[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

[Ariel Sánchez]

I remember seeing this video for OpenBSD 6 and XFCE. Really like his
channel - mind you, this is all in a VM, so barring hardware issues it
should help you.

How-to Install OpenBSD 6.0 plus XFCE desktop and basic applications

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5D9fenQBs

Ariel Sanchez Mora

"The best way out is always through."*—Robert Frost*

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:53 PM, George Rosamond <
george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> On 11/01/16 13:45, Scott Robbins wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 01:13:13PM -0400, Robert Menes wrote:
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> I successfully installed OpenBSD 6.0 on my iBook G4. I'm packing it
> along
> >> for tomorrow.
> >>
> >> If possible, I'd like to get a little assistance with a couple of little
> >> projects I want to do with
> >> it, namely switching the desktop environment for something nicer like
> Xfce
> >> and getting Wifi
> >> completely working (I installed the necessary firmware packages but
> can't
> >> seem to get
> >> ifconfig to see any ESSIDs).
> >
> > One thing that I've found, at least with the iwn drivers is that they
> don't
> > work with a hidden WPA2 network.  (Someone on daemonforums had a similar
> > experience).  Not knowing your situation, I don't know if that's
> relevant.
>
> IIRC, hidden networks are not part of the 802.11 standards...
>
> g
>
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