Re: iBook Boot Issue (was Re: PowerBook G3 Wallstreet Hang Using Debian Kernel)

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>]

Hi,

Stan Johnson wrote:
> According to Linux, my Wallstreet has a "3D RAGE LT PRO". My Lombard 
> is similar to your iBook; the Lombard also has a "3D RAGE LT PRO". 

just as an info - I have written in another thread. I did two days of 
kernel testing and got most of them to work. In the meanwhile, i was 
able to upgrade packages, the boot problem solved itself.

 6.16.9+deb14-powerpc #1 PREEMPT Debian 6.16.9-1 (2025-09-27) ppc GNU/Linux

on my iBoook and I have working framebuffer console and X11. This is my 
yaboot section.

image=/boot/vmlinux
    label=Linux
    read-only
    append="iomem=relaxed"
#    append="video=atyfb:off"
    initrd=/boot/initrd.img
    initrd-size=8192

No need to turn atyfb off, but I have that iomem=relaxed line that I 
added long time ago and I don't remember why :)
Same GPU and CPU do work for me, that should give you some hope

Riccardo