Re: Annoying problem (Debian Woody)

[Andreas <an...@po...>]

Hello M=A7K

Am 30-M=E4r-02 schrieb M=A7K:

> So...
> I finally installed everything, but after booting the system does a sor=
t of
> screen cycling which makes the whole thing quite unusable.
> I first thought it was a problem with the blanker, but then realized th=
ere
> actually are 3 screens that get cycled (the main one and two black ones=
).
> This happens both with 2.4.13 and 2.4.9 (2.2.10 does not boot a full
> installed sys).

What do you mean with "cycle"? What exactly does your system do and at wh=
ich
point?

> distro:
>    Debian Woody 3.0 PPC (6 CDs)
>=20
> this is the bootstrap line:
>    bootstrap --apus -k vmlinuz-2.4.13-apus root=3D/dev/hda3 nobats
> video=3Dpm2fb:mode:800x600-60 video=3Damifb:vga video=3Dmap:0 debug

Add debug=3Dmem as Michel stated and post the dmesg output if there's any=
thing
abnormal in the log.

> during debian setup I set XF to use fb driver (if it somehow matters)
>=20
> my config:
>    A1200 BPPC603e+@200MHz/040@25MHz BVision PPC
>=20
> notes:
>    last task launched before it starts screen cycling is gdm
>    I am in runlevel 2

Hmm, maybe you should switch gdm off and start X manually.

>> Ouu, seems as you are using some really old unpacker!! Please download=
 the
>> latest lha from aminet, or, use Unarc (AmigaOS 3.5/9 not sure which), =
it
>> works wonderfully with lha6. lha7 definitely doesn't work, but maybe t=
his
>> has changed with the latest BB.
>=20
> I use lha v2.1 (latest version) which should support lh6 compression, b=
ut it
> won't unpack kernel-image-apus_2.4.17-3.lha anyway. I guess it has
> something to do with lha's bugs with OS3.5

Hmm, OS3.9 here without troubles at all.. Email me in private if I should=
 send
you the unpacked kernel!

--=20
Bye, good luck,
Andi