On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 19:56 +0200, Emmanuel Galatoulas wrote: > Guy Yasko wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Linux kernels are still not booting on my 12" G4 1.5GHz Powerbook 6,8. > >To recap the situation, the kernels I've tried to boot haven't gone > >past "setup_arch:bootmem" since 2.6.11.12, which works fine. 2.6.12 > >through 2.6.15-rc1 do not. I've been trying various .configs, > >including those from people with the very same model who, oddly > >enough, are running 2.6.1[2-5] kernels. I've also tried precompiled, > >kernels from the newer distribution CDs (gentoo 2005.1, slackintosh > >10.2, and a debian kernel or two) but these also stop early in the > >boot process.
.../... > exactly the same here!!!! > i have got the very same model (Powerbook 6,8) > since June and I have not been able to boot > anything newer than 2.6.11. Even precompiled kernels do not boot > and I very regret about that because I have not been able to boot > the testing debian-installer isos. > Ubuntu kernels did not help either! I'm surprised that nobody reported me that problem so far ! > i tried the IRC at an early stage but to no avail. It is really > disappointing > since without a compiled kernel I cannot use the patches to > enable sound or the trackpad and so on and so on! Well, show up on #mklinux on irc.freenode.net and catch me (I'm in Australia, so get the timezone right :) There are ways to debug that. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
