[talk] OpenBSD on iBook G4

[Robert Menes]

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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