Re: PowerMac 9500 + etch = no boot to hard drive (now post boot glitches)

2007-12-16 Thread Rick Thomas
Try this as root: dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Rick On Dec 16, 2007, at 2:32 AM, james cox wrote: Well, guys, thank you for the help, i got it to boot. Now I need to figure out how to start the KDE configuration manager program to tell KDE that i replaced the ix micro twin turbo

Re: PowerMac 9500 + etch = no boot to hard drive (now post boot glitches)

2007-12-15 Thread james cox
Well, guys, thank you for the help, i got it to boot. Now I need to figure out how to start the KDE configuration manager program to tell KDE that i replaced the ix micro twin turbo card I used during the install with a Voodoo3 (stupid move). It can't find it & exits with the message "can't find

Re: PowerMac 9500 + etch = no boot to hard drive

2007-12-14 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:20 PM, Peter Rooney wrote: Dear James, Ah, BootX. This sounds creepily familiar. My guess on where to start is asking if the kernel the installer _used_ is the same as the one that got _installed_? (this first bit me in Debian woody). The kernel that BootX uses i

Re: PowerMac 9500 + etch = no boot to hard drive

2007-12-14 Thread Peter Rooney
Dear James, Ah, BootX. This sounds creepily familiar. My guess on where to start is asking if the kernel the installer _used_ is the same as the one that got _installed_? (this first bit me in Debian woody). The kernel that BootX uses in Macintosh HD:System Folder:Linux Kernels: must be exactl

PowerMac 9500 + etch = no boot to hard drive

2007-12-14 Thread james cox
I have installed etch onto a Powermac 9500 using boot x & the specified kernel - initrid & install .iso on a USB stick. The installer ran successfully other than failing to install quick (expected) & exited normally. This is where my problems start. I reset bootx to boot to my root partition (boot