Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"
On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 7:55 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Jeffrey!
>
> On 2/27/21 1:37 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> >> If anyone knows about some particular fixes that are required for the drivers - such
> >> as for the eMac - it would be nice if we could assemble a list of these fixes so they
> >> can be integrated into the Debian packages later. The fixes should, of course, get
> >> upstreamed whereever possible.
> >
> > I hit this problem about two weeks ago after installing Debian 8.1 on
> > a PowerMac G5: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/19722/debian-ppc-on-powermac-g5-boots-to-blank-screen.
> >
> > I did not try to troubleshoot it because I had no screen and no SSH.
> > The machine was effectively unaccessible to me. If SSH would have
> > worked out of the box, then I could have gotten in and tried some
> > things.
>
> SSH can be enabled from the installer by choosing the "SSH Server" option
> in taskel during installation.
>
> > Maybe one lesson to learn is, provide a working SSH after an
> > installation. I don't recall if the installer had a step for enabling
> > SSH.
>
> It does.
Ack, thanks.
The in does not work in practice.
> > After the Debian 8.1 problem I tried to move on to your FEB 02 2021 build.
>
> You won't be able to install on a PowerMac at the moment. I will have to fix
> GRUB installation first which I will continue to work on next week during
> my vacation.
Yeah, I'm just waiting for the next upload when you have the time.
Jeff
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