Bug#375194: Can you test 2.6.18-rc7 ...

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

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 07:25:29PM +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> Sven Luther wrote:
> > 
> > > Begin: Waiting for root filesystem... ...
> > > 
> > > Then displays a message that it cannot load i8042.ko and drops me to a
> > > Busybox (initramfs) shell.  Anyway, I thank both of you, there seems
> > > to be a progress.  I'll test whatever you say to help you fix it.
> > 
> > Mmm, there is no reason why it should try to load i8042 on your gossamer pmac,
> > which has no such hardware.
> > 
> > Can you please reopen a new bug report about this against initramfs-tools ?
> > Preferably with the serial log ? 
> 
> I will certainly file a bug, if you could be so kind to tell me what
> do you mean by "serial log"?  I searched for a specific log but
> couldn't find one.  If what you mean is to retype the error messsages
> that appear on the console, I'll do that, of course.

if you have a digicam, you can use that too, avoids lot of typing :)

That said, the idea is to use a serial cable to put a console on the serial
port which you access from another machine using minicom or some other serial
terminal program.

Friendly,

Sven Luther