Your message dated 13 Jun 2000 10:31:58 -0400 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#65309: UDMA66 boot floppies video problem has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 7 Jun 2000 00:20:45 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 06 19:20:45 2000 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from natomas-f.mp.campuscwix.net [207.0.98.214] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 2 (Debian)) id 12zTaP-00016o-00; Tue, 06 Jun 2000 19:20:45 -0500 Received: from avarra (s05-pm08.montana.campuscwix.net [207.0.103.226]) by natomas-f.mp.campuscwix.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA18641 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:20:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Larry Elmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UDMA66 boot floppies video problem Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:23:01 -0600 Message-ID: <000001bfd016$8a2f8050$e26700cf@avarra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.13-2000-05-04 When I try to install Debian with the current UDMA66 boot-floppies, immediately after the kernel is uncompressed and starts up, the display completely dies. I've got a 20" fixed-frequency monitor and a special video card for it that's SVGA-compatible. When I removed the card and attached a normal 15" monitor to the onboard video adapter, I see a graphic of a penguin with a stein of beer :-) displayed. The regular boot floppies don't do this. I suggest that the picture should be removed from the UDMA66 boot floppies since it can cause problems with some video cards, or it should be possible to disable it easily with a prominent notice advising the user how to do so. Larry --------------------------------------- Received: (at 65309-done) by bugs.debian.org; 13 Jun 2000 14:28:25 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 13 09:28:25 2000 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from relay04.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.24.184] by master.debian.org with smtp (Exim 3.12 2 (Debian)) id 131rg0-0005Iq-00; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:28:25 -0500 Received: (qmail 23876 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2000 14:28:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO arroz.fake) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by relay04.netaddress.usa.net with SMTP; 13 Jun 2000 14:28:23 -0000 Received: by arroz.fake (Postfix, from userid 421) id D313A93802; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:31:58 -0400 (EDT) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#65309: UDMA66 boot floppies video problem References: <000001bfd016$8a2f8050$e26700cf@avarra> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 13 Jun 2000 10:31:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: Randolph Chung's message of "Thu, 8 Jun 2000 00:09:34 -0700" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I was thinking more of woody, where (hopefully) initrd will be used and the > > number of flavours should come down to one again. > > so how about for potato? this is somewhat release critical. Isn't it sufficient that one can do 'video=vc:8' or whatever (as now documented) in the bootargs? Anyhow, the UDMA66 does *not* ship with the VGA framebuffer support -- this bug reported here was fixed in 2.2.15 since before that we were using the wrong kernel. Regarding new kernels -- I don't see why we need them. Yes, VGA fb ships by default in the compact and idepci flavors, but they can be easily enough turned off with boot args. Closing this bug. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]