Bug#393190: X fails to start on a PowerMac beige G3 when PCI NIC installed
Wakko Warner wrote:
> Brice Goglin wrote:
>
>> I don't know what is going on with Powermac beige G3, but it looks like
>> several people actualy have conflicts between Xorg and the network on
>> this kind of machine. I am merging the relevant bugs.
>>
>> I am trying to get some help for either upstream Xorg people or PowerPC
>> guys since I am not even sure whether it's a hardware of software
>> (kernel? Xorg only?) related problem. If anybody has a clue, please let
>> me know.
>>
>
> At one point, I installed XFree86 that was still laying in pool. It didn't
> have a problem. I think older copies of Xorg worked (<7.x) but I'm not
> quite sure.
>
> IIRC, if I just use the onboard nic, it did work.
>
Somebody just reported the same issue with an explanation of the problem.
Have a look at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426433
I forwarded the bug upstream, let's hope it will be taken care of.
Brice
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