On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 08:09:44AM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Why should I mess with a working system!? The 2.4 kernel have been working > >> flawlessly since I got it (pre-installed) about a year ago... Getting a > >> faster > >> kernel (i.e. 2.6) is only a BONUS, not a REQUIRENMENT! > > > > Because 2.4 kernels on powerpc have been mostly abandoned upstream since > > almost two years, sarge only had a 2.4 kernel because needed it for the > > miboot > > floppies, and etch will not have it (well, maybe for nubus pmacs, but those > > where not supported previously). > > I still say 'so?'. It works - "if it it ain't broken, don't fix it"... > > >> But I'm still in trouble here. It require me to press enter before doing > >> the update and I can't do that... > > > > use the serial console then. > > The origin of this thread mentioned that I fucked up the input/output stream. > I CAN'T use the serial console, because there's nothing THERE... Either > because > the serial port (or the chip) is broken, or because I didn't set it up > correctly.
Oh well. i remember now. I guess you are mostly fucked if you don't have anything on the serial, nor the keyboard. please contact bplan/genesi/whoever got you the board for support. > > I am not sure the debian-powerpc mailing list is the best way to solve these > > problems though, have you tried the bplan/genesi tech support ? > > Not yet. I always try the (opensource/web) communities FIRST before trying the > 'get help from a company' (which usually suck - "you do not have paying > support, > piss of" kind'a). Bah, you know i work for genesi and provide support (software support though, not this kind of thing), so you can tell Thomas i directed you to him. > I'll have a try with them and see if they can help out... Not sure they csn help, but they are best placed for this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
