Re: Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: "Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You really are having all the luck;-) All of it bad, yah... Chris> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:4,/boot/initrd.img:No Chris> such file or directory (initrd.

Re: Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You really are having all the luck;-) Chris> On boot, whether I select the linux image or the old image, Chris> I get the following (I believe this is an OpenFirmware Chris> message): I suspect that this is from yaboot (see

Re: Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: "Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You really are having all the luck;-) All of it bad, yah... Chris> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:4,/boot/initrd.img:No Chris> such file or directory (initrd.img.old

Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Chris Doherty
Where's the microwave... I compiled and installed my kernel as specified in www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm, and that seemed to go just fine, I checked /etc/yaboot.conf and it appeared to have all the necessary elements added to boot both the new kernel (as 'linux') and the original kerne

Re: Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You really are having all the luck;-) Chris> On boot, whether I select the linux image or the old image, Chris> I get the following (I believe this is an OpenFirmware Chris> message): I suspect that this is from yaboot (see

Right, so compiling my own kernel has b0rked my iMac. (was Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B)

2005-01-19 Thread Chris Doherty
Where's the microwave... I compiled and installed my kernel as specified in www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm, and that seemed to go just fine, I checked /etc/yaboot.conf and it appeared to have all the necessary elements added to boot both the new kernel (as 'linux') and the original kernel

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Chris Doherty wrote: > Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian > kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I already have such a kernel available at: http://funkyware.konflux.at -- Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant http

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Chris Doherty wrote: > Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian > kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I already have such a kernel available at: http://funkyware.konflux.at -- Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant http

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:06:35PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chris> It's not that they don't work, it's that they're > Chris> nonexistent. Here's the relevant section from the README. > > Chris> "Prerequisites: > C

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 07:39:43PM -0500, Chris Doherty wrote: > Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian > kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been > following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm > but I'm

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:06:35PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chris> It's not that they don't work, it's that they're > Chris> nonexistent. Here's the relevant section from the README. > > Chris> "Prerequisites: > C

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 07:39:43PM -0500, Chris Doherty wrote: > Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian > kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been > following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm > but I'm

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> It's not that they don't work, it's that they're Chris> nonexistent. Here's the relevant section from the README. Chris> "Prerequisites: Chris> [...deleted] We must be looking at different package versionsI

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: Are you using the linux-wlan-ng package? Yes. There are two parts - the software, and the kernel module drivers. The software is a trivial install, the kernel modules less so. They have to be compiled from source, as I'm using a 2.6.8 kernel. Chris> Apparently

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> Shyamal Prasad wrote: >> Is there a reason you need to compile a kernel (other than that >> you just want to do it)? The precompiled kernels are actually >> really good. Chris> Oh, isn't that a can of worms.

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> It's not that they don't work, it's that they're Chris> nonexistent. Here's the relevant section from the README. Chris> "Prerequisites: Chris> [...deleted] We must be looking at different package versionsI

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: Are you using the linux-wlan-ng package? Yes. There are two parts - the software, and the kernel module drivers. The software is a trivial install, the kernel modules less so. They have to be compiled from source, as I'm using a 2.6.8 kernel. Chris> Apparently the on

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: After you install kernel-patch-debianlogo and kernel-patch-powerpc you don't have to run the patch command manually. You just run make-kpkg and it will apply it for you. Is that what you were doing? I tried that and it failed, but I wasn't following the same document. I'l

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> Shyamal Prasad wrote: >> Is there a reason you need to compile a kernel (other than that >> you just want to do it)? The precompiled kernels are actually >> really good. Chris> Oh, isn't that a can of worms.

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I haven't the foggiest idea *what* in the trees for Chris> kernel-patch-powerpc and kernel-patch-debianlogo (the two Chris> patches I would like to install) qualifies as Chris> "/path/to/kernel/patch". When I tried ma

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Shyamal Prasad wrote: After you install kernel-patch-debianlogo and kernel-patch-powerpc you don't have to run the patch command manually. You just run make-kpkg and it will apply it for you. Is that what you were doing? I tried that and it failed, but I wasn't following the same document. I'll gi

Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm but I'm stumped by this part: "Kernel Patches Kernel patches are a way of u

Re: Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I haven't the foggiest idea *what* in the trees for Chris> kernel-patch-powerpc and kernel-patch-debianlogo (the two Chris> patches I would like to install) qualifies as Chris> "/path/to/kernel/patch". When I tried ma

Help compiling a kernel for iMac rev B

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Doherty
Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm but I'm stumped by this part: "Kernel Patches Kernel patches are a way of upd