Re: 2.6.0-test5 (benh bitkeeper)
On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:57, Menaka Lashitha Bandara wrote:
> I pulled linuxppc-2.5-benh from bitkeeper (ppc), and compiled it. So,
> just reporting back progress on my ibook. I get an error when trying to
> hdparm's. I send a message about this a while ago to this list, and Ben
> gave me a patch. The patch worked fine, and i've read pmac.c code, and
> the patch is active in there. I'd like to attach a dmesg, but for some
> reason the kernel doesn't write to /var/log/dmesg or
> /var/log/kernel.log.
>
> Secondly, X loaded fine, but gdm failed to load completely (I have no
> idea why this is). I also couldn't switch to a virtual console using the
> normal combination alt-ctrl-fn-F1.
I have tried that kernel with my powerbook G4 12'' with a geforce, it has
compiled well but doesn't boot, I just get a screen with blue vertical lines,
I think there is a problem with the new nvidia framebuffer support.
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