMANDE IZ ldxe MENIJA USERS & GROUPS
3) INSTALIRATI libdvdcss2 RADI ČITANJA ENKRIPTOVANIH DVD VIDEO DISKOVA / FILMOVA. SKINUO SAM POSLEDNJU VERZIJU I OSTAVIO JE U /home/vox/ARCHIVE/x1000 files/libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb
4) sudo /home/vox/ARCHIVE/x1000 files/libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb (ZA OVO MORA vox KORISNIČKO IME DA BUDE U OKVIRU sudoers GRUPE KORISNIKA, MOŽDA JE POTREBAN I RESTART DA BI TO KONAČNO PRORADILO)
5) sudo dpkg --install /home/vox/ARCHIVE/x1000 files/libdvdcss2.1.2.10-0.3_powerpc.deb
6) COMPIZ INSTALACIJA:
• sudo apt-get install xcompmg (OVAKO SE INSTALIRA COMPIZ MENADŽER, TREBALO BI DA JE U SYSTRAY-U, ALI POTREBNO JE POSLE DOINSTALIRATI PREKO SYNAPTICA I screenlets (+ .doc UPUSTVA), ONDA IH JE MOGUĆE LAKŠE DODAVATI)
• AKO ŽELITE DA SE COMPIZ AUTOMATSKI DIŽE PRIKOM BOOT-OVANJA UMESTO OPENBOX-A, ONDA KAO ROOT KUCATI:
gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart
(U OKVIRU TOG FAJLA DODATI NA KRAJU U NOVOM REDU:
@xcompmgr -n I SNIMITI FAJL)
• ZATIM SHUTDOWN xorg server:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop (OTKUCATI KAO ROOT)
U NOVOM TERMINALU OTKUCATI KORISNIČKO IME vox I PASSWORD
• ONDA:
su
• PA PONOVO POKRENUTI xorg server:
/etc/init.d/gdm start
• DA BI SE NAJLAKŠE PRIVREMENO UGASIO COMPIZ, ODKOMENTIRATI PREKO GEDITA (OPET KAO ROOT) @xcompmgr -n i snimiti fajl
PAŽNJA: AKO NESTANE DONJI LDXE OSNOVNI PANEL ILI SE NEŠTO DRUGO SLIČNO POKVARI OD STRANE COMPIZA, DEFAULT LDXE SE NAMEŠTA TAKO ŠTO SE OBRIŠE: NAĆI SKRIVERNI FOLDER U:
/home/vox/.config/... naći top ili bottom file KOJI TREBA OBRISATI I RESTARTOVATI KOMP KADA ĆE LDXE NAPRAVITI NOVI DEFAULT FAJL