Bug#340980: The snd-powermac module crashes the system and the ethernet interfaces swap after reboot
Dear d-i team,
It is my great pleasure to write this mail under a debian linux on my
iMac G5. I found the reason for the unstability of my previously
installed system:
- The sound module snd-powermac is unstable [1].
- The debian installer does not use it.
- The installed system, however, attempts to beep when the
bash-completion gives multiple choices after pressing the TAB key.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338316
The temporary solution is to:
- rmmod snd_powermac as soon as possible after boot, without touching
the cursed TAB key,
- comment the snd_powermac line in /etc/modules.
My next problem was that I had no network. In fact, for a reason I do
not understand, eth0 and eth1 are swapped between the installer and the
installed system.
- modprobe sungem
- adding iface eth1 inet dhcp in /etc/network/interfaces
- ifup eth0
solved the problem.
In conclusion to this lonely thread, the installer itself is OK, but :
- the yaboot package from testing is currently broken.
- the kernel is broken and the snd-powermac module should not be loaded.
- the ethernet interface does not have the same name during intallation
and after reboot.
I filed a separate bug report against d-i to have the support of my
keyboard, japanese mac usb, which is not supported by the installer.
Shall I close this bug when the above issuses are solved? I have an
extra partition, and I can make a test from time to time...
--
Charles
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