retitle 501367 installations-reports: blank screen with X.Org on Apple iMac G3 (ATI Rage 128 PR/PRO AGP 4x) thanks Hi there! On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:18:32 +0200, Luca Capello wrote: > 1) boot > > I usually download a multi-arch CD image and this time I did the same > (daily built 20081001-10:45, d-i 20081001-09:05). However, while the > same multi-arch CD boots fine on i386 and amd64, on powerpc machines > gives the following errors: > > - [G3] /pci@f200000/mac-io@17/ata-4@18000/disk@1:2,/install/powerpc/vmlinux: > Unknown or corrupt filesystem > > - [G4] /pci@f200000/mac-io@17/ata-3@20000/disk@0:2,/install/powerpc/vmlinux: > Unknown or corrupt filesystem > > - [G5] /ht/pci@3/ata-6/disk@0:2,/install/powerpc/vmlinux: > Unknown or corrupt filesystem G5s are 64-bit machine, thus I should have used the install64 boot. I tried with that and the error is the same, just s/powerpc/powerpc64/... > The same problem happens with two other daily built multi-arch > netinst CDs (20080923-22:19 and 20080921-10:03), but not with > powerpc-only netinst CD (daily built 20081001-10:35). I tested a newer image (daily built 20081017-10:19) and the boot problem is fixed, on all three models (G3, G4 and G5). > 3) X.Org > > This is the main problem: after the first reboot, X11 starts, but the > screen remains black. This however is still present :-( Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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