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Hi All,

I tested Void Linux PPC on my X5000 today.

First, I extracted the Void rootfs "void-ppc-ROOTFS-20200411.tar.xz" on a free partition on my X5000. It boots without any problems.

You can log into this system as root with the password "voidlinux".

After that I configured my network with the command "dhcpcd".

If it works then "ln -s /etc/sv/dhcpcd /var/service/dhcpcd".

Then I updated my Void rootfs with the following commands:

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  # xbps-install -u xbps

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  # xbps-install -Suv

After that I rebooted the X5000.

I created a user with the following commands:

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  # useradd -m -s /bin/bash -U -G wheel,users,audio,video,cdrom,input amigaone

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  # passwd amigaone

To allow the user amigaone system access via the sudo command, you need to edit the file "/etc/sudoers" with "visudo". Uncomment this line: # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL.

Afterwards I installed MATE with the following commands:

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  sudo xbps-install -S xorg xterm

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  sudo xbps-install -S mate

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  sudo xbps-install -S mate-utils pluma mate-terminal mate-system-monitor mate-applets alsa-utils pavucontrol glxinfo mesa-demos lightdm lightdm-gtk3-greeter

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  sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/dbus

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  sudo ln -s /etc/sv/lightdm /var/service/lightdm

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  sudo reboot

Additionally I installed the following packages:

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  sudo xbps-install -S hardinfo neofetch vlc wget

With the command "xbps-remove -o <package names>" you can remove packages.

Screenshot of Void Linux on the X5000:



I am looking forward about your experiences with Void.

Cheers,
Christian

xeno74 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:05 pm
I tested Void Linux PPC on my X5000 today.
...

Glad to hear you got it working! Did you already check whether there is for it some interesting software, not available for MintPPC and Fienix?

Ps. When I started the installation following your instructions, the command "# xbps-install -u xbps" gave an error message "The package 'xbps' is not present in repository pool".

Edit: The commands
# xbps-install -u xbps
and
# xbps-install -Suv
has to be run in the opposite oder!

Next problem is, how to change 'nano' to the default editor of 'Visudo'? The original one (vi?) is totally useless, I cannot operate it at all (and the manual is as incomprehensible as the program itself). I already downloaded nano with xbps.

Hi Rolland,
Hi All,

I uploaded a ROOTFS with MATE, VLC, SuperTuxKart, LibreOffice, Gimp, some web browsers with ViewTube etc today.

Download: void-ppc-ROOTFS-20210820.tar.gz

You can log into this system as amigaone with the password "amigaone".

Sorry if I can't answer all questions. I am also new in the Void land.

Cheers,
Christian

xeno74 wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:02 pm I uploaded a ROOTFS with MATE, VLC, SuperTuxKart, LibreOffice, Gimp, some web browsers with ViewTube etc today.

Download: void-ppc-ROOTFS-20210820.tar.gz

It works on my X1000.

xeno74 wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:02 pm Sorry if I can't answer all questions. I am also new in the Void land.

I succeeded finally to perform the whole installation cascade. FYI, "EDITOR=nano visudo" was needed to change the default editor to nano. Nothing special, I think...

But I cannot get lightdm to load the dekstop. I have still a Radeon R7 240 in my machine, and I tested the 'xorg.conf' (with 'fbdev' defined) from both Fienix and MintPPC but got only a black screen... Is Void incompatible with fbdev? I do not have here any other graphics board to test.

Roland wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:48 am Is Void incompatible with fbdev?

I think no. Is the package "xf86-video-fbdev" installed? I didn't need to install it because it was installed automatically.

Date and Time with NTP

Install the package NTP:
Enable the service:
Reboot and check if the NTP service works:
Output: run: ntpd: (pid 2296) 493497782s

Installing the Network-Manager

Hi All,

I released an img with a boot and root partition including the void-installer today.

Download: void-live-powerpc-20210822.img.tar.gz 3.8G
md5sum: 8bfc1fc6d63c0fc0741c1bd8e3b4078a



Cheers,
Christian

xeno74 wrote: Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:59 pm Hi All,

I released an img with a boot and root partition including the void-installer today.

Download: void-live-powerpc-20210822.img.tar.gz 3.8G
md5sum: 8bfc1fc6d63c0fc0741c1bd8e3b4078a

Cheers,
Christian

Please add your own favorite kernel and the dtb (X5000) to the small FAT16 partition.