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| 00:11.33 | dh0 | i did apt-get install kernel-image-2.6* and adjusted yaboot to handle the initrd. now when i boot it doesnt recognize my ethernet, do i need to install modules or something. and if i do, how do i do that |
| 00:13.38 | dh0 | anyone? |
| 00:19.29 | chrisa | dh0: check modconf for your network module |
| 00:19.35 | chrisa | Or add it manually to /etc/modules |
| 00:22.32 | demon | or load the module, bring up the network, and install discover |
| 00:23.23 | chrisa | wuss |
| 00:23.24 | chrisa | :) |
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| 01:31.54 | apitman | are there any debian for ppc specialist on at the moment? |
| 01:33.17 | nusse | ask your question and wait |
| 01:33.17 | apitman | i installed deb on a macppc 6100. the install went fine. I then ran tasksel and installed xwin and desktop. during install i didn't know which mouse to pick so i just used the default (which i now know was wrong). when I boot now it starts up a blank screen and then switches (automatically) between this blank screen and the login screen. i can't do anything because the keyboard just outputs garbage. |
| 01:33.41 | apitman | so the question is...i can boot into the ram disk config and get a terminal window. what file do i change to fix this? |
| 01:33.49 | apitman | i don't mind starting the xwin install again |
| 01:34.05 | apitman | but at this point i can't do anything because the keyboard doesn't work when i boot normal |
| 01:34.57 | nusse | chroot on your installation and dpkg-reconfigure console-data |
| 01:36.27 | apitman | if you can't tell i am new to linux. it is pulling something up, thx |
| 01:37.21 | Curalton | maybe its the linux_sends_<bla>_keycodes issue? |
| 01:37.48 | apitman | hmm, it pulled up dpkg-reconfigure, but when i hit a selection on keymap, i get an error saying Debconf module aborted (no "machin3e" field in the /proc/cpuinfo) |
| 01:38.04 | apitman | it then tries to run grep on /proc/cpuinfo and can't find it |
| 01:38.14 | apitman | then drops to prompt |
| 01:38.45 | Curalton | ah, in the chroot? |
| 01:38.57 | apitman | chroot took without prob |
| 01:38.58 | Curalton | mount the /proc dir then |
| 01:39.03 | apitman | k |
| 01:39.20 | apitman | command pls? (newbie, sorry) |
| 01:39.39 | apitman | there is already a proc |
| 01:39.46 | apitman | but it is prob the ram disk one for install |
| 01:39.51 | apitman | umount then mount? |
| 01:39.56 | Curalton | uhh, run "ps", it should complain too and tell you how to mount proc |
| 01:40.05 | Curalton | apitman: proc is mounted in the chroot? |
| 01:40.51 | apitman | well, when i did mount it showed up, but i did what you said with ps and that worked |
| 01:40.56 | apitman | let me try dpkg again |
| 01:41.40 | Curalton | ah, ok |
| 01:42.04 | Curalton | also just booting with init=/bin/bash should not load the messed console keyboard |
| 01:42.50 | apitman | where does this init=/bin/bash go? |
| 01:43.06 | apitman | this is a macppc launching from MkLinux booter |
| 01:43.39 | Curalton | aw, ok. nm then :) |
| 01:43.44 | apitman | thx |
| 01:44.06 | Curalton | it would go as an argument to the linux kernel boot |
| 01:44.12 | Curalton | i.e. at the bootloader |
| 01:44.30 | Curalton | yet i dont know how that exact subarchitecture boots |
| 01:47.03 | apitman | hmm, probably in the lilo.conf file |
| 01:47.08 | apitman | well, we will see if this works |
| 01:47.09 | demon | yeah |
| 01:47.25 | apitman | it is doing a forced check of the drive because I had to reset without shutdown |
| 01:47.31 | apitman | since i couldn't type anything |
| 01:48.32 | apitman | hmm, still ended up in the same place |
| 01:48.42 | paquin | Stereo: I read that HFS+ may be a problem with kernel but non standard Apple HFS (this is my chance on PB 1400) syl :) |
| 01:48.43 | apitman | it keeps switching (slowly) between a blank black screen |
| 01:48.46 | apitman | and the login screen |
| 01:49.10 | apitman | but when i try to type (or do an option arrow to switch terminals) i get garbage |
| 01:49.30 | apitman | is there a command to tell it not to boot gdm? |
| 01:49.57 | Curalton | boot commandline would be just "3" to boot into runlevel 3 |
| 01:50.24 | Curalton | might be though that this is messed up in debian, the rcX.d stuff is one of its weak points |
| 01:51.11 | apitman | well, i am going to boot back into the ram disk. what config file can i change so then next time i boot to hard drive it doesn't load whatever it is loading right now that gets screwed up (i think it is gdm because it is then that the black screen appears) |
| 01:52.26 | Curalton | do 'rm /etc/rc?.d/S??gdm', well, ls -l it first to see what that catches |
| 01:54.48 | Stereo | hfs is ok, but you'll be much better off if you create two partitions, one for each OS |
| 01:55.35 | apitman | it finds 4 links...rc2.d/S99gdm through rc5.d/S99gdm, remove those? |
| 01:55.49 | Curalton | apitman: yes |
| 01:55.53 | apitman | thx |
| 01:55.57 | apitman | anything else, or boot after that? |
| 01:56.09 | Curalton | apitman: and usually that should only be in rc5.d, stupid debian... |
| 01:56.15 | apitman | heh |
| 01:56.16 | apitman | yea |
| 01:56.29 | apitman | what dist would you recommend? |
| 01:56.37 | Curalton | apitman: maybe list /etc/rc?.d/S???dm - xdm or kdm might also be arround |
| 01:56.41 | Curalton | apitman: debian :P |
| 01:56.45 | apitman | heh |
| 01:56.47 | apitman | thought so |
| 01:57.10 | Curalton | runlevel is b0rked imho, but everything else is fine |
| 01:57.42 | apitman | so reboot now or is there something else i should do first? |
| 01:57.59 | Curalton | nope, that keeps X from starting, take a shot at it |
| 01:58.11 | apitman | ........ |
| 01:58.40 | apitman | does anyone know what i should set for my video and mouse on this thing during xfree86 config? |
| 01:58.48 | apitman | it is a macppc 6100/66 |
| 01:59.08 | apitman | no extra video card, and stock keyboard and mouse |
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| 02:08.02 | apitman | hmm, still didn't work |
| 02:08.08 | apitman | guess i am going to have to reinstall (arg) |
| 02:08.21 | apitman | any other thoughts about getting the system back to a known state before i do that? |
| 02:11.03 | apitman | ok, here goes, reinitializing..... |
| 02:11.31 | apitman | does anyone know if ext3 works well on an old powermac (6100/66)? or should i stick with ext2 |
| 02:11.56 | demon | it shouldn't make a diff |
| 02:12.02 | demon | I use JFS on my 7500 |
| 02:12.21 | demon | ext3 shouldn't be a big deal on a 6100/66 |
| 02:12.27 | apitman | hmm, JFS is not an option on the installer i am using |
| 02:14.15 | demon | not surprising |
| 02:14.43 | demon | debian's install doesn't support jfs prior to the new debian-installer stuff |
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