On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 02:14:22AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 05:29:47PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 03:42:31PM +0200, 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) > > > > Thanks diego, this is great. > > > > Would you be able to do the testing as suggested by Eddy, disabling the > > nvidia > > module as well as the linux_input one, and see if any of these make things > > better for you ? > > I tried all combinations of enabling/disabling things in /etc/directfbrc > but unfortunately none helped ...
Thanks, Eddy, will you add it to the wiki too ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
