Re: new g5 dual core macs
hello all,
it´ s still not working. i downloaded the daily build of etch. the
installation worked, but all fans are running on maximum speed. after a
restart, i have the same old problem.
bye
thorsten
Am Donnerstag, den 29.06.2006, 18:26 +1000 schrieb Benjamin
Herrenschmidt:
> > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2006/02/msg00137.html
> >
> > It's because of the nVidia display adapter, the system is booting but
> > there's no display. Note that the installation kernel/initrd for the
> > etch debian-installer CD now works, but the kernel/initrd that gets
> > installed to the hard drive doesn't. Possibly there is a module in
> > the initrd that conflicts with the card. I have had suggestions that
> > I experiment with building a specialised initrd, however I have
> > limited expertise in this area.
> >
> > Note that the Ubuntu (dapper) server installation, which is based on
> > debian-installer, installs a kernel/initrd that doesn't have this
> > problem (so it should be fixable in Debian), however the Ubuntu
> > kernel hangs a few minutes after boot on this system (PowerMac11,2)
> > with ATA device error messages, so it's not currently a Linux
> > solution for you.
> >
> > I also eagerly await a fix for this problem.
>
> It's all been fixed for a while in 2.6.16 and 2.6.17. Both of these
> kernels g5_defconfig should work fine on this machine.
>
> Ben.
>
>
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