Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 01:40:13AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >> It seems we finally got most issues with the graphical installer on powerpc >> sorted out, thanks to all those who tested, and to Attilio who provided the >> patch. I have done a build which you can find at : >> >> http://people.debian.org/~luther/g-i/ >> >> (Well, in an hour or so, once i finish uploading it). >> >> We would like people to test the gtk-miniiso images, both on 32bit and 64bit >> machines, and would probably be most interested in tests from those not using >> radeon graphic cards, like those having nvidia based powermacs. > > I have a February 2005 G4 PowerBook with nVidia graphics chipset. The > installer fails completely. > > If I just type 'install' at the boot prompt the screen goes black after > the kernel messages and remains black with a small line prompt appearing > in the upper left corner at regular intervals. > > With 'install video=ofonly' (or whatever the suggested alternative boot > command was) I get a ton of DirectFB error messages that loop quickly. > If it's helpful I can attempt to jot them down. > > Here is my hardware info: > > cerebus:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep motherboard > motherboard : PowerBook6,8 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh > > cerebus:~$ cat /proc/fb > 0 NV32 > > cerebus:~$ lspci | grep VGA > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX > Go5200] (rev a1)
I haev just added a wiki page on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/GUIPowerPCTesting that details how the G-I should be tested for PowerPC architecture. -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
