Re: Annoying problem (Debian Woody)

[Stefan N. <Ste...@mh...>]

On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Andreas W=FCst wrote:

> 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?

This is an xdm problem, turn it off, config XFree86 and try again..

>
> > distro:
> >    Debian Woody 3.0 PPC (6 CDs)
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > my config:
> >    A1200 BPPC603e+@200MHz/040@25MHz BVision PPC
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!
>
> --
> Bye, good luck,
> Andi
>
>
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