On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Wolfgang Hovest wrote: > Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > > > > >>On Thursday 23 January 2003 16:05, Wolfgang Hovest wrote: > >> > >>>hi there, > >>> > >>>i recently bought an ibook800 > >> > >>(...) > >> > >>>with the 9.1-beta-release it's even worse. the tft is getting black > >>>immediately when i try the gui-install, and if i choose intall-text, at > >>>the time the installer asks for the resolution, it starts the xserver > >>>(which i'm able to see), asks if it's ok - thats the last i can see > >>>regardless i answer yes or no - it's getting black again, and i can't > >>>complete the install... > >>>wolfgang > >> > >>I've got an iBook2.rev2 as well. I tried 8.2 with the same results. I'd > >>welcome Mandrake on my iBook because I use it on my main machine. > >> > >>To Wolfgang (if you want "Linux now"), and to the developpers if you're > >>looking for a solution: Yellow Dog Linux release 2.3 works perfectly on the > >>iBook (but you have to download and install a few "new" rpms to get Xfree > >>running fine. > >> > >>I am not able to get any informations out of this (except they upgraded the > >>kernel) but developpers may. > > > > > > What video adapter is in these machines, and did you try the benh kernel > > option? > > it's the ati radeon mobility 7500, the name on the pci bus was something > like LT7 (or similar, i don't have the ibook here now) > and yes, i tried the benh kernel, but with the same result - a black screen. >
Just talked to a friend who works on Gentoo PPC today at LWE, he says Ben has overcome a number of radeon issues recently, so it looks like I need to update the benh-mdk kernel. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
