On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:57:50AM +0200, Uwe Steinmann wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:05:47AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > > Uwe Steinmann schrieb: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I just got the latest (14 Oct) sarge installer for powerpc and booted a > > >Apple PowerBook Pismo. It doesn't get far and starts flashing > > >the lcd when it trieds to load some kernel modules. > > So it booted and you got to the language question first. That's at least > > something. :-) > No, there was no question at all. It failed earlier. > > > >All I can see is an error message about a missing usb-ohci > > >kernel module. There are other modules (mostly usb related) missing > > >as well but usb-ohci is the first one. > > Strange. These modules should not be loaded because usb is compiled into > > the kernel. > > >The seems to repeat for ever. > > So you are never thrown back to the main-menu? When some step is failing > > it should thorw you back to the main-menu where you can select to try it > > again or to do another step first. > As I said. I didn't get as far as a main-menu. > > > What do the logs on tty3 and tty4 say? You can also use a shell on tty2 > > to debug what's going on. > I could switch to tty2 and saw the message about presssing a key to > get a shell, but I couldn't see what happened afterwards because of > the flashing lcd. I guess the key press had no effect.
Sounds like it's segfaulting and restarting? You might be able to stop the flashing using Ctrl-S or Ctrl-C and then switch to console 2 or 3? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]