Re: Debian 8.0 PPC not working on Pegasos II G4
Hello Charlie,
please, please try to install 8.0 and you will see „my problem“. On a1k.org some other users tried
it, with the same result. Which GUI do you select on installation? I am always using GNOME.
Regarding the problems you mentioned, I never had them. Maybe it is also a combination
of firmware and revision on the PEG?
My old installation using 6.8 was running perfect. I read now that 7.6 should still run,
7.8 & 8.0 fails in the installation at 95%. If you close installation and try to boot, you can
see the grafic trash I already posted. But within the installation the grafic is working fine.
cU, aPEX / www.a1k.org
Pegasos II (last rev), 1GB Kingston Ram, Radeon 9000 128MB, SoundBlaster 5.1,
Exsys EX-1064 USB, Digitus SATA 150, Fujitsu 2,5“ 500GB SATA HD.
> Am 02.05.2015 um 14:42 schrieb Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) <charlie@scenergy.dfmk.hu>:
>
> Hi there,
>
> When I was installing Wheezy on my Pegasos II around 2013, I ran into the
> following issues:
>
> - the RDB partitioning didn't work (the disk I was trying to install on
> had RDB already), and made the installer to crash and burn in various
> ways. I changed my HDD setup to MBR, then it worked. (Note that if you
> *upgrade* and don't reinstall, the already installed system will still
> work from RDB.)
>
> - The mainboard's Marvell Gigabit Ethernet didn't work. The problem was
> that in the mainline kernel some custom PHY support code got enabled in
> the mv643xx_eth driver by default, which didn't work at all with my
> Pegasos II. It had to be disabled and forced back to generic PHY support
> via a module argument during load. (Note that you probably still need
> very-latest SmartFirmware for the GBit Eth to work properly, but I have
> it, so it works for me.) If I remember correctly, I had to blacklist the
> marvell module (this is about Marvell PHYs) in /etc/modprobe.d
>
> - I had serious stability issues with the VIA Ethernet controller, so I
> avoid using it. I'm using a PCI Marvell Gigabit ethernet card instead, so
> this issue remains unsolved. This was also the case before Wheezy, if I'm
> correct, but this was too long ago already...
>
> - The video acceleration and Radeon support was entirely gone. I managed
> to fix this via some magic kernel arguments I got in answers from this
> list. I also had to force the Radeon into PCI mode with some XOrg config,
> of course, but that's "known" trick for the Pegasos II since forever.
>
> I have two Pegasos IIs , so I'm planning to try Jessie on the "other one",
> which normally runs MorphOS, to see if I get stuff working. I would be
> very surprised (and pleased!) to see if any of the above issues got fixed
> and won't need a bit of manual massaging. BTW, I reported these issues
> (and the solutions too, IIRC) on this ML, but I got little to no feedback.
> So I stopped caring, "worksforme" anyway...
>
> Otherwise I'm running latest Wheezy on my Pegasos II as my home
> server/firewall in 24/7, with stock binary kernels and minimal
> customization (mostly what's detailed above) and it's quite stable.
>
> Best,
> --
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, 2 May 2015, aPEX wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I and also the other guys in our forum already tried to install 7.8, which ends in the same problem like 8.0. Which version was
>> running on your Peg-2?
>>
>> I only remember that 6.x was running fine.
>>
>> But it would be nice to find the problem, because the part with the installation works fine up to 95%.
>>
>> MfG, Robert
>> Send from iPhone 5
>>
>>
>> Am 01.05.2015 um 17:30 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Thanks for responding
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 1, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Luigi Burdo <intermediadc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Guys i had this machine with radeon radeon 9000 and / 9800pro
>> and was working good with debian wheezy 7.x .
>> i sold it in september 2014.
>> the machine is one of the best powerpc platform that i had ...phase 5 after bplan after genensis
>> was make great hardware.
>>
>> i suggest the guys to install wheezy that was tested and working by me in person.
>>
>>
>> Luigi
>>
>>
>> On 01/05/15 16:57, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
>> Do you have any advice for these guys?
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: aPEX <aPEX@gmx.ch>
>> Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: Debian 8.0 PPC not working on Pegasos II G4
>> To: "Herminio Hernandez Jr." <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hello Herminio,
>>
>> in our forum now 3 other guys with a PEG-II did a test and came excatly to the same result / problem.
>>
>> I am not a linux specialist, but the kernel part which is starting the installation is working fine.
>> But because the installation fail and later also the booting there must be a difference in the
>> kernel which is installed later.
>>
>> The Pegasos is based on the CHRP plattform:
>> http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/app_note/AN2666.pdf
>>
>> Thank you if you can help in any kind.
>>
>> Best regards, Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 01.05.2015 um 16:27 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Oh that is not good. Let me reach out to a friend.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 1, 2015, at 8:41 AM, aPEX <aPEX@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried this but it ends in this, see picture.
>> <IMG_0051.JPG>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 30.04.2015 um 20:57 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>:
>>
>> If you are yaboot try this
>>
>> Linux radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=radeonfb:off
>>
>> If that does not help then add this as well radeon.agpmode=-1
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:46 PM, aPEX <aPEX@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> it is a RADEON 9000 Pro with 128MB Memory.
>>
>> Best regards, aPEX
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 30.04.2015 um 19:38 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr.
>> <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>:
>>
>> What is the video card you are using?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 12:07 PM, aPEX <aPEX@gmx.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> no one who can help? Debian 6.8 was still running
>> fine…
>> I think if I will try Debian 8 I will have same
>> problem like with 7.8?
>>
>> Best regards, aPEX
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 27.04.2015 um 20:27 schrieb aPEX
>> <aPEX@gmx.ch>:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was using a long time Debian 6.x on my
>> Pegasos II G4 with 1Ghz CPU und 2GB
>> Memory.
>> Last week I got the stupid idea to
>> install everything new using latest
>> Debian 7.8, because
>> on the DVD there is still the install
>> script for the Pegasos. :-)
>>
>> Installation itself is working fine till
>> 95% and then abort there, some like
>> after-installation trigger.
>> We tested it on several Pegasos II that
>> we have, always the same. I can go on
>> without installing
>> more software, but I assume that also
>> some basic stuff is missing.
>>
>> Also the 3.x kernel is no more working
>> on the Pegasos II, you will get screen
>> with grafic trash
>> right after starting the kernel.
>>
>> <IMG_9965.JPG>
>>
>> Any idea? I tried it in the IRC, but got
>> no answer.
>>
>> It would be really fantastic if this
>> problem could be fixed and the Pegasos
>> II will work again.
>>
>>
>> Best regards, Robert aka aPEX
>>
>>
>>
>> PS: I am just a user, no Linux guru,
>> sorry for this…
>>
>>
>>
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