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Re: iMac-G3 fails to boot with 2.6.37-1-powerpc (Bug#614221)



* Ben Hutchings [110305 20:43 +0000]:
> On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 16:19 -0300, Gunther Furtado wrote:
> > Em 05.Mar.2011 (sábado), Risto Suominen <risto.suominen@gmail.com>
> > disse:
> > 
> > > I would try video=ofonly.
> > > 
> > 
> > And you would correct!
> > 
> > Just added _ append="video=ofonly" _ to /etc/yaboot.conf, run ybin and
> > rebooted into 2.6.37-2-powerpc which did not complete the booting
> > procces just the way 2.6.37-1-powerpc did.
> 
> This also works on a PowerBook G4 here.  Presumably, without this
> vga16fb tries to take over from offb, and this does not work.  I didn't
> imagine that it would try to do that!
> 
> * Has anyone tested 2.6.37-{1,2} on a non-Mac system yet, and does
> vga16fb work there?
> 
> Using this parameter, I can get as far as running some of the init
> scripts, but as soon as the radeon driver (*not* radeonfb) is loaded -
> either by udev or the X server, depending on modprobe configuration -
> the screen goes black - handover from offb to radeon is not working.
> 
> I also tested 2.6.38-rc6-1~experimental.1.  Here, the radeon driver
> prints a few lines, ending with:
> 
> "fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfrb vs OFfb ATY,Xia_A - removing
> generic driver"
> 

model		: PowerBook5,8
detected as	: 287 (PowerBook G4 15")

Works fine with "append=radeon.agpmode=1"
on
Linux version 2.6.38-rc7-samweis
Linux version 2.6.37-samweis
Linux version 2.6.36-samweis

nonfree firmware package is needed:

$ cat /proc/fb
0 radeondrmfb

Elimar

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