Package: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc Version: 2.6.18-1 Severity: important
*** Please type your report below this line *** I have been running etch with kernel 2.6.15-1 on this machine for six weeks. i have tried 4 or 5 different kernel packages released between 2.6.16-2 and 2.6.18-1, none of which boot here. my powermac beige g3 has been able to boot exactly the same disk and installation with an update to the initrd using updateinitramfs or yaird. that is i copied the powerbook disk with parted to a backup drive and booted it with the new kernel from the powermac. the changelog and also on the powerpc mailing lists has claimed that failure to boot old world powermacs is fixed but looks here like it was only fixed for the g3 and not earlier. there were at least two years or more before the g3 that were working in sarge, and in etch up to 2.6.15. several others have reported similar problems, some are building their own kernels but i have been focusing on trying to work with the system you are providing. i try and work with the mailing list but no one has been responding lately so i am filing and official report. [ i am dismayed/appalled by the currently outstanding some 716 kernel bugs listed as i ran reportbug today]. diagnostics: booting pb3400 with bootx, appears only the first line "Welcome to Linux..." and hangs. booting with quik, gets started but is unable to mount root. claims "unknown block(0,0)". note - on g3 when i was missing modules i got some informative messages and dropped into busybox - but nothing whatsoever of the kind happens here. only "panic - rebooting in 180 seconds". is there maybe something more than just an initrd problem ? i am also pretty upset that the 15 kernel the latest stock image that boots my machine and others, has been deleted from the archives while the 18 series is just released into unstable. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc depends on: ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.80 tools for generating an initramfs ii mkvmlinuz 24 create a kernel to boot a PowerPC ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-18 Yet Another mkInitRD linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc recommends no packages. -- debconf information: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-1-powerpc: shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-1-powerpc: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: false linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-1-powerpc: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc: false linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-1-powerpc: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]