On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 07:52:27AM +0200, Joachim Franek wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > which are the right options for BootX > > > with a ATI Mach64 card and a Pulsar? > > > > > > What I have done: > > > Installing Debian 3.0r1 on 2. HD: ok > > > Installing Bootx 1.2.2 ok > > > > > > Executing BootX starts linux > > > (HD is working, I hear this) but no sceen output! > > > The MacOS screen does not disappear. > > > > There are some logging options you can enable in BootX settings > > which may give you a better clue about what is happening. Have you > > tried with the no-video-driver box checked? > > > > It would also be helpful to know what model machine this is, > > like the output of cat /proc/pci and cat /proc/cpuinfo from > > within an installer shell. > > Hello, > > Putting the ATI card into a pc: > lspci -vv: > 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 210888GX [Mach64 GX] > (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- > Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 > Region 0: Memory at dd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] > [size=16M] > Expansion ROM at e7fe0000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > cat /proc/pci: > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: > VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 210888GX > [Mach64 GX] (rev 2). > IRQ 10. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd000000 [0xddffffff]. > > And now from the Pulsar: > > Booting from the debian boot floppy: > MacOS display is /bandit/pci-bridge/ATY,mach64 > Using unsupported 1152x870 ATY,mach64 at 81800200, depth=16, pitch=2304
I get a similar message when booting my mach64 (this is a clone 180MHz 603): Using unsupported 640x480 ATY,mach64_3D_pcc at 81000000, depth=8, pitch=640 Maybe the resolution could be an issue, if that is the only resolution the card will drive; oldworld Macs had limited video resolution capability. Most will still not work with XFree86 in 16-bit mode, they require 8 or 15; and certainly a resolution as high as 1152x870 would not have been supported then. I have also had another machine (a 604;9500) boot without video output, when trying to boot a 2.4 kernel, but have not heard of any solutions. I can shut the machine down 'blind' by typing in the root login and password, then halt, and can ssh in -- so I know it's booting. That machine does work fine with the 2.2.20-pmac kernel. > lspci : command not found > > cat /proc/pci: > nearly the same as above for the ATI card. > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > cpu : 604e > clock : 170MHz > revision 2.2 > maschine: Power Macintosh > motherboard: AAPL,???? MacRISC > L2 cash: 512k unified > memory: 208MB > mac-generation: OldWorld > > I hope this helps. > > Is there someone who uses a pulsar with linux? > > Greetings, > Joachim -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
