Re: X stopped working with 5.14 on iBook
On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:21 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> On 10/7/21 06:16, Stan Johnson wrote:
> > Compiling the downloaded kernel-source using Debian's .config file
> > "config.powerpc_none_powerpc.xz" resulted in a 200 MB kernel (perhaps
> > because it included all possible options), and I couldn't get it to boot
> > (but I also didn't compile or install any modules). But compiling using
> > the same .config file (see attached) that I've been using for testing
> > 5.13 kernels, and that I also used for the above kernels that worked,
> > results in a working 12 MB kernel, and X is also working:
> >
> > # uname -a
> > Linux ppc-cube 5.14.9-pmac #2 SMP Wed Oct 6 21:38:58 MDT 2021 ppc GNU/Linux
> > # ls -l vmlinux
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12382136 Oct 6 15:39 vmlinux
> >
> > So I think the problem with the default kernel in Debian SID (5.14.0-2)
> > has already been fixed, or perhaps there was an issue with the options
> > that were selected for the .config file. Either way, it doesn't appear
> > that a bisect is needed.
>
> Well, we still have the Debian stock kernel not working. So we might be
> missing a kernel option that is required for X to work on the PowerMacs.
This one ?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=790690
> Did you try building a custom kernel with the config file located in the
> /boot directory?
>
> Adrian
>
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