From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 00:53:40 -0500 To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org From: Stefan Jeglinski Subject: whacked out 2.2.18pre17? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I have a PowerTowerPro with a 500/1M PowerLogix G3 upgrade, have been running Paul's 2.2.17 linux-pmac-stable for a while now (originally rsynced from penguinppc.org), with great success, using BootX 1.1.3. But for the last 4 nights I've been trying to run 2.2.18pre17 (also rsynced from penguinppc.org) with no luck. The compile always succeeds (just a vanilla compile, no changes to the default config), but I either cannot boot completely, or the boot completes but is seriously messed up. The first night, all it would do is freeze at "booting..." The second night, it booted, but the no video checkbox was somehow inverted in operation. IOW, with no video turned on (I have a twin turbo card, OFfb is my only choice in running X), I never get the OFfb driver, it always insists on loading the imsttfb driver, so X is impossible. Last night, the video anomaly was still in effect, but the boot never completed (kernel panic after an error that I cannot recall to save me now) Tonight, again the video anomaly is also still in effect, but the boot never completes again, however for a different reason (kernel panic after "machine check in kernel mode" which leads to the message "unknown values in srr1"). I am aware that this kernel is being worked on daily (that's why I try to rebuild it each night), but I'm a little surprised that I am having so much trouble with a pre17 kernel. Anybody know what's up? Is this thing going through such big changes that I should let it go for a while instead of trying each night? Stefan Jeglinski ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/