Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: Guy Yasko <gyasko@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Linux installed from 2005.1 disk does not start
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:27:04
Message-Id: 873bnl6l2m.fsf@oedipa.disorg
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Linux installed from 2005.1 disk does not start by Joseph Jezak
1 On 1 10月 2005, Joseph Jezak told this:
2
3 > > Please wait, loading kernel
4 > > Elf32 kernel loaded
5 > > Loading System.map
6 > > System.map loaded at 01700000, size:260 Kbytes
7 > > Opening display /pci@f0/NVDA,NVMac@10... ok
8 > > Copying OF device tree...done
9 > > Calling quiesce...
10 > > returning 0x01400000 from prom_init
11 > > And then everything hangs; the only way out is to cut the power.
12 >
13 > You need a framebuffer device in your kernel, Linux doesn't work on PPC
14 > without an FB. You should use the OpenFirmwareFB with an nVidia chipset.
15 >
16
17 different machine (powerbook 6,8), same problem here. It happens with
18 the 2005.1 install disk, and also with many kernels between 2.6.12 and
19 2.6.14-rc3. For example, with 2.6.14-rc3, "video=ofonly" gives me
20 something like the above message and so does "video=rivafb".
21 "video=nvidiafb" makes the machine poweroff instantly.
22
23 There were reports of a similar problem with a recent Fedora Core
24 install disk. On the Powerbook6,8 the kernel got up to "setup_arch:
25 enter" and stopped.
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