On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 09:50:28PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64 > > Version: 2.6.18-8 > > Severity: important > > > > Upon installing either of the sarge 2.6.8 or sid 2.6.18 kernels on my > > Sun Ultra10 with a Creator 3D card (as well as onboard ati rage 128, > > from my understanding), I get get a kernel that boots up without a > > console. It seems to be a well known problem with a solution of > > appending "video=atyfb:off" to silo; perhaps this should be done by > > default? > > > > Furthermore (probably related?), apparently the ffb driver is > > completely dead anyway from 2.6.8, and as such has been removed from > > the kernel: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/33 > > > > If they are the same problems, is there any chance of getting this > > looked into? Presumably not being able to modprobe ffb (because it > > doesn't exist) is the reason why we also don't have working DRM under > > Xorg? > > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? > > If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug > with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4? > http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
That machine has been decommisioned, so I am unable to test at this time. -- TimC The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]