On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 08:05:01AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > >>>>> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 06:54:47PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad > Sven> wrote: > >> I tried booting the graphical installer (the file mini.iso > >> dowloaded from > >> http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-miniiso/alpha/powerpc/) > > Sven> Could you try the latest daily-builds from : > > Sven> http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/gtkdi/images > > Sven> as i am not sure what Frans did put in the above images, but > > Well, the link to Frans' installer I found via the debian installer > page (alpha release of graphical installer). So I guess it is what > most other newbies are finding.
Yeah, the same as they linked to unusable miboot floppies and i got to support the users trying them out. > Sven> the current daily builds have the 2.6.14-3 kernel. I believe > Sven> the images you tried may have 2.6.12 still, and thus didn't > Sven> solve your problem, not sure. Your box has Nvidia graphics, > Sven> right ? Where i you, i would take that card out and put a > Sven> nice Radeon inside, would solve you worlds of trouble. > > Yes, it is an Nvidia GeForce card, unfortunately that is what Apple > sells with these machines. I'll swap it when I can but for now I'm > stuck with it. He, so i guess this means you are volunteering to help debug the graphical installer with nvidiafb :) > So, I tried the daily build. It boots fine, but the installer (more > likely the fb itself) does not do anything useful with the nvidia > card. It just flashes (white) the screen (black background) every few > seconds. I can switch to a vt and use the shell, but the screen > continues the flash at the same rate. > > Any advice on how I can be helpful? This is the sign of directfb/gtk/d-i crashing, i suppose you need to find out how to get debugging info out. I would try subscribing to the directfb-dev mailing list and post there. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
