Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-10 Thread Paul TT
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:36:33 +0200 Pander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So to stick to 2.4.21-ben2 features, is it also possible to switch the Apple > logo on the back of my screen on and off independently of my monitor? > i think it's pretty much impossible, since the light that get the lo

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-10 Thread Pander
If you want to have your disk as hda, then check that option in the config, rebuild a kernel, and update /etc/fstab, and /etc/yaboot.conf (don't forget to re-run ybin) to use hda instead of hdc Ben. I've had the same problem. Fastest way for me to fix it was to only alter /etc/fstab and /etc/

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 17:25, Jay Graves wrote: > Well I just got a working kernel installed > > I used the rsync-benh source and the config file from > www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/apple/config > > It boots and finds my /dev/hdc11 just fine. > > I checked the config file for the CONFI

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-07 Thread Jay Graves
Well I just got a working kernel installed I used the rsync-benh source and the config file from www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/apple/config It boots and finds my /dev/hdc11 just fine. I checked the config file for the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC_ATA100FIRST option but its not in that file.

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
I suppose the kernel you installed from had the internal hard drive labelled hdc and the new one is using hda. There was an issue in those early kernels causing the ATA/100 bus to be detected after the ATA/66 bus, thus causing the internal HD to be hdc instead of hda. This is fixed in recent kerne

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-07 Thread Toni Cerdà
I have the same powerbook and boots nice, if you want I can send you my .config, later because i'm working now and i don't have the mac here. Jay Graves said: > I tried to boot some of the kernels at ppckernel.org (thanks for the > link) and this is what went down > > linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-07 Thread Jay Graves
I tried to boot some of the kernels at ppckernel.org (thanks for the link) and this is what went down linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2 acted just like the one that I compiled myself (kernel panic when root=/dev/hdc11 was passed, e2fsck error when it wasn't) linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-06 Thread Jay Graves
> Do you have the right filesystems included in your config? I had to add ext3 > to my kernel config, and if you are using xfs, jfs or reiser then you won't > get any helpful hints. > > I'm running 2.4.21-ben2 on a pismo right now. > Its just ant ext2 files system, ext2 support should be comp

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-06 Thread Nathan Hurst
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:30:08 -0600 Brad Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jay Graves wrote: > > After > > apt-get'ing many packages I downloaded the 2.4.21 kernel and rsynced to > > benh2. compiled and installed. Now when I reboot into open firmware... > > > > boot hd:9,yaboot #to get to yabo

Re: kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-06 Thread Brad Farr
Jay Graves wrote: After apt-get'ing many packages I downloaded the 2.4.21 kernel and rsynced to benh2. compiled and installed. Now when I reboot into open firmware... boot hd:9,yaboot #to get to yaboot boot: hd:11,/vmlinux root=/dev/hdc11 ro #to boot my new 2.4.21-benh2 kernel I get kerne

kernel problem with 12inch powerbook and 2.4.21-ben2

2003-08-06 Thread Jay Graves
Hello This is my first post here but I have been scanning the archives and not found a solution to my issue. I just purchased my first mac, a 12 inch powerbook. Being a long time Debian user I would like to dual boot OS X and Debian Sid on this machine. I was able to partition my HD and reinsta