Re: iMac g3 and kernel 2.6.12 >=

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

On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:40:57AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:50 +0200, Wesker wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > someone knows about a problem with the kernel 2.6.12 >= an some iMac (i
> > have an iMac g3 500)?
> > I compiled the kernels 2.6.12, 2.6.12.6, 2.6.13.2 on my Debian Etch, and
> > i had the same problem: Gnome very slow, the pointer visible and
> > not-visible and system unusable (none application can be started,
> > ecc..).
> 
> I'm not sure exactly what your symptoms are, your description isn't very
> precise... Are things working properly in console mode (not X) at all ?
> 
> Unfortunately, all I can suggest at this point is for you to try to go
> down the kernel versions (including -rc releases) to try to isolate more
> precisely when it broke so we can find what's up.

Is it possible that he suddenly is missing the drm module or something like
that, and thus obviously gnome and stuff would feel much more slower.

Wesker, can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.conf file for us to look at ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther