--- linux/MeterMaker.cc.orig    Sun Feb 24 17:00:47 2002
+++ linux/MeterMaker.cc Wed Jul 24 11:22:55 2002
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       push(new DiskMeter(_xos, atof(_xos->getResource("diskBandwidth"))));

   // check for the serial meters.
-#ifndef __mc68000__
+#if !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(__powerpc__)
   for (int i = 0 ; i < SerialMeter::numDevices() ; i++)
     if (_xos->isResourceTrue(SerialMeter::getResourceName(
       (SerialMeter::Device)i)))

--- config/Makefile.linux.in.orig       Sun Feb 24 17:00:47 2002
+++ config/Makefile.linux.in    Wed Jul 24 11:27:23 2002
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@

 FAIL_ARCHS =3D m68k sparc
 ifneq (,$(findstring @host_cpu@, $(FAIL_ARCHS)))
-# nothing else for m68k
+  addserial = no
+endif
+
+ifeq (@host_cpu@, powerpc)
+  addserial = yes
+endif
+
+ifdef addserial
+# nothing else for m68k, powerpc
 else
 OBJS += serialmeter.o
 endif

--- ./linux/serialmeter.cc.orig	Fri Mar 31 11:23:59 2000
+++ ./linux/serialmeter.cc	Fri Mar 31 11:24:44 2000
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #if defined(GNULIBC) || defined(__GLIBC__)
-#include <sys/io.h>
+#include "io_patched.h"
 #ifndef __alpha__
 #include <sys/perm.h>
 #endif
+++ ./linux/io_patched.h	Fri Mar 31 11:22:59 2000
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef	_SYS_IO_H
+
+#define	_SYS_IO_H	1
+#include <features.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Get constants from kernel header files. */
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+/* If TURN_ON is TRUE, request for permission to do direct i/o on the
+   port numbers in the range [FROM,FROM+NUM-1].  Otherwise, turn I/O
+   permission off for that range.  This call requires root privileges.
+
+   Portability note: not all Linux platforms support this call.  Most
+   platforms based on the PC I/O architecture probably will, however.
+   E.g., Linux/Alpha for Alpha PCs supports this.  */
+extern int ioperm __P ((unsigned long int __from, unsigned long int __num,
+			int __turn_on));
+
+/* Set the I/O privilege level to LEVEL.  If LEVEL>3, permission to
+   access any I/O port is granted.  This call requires root
+   privileges. */
+extern int iopl __P ((int __level));
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _SYS_IO_H */

--- linux/cpumeter.cc.orig      Wed Feb 24 17:16:20 1999
+++ linux/cpumeter.cc   Wed Jul 24 18:34:47 2002
@@ -113,14 +113,11 @@

   int cpuCount = 0;
   char buf[1024];
-  while (!stats.eof()){
-    stats.getline(buf, 1024);
-    if (!stats.eof()){
-      if (!strncmp(buf, "cpu", 3) && buf[3] != ' ')
+  while (stats.getline(buf,1024)){
+      if (!strncmp(buf, "cpu", 3) && buf[3] != ' '){
           cpuCount++;
-    }
+       }
   }
-
   return cpuCount;
 }