On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:06:52PM +0100, Tobias Stefan Richter wrote: > In linux.debian.ports.powerpc, you wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:52:11PM +0100, Tobias Stefan Richter wrote: > >> I finally got hold of a adb->serial adapter to see the > >> openfirmware prompt and could boot the computer. But see: > >> > >> 0 > setenv boot-device scsi-int/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 ok > >> 0 > boot Second-stage QUIK loader > >> Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC (woody)boot: > >> Starting at 0 > >> opening display /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > >> copying OF device tree...done > >> Calling quiesce ... > >> booting... > >> > >> After that the computer boots up ok, but still no screen ouptut! > > > > Sometimes quik seems to work better with an alias, I don't > > know why that would be, but... try devalias at the OF prompt, > > probably the alias for your video is something like screen. > > does setting output-device to that alias help? > > I do not quite understand. My output-device is 'ttya' which is > a setting for OF. Whatever I change there should only affect > OF not quik. That quik doesn't care can be seen as it uses > /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] despite the setting 'ttya'. > I tried however setting output-device to vci0 (see > devalias output below), but everything remained as it > was: > > 0 > boot Second-stage QUIK loader > Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC (woody)boot: > Starting at 0 > opening display /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] failed
OK, so quik thinks it is talking to a video card on pci1. Since the the display is vci0, I think you guessed that right, what happens if you pull out the pci cards? I can't think why quik would get that idea either, I always assumed it used OF's output-device. When you lspci, does it tell you what the pci cards are? > copying OF device tree...done > Calling quiesce ... > booting... > > How can I direkt quik to use a different device (which > anyway?)? Or isn't quik supposed to work with my hardware? > The base install went smooth on the other hand... > > In the mean time I managed to install the system via > serial console and it's working now, except to I have > absolutely no screen output. No OF, no console, no X. > Maybe I'll try plugging in another GFX card... > > bye, > tobias > > 0 > devalias > vci0 /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > pci1 /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > pci2 /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > fd /bandit/gc/swim3 > kbd /bandit/gc/via-cuda/adb/keyboard > ttya /bandit/gc/escc/ch-a > ttyb /bandit/gc/escc/ch-b > enet /bandit/gc/mace > scsi /bandit/gc/53c94 > scsi-int /bandit/gc/mesh > -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
