Live CD locks up after mounting /proc on powerbook g4

slick0 · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 22

on the 2004.0 iso (only iso i tried), no matter what my boot options are, as soon as init starts to load (right after /proc is mounted) the machine lockes up. its a 12" powerbook g4 1ghz 256m w/airport.

any help appreciated
-Jared

dchart · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 12

Just a confirmatory message. I get the same behaviour on an 867MHz 12" PowerBook. (And I have to pass video=ofbonly (or whatever) or I get an unuseable display as soon as the no-penguin screen vanishes, but that's not a major problem.)
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uncon · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

Same behaviour on my 867MHz 12" PowerBookas well.

rsumner · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Austin, TX

I personally like this mirror for it's speed and I used this CD on my Powerbook with no problem. I have a G4 550Mhz.

ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/releases/ppc/1.4/livecd/livecd-g4-grp-1.4-cd1.iso

slick0 · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 22

that iso worked great. thanks. i hope whatever the issue is with the 2004.0 iso gets resolved, though.

cypherpunk · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 3

i was having the same problem... just posted about it too
its too bad that 2004.0 has a problem

thanks for the link.. cant wait to get it going

cypherpunk · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 3

just got the 1.4 LiveCD and im still having problems.
I have an 867mHz Powerbook G4, with the ATI video
after i boot from cd the computer will shut itself down... is there any hope?

slick0 · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 22

Well, using the 1.4 iso to boot, I was able to get Gentoo installed without a problem... After over a week of using 2.6.1-r1 with a problem at starting the kernel (sometimes freezes after the cdrom stopped clicking), i decided to go with the latest 2.6 in portage (ppc-development), which is 2.6.3, to see if this was fixed. I found out two things... No, my problem was not fixed, and that this kernel freezes at mounting /proc. I copied the .config from the old kernel to the new, as well as went through menuconfig, so I'm sure the configuration is not the problem. Any idea as to what may cause this? Does the 2004.0 iso use a 2.6.3 kernel?

pvdabeel · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:19 pm Post subject:

dostrow · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 1:03 am Post subject: Nooooo!

Darn it all, I just got a nice shiny new 1.25 GHz G4 and wanted to throw gentoo on, but with all the buzz about the 10.3.3 update breaking things and problems in booting the 2.6 kernel I guess I will have to wait. :cry:

And I thought it would be so nice to get a 3rd architecture running gentoo in my room. Oh well, guess I'll have to stick with x86 and sparc64 till you guys figure this one out. *Sigh*

liquidx · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:48 am Post subject:

i had a similar problem on my 12" Powerbook G4 1GHz. it stalls on mounting sysfs which is right after mount /proc. the only way i found to get gentoo on the powerbook is by using the 1.4 livecd and then getting the 2004.0 stages.

the problem seems to be with the benh kernels, so use the sys-kernel/development-sources.

pvdabeel · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject:

dostrow · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject:

Great news. It does not look like the 2.6.4 kernel has been merged into protage yet, at least by the info on packages.gentoo.org, I would check portage myself but I had to temporarily abandon gentoo (not that it solved any of my problems, it seems that debian, yellowdog, and crux all have radeon framebuffer issues). Is it merged in? If not when will it be? Also does anyone know if any of the radeon framebuffer issues were fixed in 2.6.4 that would be nice to know.

dostrow · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:02 am Post subject:

Vary cool, now running 2.6.4, but I have a new problem, the therm_windtunnel module now fails to load. I will take this up on irc tomorrow.

aaahoopy · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Austin, Texas

corsair · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

any news about the new iso's?

Markus

Ebawho · n00b Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 18

well, i to was ready to install gentoo on my powerbook (12in rev b 1ghz) but i got the same problem. Well, just bumping this and seeing if anyone has a solution. I guess im not alone.

Ebawho · n00b Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 18

Any news on how to get gentoo to work, i have tried other distros, but i just love gentoo too much, id love to get it to work on my powerbook

valenfor · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Phoenix, AZ

I am also waiting on a new ISO - but is there anything else that can be done? Is it possible to upgrade EVERY package from a stage1 if I start with the 1.4? Sorry have used many other Linux's before, but first time to Gentoo.

First time with PPC as well

Oh how I love being a noob again.

Any recommended courses of action to get the process going would be appreciated greatly!

Main problem I have is the sungem driver is not available on the CD's so I can't get to the net during install.

Valenfor

blackphiber · Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:48 am Post subject: Re: Waiting on a fix...