Void Linux

[xeno74]

FYI:

just a heads up, the domain will expire in about 4 weeks and I will not be renewing it, so that means the repos will go fully dead (the https cert already expired months ago)

Link: Void Linux for PowerPC -- macrumors.com

If you need some packages then try to download it as soon as possible.

[xeno74]

XscreenSaver instead of MATE Screensaver:

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kill $(ps ax | grep mate-screensaver | head -1 | sed s/^[[:space:]]*// | cut -d " " -f 1) ; xscreensaver & xscreensaver-command -activate

One click to activate it in the background. It would start after some minutes without activity. With the second click it starts immediately.

[xeno74]

There are backup mirrors that will allow you to install software and updates, but be aware the repository has not been upgraded/updated since December of last year.

Repo link: mirrors.servercentral.com

[xeno74]

XscreenSaver instead of MATE Screensaver:

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kill $(ps ax | grep mate-screensaver | head -1 | sed s/^[[:space:]]*// | cut -d " " -f 1) ; xscreensaver & xscreensaver-command -activate

One click to activate it in the background. It would start after some minutes without activity. With the second click it starts immediately.

Better solution:

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kill $(pidof  mate-screensaver) ; xscreensaver & xscreensaver-command -activate

[xeno74]

Hi All,

There isn't a TV card software available for Void PPC. Therefore I created a TVtime package for Void PPC today.

Download: TVtime_1.0.11_linux-powerpc.tar.gz

Installation:

1. Unpack the package and create the directory /usr/share/tvtime with the following command:

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   sudo mkdir /usr/share/tvtime

2. After that copy the font tvtimeSansBold.ttf to the directory /usr/share/tvtime/ with the following command:

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   sudo cp usr/share/tvtime/tvtimeSansBold.ttf /usr/share/tvtime/

3. Then you can start TVtime with ./tvtime.

A radio software for TV cards is also available for Void PPC now.

Download: radio_void-ppc.tar.gz

[xeno74]

There are backup mirrors that will allow you to install software and updates, but be aware the repository has not been upgraded/updated since December of last year.

Repo link: mirrors.servercentral.com

I was able to configure the repositories from this backup mirror.

vim /usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf

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repository=https://mirrors.servercentral.com/void-ppc/current/ppc/

vim /usr/share/xbps.d/10-repository-nonfree.conf

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repository=https://mirrors.servercentral.com/void-ppc/current/ppc/nonfree/

After that I was able to install unrar.

xbps-install -S unrar

Output:

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[*] Updating repository `https://mirrors.servercentral.com/void-ppc/current/ppc//ppc-repodata' ...
[*] Updating repository `https://mirrors.servercentral.com/void-ppc/current/ppc/nonfree//ppc-repodata' ...
ppc-repodata: 2777B [avg rate: 54MB/s]

Name  Action    Version           New version            Download size
unrar install   -                 6.2.2_1                189KB 

Size to download:              189KB
Size required on disk:         388KB
Space available on disk:        42GB

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 

[*] Downloading packages
unrar-6.2.2_1.ppc.xbps.sig: 512B [avg rate: 9804KB/s]
unrar-6.2.2_1.ppc.xbps: 189KB [avg rate: -- stalled --]
unrar-6.2.2_1: verifying RSA signature...

[*] Collecting package files
unrar-6.2.2_1: collecting files...

[*] Unpacking packages
unrar-6.2.2_1: unpacking ...

[*] Configuring unpacked packages
unrar-6.2.2_1: configuring ...
unrar-6.2.2_1: installed successfully.

1 downloaded, 1 installed, 0 updated, 1 configured, 0 removed.

[xeno74]

You can boot Void without Xorg with the runsvdirs single. You have to set the root password before.

For example with QEMU:

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qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 4096 -kernel uImage-6.11 -drive format=raw,file=void-live-powerpc-20230317.img,index=0,if=virtio -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0 -append "root=/dev/vda console=ttyS0 single" -device virtio-keyboard-pci -smp 4 -nographic

The runit-void package comes with two runsvdirs, single and default:

single just runs sulogin(8) and the necessary steps to rescue your system.
default is the default runsvdir on a running system.

[xeno74]

You can boot Void without Xorg with the runsvdirs single. You have to set the root password before.

For example with QEMU:

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qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 4096 -kernel uImage-6.11 -drive format=raw,file=void-live-powerpc-20230317.img,index=0,if=virtio -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0 -append "root=/dev/vda console=ttyS0 single" -device virtio-keyboard-pci -smp 4 -nographic

The runit-void package comes with two runsvdirs, single and default:

single just runs sulogin(8) and the necessary steps to rescue your system.
default is the default runsvdir on a running system.

If you need a network connection then run "dhcpcd".

[xeno74]

Test of exFAT with the RC1 of kernel 6.13 on Void PPC:



I have installed the exfat-utils and after that the successor exfatprogs from SAMSUNG via a local repository.

[xeno74]

Test of LVM and XFS with the RC2 of kernel 6.13 on Void PPC: