Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2025-12-06

Alex Perez <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:03:14 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.powerpc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Adrian,

I just checked https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots and it 
appears the latest built image is the 2025-12-06 image. Is there any 
chance you can build us a new one in the near future?

Thanks,
Alex

> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <mailto:[email protected]>
> March 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
> Hi Jaime,
>
> OK, I'll try to reproduce this on my iBook G4 as well.
> I'm pretty sure though that FAT32 support should just work, but we'll see.
>
> As for the LLVM issue: There are some limitations with LLVM on 32-bit 
> PowerPC,
> so we may have to turn off llvm-softpipe for the time being on 32-bit 
> PowerPC.
>
> Adrian
>
> Jaime Antonio González <mailto:[email protected]>
> March 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
> It's an iBook G4 (Powerbook6,7)
>
> This is the output of inxi -v 8 (needed to install FileZilla to push 
> it via FTP since the system refuses to mount USB devices, even my ext4 
> External HDD) also had to turn down UI scale to 75% since there's no 
> window decoration, can't resize them and the save button was offscreen.
>
> System:
>   Host: iBookG4 Kernel: 6.19.8+deb14-powerpc arch: ppc bits: 32 
> compiler: gcc
>     v: 15.2.0 clocksource: timebase
> parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-6.19.8+deb14-powerpc
>     root=UUID=3a237ce9-2a82-4292-892f-19da34144b2e ro quiet
>   Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 with: xfce4-panel
>     tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Debian
>     GNU/Linux forky/sid
> Machine:
>   Type: PPC System: PowerBook6 7 details: N/A mobo: PowerBook6,7 MacRISC3
>     Power Macintosh serial: SE7
> Battery:
>   Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
> Memory:
>   System RAM: total: N/A available: 1.45 GiB used: 284.5 MiB (19.1%)
>   RAM Report: message: No RAM data found using udevadm.
> PCI Slots:
>   Message: No PPC data found for this feature.
> CPU:
>   Info: model: 7447A altivec supported bits: N/A type: UP arch: ppc
>     family: N/A model-id: N/A rev: 1.5 (pvr 8003 0105)
>   Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 1 smt: N/A cache: L1: 64 KiB
>     desc: d-1x32 KiB; i-1x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 1x512 KiB
>   Speed (MHz): 1333 min/max: 667/1333 scaling: driver: powermac
>     governor: performance core: 1: 1333 bogomips: 73
>   Features: N/A
> Vulnerabilities: No CPU vulnerability/bugs data available.
> Graphics:
>   Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV360/M12 [Mobility 
> Radeon 9550]
>   driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: radeonfb,amdgpu arch: Rage-9
>     code: Radeon IGP process: TSMC 110nm built: 2003-08 ports: active: 
> LVDS-1
>     empty: SVIDEO-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:10.0 chip-ID: 1002:4e56
> class-ID: 0300
>   Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 driver: X: loaded: radeon
>     unloaded: fbdev,modesetting dri: r300 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0
>     screens: 1
>   Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 271x204mm (10.67x8.03")
>   s-diag: 339mm (13.35")
>   Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS model: Apple COLOR LCD built: 2002 res:
>     mode: 1024x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
>     x: 0.561 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.306 y: 0.537 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.133 
> white:
>     x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 245x184mm (9.65x7.24") diag: 306mm (12.1")
>     ratio: 4:3 modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 720x480, 640x480
>   EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 1
>   API: EGL Message: No EGL data available.
>   API: OpenGL Message: No GL data available.
>   Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: 
> xdriinfo,
>     xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
> Audio:
> Message: No device data found.
>   API: ALSA v: k6.19.8+deb14-powerpc status: kernel-api
>     tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
>   Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
> status: active 2: wireplumber status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
> Network:
>   Device-1: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN
>     vendor: Apple driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: ssb
>   bus-ID: 0001:00:12.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4318 class-ID: 0280
>   Device-2: Apple UniNorth 2 GMAC driver: gem v: N/A modules: sungem
>     port: N/A bus-ID: 0002:00:0f.0 chip-ID: 106b:0032 class-ID: 0200
>   IF: enP2p0s15f0 state: down mac: 00:14:51:99:b1:9a
>   Device-3: gmac driver: gem v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: 
> gmac:n/a
>     class-ID: ethernet
>   IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:14:51:d8:c2:9e
>   IP v4: 192.168.0.41/24 <http://192.168.0.41/24> type: dynamic 
> noprefixroute scope: global
> broadcast: 192.168.0.255
>   IP v6: fe80::214:51ff:fed8:c29e/64 type: noprefixroute scope: link
>   Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
>   WAN IP: 190.150.36.27
> Bluetooth:
>   Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB 
> rev: 2.0
>   speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-1:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8207
>     class-ID: fe01
>   Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: 
> 00:14:51:D4:F2:19
>     bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3 sub-v: 7ad hci-v: 3 rev: 7ad
>   Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
>     link-mode: peripheral accept
> Logical:
>   Message: No logical block device data found.
> RAID:
> Message: No RAID data found.
> Drives:
>   Local Storage: total: 47.53 GiB used: 3.67 GiB (7.7%)
>   SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
>   ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: IC25N020ATCS04-0
>     size: 18.63 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 
> <unknown>
>     tech: N/A serial: CSH204DMHLZWNF fw-rev: A72A scheme: MAC
>   ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
>     size: 28.9 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: 
> USB rev: 2.1
>     spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
>     serial: E0D55EA573E5E490994A25C2 fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
>   Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: MATSHITA model: DVD-RAM UJ-875S rev: 1.00
>     dev-links: cdrom
>   Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
>     rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
> Partition:
>   ID-1: / raw-size: 16.97 GiB size: 16.53 GiB (97.44%) used: 3.67 GiB 
> (22.2%)
> fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
> uuid: 3a237ce9-2a82-4292-892f-19da34144b2e
>   ID-2: /boot/grub raw-size: 244.1 MiB size: 244.1 MiB (100.00%)
>     used: 7.6 MiB (3.1%) fs: hfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: 
> untitled
>     uuid: 1c217e40-ef8d-30f8-8c15-67a94a9aa607
> Swap:
>   Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
>   ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
>     priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
>     uuid: be195e73-fcf3-458e-8c53-d6f3ddb88edf
> Unmounted:
>   ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 31 KiB fs: <superuser required>
>     label: N/A uuid: N/A
>   ID-2: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 0 KiB fs: <superuser required>
>     label: N/A uuid: N/A
>   ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 28.85 GiB fs: vfat label: SOFT NUEVO
>     uuid: CC38-1BBE
> USB:
>   Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0
>     speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
>   class-ID: 0900
>   Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 Kyson
>     type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
>     speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 300mA
>     chip-ID: 0951:1666 class-ID: 0806 serial: E0D55EA573E5E490994A25C2
>   Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
>     speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
>     class-ID: 0900
>   Device-1: 2-1:4 info: Apple Built-in Bluetooth type: bluetooth
> driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
>     mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 05ac:8207 class-ID: fe01
>   Device-2: 2-2:3 info: Apple Internal Trackpad type: mouse
>     driver: appletouch interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
>     lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 40mA chip-ID: 05ac:030b class-ID: 0301
>   Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1
> speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
>     class-ID: 0900
>   Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
> speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
>     class-ID: 0900
> Sensors:
>   Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using 
> /sys/class/hwmon
>     or lm-sensors.
> Repos:
>   Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1255 libs: 726 tools: apt,apt-get,synaptic
>   Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
>     1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main non-free-firmware
>     2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
>     3: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main
> Processes:
>   CPU top: 5 of 150
>   1: cpu: 16.6% command: ps pid: 1445 mem: 3.72 MiB (0.2%)
>   2: cpu: 2.9% command: xfdesktop pid: 1129 mem: 47.0 MiB (3.1%)
>   3: cpu: 2.7% command: Xorg pid: 744 mem: 64.1 MiB (4.3%)
> 4: cpu: 2.3% command: xfce4-terminal pid: 1145 mem: 41.7 MiB (2.7%)
>   5: cpu: 2.1% command: Thunar pid: 1112 mem: 46.1 MiB (3.0%)
>   Memory top: 5 of 150
> 1: mem: 64.1 MiB (4.3%) command: Xorg pid: 744 cpu: 2.7%
>   2: mem: 47.0 MiB (3.1%) command: xfdesktop pid: 1129 cpu: 2.9%
>   3: mem: 46.1 MiB (3.0%) command: Thunar pid: 1112 cpu: 2.1%
>   4: mem: 43.1 MiB (2.8%) command: libwhiskermenu.so started-by: 
> wrapper-2.0
>     pid: 1106 cpu: 1.9%
>   5: mem: 41.7 MiB (2.7%) command: xfce4-terminal pid: 1145 cpu: 2.3%
> Info:
>   Processes: 150 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
>     wakeups: 0 hibernate: shutdown avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume
>     image: 572.2 MiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd
>     v: 260 default: graphical tool: systemctl
>   Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: xfce4-terminal
>     inxi: 3.3.40
>
> Also I did a lsmod maybe you can find out something else with it.
>
> Module Size Used by
> snd_seq_dummy 4096 0
> snd_hrtimer 4096 1
> snd_seq 57344 7 snd_seq_dummy
> snd_seq_device 4096 1 snd_seq
> ccm 12288 3
> qrtr 24576 2
> bnep 12288 2
> btusb 36864 0
> b43 274432 0
> btmtk 16384 1 btusb
> btrtl 16384 1 btusb
> cordic 4096 1 b43
> btbcm 8192 1 btusb
> bcma 32768 1 b43
> btintel 28672 1 btusb
> bluetooth 602112 21 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,bnep,btbcm,btusb
> mac80211 909312 1 b43
> snd_aoa_codec_tas 8192 2
> snd_aoa_fabric_layout 8192 1
> snd_aoa 12288 2 snd_aoa_codec_tas,snd_aoa_fabric_layout
> ecdh_generic 4096 1 bluetooth
> snd_aoa_i2sbus 16384 1
> cfg80211 700416 2 b43,mac80211
> snd_aoa_soundbus 4096 2 snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_aoa_fabric_layout
> joydev 12288 0
> snd_pcm 98304 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus
> rfkill 16384 5 bluetooth,cfg80211
> hfs 57344 1
> snd_timer 24576 3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
> libarc4 4096 1 mac80211
> snd 69632 12 
> snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_aoa_codec_tas,snd_seq,snd_aoa_fabric_layout,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_aoa
> appletouch 12288 0
> soundcore 4096 1 snd
> rack_meter 8192 0
> apple_mfi_fastcharge 4096 0
> evdev 16384 7
> sg 24576 0
> binfmt_misc 8192 1
> therm_adt746x 8192 0
> firewire_sbp2 12288 0
> configfs 28672 1
> nfnetlink 12288 1
> autofs4 28672 2
> ext4 684032 1
> crc16 4096 2 bluetooth,ext4
> mbcache 8192 1 ext4
> jbd2 86016 1 ext4
> crc32c_cryptoapi 4096 0
> amdgpu 5955584 0
> amdxcp 4096 1 amdgpu
> drm_panel_backlight_quirks 4096 1 amdgpu
> gpu_sched 28672 1 amdgpu
> drm_buddy 16384 1 amdgpu
> radeon 1327104 2
> hid_generic 4096 0
> usbhid 45056 0
> drm_exec 4096 2 amdgpu,radeon
> hid 77824 2 hid_generic,usbhid
> drm_suballoc_helper 8192 2 amdgpu,radeon
> drm_ttm_helper 4096 2 amdgpu,radeon
> ttm 61440 3 drm_ttm_helper,amdgpu,radeon
> drm_display_helper 106496 2 amdgpu,radeon
> uas 16384 0
> usb_storage 28672 1 uas
> cec 36864 2 amdgpu,drm_display_helper
> rc_core 36864 1 cec
> drm_client_lib 4096 2 amdgpu,radeon
> ohci_pci 4096 0
> drm_kms_helper 102400 5 
> drm_ttm_helper,amdgpu,drm_display_helper,radeon,drm_client_lib
> ehci_pci 4096 0
> ssb 57344 1 b43
> ehci_hcd 77824 1 ehci_pci
> ohci_hcd 49152 1 ohci_pci
> sungem 24576 0
> firewire_ohci 36864 0
> drm 380928 14 
> drm_suballoc_helper,drm_ttm_helper,amdgpu,drm_display_helper,radeon,gpu_sched,drm_client_lib,amdxcp,ttm,drm_buddy,drm_kms_helper,drm_exec
> mmc_core 126976 2 b43,ssb
> sungem_phy 8192 1 sungem
> firewire_core 102400 2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
> usbcore 200704 11 
> apple_mfi_fastcharge,usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,btmtk,ohci_pci,appletouch,btusb,uas,ohci_hcd,ehci_pci
> sr_mod 16384 0
> pcmcia 45056 1 ssb
> sd_mod 53248 3
> cdrom 36864 2 hfs,sr_mod
> crc_itu_t 4096 1 firewire_core
> usb_common 8192 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usbcore
> pcmcia_core 12288 1 pcmcia
> drm_panel_orientation_quirks 4096 1 drm
>
> El dom, 22 mar 2026, 2:03 a. m., David VANTYGHEM 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> escribió:
> David VANTYGHEM <mailto:[email protected]>
> March 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
>
> If inxi is available:
>
> inxi -v 8
>
>
> Le 22/03/2026 à 08:58, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit :
> -- 
> Passez à Linux : https://infolib.re
>
> .--.
> |o_o |
> ||_/ |
> // \\
> (| |)
> / \_ _/ \
> \___)=(___/
> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <mailto:[email protected]>
> March 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
> Hello Jaime,
>
> What machine did you install Debian on? What are the specs (GPU, CPU, 
> machine type etc)?
>
> Adrian
>
> Jaime Antonio González <mailto:[email protected]>
> March 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
> hi! I installed Debian 13 from the linked ISO and it installs 
> perfectly, but I have a couple downsides.
>
> First, it doesn't recognize my FAT32 thumbdrive (even when the 
> installed did to pull the b43 firmware files from)
>
> Second, from the second reboot onwards, XFCE crashes, I no longer have 
> window controls.
>
> Trying to run it from terminal gives the following error: LLVM error 
> relocation type not implemented
>
> Same goes for glxgears.