On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:50:47PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Debian-installer-version: 2005-11-11 powerpc64 gtk-miniiso64 from > people.debian.org/~luther/ > uname N/A > Date: 2005 11 11 > Method: > testing gtk mini iso (expecting failure anyway, because my network > card needs a 2.6.14 kernel) > > Machine: Powermac G5 > Processor: single 1.8 > Memory: 1.25GB > Root Device: sda6 > Root Size/partition table: N/A > > Output of lspci and lspci -n: > > lspci (from a gentoo install CD - of course, that can't install either) > > 0000:f0:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. U3L AGP Bridge > 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX > 5200 Ultra] (rev a1) > 0001:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta PCI Bridge > 0001:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta PCI Bridge > 0001:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta PCI Bridge > 0001:01:07.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta Mac I/O > 0001:01:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:01:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:01:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:02:0c.0 IDE interface: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) K2 SATA > 0001:02:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta IDE > 0001:02:0e.0 Firewire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. Shasta Firewire > 0001:03:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. Shasta (Sun GEM) > > lspci -n > > 0000:f0:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:0058 > 0000:f0:10.0 Class 0300: 10de:0321 (rev a1) > 0001:00:01.0 Class 0604: 106b:0053 > 0001:00:02.0 Class 0604: 106b:0054 > 0001:00:03.0 Class 0604: 106b:0055 > 0001:01:07.0 Class ff00: 106b:004f > 0001:01:0b.0 Class 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43) > 0001:01:0b.1 Class 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43) > 0001:01:0b.2 Class 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 04) > 0001:02:0c.0 Class 0101: 1166:0240 > 0001:02:0d.0 Class ff00: 106b:0050 > 0001:02:0e.0 Class 0c00: 106b:0052 > 0001:03:0f.0 Class 0200: 106b:0051 > > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot worked: [E] > Configure network HW: [ ] > Config network: [ ] > Detect CD: [ ] > Load installer modules: [ ] > Detect hard drives: [ ] > Partition hard drives: [ ] > Create file systems: [ ] > Mount partitions: [ ] > Install base system: [ ] > Install boot loader: [ ] > Reboot: [ ] > > Comments/Problems: > > The boot is fine at first (in a framebuffer), but then it looks as if X > is being started - the screen flashes brightly (and jaggedly), then > immediately goes dark. This repeats every few seconds - it looks as if > there is some text (dark on light background, probably larger than the > framebuffer text), during the bright flashes, but these are not visible > for long enough to let me read any of it. At a guess, the text is the X > log, as if X is trying to find a resolution, failing, and immediately > restarting. > > As shown above, the agp is nVidia (sorry, but they mostly come through like > that now) and it is connected to a 14" LCD screen via a DVI-VGA adaptor and > KVM.
Replace it by a radeon card :) Anyway, could you try video=ofonly while booting ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
