Re: Installation prompt does not appear during netboot install
Hello Frans,
* Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>, [2007-05-11 17:28 +0200]:
> On Friday 11 May 2007 17:13, Emanuele Rocca wrote:
> > * Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>, [2007-05-11 17:12 +0200]:
> > > On Friday 11 May 2007 17:06, H C Pumphrey wrote:
> > > > This link talks about having two cards. But on some hardware
> > > > (SunBlade 100 for example) you need it even if you have only one
> > > > card, because the ATI framebuffer code the kernel locks up hard.
> > >
> > > Ah, I was not aware of that. Could someone who's experienced the
> > > issue propose an updated text that covers that?
> >
> > I guess that booting with video=atyfb:off (as suggested in the
> > document) should work.
>
> Duh. What I am looking for a description of the situation where this
> occurs (on which hardware for example). On my Ultra 10 it is not needed.
We do have a br for the same problem (one ati card and no output after
Booting Linux) also on a Sun Blade 150. See #403364.
So, the problem is reproducible on Blade 100/150 with a single (ati)
video card, and booting with video=atyfb:off is the workaround.
On my Blade 2000, with an ati and a creator 3d, the problem is not
reproducible. The order in /proc/fb is wrong, so the kernel output is
not sent to the screen you would expect, but that's already documented.
ciao,
ema
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