On Wed, May 23 2007, at 18:30 +1000, Evan Clarke wrote: [ ... ]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$ uname -a > Linux bender 2.6.18-4-powerpc #1 Fri May 4 01:05:19 UTC 2007 ppc GNU/Linux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$ grep GHME config-2.6.18-4-powerpc > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y > CONFIG_HIGHMEM_START=0xfe000000 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$ > > Any ideas? This is new for me, too. But this is what I would do: *** 1 Checking whether OSX recognises RAM correctly - If you don't have OSX installed, taking some OSX rescue CD for hardware diagnostics might help. *** 2 If you use yaboot: yaboot.conf, as it seems, - see http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/10/msg00452.html - eats a line like this: append="mem=<your-RAM-size>" (Please check whether this is true ... I just found it via Google ...) *** 3 Then I've made a mistake when giving you the 'grep' line in my previous email - Sorry. Something like this one should be more appropriate: $ grep MEM /boot/config-2.6.18-rc4-060811-dirty CONFIG_SHMEM=y # CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE=y CONFIG_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y CONFIG_FLATMEM_MANUAL=y # CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL is not set # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL is not set CONFIG_FLATMEM=y CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP=y # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC is not set CONFIG_HIGHMEM_START=0xfe000000 CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE=0x30000000 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set # CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set *** 4 Recompiling the kernel if you think changing switches like the ones in '3' might help. I only know how to compile git kernels. I believe that's easy on Debian. A short description how to do that is here: http://wolfgangpfeiffer.com/kernel.html Please note the part that starts with: "Important update - Wed, 06 Dec 2006" *** 5 Last, not least: Google HTH Good luck! Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer I made slight changes on Key ID: E3037113. Please refresh it. http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]