Re: system frozen and mouse problem

[Klaus Becker <colonius@free.fr>]

On lundi 31 octobre 2016 09:14:30 CET Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Klaus Becker <colonius@free.fr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have new passwords and new problems:
> > 
> > - I updated Debian 8 without any problem, but:
> > 
> > - the mouse and the mousepad of the iBook G4 will not work. Sometimes
> > after
> > system start they work some seconds, than the computer is completely
> > frozen, I can only restart it.
> > 
> > - how to write a pipe "|", for ex. "dmesg | grep firewire"? (I saw boot
> > hang some time with a message about firewire)
> > 
> > - I suppose there is a hardware problem, but I am not sure. I tried
> > another
> > (usb) mouse and I had the same problem. I also tried the 2 usb
> > connections.
> 
> I am guessing you have an ATI card, try:
> 
> $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-agpmode.conf
> options radeon agpmode=-1

That resolved my problem, thank you. I also read the faq, quite interesting.

cheers

Klaus

> 
> You may want to do that from one of the virtual tty (Ctrl+Alt+1), then
> simply reboot.
> 
> Some people prefer setting this param using yaboot:
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_graphics_working.3F
> 
> HTH