2.6.8.1-kernel on Powerbook G4?
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Hi,
I am currently getting lost configuring my kernels for my Powerbook.
I wonder - is there a page that collects kernel-configs for powerbooks?
Does anyone have a working or at least mostly working config for a Powerbook
like mine? Or is anyone interested in creating a config together with me and
share it with the world?
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I am running debian testing/unstable on this computer:
root:/usr/src/linux # lspci
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
Radeon 9600 M10]
0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI
0001:01:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
0001:01:13.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus
Controller
0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O
0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:01:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:01:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:01:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:01:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
0002:06:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI
0002:06:0d.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100
0002:06:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire
(rev 81)
0002:06:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun
GEM) (rev 80)
root:/usr/src/linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 7447/7457, altivec supported
clock : 765MHz
revision : 1.1 (pvr 8002 0101)
bogomips : 508.92
machine : PowerBook5,2
motherboard : PowerBook5,2 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh
detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15")
pmac flags : 0000000a
L2 cache : 512K unified
memory : 512MB
pmac-generation : NewWorld
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The frequency is so low due to the running powernowd - so thats ok.
Problems I have:
* no working console on local login: "respawning too fast issue"
* no working suspend (okok - thats something to wait for)
* no working DRI (same as suspend and not that important to me)
* no working airport extreme (waiting again)
...
Questions:
* How to get console working again? I can login via ssh but wont get a single
prompt locally. I tried google for around a month now... none of the hints
helped me.
* can anyone provide me with a kernel-config that works? Mine got a little
bloated whilst trying to fix the console issue.
* does keyboard lighting work on this system? how?
NO-Kernel-Question:
* what is the best handling for the backlight/volume/keyboard-backlighting
keys when running kde? just switched from gnome ;)
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What I would like to get:
a working powerbook config and a little page where anyone can take a look.
Could put it into my university webspace ;)
thx and everything - I hope to get this system into a working state when I
dont have to sacrifice too much of the functionality I'd have under macOSX
but have the freedom and the multitude of applications and
configuration-options of debian.
greetings
Timo Reimerdes
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