tags 295046 + upstream wontfix thanks On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 11:22:57PM -0800, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > I managed to get module-init-tools to build after I installed a backported > version of debhelper. It turns out that the build-dependencies on the > package on backports.org aren't quite right. In any case I have installed > both 2.6 and 2.4. 2.4.27 appears to have fixed the issue. So far that kernel > is running without any problems. 2.6.8, however, I couldn't get to boot. (I > got a kernel panic about being unable to load the root fs.) I'm unfamiliar > with quik.conf (I mostly use i386 so I know grub and lilo) though so I may > have simply not specified the initrd.img file properly.
Huh, quick reality check here, you are using quik ? I thought you had a G4 pmac, and to my knowledge all G4 where already newworld machines, and thus use yaboot and not quik ? Could you paste me the /proc/cpuinfo to be sure ? In both case, 2.6.8 should work, but you need an initrd, adding : initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc to your /etc/yaboot.conf entry should do it, and if you really use quik, you need to install the new version of quik currently in sarge/sid. You need at least 2.1-2, i think : * Added initrd= to man page. Well, i guess they missed the changelog entry mentioning the initrd addition, but i doubt it makes sense to add it to the man page if it is not there. > As far as this bug goes if you want to mark it wontfix, that seems to be the > best option to me. Hopefully then other people that have the same problem > will be able to see the solution that I was able to get working. woody kernels will only be upgraded for security fixes in a woody point update or whatever, there is really no chance of this getting fixed anytime soon, and as said, sarge should release soon. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
