On Nov 8, 2005, at 9:26 PM, Andy Botting wrote:
Hi Parag,I was thinking about getting one of the new 15" PowerBooks (hi-res, powerbook5,8, but I've beenreading about this problem.I first found out about this problem on the Gentoo Forums from this post:http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-396455.html Then I read a little more about it on the linuxppc-dev list: http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-October/020222.htmlOn the linuxppc-dev list, there are some patches to enable the ATA controller, Gigabit ethernet and basic AGP setup. I guess it's probably a matter of patching the 2.6.14 source and bootingthat.
Hi AndyIf you are still thinking on buying the new PB, I would suggest to wait for some time - there seem to be serious display problems with the new versions and Apple is claiming some of the problems are 'within spec'. (Fortunately mine doesn't have any so far.)
On the Linux installation front, I tried the boot cd from the URL posted in the Gentoo PPC forum (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic- t-396455.html?sid=a2970b2b2db4c89e9961b90aed629f58) but it fails to boot. I don't have any working Linux/PPC box to build the CD myself with the new patches. So I guess I am stuck till someone makes a bootable CD with the relevant patches.
Thanks Parag