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hairmare
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Location: Bern, Switzerland
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 Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 9:26 am Post subject: kernel 2.4.19-r4 on 667G4 TiBook with Radeon |
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Hi
Im trying to install gentoo kernel 2.4.19-r4 with the radeon support loaded as a module (loaded through /etc/modules.autoload).
The card in the PB ist actually an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500. My autoload file has just one line containing radeon.
On reboot bootstrapping goes ok and i can tell yaboot to boot. After loading the kernel i see tux flash on the screen for just a split second and then the screen goes blank. 
after adding metalog to the boot runlevel all i get are two entries in the kernel log telling that all went well up to loading the keyboard:
| Quote: | Jan 8 12:28:31 [kernel] Memory BAT mapping: BAT2=256Mb, BAT3=256Mb, residual: 256Mb
Jan 8 12:28:31 [kernel] Detected ADB keyboard, type ISO, swapping keys. |
any ideas on what to do next? I just don't seem to find anyone having my prob 
TIA
Lucas  |
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Gerk
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm there's a couple of options:
1) boot from the iso again and upgrade to the newer kernel (emerge rsync, emerge ppc-sources) and try it all again.
2) try setting either at yaboot command line or in our yaboot.conf video=ofonly as an append and see if its video driver problems
3) try passing video args to kernel like video=atyfb:1152x768-8@60 to force a proper video setting (Im not sure thats what you should use for a settin, just an example).
hope this helps
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Gerk
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Ohh also metalog is not the best choice for debugging stuffs (it doesn't output right away but in chunks). you might try a different logger option |
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junior
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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how did you finally solved this problem?
got exactly the same one, but for me non of the above mentioned suggestions work.
regards |
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frohrider
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:07 pm Post subject: how's the progress..? |
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i've got the same machine and heard about the problem with the new radeon cards. if anyone has got a running config it would be nice sharing it.
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Gerk
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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You should update to newest kernel release (ppc-sources-r6) and try it out with xeasyconf (emerge xeasyconf) which should give you a working configuration.
Hope this helps, I dont have a readeon mobility machine to test on
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lagrenouille
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