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Re: The State of Linux on a PowerMac G5 October 2023

CountlessShrimp — Sat, 23 May 2026 00:09:31 -0000

I just tried installing via usb using rufus to burn the iso and the following is my step by step:

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso

Windows key + Alt + O + F

boot ud:2,\grub

// 0> terminal

search --file --set=root /install/vmlinux
linux /install/vmlinux video=ofonly PowerPC
initrd /install/initrd.gz
boot

// skip
// b43-open/ucode5.fw

sudo apt update && sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer

Not sure if this will help, but this is how I got through my stuff and I had to point grub to the correct spot.

Re: Building the Softrock Ensemble RXTX

Cale Mooth — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:15:08 -0000

Hi John, I wish I had an answer, but unfortunately my board gave out years and years ago.

Re: Building the Softrock Ensemble RXTX

John — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:37:34 -0000

Ensemble drivers

Re: Building the Softrock Ensemble RXTX

John — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:29:11 -0000

I realize this post is old but I found an Ensemble rxtx and got it to receive. It’s using HDSDR but says “no hardware specific Ext Io DLL” And “ExtIo DLL does not support tx”. Using PE0FKO config software and HDSDR v 2.82a. Some web sites for software appear broken. Any ideas? Going to post to groups.io SDR group.

Re: The State of Linux on a PowerMac G5 October 2023

JohnnyCage — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:30:10 -0000

This doesn't work anymore, it fails to install grub so you can't boot in to Debian. Anyone found a solution for this?

Re: Ham Radio Clubs: It's time to move away from the PDF Newsletter

G-Dubya — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:55:13 -0000

RE: Content is hidden from search engines

As long as text is embedded in the document, it can be searched by Google. If it's on the PDF as an image/screenshot then no, but the same goes for any image with text captured as a screenshot.

To check if text in a PDF is embedded (meaning the fonts are embedded within the document), open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to Menu -> Document Properties, then select the Fonts tab; if the fonts are embedded, you will see "(Embedded)" or "(Embedded Subset)" next to each font name in the list.

You'll need Acrobat to see this feature.

73 de K4HSM

Re: Ham Radio Clubs: It's time to move away from the PDF Newsletter

Cale Mooth — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:41:04 -0000

Thanks for sharing, Dan. It's all about meeting audiences across their various channels. There's no central meeting place online. Everyone is scattered across different services with different content delivery preferences. Knowing the audience and targeting the biggest delivery methods for them makes a big difference. There's no one right way.

The Nashville club is at a transition point with its club newsletter. I'd be very curious to see an example of what the Rotary group is doing. Might be inspiring.

Re: Ham Radio Clubs: It's time to move away from the PDF Newsletter

danromanchik — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:15:57 -0000

Hi, Kyle--

What our Rotary club does is pretty much what you propose here, except that we also publish a weekly email newsletter with links to the posts on our website. The newsletter also contains information about upcoming meetings and events. I can forward the latest issue to you, if you’re interested.

When I worked for ARDC, I was responsible for producing the ARDC monthly newsletter, and we pretty much followed the same format, and it worked out pretty well for us.

Where my Rotary club fails is that we don’t do a very good job of posting to social media. I just can’t find anyone to do this. It takes time and people are busy. I think that many ham clubs will have the same problem.

73, Dan KB6NU

Re: The State of Linux on a PowerMac G5 October 2023

David — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:42:30 -0000

Support is better for legacy ATI Radeon gpus, if you are willing to switch. Do you have a pci or pcie system?

Re: Ham Radio Clubs: It's time to move away from the PDF Newsletter

Cale Mooth — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:37:00 -0000

Thanks for the thoughtful response. There are pros and cons to each approach. Ultimately it comes down to what the club wants. If they're content to only target their own membership, maybe the PDF makes sense because they're not worried about discoverability or recruiting a wider audience.

If their goal is to reach a larger presence on the web, then they have to invest at least the bare minimum in online publishing best practices.

Re: 10 Years of Amateur Radio Weekly

Cale Mooth — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:49:25 -0000

Thanks so much, Sandip!

Re: 10 Years of Amateur Radio Weekly

SandipSNambiar — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:18:28 -0000

Hello Cale.

I had come across ARW because I had wanted to get more amateur radio materials to read. I don’t remember the source but it could from a blogger on QRP construction. I found the newsletters interesting because you don’t stick to a single aspect of the hobby and there were so many times that I would come across a blogger that I would have never heard about. Congratulations on the 10 year milestone and thank you for your contributions to this hobby.

72,
Sandip EI7IJB

Re: The State of Linux on a PowerMac G5 October 2023

Cale Mooth — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:59:29 -0000

I haven't tried to get X running on this machine, but I have had it running on an old G3 PowerBook. On that device I had to resort to using the framebuffer driver because the ATI graphics card didn't have enough memory to run a modern version of X.

I would imagine that era of NVIDIA card is still viable, but resorting to the framebuffer driver which relies on the CPU could be an option even though it's not ideal.

You might try the Debian PPC mailing list. It's still surprisingly active.

Re: The State of Linux on a PowerMac G5 October 2023

Brian — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:49:04 -0000

have you had any luck with X-org? My G5 has the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and I have spent a week getting X running on a legacy version of Debian, now booted into 12 SID my console pretty much just freezes up.
What vid card do you have? Have you tried running X?

Re: Survey Results: Ham Radio Nets

Chimera Smithee — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:01:25 -0000

Good point. A lot of folks are using https://ham.live these days

Re: Introducing NetFinder: The Definitive Ham Radio Net Directory

Paul James Lourd — Tue, 23 May 2023 09:16:20 -0000

You may have the same problem as RepeaterBook, which is essentially useless. Lots of incorrect and out of date info. But good luck with it! w1ip

Re: Cable Modem and Router on Solar Power

Cale Mooth — Fri, 07 May 2021 20:25:33 -0000

That would absolutely work! At the time, I had no interest in making that cut. It was all an experiment. But if I were starting over today for a permanent install, I'd remove the inverter.

Re: Cable Modem and Router on Solar Power

Rob Frierson — Fri, 07 May 2021 19:19:42 -0000

Just wondering why you even need the inverter at all, especially since they are pretty much battery-killers. Can't you just chop the end of the cable modem cord, to bypass the transformer on it, and just connect the wires from the cable modem directly to the battery? Or am I missing something....that does sound a bit too simple. :)

Re: How to Turn a Google Mini into a Home Server

Cale Mooth — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:19:35 -0000

That's a great approach regarding the sticker. If I still had that unit I'd load it up with Raspberry Pis and set it out as a fun display piece.

Re: How to Turn a Google Mini into a Home Server

Milhooz — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:01:12 -0000

One comment that I should say first if anyone is still able to find one of these, don't peal the sticker but just cut it in a straight line with a cutter and a ruler between the notch on each side near the screws (behind the blue bar at the bottom of the picture of step2). It will save the look at least!

I know this is an old article but just wanted to let you know that it helped me reuse a Google Mini server from my previous company. I really like the form factor but the noise was unbearable and it was not that quick anymore so I've stripped all the internal and added a new PSU, motherboard and drives. Now it is much more quiet and really fast. For a few years I had 2 drives of 4TB in raid 1 which I have now upgraded to 8TB so it is also pretty secure to keep my personal and media files.
If anybody wants the original motherboard or PSU, let me know.

Re: Super Simple APRS Position Beacon

Frank Johnson — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:12:59 -0000

found it on github disreguard

Re: Super Simple APRS Position Beacon

Frank Johnson — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:05:06 -0000

this file is no longer at the link...
gpsd.php

http://git.savannah.gnu.org...

anyone have a copy

thanks frank
kf4cq

Re: APRS beacon with Uputronics GPS Board and a Raspberry Pi 3

joeleaux — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:14:44 -0000

Transmitting beacon.
usage: aprs [-h] -c CALLSIGN [--destination DESTINATION] [-d DIGIPEATERS]
[-o OUTPUT] [-v]
INFO
aprs: error: unrecognized arguments: /250113z2937.43N/09044.26W>000/000TRUCK Testing RaspPi + UV-5R/A=000000
packet.wav: No such file or directory

Re: Super Simple APRS Position Beacon

Cale Mooth — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 10:47:26 -0000

Hi Liam, I'll need to sit down with the code for a while and figure out the best method. You're welcome to take a shot at it, otherwise I'll post an update here once it's done. Unfortunately, I have a number of items on my list with higher priority.

Re: Super Simple APRS Position Beacon

Liam Gunning — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:04:42 -0000

Hi Cale, Could you please let me know how to reformat the code for Latitude South and Longitude East? Thanks - Liam