On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 10:13 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 08:38:06PM -0700, brian wrote: > > i was figuring there was something wrong with > > the 2.6.15 kernel. why it was deleted from > > the debian archives when some old world power > > macs still need it, and nobody responding to > > any of my postings here. > > This is a known problem, please help get it fixed in time for the etch > release. > > > but today i find this: > > http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/dapper/base/linux-image-2.6.15-23-powerpc > > > > so why am i still booting 2.6.15-1 in debian ? > > Debian/etch will ship with 2.6.18, on all arches. This currently has some > issues on oldworld powermac, something probably minor to fix, but major in > that actually booting does not work. > > What we need is someone interested enough in this issue to follow it, > summarize the actual solution, and investigate with upstream how to fix this.
What is the exact problem ? I'm pretty sure I had 2.6.18 booting fine on a couple of oldworld boxes here before relase. (A fix for IDE on some performa went in later on, I think in 2.6.18.1) Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
