Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-08 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 13:00 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2011-03-08 at 07:30 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 10:45 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > I've been using radeon KMS on my PowerBook ever since I got it working > > > initially about 1.5 years

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-08 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Die, 2011-03-08 at 07:30 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 10:45 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > I've been using radeon KMS on my PowerBook ever since I got it working > > initially about 1.5 years ago and fixing issues as time permits. > > > > The major outstan

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 10:45 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > I've been using radeon KMS on my PowerBook ever since I got it working > initially about 1.5 years ago and fixing issues as time permits. > > The major outstanding issues I'm aware of are: > > * The uninorth AGP driver doesn't all

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Ben Hutchings [110306 15:39 +]: > On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:56 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > * Ben Hutchings [110306 06:48 +]: > > > On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:27 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > > [...] > > > > model : PowerBook5,8 > > > > detected as : 287 (PowerBo

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Risto Suominen
2011/3/5, Ben Hutchings : > > * Could some Mac users test and report whether i915 or nouveau can > successfully take over the display from offb in 2.6.37 or 2.6.38-rc6? > I tested on my iMac G4 with nVidia graphics. Same problem, the penguin never appears. Another odd phenomenon on this machine: i

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:45:18 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 02:24 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 20:43 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > [...] > > > * Could some Mac users test and report whether i915 or nouveau can > > > successfully take over the di

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Dave Airlie
> > I've been using radeon KMS on my PowerBook ever since I got it working > initially about 1.5 years ago and fixing issues as time permits. > > The major outstanding issues I'm aware of are: > >      * The uninorth AGP driver doesn't allow AGP transfer rates beyond >        1x to work reliably wi

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 02:24 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 20:43 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > [...] > > * Could some Mac users test and report whether i915 or nouveau can > > successfully take over the display from offb in 2.6.37 or 2.6.38-rc6? > > i915 on a powerpc, eh? Wh

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 20:43 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > * Has anyone tested 2.6.37-{1,2} on a non-Mac system yet, and does > vga16fb work there? I'm still interested in the answer to this. [...] > * Could some Mac users test and report whether i915 or nouveau can > successfully take over

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:56 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Ben Hutchings [110306 06:48 +]: > > On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:27 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > [...] > > > model : PowerBook5,8 > > > detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") > > > > > > Works fine with "appen

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-05 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Ben Hutchings [110306 06:48 +]: > On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:27 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > [...] > > model : PowerBook5,8 > > detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") > > > > Works fine with "append=radeon.agpmode=1" > > on > > Linux version 2.6.38-rc7-samweis > > Linux versi

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 07:27 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: [...] > model : PowerBook5,8 > detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") > > Works fine with "append=radeon.agpmode=1" > on > Linux version 2.6.38-rc7-samweis > Linux version 2.6.37-samweis > Linux version 2.6.36-samweis > > nonfre

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-05 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Ben Hutchings [110305 20:43 +]: > On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 16:19 -0300, Gunther Furtado wrote: > > Em 05.Mar.2011 (sábado), Risto Suominen > > disse: > > > > > I would try video=ofonly. > > > > > > > And you would correct! > > > > Just added _ append="video=ofonly" _ to /etc/yaboot.conf, ru

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 16:19 -0300, Gunther Furtado wrote: > Em 05.Mar.2011 (sábado), Risto Suominen > disse: > > > I would try video=ofonly. > > > > And you would correct! > > Just added _ append="video=ofonly" _ to /etc/yaboot.conf, run ybin and > rebooted into 2.6.37-2-powerpc which did not

Bug#614221: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)

2011-03-05 Thread Gunther Furtado
Em 05.Mar.2011 (sábado), Risto Suominen disse: > I would try video=ofonly. > And you would correct! Just added _ append="video=ofonly" _ to /etc/yaboot.conf, run ybin and rebooted into 2.6.37-2-powerpc which did not complete the booting procces just the way 2.6.37-1-powerpc did. thanks, --