On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:14:57AM -0500, Ed Kutrzyba wrote: > I have finally been able to compile a 2.4 kernel and boot > it. Unfortunately, I have no video. This has been the case will all 2.4 > pre-compiled kernels I have tried. The only indication of a problem is my > video card is not recognized properly. With my 2.2.19 Debian pre-compiled > kernel, everything works fine - I get video, I can run X, and the keyboard > works and the video card is detected as a IMSTT128 with 8Mb ram. Using the > 2.4.(benh's most current), I get no video and the system does not respond > to the keyboard and the video card is detected as a IMSTT128, 4Mb ram. I > am unsure why all the 2.4 kernels detect my card incorrectly > > My system is an Old World, PowerTower Pro 225. > > Any ideas how to get the kernel to properly recognize my video card? Also > why the keyboard doesn't respond. >
I found I had to boot _without_ the video=ofonly argument when I used a 2.4 kernel on my PowerBase 180. Does that make a difference? The keyboard problem, if you're upgrading from 2.2, is most likely that covered in www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
