--- jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > On Friday 11 May 2007 17:13, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > > > >> * Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [2007-05-11 > 17:12 +0200]: > >> > >>> On Friday 11 May 2007 17:06, H C Pumphrey > wrote: > >>> > This link talks about having two cards. But > on some hardware > >>> > (SunBlade 100 for example) you need it even > if you have only one > >>> > card, because the ATI framebuffer code the > kernel locks up hard. > >>> > >>> Ah, I was not aware of that. Could someone > who's experienced the > >>> issue propose an updated text that covers that? > >>> > >> I guess that booting with video=atyfb:off (as > suggested in the > >> document) should work. > >> > > > > Duh. What I am looking for a description of the > situation where this > > occurs (on which hardware for example). On my > Ultra 10 it is not needed. > > > Searching this list for "video=atyfb:off" suggests > the advice should > just mention the symptom is the boot stops after > "Booting Linux...". > Then it is not necessary to mention the hardware, > although it seems > mainly reported for sunblade 100 & 150, but was > reported for Ultra 10 > too, and other hardware might be affected but not > reported here? > > For sunblade 100 at least I notice this is fixed in > 2.6.20 but > video=atyfb:off is still needed to avoid the red > dots (search this list > for "red dots" ;) > > thanks > > jim
Hello folks Thanks for your replies, but the problem persists, I have tried "boot net video=atyfb:off", "boot net debian-installer/framebuffer=true vga=771". My sun is an old ultra1. I have a cgsix video card in sbus slot 2, I also have a rtvc card in slot 1, I have changed the order the devices are detected in openboot so that the cgsix card is detected first. I also removed the rtvc card and tried to boot. Still no installation prompt. It boots directly into the kernel, I see the penguin logo and a black space beneath it, then it says "switching over to color console..." Anybody ever encountered this? Thanks buddies. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]