have search google and what i see not helping much: one recent success like yours and a failures w/miboot.
but have you tried a) disable all extension (shift key down at macos startup). saw report you could not use bootx extension at startup with 7200 right ? (would be good to try because with the bullet in front of the name it loads early, i bilieve). b) pull your extra 1MB VRAM. just a thought, why not try it. c) there was one report someone using aty video. i assume that means a pci card. no details. d) all your 7200 parts, except for motherboard, are compatible with several later models ... so you have some options there - parting out or replacing motherboard maybe. e) try installing woody. f) try patching open firmware (this of = v 1.) g) try the current kernel for sarge (i don't know what happened but you listed an older one) --- "J. R. Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed debian sarge on a powermac 7200/120. > When it boots with > bootx, the video doesn't work. The logo shows up > briefly, then the > screen goes blank while it finishes booting, and > stays blank. Everything > else seems to be working, so I can log in via ssh. I > didn't install X, > so all I'm concerned about is having video work for > the console. (The > video did work fine with bootx and the installer.) > > I've tried checking and unchecking both the no video > driver and force > video settings, and I've tried using various kernel > arguments to match > the display settings like: > > video=platinumfb:vmode:12,cmode:2 > > The video works when I boot with quik, but I'd like > to get it to work > with bootx because I'm eventually going to give the > machine away and > bootx seems like it would be easier for a novice to > use to switch > between OS 9 and linux. One strange thing happens > when I boot with quik, > after the logo appears, it looks like the boot > messages might be > appearing in a tiny square about the same size as > the logo right under > the logo. It looks like tiny white lines are > flashing by. Then when it > finishes, the screen resets and the login message > appears. > > Here are some details about the installation. The > 7200 has 64mb ram, and > two 1gb internal hard drives. It's an installation > from the sarge > installer. uname -a shows: > Linux debian7200 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Thu Nov 24 > 00:17:15 UTC 2005 ppc GNU/Linux > > I tried to install with floppies, but my floppies > are all old recycled > ones and I'm not confident the floppy drive is in > good working order. > After 3 or 4 tries at making different floppy images > I gave up. I ended > up using the debian-31r2-powerpc-netinst.iso with > bootx on OS 9.1 which > I installed on one of the 1gb scsi drives. I used > the vmlinux installer > kernel (referenced as linux.bin in the powerpc docs) > and initrd.gz > ramdisk (referenced as ramdisk.image.gz in docs) in > /install/powerpc/ to > start the installer with bootx by selecting the > ramdisk option. The > video works with the installer, and I installed > debian on the other 1gb > internal, including quik (I changed the default ext3 > fs to ext2 so quik > would work without making a separate boot > partition), and I was able to > boot into linux with quik, and as I mentioned, the > video worked. > > I mounted the hfsplus mac partition and copied the > vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc > kernel and initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc ramdisk from the > /boot directory to > the Linux Kernels directory on the hfs+ partition, > then rebooted into > mac os. I eventually figured out that it would boot > from bootx without > any kernel arguments if I selected the 2.6.8 kernel > and 2.6.8 ramdisk, > but the video wouldn't work with any combination of > checking video > options or entering kernel arguments for the video. > > I tried rebooting into mac os and setting the > monitor resolution to > various combinations of 640x480, 800x600, 832x624 > and various color > depths, but the screen would always go blank shortly > after the logo > appeared, except with 8 bit monitor settings. > Strangely, when I set the > color to 256 colors and tried to reboot, the logo > would appear and the > machine would hang, eventually auto-rebooting back > into mac os. > > Here are a few lines from the syslog from a quik > boot, where the video > worked, then a few lines from a bootx boot, where > the video doesn't > work: > > quik, video works: > Aug 30 22:36:16 localhost kernel: platinumfb: Found > Apple Platinum > video hardware > Aug 30 22:36:16 localhost kernel: platinumfb: Total > VRAM = 2MB (0011) > Aug 30 22:36:16 localhost kernel: platinumfb: DACula > type 0x84 > Aug 30 22:36:16 localhost kernel: platinumfb: > Monitor sense value = > 0x717, platinumfb: Using video mode 5 and color > mode 1. > Aug 30 22:36:16 localhost kernel: fb0: Apple > Platinum frame buffer device > > bootx, video does not work: > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: MacOS display is > /platinum > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: Using unsupported > 800x600 platinum > at f1001020, depth=16, pitch=1632 > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: fb0: Open Firmware > frame buffer > device on /platinum > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: Thermal assist > unit not available > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: platinumfb: Found > Apple Platinum > video hardware > Sep 3 01:41:53 localhost kernel: platinumfb: probe > of platinum > failed with error -6 > > When I connect to the machine with ssh after booting > with bootx, no > matter what I've set the monitor's resolution to in > mac os and given as > kernel args, fbset shows: > > mode "800x600-186" > # D: 100.000 MHz, H: 119.048 kHz, V: 186.012 Hz > geometry 800 600 800 600 32 > timings 10000 16 16 16 16 8 8 > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 > endmode > > When I try to use fbset to change the mode, I get no > error message, but > the mode doesn't really change. > > My monitor is a Sony multiscan17sf with a VGA > adapter to work with the > mac. I was going to try connecting an old 14" apple > monitor and see if > that might make a difference, but I haven't tried > that yet. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
