Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Paul Mackerras
Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > From my quick tests here (I'm travelling, so no much time), it looks > like it's dying on the first msleep() (either radeonfb or whatever else > if you play with driver order), which makes me strongly suspect the idle > loop changes. I'll try to fix that when I'm b

Re: X Viewport Issues on certain 2.6 kernels

2006-04-07 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 16:50 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > I'm using xorg (6.9.0.dfsg.1-6) with radeon 9600 on a powerbook G4 > 15" (powerbook 5,6), vanilla kernel 2.6.16. It works and I have dri. > What is the problem with it ? There was a thread here a while back that explained the problem --

Re: Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> I've hard resetted the source and reverted the "bad commit", and it > still hangs. > If i can do something to help, let me know. You can try to revert the idle loop changes manually. The comment in Paulus' commit indicates that the caller of the idle loop handles interrupt enable/disable,

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > >From my quick tests here (I'm travelling, so no much time), it looks > > like it's dying on the first msleep() (either radeonfb or whatever else > > if you play with driver order), which makes me strongly suspect the idle > > loop changes. I'll try to fix that when I'm back next week unless pa

Re: X Viewport Issues on certain 2.6 kernels

2006-04-07 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 13:03 +0100, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > I am using Xorg 6.8.2 (because the radeon driver in > later versions is b0rked) I'm using xorg (6.9.0.dfsg.1-6) with radeon 9600 on a powerbook G4 15" (powerbook 5,6), vanilla kernel 2.6.16. It works and I have dri. What is the probl

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >From my quick tests here (I'm travelling, so no much time), it looks > like it's dying on the first msleep() (either radeonfb or whatever else > if you play with driver order), which makes me strongly suspect the idle > loop changes. I'll try to fix that when I'm back next week unless paulus > b

Re: Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Enrico Cataldi
I've hard resetted the source and reverted the "bad commit", and it still hangs. If i can do something to help, let me know. Regards, CataEnry -- Enrico Cataldi - Undergraduate student @ Computer Science mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 211912796 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamradio: IW6DMM http:/

X Viewport Issues on certain 2.6 kernels

2006-04-07 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
I have noticed that on newer 2.6 kernels, the X viewports feature does not work correctly. I am using Xorg 6.8.2 (because the radeon driver in later versions is b0rked) on 2.6.x.y (see table below). The problem is that panning doesn't seem to work; one can only see some parts of the overall scree

Re: Debian Installer - boot floppies

2006-04-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:30:36PM -0800, Brad Boyer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:04:41PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > So, my questions would be: > > - which driver is actually needed in the case of #345467 > > swim3.ko > > > - is this driver available on the root floppy (built in or module

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > This is an ATi-based machine, Mobility 9600 or 9700. Not sure of the > > exact number. As others have already tried, it doesn't seem to help to > > switch to OpenFirmware framebuffer. The machine will lock up anyway :/ > > Yep, that points to radeonfb being OK. I'll have a look myself later >

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >> I see the same hang on my PowerBook 5,9 (17" G4 HR). Note that I don't > >> run Debian, but I thought I'd help out. > >> The patch has a bit too much changes behind it to do a simple revert. > > > > Please add the later commit from Paulus on top of this one (ff2e6d7427...) > > and try that one

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> On Apr 06 2006, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Well, 2.6.17 not booting seems well established now. What you can do > > to track down the cause is called 'git bisection'. Google should have > > a few instructions on that. > > Hummm, this is strange, since I just grabbed the .17-rc1 patch, > recompile

Re: Re: installing debian on IBM 43P-150 (CHRP)

2006-04-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 06:11:29PM -0400, Keith Grimm wrote: > Hello > I have read you web page on the 43p-150 and the bc Cd for chrp. I have 2 > 7248-26 carolina's and a 7043-26 PReP boxes. Any chance you have spun a > bootable/installable debian cd that works on prep machines? The only current

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-07 Thread Rogério Brito
On Apr 06 2006, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Well, 2.6.17 not booting seems well established now. What you can do > to track down the cause is called 'git bisection'. Google should have > a few instructions on that. Hummm, this is strange, since I just grabbed the .17-rc1 patch, recompiled a kernel fo