Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:10:17 +0100, Matthias Jordan wrote: > Can you remember exactly where the kernel hangs? Is the serial driver the > last thing that get printed? I remember something like "pmac zilog" or something, but really, I have observed many hangs in different moments. I'd really keep m

Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Matthias Jordan
Hi, folks! >>time to time the kernel just wouldn't start because it hung right >>after the printk from the serial driver. The only solution to this [...] > Just don't load this driver. It has nothing to do on a mac anyway. Right. Problem is that every kernel Ubuntu shipped for my iBook in the las

Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 18:49 +0100, Matthias Jordan wrote: > Hi, folks. > > Since I've been running Ubuntu Breezy on my iBook G4 I kept having > problems booting the kernel - regardless of the kernel version. From > time to time the kernel just wouldn't start because it hung right > after the print

Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Matthias Jordan
Hi, folks! Jack Malmostoso schrieb: >>a) Is anybody else experiencing this problem? > > I must say that sometimes I experience hangs during boot, but generally a > second try is enough (btw, Option+Control+Power Button is faster ;)). Can you remember exactly where the kernel hangs? Is the seria

Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:10:15 +0100, Matthias Jordan wrote: > a) Is anybody else experiencing this problem? I must say that sometimes I experience hangs during boot, but generally a second try is enough (btw, Option+Control+Power Button is faster ;)). Since sometimes I also get I/O errors, I suppo

Re: Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 the mental interface of Matthias Jordan told: > Hi, folks. > > Since I've been running Ubuntu Breezy on my iBook G4 I kept having > problems booting the kernel - regardless of the kernel version. From > time to time the kernel just wouldn't start because it hung right > after

Need help tracking down serial problem on iBook G4

2006-01-15 Thread Matthias Jordan
Hi, folks. Since I've been running Ubuntu Breezy on my iBook G4 I kept having problems booting the kernel - regardless of the kernel version. From time to time the kernel just wouldn't start because it hung right after the printk from the serial driver. The only solution to this was to press the O