On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:25:46PM +0200, Martin Geier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:35:12PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:13:32PM +0200, Martin Geier wrote: > [snip] > > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/boot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon, then > > > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Then the screen gets black > > > except > > > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors and > > > the > > > monitor goes into standby (using an ATI Mach64). Using a Mac Picasso > > > 520 > > > nothing happens on screen, only the floppy stops working. > > Mmm What kind of ATI MAch64 do you have ? They should be supported : > > CONFIG_FB_ATY=y > > CONFIG_FB_ATY_GX=y > > CONFIG_FB_ATY_CT=y > Under woody both cards work... Here the kernel-messages concerning the > mach64: > kernel: atyfb: mach64GX (ATI888GX00) [0x00d7 rev 0x03] 2M VRAM, 14.31818 MHz > XTAL, 135 MHz PLL, 50 Mhz MCLK, 50 Mhz XCLK > kernel: atyfb: monitor sense=0, mode 20 > kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > kernel: fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI > Are the debian-installer-floppies using kernel 2.6? Shall I try out
There is both the powerpc-small/floppy ones, which are based on 2.4, and the powerpc/floppy which are based on 2.6. > 2.6 on woody (mh, i would have to upgrade a lot of things...). Then I > could verify if the fbdev works... That would be great. > > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon, > > > then > > > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Sometimes the screen gets > > > black except > > > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors. > > > Finally > > > the floppy comes out. Inserting the root-floppy and pressing enter > > > initiates again floppy-activity, but I can't see anything :( > > This seems to work, but you don't have fbdev console. Can you try > > setting up a > > serial console to understand what is happening ? > Mm, i'll try that. Is the kernel configured to print its console to the > serial > console? [also see below] Or do you expect an OF error message? I don't really know, my experience with oldworld is exclusively second hand. you would have to give the console=ttyS1,9200 or whatever is the speed/serial console for your hardware. The right driver is builtin for this to work without problem. > > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/boot.img: Gives a red-crossed tux > > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Also gives a red-crossed > > > tux > > This i would really like to know why this is happening. > Do you know what a red-cross means? Something like "error while > decompressing"? Really, no idea. I have never seen miboot working first hand. > > > Some questions: > > > Am I running into floppy-errors or is sarge on a PowerMac 9500 not > > > yet > > > ready? > Did somebody get it working on that machine already? No idea. > > > Whats the difference between boot.img and ofonlyboot.img? > > ofonly has the of driver or something like that for fbdev, while the > > other has > > the real ones. > If I understand this correctly, it would be possible to get the > "installer-console" via OF to the serial port? What about redirecting > the OF to the Mach64? No, i don't think this is possible, since there is no graphic driver in the OF for those machines. > > Both i think, -powerpc is more likely to get your old-world pmac > > experiences > > people contributing, but -boot is the right place for it. Keep both in > > the > > loop. > done. > > Greetings, > Martin > > PS: Would you prefer not to get an offlist-reply? I don't care, i can hit 'd' all right on my mutt setup, and usually read the personal mails more often than the list ones. Friendly, Sven Luther