From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ELhJK-0003w2-FC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 13:21:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j91DDc8H023606; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:13:38 GMT Received: from mail4.globat.com (mail4.globat.com [216.193.201.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j91DDb3B032211 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:13:37 GMT Received: from cm-ms3.globat.com (cm-ms3.inside.globat.com [10.1.1.144]) by mail4.globat.com (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j91DLKPw021002 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 06:21:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nova@macintoshclub.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cm-ms3.globat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935277305F6 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 06:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cm-ms3.globat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cm-ms3.globat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25746-01-84 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 06:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (pool-70-20-43-71.man.east.verizon.net [70.20.43.71]) by cm-ms3.globat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AB973062C for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 06:21:19 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <433E4D1A.9070603@wanadoo.fr> References: <433E4D1A.9070603@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <2c086eda8dc42d444309b256838d5ad5@macintoshclub.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Nicholas S-A Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Linux installed from 2005.1 disk does not start Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 09:20:57 -0400 To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at globat.com X-Archives-Salt: 9c594d85-dd7c-4a20-9adb-f796e6046e65 X-Archives-Hash: c3206cc5cc7c0eba7b7bc23019ea6fe5 have you compiled into the kernel a framebuffer device? I am on a titanium PB G4 as got the same freeze point, and adding my video card in Device Drivers -> Graphics ->Framebuffer Support (Or similar) under kernel configuration solved the problem nick On Oct 1, 2005, at 4:47 AM, Charles Trois wrote: > Hello! > > I am posting this to both gentoo-user and gentoo-ppc-user lists. > My problem concerns the installation of Gentoo Linux on my G4 iMac, > using the 2005.1 universal ppc disk. > > I should first mention that I have done this before, using the 2005.0 > disk, and there was no trouble whatsoever. > > Now I have the same hardware and the same partitions. The install > process went smoothly to its end, the kernel compiled at the first > attempt, and the bootloader is well configured. > > But when I boot and choose "l for Linux", I get this message (copied > by hand): > > Please wait, loading kernel > Elf32 kernel loaded > Loading System.map > System.map loaded at 01700000, size:260 Kbytes > Opening display /pci@f0/NVDA,NVMac@10... ok > Copying OF device tree...done > Calling quiesce... > returning 0x01400000 from prom_init > > And then everything hangs; the only way out is to cut the power. > > This is quite obscure to me and I am completely puzzled. I have found > this occurrence (or something similar) reported a number of times on > the Web, but without any useful answer. > > Has anybody on this list got an idea? I shall be grateful for all > suggestions. > > Charles > > -- > gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list