Help With IBM Power Servers

[Alaa Tawalbeh]

Hi all,

i'm trying to install Fedora on IBM P6 520 server ( power server PPC64) after the text mode i get a black screen , i tried linux vga=2 but didn't work any help please ...

also when i want to configure YUM what reops can i use ? cab i use any source RPM and it will work with PPC64 or i need a specific RPMs ? 

Thanks all ..

Rgds.
Alaa

[rami abuoss]

Did you see this link may be can help you ?

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32/entry/fedora_17_beta_for_ppc64_now_available5?lang=en

 

Best Regards
 Rami S. Abu-Aus

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Subject: [JoLUG-General] Help With IBM Power Servers

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[Mohammad Khashashneh]

Hello

Could you please elaborate more about the problem?
but any how:
- To temporarily switch between run levels (e.x. Command line -> Graphical) try "telinit 5" as root.
- To boot into runlevel 5 (graphical mode) by default, depends on which fedora you are using,
Pre f15 use the old initd process to boot the system, newer fedoras use the systemd process.
In case of initd, follow this: http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_Fedora_Runlevels_and_Services#Fedora_Runlevels_Descriptions
In case of systemd follow this: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#How_do_I_change_the_default_runlevel.3F

- Not sure regarding 3rd party repos which support ppc, but usually repmfusion is the defacto one.
- Also, not so sure about srpms,  but probably you could build them for any atchitecture, however procedure for ppc may differ. check out the following: http://hacktux.com/fedora/source/rpm

Hope this helps

Moha. Khashashneh

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From: Alaa Tawalbeh <alaa.t...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 7:42 AM

Subject: [JoLUG-General] Help With IBM Power Servers

[Alaa Tawalbeh]

Thank you Moh.  ,,

it is more than a runlevel issue, it seems that it was loading the MGA driver and it is not working, i configured X to load vesa driver and grub2 to use text , it is working now but the resolution is bad , at least i can use VNC :)