Re: 2.6 kernel for iBook 500 Mhz G3 dual usb

[Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au>]

I installed the kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc package. It booted and mostly 
worked.

The Gnome battery status panel applet reported that I was running on 
battery at 0% charge when I was on mains power with a fully chaged 
battery. '$ cat /proc/pmu/battery_0' showed the right information so I 
have no idea what's wrong there.

Gnome behaved erratically after waking from sleep. Mouse became very 
jerky, windows didn't refresh properly and eventually it seemed to 
completely lock up. I was able to switch to a text console and restart 
Gnome.

I've reverted to my previous kernel for now. Turns out it's not hand 
built as previously stated, it's actually 2.4.25-ben1.

Did I install the wrong kernel package? Perhaps there are additional 
packages I need to update or install?

Greg

Dean Hamstead wrote:
> the stock debian 2.6 kernel should work fine
>
> works on my clamshell ibook, which is close enough to identical
> to yours
>
> you may just need to install the apm_emu module, the snd-powermac
> module and... well that should be about it. modem support is
> now in the kernel, not a module as for 3d acceleration it should
> also be fine as its more an XFree thing than kernel
>
> Dean
>
> Greg Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Since upgrading Gnome I see the odd warning about services which 
> > require a 2.6 kernel to work properly (eg. HAL I think, though I don't 
> > have the machine handy to check). I'm running a custom built 2.4 
> > kernel at the moment with which everything works - sleep, internal 
> > modem, 3D acceleration, etc.
> >
> > Does anybody know if there's a 2.6 kernel package I can apt-get which 
> > will work with this hardware configuration? If not perhaps a link to a 
> > tutorial explaining how to build a suitable 2.6 kernel?