Re: Using new Debian-Installer on oldworld PowerMac 9500
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:35:12PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:13:32PM +0200, Martin Geier wrote:
[snip]
> > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/boot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon, then
> > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Then the screen gets black
> > except
> > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors and
> > the
> > monitor goes into standby (using an ATI Mach64). Using a Mac Picasso
> > 520
> > nothing happens on screen, only the floppy stops working.
> Mmm What kind of ATI MAch64 do you have ? They should be supported :
> CONFIG_FB_ATY=y
> CONFIG_FB_ATY_GX=y
> CONFIG_FB_ATY_CT=y
Under woody both cards work... Here the kernel-messages concerning the
mach64:
kernel: atyfb: mach64GX (ATI888GX00) [0x00d7 rev 0x03] 2M VRAM, 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 135 MHz PLL, 50 Mhz MCLK, 50 Mhz XCLK
kernel: atyfb: monitor sense=0, mode 20
kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
kernel: fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI
Are the debian-installer-floppies using kernel 2.6? Shall I try out
2.6 on woody (mh, i would have to upgrade a lot of things...). Then I
could verify if the fbdev works...
> > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon,
> > then
> > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Sometimes the screen gets
> > black except
> > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors.
> > Finally
> > the floppy comes out. Inserting the root-floppy and pressing enter
> > initiates again floppy-activity, but I can't see anything :(
> This seems to work, but you don't have fbdev console. Can you try
> setting up a
> serial console to understand what is happening ?
Mm, i'll try that. Is the kernel configured to print its console to the serial
console? [also see below] Or do you expect an OF error message?
> > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/boot.img: Gives a red-crossed tux
> > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Also gives a red-crossed
> > tux
> This i would really like to know why this is happening.
Do you know what a red-cross means? Something like "error while
decompressing"?
> > Some questions:
> > Am I running into floppy-errors or is sarge on a PowerMac 9500 not
> > yet
> > ready?
Did somebody get it working on that machine already?
> > Whats the difference between boot.img and ofonlyboot.img?
> ofonly has the of driver or something like that for fbdev, while the
> other has
> the real ones.
If I understand this correctly, it would be possible to get the
"installer-console" via OF to the serial port? What about redirecting
the OF to the Mach64?
> Both i think, -powerpc is more likely to get your old-world pmac
> experiences
> people contributing, but -boot is the right place for it. Keep both in
> the
> loop.
done.
Greetings,
Martin
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