[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

Robert Menes viewtiful.icchan at gmail.com
Tue Nov 1 15:54:11 EDT 2016


Hey Ariel,

Thanks for that link! I'm going to see how it goes for me tonight!

If you come tomorrow, you can see if it worked for me or not. ;)

--Robert

On Nov 1, 2016 3:34 PM, "Ariel Sánchez" <arielsanchezmora at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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