Re: kernel-2.2.17pre11 boots without display on G4
On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:51:14PM +0200, BjXrn Ola Smievoll wrote:
> Just upgraded my kernel to 2.2.17pre11 (from 2.2.17pre5) and my
> sawtooth now longer gets my console going. I can ssh inn from
> another machine after it has booted, but the display just shows the
> initial screen 'Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.17 [...] booting...'
>
> My dmesg contains this line:
>
> Jul 18 20:21:38 mu kernel: atyfb: Unknown mach64 0x0001
>
> Did someone forget to include aty128fb when they compiled the kernel,
> or can I do some tricks with yaboot.conf (or something else) to enable
> the aty128fb driver?
>
> Anyways; how do I downgrade to 2.2.17pre5 again? (I'm new to debian
> and dselect).
Unfortunately, the packages aren't there any more.
So... Aack! is all I can say, I don't know how in hell this happened.
Cort's BitKeeper tree has ATY128 disabled. I'm trying to figure out
why, and whether I can enable it again. Give me a day or two.
Dan
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