Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-11-04 Thread David Howe
not sure if this helps but the kernel and image listed below does NOT boot my 8600 from bootX david Simon Vallet wrote: Hi, I sure am a bit late on this one, but nevertheless... On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:40:13 +0200 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: prep boxes are known not to work y

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-11-04 Thread Simon Vallet
Hi, I sure am a bit late on this one, but nevertheless... On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:40:13 +0200 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > prep boxes are known not to work yet (needs 2.6.18 -prep kernel), and i am not > sure about the oldworld status, but it would be interesting to know if those > im

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-06 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 09:05:23PM +0300, Eddy Petri??or wrote: > > Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > > > > BTW, no-hardware should be always present, the four cases should be > > > > 1)no-hardware only > > 2)no-hardware + disable-module=linux_input > > 3)no-hardware + disable-module= > nvidia..> > >

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-06 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Diego Biurrun wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 09:05:23PM +0300, Eddy Petri??or wrote: Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: BTW, no-hardware should be always present, the four cases should be 1)no-hardware only 2)no-hardware + disable-module=linux_input 3)no-hardware + disable-module= 4)no-hardware + dis

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-05 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > > BTW, no-hardware should be always present, the four cases should be > > 1)no-hardware only > 2)no-hardware + disable-module=linux_input > 3)no-hardware + disable-module= nvidia..> > 4)no-hardware + disable-module=linux_i

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-05 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 03:36:52PM +0300, Eddy Petri??or wrote: > > Sven Luther wrote: > > 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: > >>> Would you be able to do the testing as suggested by Eddy, disabling the

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-05 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Eddy Petrișor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: 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: Would you be able to do the testing as suggested by Eddy, disabling the nvidia m

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-05 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: > 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: >>> Would you be able to do the testing as suggested by Eddy, disabling the >>> nvidia >>> module as we

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
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 go

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-04 Thread Diego Biurrun
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

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
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 > > patc

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-04 Thread Diego Biurrun
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.debia

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-04 Thread Eddy Petrișor
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 : >>

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Nope, won't get a radeon that will work with a powermac. But as long as the text mode installer still works I'm fine. Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Ok, tried that too. had the radeon, nvidia and linux_input lines commented out in several combinations. It either turns into a black screen, or I get the following error message: (I can't copy it anywhere from the installer so I'm typing from screen, and only the error lines which seem to be re

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, tried that too. had the radeon, nvidia and linux_input lines commented out in several combinations. It either turns into a black screen, or I get the following error message: (I can't copy it anywhere from the installer so I'm typing from screen, and only the erro

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
And no, I didn't get it to work. It booted into the text mode installer (whih makes me wonder, but obviously I'm not that intimate with the boot process and different module availabilities) , and I applied the commands you have given me. but on starting the installer the screen just went black.

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Ok, I'll try a next boot. In a few minutes to an hour there will be feedback ;) Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Ok, I can't get into the installer at all, since the usbkbd modue is missing. So all I can do is seeing the kernel boot up and fail. No chance to get into the console or anything. Ok. but I booted into my already existing debian install (however marginal it may be, I barely use it) and did a co

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And no, I didn't get it to work. It booted into the text mode installer (whih makes me wonder, but obviously I'm not that intimate with the boot process and different module availabilities) , and I applied the commands you have given me. but on starting the installer t

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 05:45:16PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I can't get into the installer at all, since the usbkbd modue is missing. > So all I can do is seeing the kernel boot up and fail. No chance to get into > the console or anything. > > Ok. but I booted into my already existi

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 04:46:20PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:30:12PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Ok, thank you first for your answer. I don't need pcmcia on a server, so > >>I'll give it a try., since those you can actually deac

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Well, I can't get it up though (the installer I mean). I simply burned the iso now, and still get the same results. But I booted several times, to be able to see the alst message to be seen, and it was: FATAL: Module usbkbd not found. I guess the iso mustn't be that mini then ;) BTW, is there

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 04:36:40PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Well, I can't get it up though (the installer I mean). >> >> I simply burned the iso now, and still get the same results. But I booted >> several times, to be a

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 04:36:40PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, I can't get it up though (the installer I mean). > > I simply burned the iso now, and still get the same results. But I booted > several times, to be able to see the alst message to be seen, and it was: > > FATAL: Module

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:30:12PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, thank you first for your answer. I don't need pcmcia on a server, so I'll give it a try., since those you can actually deactivate in the install process. One thing, is that this only applies to 2.6.18,

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread shookie
Ok, thank you first for your answer. I don't need pcmcia on a server, so I'll give it a try., since those you can actually deactivate in the install process. Now my test runs, took longer than I thought. First I messed up 2 cds by burning them withou yaboot and yaboot.conf and boot.msg. I took

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:30:12PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, thank you first for your answer. I don't need pcmcia on a server, so I'll > give it a try., since those you can actually deactivate in the install > process. One thing, is that this only applies to 2.6.18, while the images

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-01 Thread shookie
Ok, I'll make a test tomorrow on my dual powermac and send a log. Is that pmac_zilog serail console driver confict for Xserves solved with 2.6.18 kernels? I don't wanna mess up my server install, since I only have limited access to tinker there, so I'd like to know in advance ;) Regards Jan Sc

Re: call for testers: powerpc graphical debian installer

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:33:04AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I'll make a test tomorrow on my dual powermac and send a log. Ok. > Is that pmac_zilog serail console driver confict for Xserves solved with > 2.6.18 kernels? I don't wanna mess up my server install, since I only have > li