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