Re: Powermac 8600 Bootx and 2.4
Well it looks as though the debian 2.4.18-powerpc kernel doesn't have
BOOTX support compiled in so we will count that out. I made some
progress with with the 2.4.25-ben1 kernel I have. I had to do
"video=ofonly keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" and it boots fine and
the keyboard works great. If I type fbset it says mode "832x624-173"
or something similiar.
The problem now is that when I type 'startx' the video is
skewed/crushed onto the left hand side of my monitor. I can see the
icons, etc and the wallpaper its just all crushed to one side of the
monitor.
I tried booting with "video=controlfb:vmode:13,cmode:16
keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" but then the screen is scrambled
during boot, I have to blind type to get it rebooted.
So it only seems to work with video=ofonly and X doesn't work with
that. I changed my mode in the X config file to 832x624 for all
depths.
If anybody can give me some direction I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Matt
On Jun 24, 2004, at 6:37 PM, Matthew Reath wrote:
All,
I recently have setup Debian Woody r2 on a Powermac 8600. I'm using
BootX for my bootloader. The default install installed a 2.2 kernel. I
want to upgrade to a 2.4 kernel. I installed the 2.4.18-powerpc kernel
package and copied the kernel to Mac OS for bootx. Whenever I select
it and try booting to it it just gives me garbled video. I can blind
type enough to reboot it. I know its booting to the login but the
video is messed up. I tried various video settings and parameters to
no avail. Can anybody help me please? My machine is one of the
/choas/control models. 2.2 works fine. I tried a 2.4.25-ben1 kernel
and it booted fine when I select no video driver in bootx but the
keyboard is all wacked. Does anybody have any ideas, I'm not opposed
to compiling my own kernel if that will help. I would like to use the
stock 2.4.18 kernel with debian-powerpc if it all possible, initially
at least.
Matt
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