Hi, Similar experience with a blue iMac and debian-502a-powerpc-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso today: install proceeds normally but on reboot X doesn't get past a blank screen.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf has no content (exists, but zero length). Log from X Server: ===================================8<=================================== X.Org X Server 1.4.2 Release Date: 11 June 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2) Current Operating System: Linux Guets02 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Fri Aug 14 07:27:25 UTC 2009 ppc Build Date: 11 June 2009 09:52:37AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Sep 9 14:10:51 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xf0000400 e: 0xf00004ff correcting^G (EE) end of block range 0xefffffff < begin 0xf0000000 (II) Module "ddc" already built-in (II) Module "i2c" already built-in (EE) R128(0): No DFP detected (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument [ snip 52 of previous line ] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/r128_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/r128_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering [config/hal] couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null)) (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... SetClientVersion: 0 9 SetKbdSettings - type: 264552368 rate: 30 delay: 500 snumlk: 164 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: (DEBUG) CCE idle took i = 1025 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... ===================================8<=================================== lspci -knn: ===================================8<=================================== 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP [106b:0020] Kernel driver in use: agpgart-uninorth Kernel modules: uninorth-agp 0000:00:10.0 Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PR/PRO AGP 4x TMDS [1002:5052] Kernel driver in use: aty128fb 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI [106b:001f] Kernel modules: uninorth-agp 0001:10:17.0 Class [ff00]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O [106b:0022] (rev 03) Kernel driver in use: macio 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB [106b:0019] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB [106b:0019] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Internal PCI [106b:001e] Kernel modules: uninorth-agp 0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth FireWire [106b:0018] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: ohci1394 Kernel modules: ohci1394 0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) [106b:0021] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: gem Kernel modules: sungem ===================================8<=================================== /proc/cpuinfo: ===================================8<=================================== processor : 0 cpu : 745/755 temperature : 10-12 C (uncalibrated) clock : 400.000000MHz revision : 50.2 (pvr 0008 3202) bogomips : 49.79 timebase : 24967326 platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac2,2 machine : PowerMac2,2 motherboard : PowerMac2,2 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh detected as : 66 (iMac FireWire) pmac flags : 00000014 L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld ===================================8<=================================== Any suggestions? Thanks, Neale. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org