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Re: Void Linux
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:42 pm
by 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.
Re: Void Linux
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:17 pm
by xeno74
xeno74 wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:39 pm
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".
Re: Void Linux
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:26 pm
by 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.
Re: Void Linux
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:17 pm
by xeno74
Test of LVM and XFS with the RC2 of kernel 6.13 on Void PPC:

Re: Void Linux
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 9:48 am
by xeno74
xeno74 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:30 am
Hi All,
I was able to update Void in the root disk image yesterday. I think, this is the last Void disk image. Please change to
Fienix in the future.
New:
- Noboot disk image (image without boot partition)
- Fbdev is pre-configured
- Renamed the libglamoregl.so to libglamoregl.so.bak
- Yaru themes
- Arctic Fox 40.1
- Pale Moon 31.2
Download:
void-live-powerpc-20230317.img.tar.gz (md5sum: 9e663d6045ffc24e58b7adbd4b9c9629)
If you want to enable hardware acceleration manually, then edit the file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. Change the "driver" from
fbdev to
radeon.
Please test it.
Thanks,
Christian
md5sum void-live-powerpc-20230317.img.tar.gz
9e663d6045ffc24e58b7adbd4b9c9629
md5sum void-live-powerpc-20230317.img
49d2ae2c8999575280ff235bcb39dfc8
du -sh void-live-powerpc-20230317.img.tar.gz
4G
du -sh void-live-powerpc-20230317.img
13G
Re: Void Linux
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:21 am
by xeno74
xeno74 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:23 am
xeno74 wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:52 pm
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.
If you have some issues with SSL certificates:
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xbps-install -S xbps —repository=http://mirrors.servercentral.com/void-ppc/current/ppc/