i was about to look in the archives as i just got somthing similar to this
on a new debian 2.2r3 cd install... but i found if you check 'no video
driver' and 'force video'in bootx and set mac os to 8bit (256) color,X will
run... but the colors are so awful they are offensive... but it does run
> I am a Linux newbie, and I just managed to get the Debian 2.2 R3
> booted up on my PowerMac 7600/120. Tried to do 'startx' and the kernel
> paniced. I loaded the Gnome package on the initial installation.
>
> Before I go any further in troubleshooting, I should mention I only
> have 16 MB RAM [..
Changing the VM settings in MacOS will have no effect when you boot up the
7600 in linux. You will definatelly need more ram to run X comfortably but
in lieu of more ram you should probably make a swap partition of about
50mb. As for your kernel panic I would be very supprised if it had
anything
Mike Yukish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am a Linux newbie, and I just managed to get the Debian 2.2 R3
> booted up on my PowerMac 7600/120. Tried to do 'startx' and the
> kernel paniced. I loaded the Gnome package on the initial
> installation.
What was the text from the kernel panic? It sho
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