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Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 1:55 pm
by xeno74
Today I updated my Fedora 25 PPC64 Server. It was a big update. New Firefox, new Mesa etc etc.
The userland of Fedora is 64-bit. It's a full 64-bit system. It works on the X5000 and X1000 but be aware, that Fedora is experimental and isn't supported. Fedora for the X1000 and X5000 is alpha software! It's only for testing and tinkering!
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:07 pm
by musa
Hi I have a spare partition and would like to install fedora on it. How is the proper way to install fedora and which kernel is the best. thanks in advance
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:02 pm
by xeno74
musa wrote:Hi I have a spare partition and would like to install fedora on it. How is the proper way to install fedora and which kernel is the best. thanks in advance
Hi Musa,
You can only install Fedora with an installed Linux distribution or with a live DVD. I would recommend you to use the stable longterm kernel 4.9 or you can test it with some 4.10 test kernels.
Here are the instructions:
Download:
fedora25.img.gz
I suggest to download Fedora 25 with a right click on the link and then with the menu point "Save target as" or something like this.
Extract the image with:
Please mount the image with the following command as root:
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mount -o loop -t ext4 fedora25.img /mnt
With the following command you can copy the whole img to an empty partition as root:
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rsync --stats --progress --numeric-ids -axAhHSP <in the mounted img> <new empty partition>
For example:
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rsync --stats --progress --numeric-ids -axAhHSP . /media/christian/c87fa493-6827-4072-af93-7175972daf64
After that, it's important to edit
/etc/fstab in Fedora's new partition with the correct root partition id.
Users:
amigaone with password
amigaone
root with password
amigaone
If you want to use X11 then type
startx.
The standard desktop for root is MATE and the standard desktop for the user amigaone is LXDE. If you login as root then you can also type
lightdm for using a display manager. With lightdm you have the possibility to login as root or amigaone to the MATE, LXDE and Xfce desktop. If X11 doesn't work then you can edit the xorg.conf in the directory
/etc/X11 with the correct values.
Cheers,
Christian
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:41 pm
by musa
xeno74 wrote:
Hi Musa,
You can only install Fedora with an installed Linux distribution or with a live DVD. I would recommend you to use the stable longterm kernel 4.9 or you can test it with some 4.10 test kernels.
Here are the instructions:
Cheers,
Christian
Thanks christian I have fedora up and running now.
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:49 pm
by xeno74
musa wrote:xeno74 wrote:
Hi Musa,
You can only install Fedora with an installed Linux distribution or with a live DVD. I would recommend you to use the stable longterm kernel 4.9 or you can test it with some 4.10 test kernels.
Here are the instructions:
Cheers,
Christian
Thanks christian I have fedora up and running now.
Fantastic! Well done!
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:39 pm
by musa
After update fedora I get this error when trying to start yum : Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) (20)
and then: DNF Dbus backend is not responding
Yum Extender will exit .
Do you have a solution to that Christian?
Thanks
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:06 pm
by xeno74
musa wrote:After update fedora I get this error when trying to start yum : Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) (20)
and then: DNF Dbus backend is not responding
Yum Extender will exit .
Do you have a solution to that Christian?
Thanks
I don't have this issue. Please try
"dnf reinstall polkit" but maybe you have bad luck that dnf doesn't work anymore.
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:20 pm
by musa
xeno74 wrote:
I don't have this issue. Please try "dnf reinstall polkit" but maybe you have bad luck that dnf doesn't work anymore.
Thank Cristian. If I dont upgrade I dont get this error so I think I start again and this time i dont upgrade. All program as gimp, inscape, libre office and grams is working ok without upgrading . I think I try that.
Thanks again
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:13 pm
by xeno74
musa wrote:If I dont upgrade I dont get this error so I think I start again and this time i dont upgrade. All program as gimp, inscape, libre office and grams is working ok without upgrading . I think I try that.
Thanks again
Yes, that's a good idea. Maybe the upgrade works again in few weeks.
Re: Fedora 25 ppc64
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:18 am
by musa
If I did not upgrade package crypto policies, it is possible for me to upgrade fedora without fedora afterwards fails. I had to install firefox 50.1.0 separate from the rpm package. Also, I have changed the start to graphical login. I am very positively surprised by the possibilities in Fedora.
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