Re: Quik/beige G3 -- Success & question
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:24:43 -0700 "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't see any map= entries in man quik.conf, so probably that > should go into the "append=" entry instead. Yes, that was it... I mixed it up with lilo settings :-( Thank you, Simon -- Simon Vallet Due to massive spam, the address shown in the From: header only accepts mail from Debian hosts. If you wish to mail me privately, just use the 'user' local part.
Re: Quik/beige G3 -- Success & question
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:03:33PM +0100, Simon Vallet wrote: > Hi, > > A few months ago, I tried to boot a beige G3 revII (OF 2.4) with quik, > failed to do so, and finally used BootX (see > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200307/msg00385.html) [...] > Any suggestions on the correctness of the attached quik.conf are > welcome. I didn't see any map= entries in man quik.conf, so probably that should go into the "append=" entry instead. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
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Quik/beige G3 -- Success & question
Hi,
A few months ago, I tried to boot a beige G3 revII (OF 2.4) with quik,
failed to do so, and finally used BootX (see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200307/msg00385.html)
While trying to boot NetBSD on the same machine, OF _accidentally_
dropped me into quik, and it appears that it finally works. My setup is
somewhat particular (I use a PCI video card and removed the built-in Zip
drive), but it may be useful for people disliking MacOS, so I post it
here:
load-base 60 (hex)
real-base F0
boot-device ide0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0
boot-file ide0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6/boot/vmlinux-2.4.23-pre7 root=/dev/hda6 \
video=radeon:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The output-device is different from the standard one, I didn't test with
the on-board video (neither with the Zip drive), as I'm still trying to
boot NetBSD :-)
However, I get a strange error at boot, telling me that there is a
'Syntax error or read error in /etc/quik.conf' -- that's why I have to
set boot-file -- but quik doesn't complain when I invoke it, and Linux
is still booting. I attach my quik.conf here, in case someone just sees
an error I can't see...
Last point : I didn't try to auto-boot, as I think this is potentially
harmful (endless loop, and I am just too lazy to re-apply the
System Disk patches after having to reset my PRAM), so I have to type '0
bootr' at the OF prompt ('boot' only gives me a CLAIM failed error). It
sometimes fails with a 'DEFAULT CATCH' ; in this case rebooting
(reset-all) solves the problem. There is some more info on this topic at
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw
and in their install manual)
It seems to work with and without the modified first.b : it doesn't
seem to make much difference on this machine.
Any suggestions on the correctness of the attached quik.conf are
welcome.
Thanks,
Simon
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Re: gconf messed in sid and downgrading
Ignore this mail, i changed apt/preferences then recovered a consistent system. Only remains this: > why isn't it possible to have a real console (plain > screen) with F2 or F3 ? never worked here.
gconf messed in sid and downgrading
Hi, I made the error of upgrading my sid/gnome two days ago. This changed gconf2 to 2.4 and i lost evolution-mail; one of the messages asked to log out and in again. When trying to login into gnome, i was warned the session didn't last 10s, because gnome-check-config-2 didn't pass. The only way for me to see gnome back was to change /usr.lib/gconf2/gnome-check-config-2 and set a stupid script returning 0 instead. But now i have only evolution, all menus, icons... are messed up. I know all this is probably related to the repository being broken. What solution can you suggest me to downgrade last upgrade ? local .debs were deleted :( and i have no console under gnome. Second question: why isn't it possible to have a real console (plain screen) with F2 or F3 ? never worked here. Failsafe console is only a quarter screen ;( Thks for help, i'm a bit paralyzed there. -- Jean-Christophe Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Symétrie
