Which settings for Accel on iMac?
I am running XF 4.0.2 on my iMac (an early model). I had to set the following option in XFConfig-4 Option "Noaccel" as the fonts were right/left reversed and very illisible. Here the output of dmesg atyfb: using auxiliary register aperture atyfb: 3D RAGE PRO (PQFP, PCI) [0x4750 rev 0x7c] 6M SGRAM, 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 230 MHz PLL, 100 Mhz MCLK atyfb: monitor sense=73f, mode 6 Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI I just upgraded my kernel to to Linux iMac 2.4.4-pre1 #1 Mon Apr 16 19:26:42 CEST 2001 ppc unknown Does anybody have a better suggestion for the Accel-Option? Thanks in advance -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. + 41 55 618 64 68, Private + 41 55 612 20 54
Re: Migrating from iMac/powerpc to iMac/intel
Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 04:02, Eduardo Trápani wrote: >> I just wrote to debian-users because I need to move a whole debian box >> from a powerpc iMac to an intel pc. The problem is that there seems to >> be platform specific files in use and that means that simply >> reinstalling packages and copying /etc will not be enough. > > You need to identifiy those files that _seem_ to be platform specific. > > From my experience there are basically none. When my ibook broke, I > installed the same packages on a i386 laptop, copied the configuration > files and /home and kept working :-) > > "bacially none" because the bootloader config is different and I used a > different partitioning, so fstab was different too... > > Stuff in /usr/local is likely to be platform specific, too. But not in > /etc. Me too had no problems migrating from a PowerBook G4 to MacMiniIntel. Half a year ago installation was a little bit tricky, but I think nowadays it does not present any major obstacle. (But I think that you still need to install efi before trying to use the a recent build of the Debian CDs.) Best regards Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No sound on a G3 Blue
On Montag, 12. August 2002 15.22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the list. My name is Arnaud, I am working as a trainee for html, > xml, java, databases, etc. I am a Debian user for about two years now on > i386 (at work). > > I've just install Debian on my G3 Blue (at home) and everything works fine > but the sound. Can anybody help me? I do not know how to begin to find > what's wrong. The internal speakers do not work. Try an external one. Also check whether dmasound_pmac is loaded as module. I am running a kernel 2.4.18-newpmac. I think sound does not work with a 2.20 kernel. Hope this helps. Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: No sound on a G3 Blue
On Montag, 12. August 2002 22.38, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 18:31, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > On Montag, 12. August 2002 15.22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm new to the list. My name is Arnaud, I am working as a trainee for > > > html, xml, java, databases, etc. I am a Debian user for about two years > > > now on i386 (at work). > > > > > > I've just install Debian on my G3 Blue (at home) and everything works > > > fine but the sound. Can anybody help me? I do not know how to begin to > > > find what's wrong. > > > > The internal speakers do not work. > > Not even if you raise the 'Spkr' mixer? What do you mean exactly? I am using xmms. I put the output level to max. Now I can hear the sound perfectly on my external speakers. After having removed the output jac I do not hear any sound from the internal speaker. Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: New sources.list line for Mac-on-Linux
Thank you for your work! Our family is using Mac-on-Linux daily and it works great! I found the following problem upgrading from my previous installation of mol: Lese Datenbank ... 123602 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entpacke mol-drivers-linux (aus .../mol-drivers-linux_0.9.67-2_powerpc.deb) ... Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket mol-drivers-macos. Entpacke mol-drivers-macos (aus .../mol-drivers-macos_0.9.67-2_powerpc.deb) ... dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/mol-drivers-macos_0.9.67-2_powerpc.deb (--unpack): versuche »/usr/share/mol/pci_roms/osi_blk.nw« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket mol ist dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste getötet mit Signal (Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)) Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von mol 0.9.65-1 (durch .../mol_0.9.67-1_powerpc.deb) ... Entpacke Ersatz für mol ... Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von: /var/cache/apt/archives/mol-drivers-macos_0.9.67-2_powerpc.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Workaround was: a) backup /etc/mol b) apt-get --purge remove mol c) apt-get install mol/unstable mol-drivers-<...> Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: Call for testers, daily build debian-installer isos ...
Am Freitag, 30. September 2005 11.36 schrieb Sven Luther: > Hi all, > > In order to fix the isos for IBM boxes, some adjustements where made to the > yaboot.conf, and in particular i dropped the device=cd: line, since the cd > alias doesn't seem to be used everywhere, and it would have failed if not > using the primary cd drive. Sorry for answering so late, but I did not have any time to test it before. I just finished my test on my PowerMac blue/white. My testmachine as per /proc/cpuinfo was a PowerMac1,1; 66 (Blue&White G3). I burned the CD from Oktober third. Booting was not problem. I even did a full install, as I wanted to upgrade my son's machine to the actual GNU/Debian testing. As my wife's Pismo PowerBook has a broken CD-ROM drive I used the netboot vmlinux and initrd.gz from http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/netboot/ (as per October 4), modified my yaboot.conf a little bit and voila I got to the first language selection prompt. /proc/cpuinfo gives PowerBook3,1. Thanks a lot for your work! Best regards -- Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [powerpc] daily-builds of the gtk-d-i available (Was: gtk d-i miniiso rebuilt) Netboot fails on PB G3
Am Montag, 7. November 2005 11.16 schrieb Sven Luther: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 05:49:28AM +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have just updated the miniiso with the graphical debian installer for > > powerpc. > > > > Image is available for download : > > http://eddyp.homelinux.net/debian/miniiso/mini-20051105-powerpc.iso > > > > the build log is in there too: > > http://eddyp.homelinux.net/debian/miniiso/build_20051105_mklibs-copy.log > > I have enhanced the powerpc daily-builder to also produce the gtk mini-iso, > images are now available from : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/gtkdi/images > > I will not build them at the same hour than the normal d-i builds, but they > should be be built daily. Enjoy and test, and i hope this whole stuff can > be merged soon into official d-i. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther I tried netbooting on a Pismo Powerbook G3 and it failed. It showed: Elf32 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... method 'load' failed 0300 ramdisk load failed! Is the ramdisk to big? I uses your vmlinux/initrd.gz as of November 8 Same picture trying the netboot on a PowerMac B/W. On the PowerMac B/W I have a working CD drive and the MiniISO started up, loading the kernel and went into the grafical mode but has misconfigured something as I see only small square in the middle of a blue screen. Do you want a picture of it? Best regards -- Niklaus Giger
Problems during boot in snd_powermac with linux-image-2.6.16-rc5-powerpc
Hi I just installed linux-image-2.6.16-rc5-powerpc. My sound does not work and alsa complains of a missing /dev/mixer. But the most strange thing are the following lines in syslog: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x0002 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc01a302c Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Modules linked in: snd_powermac snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ide_cd cdrom uninorth_agp pl2303 usbserial usbcore autofs4 radeon drm agpgart xfs exportfs ide_disk evdev Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: NIP: C01A302C LR: F232B3F4 CTR: C01A3000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: REGS: ef7dfcc0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.16-rc5-powerpc) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: MSR: 9032 CR: 22008444 XER: 2000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: DAR: 0002, DSISR: 4000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: TASK = efe10cf0[1017] 'modprobe' THREAD: ef7de000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR00: F232B3F4 EF7DFD70 EFE10CF0 0001 0060 0001 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR08: 0002 C0018C2C C01A3000 1001E638 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR16: 100013D0 30029000 0003 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR24: 1001AEB8 10018CD4 EF99E600 EF732C20 000A F2334504 F232E580 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: NIP [C01A302C] i2c_smbus_write_byte_data+0x2c/0x50 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: LR [F232B3F4] send_init_client+0x30/0x90 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Call Trace: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFD70] [C0053C80] setup_irq+0x12c/0x148 (unreliable) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDB0] [F232B3F4] send_init_client+0x30/0x90 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDD0] [F20C7F00] snd_pmac_tumbler_post_init+0x30/0x68 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDE0] [F20C6228] snd_pmac_probe+0x1a8/0x324 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE10] [C017D740] platform_drv_probe+0x20/0x30 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE20] [C017B734] driver_probe_device+0x98/0x100 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE40] [C017ABD0] bus_for_each_drv+0x50/0x98 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE70] [C017B80C] device_attach+0x6c/0xa8 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE90] [C017AC50] bus_add_device+0x38/0xf4 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFEB0] [C0179964] device_add+0xe0/0x174 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFED0] [C017D58C] platform_device_add+0x118/0x160 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFEF0] [C017DB18] platform_device_register_simple+0x4c/0x78 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF10] [F20C6044] alsa_card_pmac_init+0x44/0x80 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF20] [C004BAF0] sys_init_module+0x15c/0x2c0 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF40] [C000FF3C] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x40 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff72f38 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: LR = 0x10003e30 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Instruction dump: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: 4e800020 7c0802a6 9421ffc0 7c691b78 7c872378 38c0 3902 98a10008 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: 90010044 6000 6000 6000 a0890004 39210008 80630008 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: <7>ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io=1) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance I found a thread about a similar problem under http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/02/msg00350.html but it didn't come to a conclusion. Any hint would be welcome. Best regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems during boot in snd_powermac with linux-image-2.6.16-rc5-powerpc
Am Sonntag, 12. März 2006 21:50 schrieb Elimar Riesebieter: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 the mental interface of > > Niklaus Giger told: > > Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: <7>ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry > > `ip1394' Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized > > Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O > > (serialize_io=1) > > Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better > > performance > > > > I found a thread about a similar problem under > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/02/msg00350.html > > but it didn't come to a conclusion. > > > > Any hint would be welcome. > > Does your machine supports fire-wire? Yes it does. And the Debian kernel package 2.6.15-1-powerpc does not show the Ooops. I forgot to mention my cpuinfo. processor : 0 cpu : 7447/7457, altivec supported clock : 999.999000MHz revision: 0.1 (pvr 8002 0101) bogomips: 60.02 timebase: 18432000 machine : PowerBook5,2 motherboard : PowerBook5,2 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") pmac flags : 001b L2 cache: 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld > else > build your own kernel without that ieee1394 stuff ;) Thanks for the tip, but using 2.6.15 is still good enough for me. Best regards
Re: GRUB for powerpc
Am Montag, 20. März 2006 14:16 schrieb Roger Leigh: > Hi folks, > > As you might know, GRUB version 2 will support powerpc in addition to > ix86 systems. The next release of the grub2 package in Debian should > have initial support for powerpc. > > In the meantime, the latest release is available here: > http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/grub-1.93.tar.gz > > and some documentation about setup is here: > http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnPowerPC > Hi I pulled in the source from CVS. It compiled, installed everything fine. But after changing the OF boot device to grub I only got the following output: Welcome to GRUB!_ - _ Decrementer exception at %SRR0: %SRR1: 00083030 ok O > After resetting the boot device to yaboot, yabout couldn't load the linux image saying "CLAIM failed". After a reboot yaboot had no more problems. After that I just pulled in your tarball and rebuilt Grub2 again. Same behaviour as CVS. My machine is a PowerBook PowerBook5,2, G4 1 GHz. Once GRUB is boot my Powerbook I could offer you to test also my other machines: - PowerMac G3 blue/white - PowerBook G3 400 MHz - iMac And may be even on my main server a Pegasos I. Best regards, keep going with your efforts! -- Niklaus Giger
External monitor for powerbook pismo
Can anybody give me a hint how to connect a external monitor to my pismo powerbook (I know that I can do it under MacOS, but I want to make a presentation using Debian GNU/Linux). I searched the last three months of this listen, searched google and found nothing really helpful. e.g. http://www.imaclinux.net/php/imaclinux_faq.php3?single=282+index=26 Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. IG: +41 55 618 64 68, P: +41 55 612 20 54
Re: PowerPC Debian CD's do not boot on my b&w G3 but Suse 7.0 does
On Sunday, 17. March 2002 03.09, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sam, 2002-03-16 at 18:14, Otto Wyss wrote: > > As I said before none of the powerpc Debian Potato CD's > > nor a recent Debian network CD (I don't remember from > > where) and neither the woody CD from "trasno.net" boots > > on my blue&white G3 PowerMac. This is strange since > > there shouldn't be a problem. Finally I got a CD set of I had no problems to install Debian on my newly acquired blue&whit G3 PowerMac AFTER having upgraded the firmware. The firmware upgrade was on my MacOS 9.2 CD and was required to upgrade vom MacOS 8.5 to MacOS 9.2. Maybe this helps. Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. G: +41 55 618 64 68, P: +41 55 612 20 54
No sound on PowerMac G3
I recently bought a PowerMac G3 and had no trouble do a netinstall based on the http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/20020215/woody_netinst-20020215-powerpc.iso Thank you very much for your work! A lot of things work great (KDE, gnumeric, lyx, MOL) but I have no sound. /dev/dsp* lists crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 25. Jan 00:43 /dev/dsp crw-rw1 root audio 14, 19 25. Jan 00:43 /dev/dsp1 crw-rw1 root audio 14, 35 25. Jan 00:43 /dev/dsp2 crw-rw1 root audio 14, 51 25. Jan 00:43 /dev/dsp3 ii libarts2.2.2-13 aRts Sound system is installed. But neither xmms nor with kde control center for sounds I am able to hear anything. Under MacOS 9.2 sound is okay. Any hints? Thank you very much in advance. Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. G: +41 55 618 64 68, P: +41 55 612 20 54
Re: No sound on PowerMac G3. Resolved !
On Friday, 22. March 2002 13.28, Russell Hires wrote: > Hmmm...a couple of things. As I recall, you have to add > yourself to the group to be able to get sound. I > don't know whether this is still the case or not. > (Somebody help me on this!) > > Another thing is how you boot. Currently, I have to boot > all the way into the MacOS, then boot into Linux using > BootX. If you're using miBoot or quik to boot, then you > may not be able to get sound because the Mac OS has to > initialize the sound driver, and that requires going all > the way into the Mac OS...but I'm using 8.6 for my Mac > OS. Your workaround was not necessary. The main problem was, that the internal speakers are not supported on Blue&White GS. I found this information on http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_sound.html I attached external speakers and now everything works fine. I boot directly into Debian/GNU/Linux. Thank you very much for your help. > On Thursday 21 March 2002 17:58 pm, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > I recently bought a PowerMac G3 and had no trouble do a > > netinstall based on the > > http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/200202 > >15/woody_netinst-200 20215-powerpc.iso > > > > Thank you very much for your work! > > > > A lot of things work great (KDE, gnumeric, lyx, MOL) > > but I have no sound. /dev/dsp* lists > > crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 25. Jan > > 00:43 /dev/dsp > > crw-rw1 root audio 14, 19 25. Jan > > 00:43 /dev/dsp1 > > crw-rw1 root audio 14, 35 25. Jan > > 00:43 /dev/dsp2 > > crw-rw1 root audio 14, 51 25. Jan > > 00:43 /dev/dsp3 > > ii libarts2.2.2-13 aRts Sound > > system is installed. But neither xmms nor with kde > > control center for sounds I am able to hear anything. > > Under MacOS 9.2 sound is okay. -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. G: +41 55 618 64 68, P: +41 55 612 20 54 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: "at" character in X (different behaviour in Gnome and KDE-session)
On Wednesday, 3. April 2002 19.01, Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote: > Hello Daniel, > > i questioned about this issue a short time ago. The > solution found with the people on the list, is the > following: > > With the following xmodmap-file i can write an @ with the > little enter key right of the space bar on my powerbook > keyboard and with the right alt key on my external apple > pro keyboard. The function of the left alt key (=both alt > keys on the powerbook keyboard) is left the same. > > clear mod1 > add mod1 = Alt_L > keycode 108 = Mode_switch > keycode 113 = Mode_switch Thank you for the tip. I had the same problem. But I use keycode 116 = Mode_switch to use my right apple-key like AltGr on IBM-PC-keyboard. I have a external USB Apple extended keyboard (which show us up like input1: Alps Electric?M2452 M2452 on usb1:6.0 in dmesg output). Curiously enough I only have to call this xmodmap if I am using KDE, not in a gnome-session. I do not know what is going on there. In both session I set the keyboard type to Swiss German. If you I knew what package is at fault I would post a bug report ... Regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. G: +41 55 618 64 68, P: +41 55 612 20 54 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Japanese Input on Sarge/KDE
Am Sonntag, 13. Februar 2005 23.56 schrieb Dylan Beaudette: > Hi everyone. > > In the past I have been able to get a working japaese input system with > canna-server and kinput2. > > i start the input environment with a little script: > export LANG=ja_JP > kinput2 -xim -kinput -canna & > uxterm& > I cannot comment on Japanese. But as my wife is from Korea we often do a smilar trick for e.g. a konquerer. My scripts looks like: #! /bin/bash export [EMAIL PROTECTED] export LC_CTYPE=ko_KR.eucKR export LANG=ko_KR.eucKR ami & kmail > from the uxterm i can start typing in japanese by first pressing > "shift+space". in the past any KDE application started from this uxterm > would allow me to input japanes into a text field by first pressing > "shift+space"... A couple of months ago this stopped working. Could there > be something that has changed since then? > > Also, i was advised to add the following to my .xinitrc: > export XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2 > however i am not really sure what this is doing.. It tells the X server that it should use kinput2 as its Input Manager. However, if you are using KDE your .xinitrc will not be executed. So in my case I added the corresponding entry for AMI in my script. Hope that helps. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: OOo crash on startup
Am Dienstag, 15. Februar 2005 15.16 schrieb Matthew T. Atkinson: > 'ello, > > Has anyone else had this error with OpenOffice? I use the program at > Uni for lectures but recently it just dies every time I try to start it. Do you have openoffice.org-crashrep installed? On my system openoffice.org-bin 1.1.3-1 is installed, which should be the latest release in testing. And it works okay on my PowerBook Alu G4. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: Debugging linux Kernel
Am Montag, 14. März 2005 10.43 schrieb linay long: > Hello All, > > I am new to debugging linux kernel. I have an mpc8540 based board with > BDI2000. Now I am trying to debug Linux kernel.u-boot is the bootloader.The > steps I followed listed below.The problem I am facing is > > when I put break point at start_kernel address got from System.map, use > bootm with address where the uncompressed kernel downloaded (bootm > 0x20, here I am not using the ramdisk) , booting the kernel is not > stopping. I mean it should stop at start_kernel function as I put break > point using BDI.Instead it is booting and trying to mount file system and > kernel panic is coming. > > Could any one help in this regard You probably will have more luck on the following list for embedded PowerPCs http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/ or the u-boot.sf.net I had similar problems. So I remebered the following thread: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6751851&forum_id=12898 Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis
How to install Debian Sarge on pegasos?
Hi I cannot find any recent pointer on howto install Debian Sarge on a newly acquired Pegasos-1 board. I managed to install gentoo on it, but would like to install Debian as I am far more familiar with it. I tried the http://people.debian.org/~luther/pegasos/older/pegasos1/pegasos_installer but it wouldn't even boot. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: How to install Debian Sarge on pegasos?
Am Samstag, 4. September 2004 10.02 schrieb Sven Luther: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:11:58PM +0200, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > Hi > > > > I cannot find any recent pointer on howto install Debian Sarge on a newly > > acquired Pegasos-1 board. > > Ask again on monday. What is the status now? The size of vmlinuz-chrp.initrd has not gone down and the image of 06.09.2004 didn't boot. Also I think you may have a problemm with rsyncing as I find directories like http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-10_RSYNC_IN_PROGRESS/ > > The real problem is that the current d-i images are too big for the pegasos > 1 OF. You may be able to make it work with : Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: Search for patched yaboot testers ...
Hi I have the following four systems where I could test the patches. PowerBook Alu 1 GHz 15" PowerBook Pismo G3 400 Mhz PowerMac G3 blue/white Pegasos I (Here I never managed to install a stock Debian kernel, I have a custom compiled kernel based on the Gentoo 2.6.8-pegasos-r2, then used a chroot to install a minimal Debian system and managed to install Debian on it. But the way was quite complicated). When I tried 10 days ago to boot your kernel from http://people.debian.org/%7Eluther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/cdrom-minimal/2.4/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd I was unable to boot into it. What are the steps which you would like to test? E.g. on each system I have one spare partition but I cannot afford to format the whole disk. I have however a external FireWire-HD which I could wipe out each time. Did you apply the patch for an external firewire http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/11/msg00056.html ? Is it sufficient to just install the minimal Debian system? Do I have to write a install report for each installation for each machine? Can you tell me when your modified d-i-isos are available? Best regards Am Freitag, 5. November 2004 15.00 schrieb Sven Luther: > Hello, > > I have added support for amiga partition tables to yaboot, which is > necessary for getting yaboot to work on my pegasos 2. Now Ethan Benson > refuses to get the patch integrated unless i get widespread testing on a > variety of hardware, despite the fact that the code in the patch never gets > traveled in any of the currently supported hardware (i.e, amiga partitions > are probed only when they are no mac or mbr partition table, and no iso > filesystem, just before outputing the 'partition table not supported' > message). > > Anyway, in order to get this patch in, i am searching for testing on a > variety of hardware. I have obviously tested it on my pegasos 2 board and > my ibook G3/800, but would like to have more testing, especially on IBM > hardware, and on G5 pmacs, but also all kind of pmacs are of interest. > > Ethan is asking me of testing of all three boot methods : cd, disk, net. > Patched packages can be found on : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/yaboot > > As well as a standalone yaboot binary which can simply be used to replace > the older one. I will try to make a modified d-i CD iso available too with > this modified yaboot, which should take care of the cd booting test. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis
Re: PowerBook 12'' & some troubles
Hi I have a Powerbook G4 alu (1 GHz, 15"). Am Freitag, 5. November 2004 19.49 schrieb Andrea Giusto: > Hello everybody, I am new to debian but I have been using exclusively linux > on an Intel for one year (of which I am kinda proud :) )!Now I bought a > PowerBook 12'' and Debian works great on that but I have three problems up > to now that I cannot solve: > 1) I cannot control LCD brightness (I installed pbbuttons with the gtk > plugin, It works, but the brightness is unchanged). When I modprobe ans_lcd > it complains that there are wrong symbols (?) After having installed pbbuttonsd I change the LCD brightness with the F1 and F2 keys, which works well for me. I just press , not -. > 2) The trackpad is too sensitive. Alredy tried the XF86Config options and > xev...nothing works In /etc/pbbuttons/pbbuttonsd.conf I did set the TPMode to notap TPMode = notap > 3) ShowKey doesn't give me any keycode...I can obtain only scancodes and > when I run it in a Konsole it starts punching in a lot o returns keys and > the only way to stop it is to shut of the terminal emulator. > Any ideas? Thanks a lot You cannot run showkey under X (xterm, konsole) whatsoever. If you change to a virtual console by pressing -- you may use showkey. In a konsole, xterm window use xev from the package xbase-clients Hope this helps Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Problems booting pegasos I
Hi I downloaded the special pegasos 1 netinst iso at : http://people.debian.org/~luther/pegasos/sarge-pegasos1-netinst-2004.10.25.iso In the OF-prompt I typed boot /pci/ide/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 PEGASOS1.;1 as my CD-Rom-drive is the primary master. Then I get after about 20 seconds lines like: >chrpboot starting >initial ramdisk >gunzipping >heap consumed >start adddress >calling quiesce >return 0x0 from prom_init afterwards I get stucked and even after 120 seconds there is no Linux boot prompt. I have a ATI radeon 9200 AGP card which is identified by lspci as follows: :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01) My wh:00:00.0 Host bridge: Mai Logic Incorporated Articia S Host Bridge (rev 01) :00:01.0 PCI bridge: Mai Logic Incorporated Articia S PCI Bridge :00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) :00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231 [PCI-to-ISA Bridge] (rev 10) :00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) :00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) :00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82x UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) :00:07.4 Non-VGA unclassified device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ACPI (rev 10) :00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) :00:07.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 20) :00:08.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 51) :00:0b.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133Host Controller (rev 02) :00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86) :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01) :01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01) pole lspci returns: I never managed to compile a bootable kernel from the official debian kernel-source-2.6.8 even when I took a .config from a working kernel made from the gentoo 2.6.8-pegasos-r2 sources. And I had always the same problem, that the kernel just never continued after the prom_init. Any hints? -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis
Re: Problems booting pegasos I
Am Freitag, 5. November 2004 23.32 schrieb Sven Luther: <...> > > I never managed to compile a bootable kernel from the official debian > > kernel-source-2.6.8 even when I took a .config from a working kernel made > > from the gentoo 2.6.8-pegasos-r2 sources. And I had always the same > > problem, that the kernel just never continued after the prom_init. > > Without the serial log output, not much. It works on my pegasos 1 here. > Can you tell me the baudrate/parity etc for the serial console. I tried various setting but could never found the correct settings. I tried to find it by googleing and in various Pegasos forums but couldn't find an answer. Thanks in advance. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis
Re: Problems booting pegasos I
Hi Am Samstag, 6. November 2004 11.25 schrieb Sven Luther: > > > Without the serial log output, not much. It works on my pegasos 1 here. > > > > Can you tell me the baudrate/parity etc for the serial console. I tried > > various setting but could never found the correct settings. I tried to > > find it by googleing and in various Pegasos forums but couldn't find an > > answer. > Err, that may be console=ttyS01,115200n8 for 2.4 kernels. > > 115200 no parity 8 bit no flow control (hw or sw) is what the OF uses. I was not much more successfull. I have only the following output in my minicom window Ø..ÿ I still have monitor, mouse and keyboard attached. "Ø." comes before the of prompt shows up After entering /cd PEGASOS1.;1 console=ttyS01,115200n8 I get the second "." on my minicom console. After the "return 0 from prom_init" I get the rest ".ÿ" I think I have also a HW problem as my serial communication between the pegasos I (kernel 2.6.8) to my powerbook only work in the direction Pegasos-> Powerbook but not the other way round. But I could establish using picocom on both side a connect with 115200 bauds. I will try to test with another USB -> serial converter next week. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Problems with XFree86 (4.3.0-2) on PowerBook G4 (Alu) Radeon 9600
ATI Radeon 8500 Qh (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Qi (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Qj (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Qk (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Ql (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 BB (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Id (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Ie (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 If (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Ld (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Le (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lf (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lg (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5960 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5963 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5964 (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 5968 (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C61 (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 5969 (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 596A (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 596B (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AF (AGP), ATI FireGL Z1/X1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 NF (AGP), ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP) (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:10:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any hints would be appreciated. Should I file a bug against xserver-xfree86? Or is there somewhere a howto compile the latest XFree86-CVS-version without messing up the whole debian installation? Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
Re: 2.6 kernel-image packages
Hi Thanks for your great work. I just downloaded and installed it on my Powerbook 1 GHz Alu. It works fine (at least for 15 minutes). Sound does not work (but didn't before neither). Just some nitpicking about the NEWS.Debian.gz: - Consider renaming it NEWS.Debian.powerpc.gz to mark it as PowerPC specific. Or symlink it it NEWS.powerpc. - Tell how to remake the ramdisk. (I uninstalled and reeinstalled the kernel-image) - Tell which hotplug agents are supported? Tell which packages are to install. e.g. apt-get install hotplug. But as I had hotplug installed I progressed without to much hesitation. - Why do you not install a dependency for one of the supported hotplug agents? Best regards -- Niklaus Gige Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)
