On Thursday 01 April 2004 0836, somebody named Martin-Éric Racine inscribed this message: > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Dave Turner wrote: > > It has been hard work but I now have a Rev A iMac dual-booting MacOS9 > > and Debian 3.0r2. I am using the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel. I have not > > installed X windows. I have searched the mail archives and read many > > emails, some helped (which is why I have a working system), and some > > went right over my head... > > > > The current list of problems is:- > > > > 1) CTRL-ALT-DEL causes system reboot. I have to type "shutdown -h > > now". > > man inittab > > > How do I setup X windows so that I can type "startx" or "initx" at the > > prompt? I do NOT want X starting automatically. > > Just avoid installing GDM/KDM/XDM.
Or boot into runlevel 2. 'man inittab' again. :^) > > 5) Should I be using a later 2.4 or 2.6 kernel? I have no signs of the > > display problems reported by other CRT iMac users. > > The 2.4 kernels are just fine. Here, I use a 2.6 kernel on an iMac CRT > rev.D. You would need the module-init-tools and other 2.6 goodies from > Sarge to use it though. If that's not a problem for you, try the kernel > at: > > http://funkyware.konflux.at/ If it is a problem for some reason, I'm sure Sven wouldn't mind you using and reporting on his 2.4 packages. :^) http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.4.25-2/ You probably want the powerpc-pmac packages. NRH -- They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan
