Re: etch graphical installer does not work on G5 PowerMac?

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 06:54:47PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> 
> I tried booting the graphical installer (the file mini.iso dowloaded
> from http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-miniiso/alpha/powerpc/) on
> a dual G5 (PowerMac7,3) today. It would just hang after trying to
> start the processor (similar to what the old sarge installer kernel
> did early on).

Could you try the latest daily-builds from :

  http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/gtkdi/images

as i am not sure what Frans did put in the above images, but the current daily
builds have the 2.6.14-3 kernel. I believe the images you tried may have
2.6.12 still, and thus didn't solve your problem, not sure. Your box has
Nvidia graphics, right ? Where i you, i would take that card out and put a
nice Radeon inside, would solve you worlds of trouble.

> Is this a known fault? I could not find a bug report but I'd be happy
> to file one, test, etc.

No idea what Frans did to build those, and i doubt i am interested to support
his stuff when he has been barely civil to me these past days, please use the
real thing, that is the daily builds i provide.

Friendly,

Sven Luther