Powerbook G4 1.67GHz - POST-February 2005 Insomnia

[carpathian_wolf]

Hi all,

I've been installing gentoo on one of the ultra new g4 powerbooks, so I'm encountering all of the 'usual' problems with linux support for this relatively new machine. I seem to have managed to iron out many of the problems (well, those that have some sort of solution anyhow), but I can't get sleep mode (suspend to ram/disk) to work -- and this is something that would come in very handy for me. I don't have much experience with laptops, ppc or otherwise, so I would appreciate help from anyone who has a POST-FEBRUARY 2005 Powerbook G4 (since they will understand my problem). I'm not even sure if there exists a solution for this but any feedback would be great.

I'm using kernel version 2.6.11r9 -- and so far as I know, I have all of the correct options set (mac power control etc) & patches applied.
I have pbbuttonsd installed and working fine, however when I press my sleep button the screen switches off but nothing else happens. I presume that pbbutons is doing its stuff, then calling the kernel method to sleep, except nothing is happening. Pbbuttonsd is configured to suspend to ram in this case.

Thanks to anybody who can help

[silian87]

Try to install powerprefs and confiugure the sleep action when you press the halt button (or close the screen).

[JoseJX]

You didn't mention whether you have an ATi based Powerbook or a nVidia one. Either way, please try the latest vanilla kernel (2.6.12-rc5 right now) and see if that helps. Also, which version of pbbuttonsd are you using?

[carpathian_wolf]

Hi and thanks for the replies.

I will try downloading the latest kernel in a moment and have a play with that. I have the latest 15inch powerbook which comes with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (128MB DDR). I'm guessing support for this is poor The laptop is actually very impressive, but I really don't want to use macos -- I would only be doing so for the hardware support. I'm using the very latest version of pbbuttonsd -- 0.6.10. Although the lack of support for 3D acceleration and Airport extreme are a bit of a kick in the tits, if I could just get sleep working the laptop would be useable on the road.

Cheers all.

[JoseJX]

Yeah, that should be supported with the latest pbbuttonsd and the latest vanilla kernel, give it a whirl. Also, if you experience any lockups with pbbuttonsd, please try turning off the NoTapTyping option. If you're not getting lockups with it on, also please let me know. :)

Progress is being made in supporting both the r300 chipsets and the AE.
The place to watch for AE support is: http://linux-bcom4301.sf.net and for r300 support: http://r300.sf.net

Good luck!

[carpathian_wolf]

Hello again.

Well thanks very much JoseJX

It 'all' works! Now I just cannot wait for good trackpad drivers, display acceleration drivers, and airport extreme.

Hmm. I am a phd computer science student.. Perhaps I could get invovled with this?

Mike

[Donpasquale]

i got exactly the same laptop, although i think i only got 64 mb ati card. which trackpad drivers did you use to get that to run?

Thanks in advance

[carpathian_wolf]

Hi Donpasquale,

I used the (only?) trackpad drivers available, written by Johannes Berg and available at:

http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerB ... pad/driver

HOWEVER, this driver is awkwardly written and will not function entirely as expected (after a given time the cursor will start to move strangely and vibrate).

I had a look at the code and made a sloppy patch for the user space driver that somewhat ameliorates this peculiarity.

It is a most annoying problem isn't it? I would seem like a small thing not to have drivers for the trackpad compared to the rest of the machine, but its just such an integral part of a laptop that its near crippling!

[Donpasquale]

i already knew that driver. but i didnt get it to work. i will perhaps also write some patch for the driver to work in a more relaxed way. i also would like to completely integrate it into the kernel. perhaps as a patch for the regular trackpad drivers

[mattdenner]

I used the (only?) trackpad drivers available, written by Johannes Berg and available at:

http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerB ... pad/driver

Don't know if this is any use to you guys but there is a better driver available for the latest Powerbook trackpads. The main URL for the site is http://www.popies.net/atp/. I've just noticed that a 0.05 release is available which, if it's the same as the atp-acc version he sent to the Debian PPC mailing list, is very good (like perfect!).

Matt

[Donpasquale]

i also just found these drivers today. i will write a patch for the gentoo-sources and will try to submit it to the developer version.

Greetings

Passi

[Donpasquale]

the driver works great. i will post my lsusb later that day because i am under mac osx right now. i will also write an ebuild for that driver . possibly it will go into portage. would be great.

Greetings,

Passi

[puggy]

the driver works great. i will post my lsusb later that day because i am under mac osx right now. i will also write an ebuild for that driver . possibly it will go into portage. would be great.

Greetings,

Passi

Thanks for promising to post your usb ids. On the other issue, I imagine that it will get into the kernel in the near future anyway.

[Donpasquale]

i dont think it will go into the kernel that fast. it makes a quite buggy impression and the driver also doesnt handle all commands from the hardware by now. But it is a way better solution then the first driver which didnt barely work

[puggy]

i dont think it will go into the kernel that fast. it makes a quite buggy impression and the driver also doesnt handle all commands from the hardware by now. But it is a way better solution then the first driver which didnt barely work

I haven't tried it yet, but apparently it emulates a synaptics touchpad as well (if you use the right drivers etc) which would give it the full capability.

[Donpasquale]

it does the emulation but it doesnt handle all hardware events by now. it doesnt for example handle the hardware disconnect and reconnect

[puggy]

Fair enough, I'm sure an ebuild would be welcome. Sticking a make install target in the makefile wouldn't go amiss either, I just did it manually, but that's annoying for most people or I guess some people wouldn't know how.

[Donpasquale]

lol. sure. i will write that thing sometime at the weekend and will post it here and on bugzilla.

Greetings,

Passi

[scoobydu]

lol. sure. i will write that thing sometime at the weekend and will post it here and on bugzilla.

Greetings,

Passi

Any news on this one guys?

[derKnut]

hi @ all

i downloaded the driver and tried to compile it on my powerbook g4 (5,6) 15'' 1,5GHz but i always get errors!
on my x86-system its possible to compile, but not on my pbook?!?

what do i wrong?

here is the message:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.10/build SUBDIRS=/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07 modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
CC [M] /home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.o
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:433: error: parse error before "pm_message_t"
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:434: warning: function declaration isn't a prototyp
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c: In function 'atp_suspend':
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: 'iface' undeclarde (first use in this function)
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: for each function it appers in.)
make[2]: *** [/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
make: *** [default Error 2

[fr3sh]

Where do i have to copy the compiled modules to? And do I have to build the stuff in /sys/modules/ by my own?

Can anyone help me? Compiling the drivers was successfull!

ciao fr3sh

[gandalf]

Hi,
I've had the same problem.
I've resolved that emerging the last kernel 2.6.12-r9.
Once you've compiled and installed the new kernel, you'll be able to compile appletouch's module.

bye bye.

Stefano.

hi @ all

i downloaded the driver and tried to compile it on my powerbook g4 (5,6) 15'' 1,5GHz but i always get errors!
on my x86-system its possible to compile, but not on my pbook?!?

what do i wrong?

here is the message:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.10/build SUBDIRS=/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07 modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
CC [M] /home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.o
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:433: error: parse error before "pm_message_t"
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:434: warning: function declaration isn't a prototyp
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c: In function 'atp_suspend':
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: 'iface' undeclarde (first use in this function)
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.c:435: error: for each function it appers in.)
make[2]: *** [/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07/appletouch.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/derknut/appletouch-0.07] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
make: *** [default Error 2