2011/2/21 Gunther Furtado <gunfurt...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > 2011/2/20 Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>: >> On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 10:17 -0300, Gunther Furtado wrote: >>> Package: linux-2.6 >>> Version: 2.6.37-1 >>> Severity: critical >>> Tags: d-i >>> Justification: breaks the whole system >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> First of all: I cannot run reportbug while running the package I am >>> reporting >>> this bug because I cannot boot from it. >> >> I suspect this is due to my changes to framebuffer driver selection, >> which you obviously noticed. >> >> The problem is that on PowerPC systems we cannot assume hardware support >> for a text mode (as on PCs) and so we must select from the following >> sets of framebuffer drivers: >> 1. Generic drivers using firmware or standard registers >> (FB_OF, FB_VGA16, ...) >> 2. Specific drivers without support for GPU acceleration >> (FB_INTEL, FB_NVIDIA, FB_RADEON, ...) >> 3. Specific drivers with KMS and GEM/TTM >> (DRM_I915, DRM_NOUVEAU, DRM_RADEON) >> >> The type 1 drivers generally allow switching to a different driver for >> the same hardware. But once we have loaded a type 2 or 3 driver there >> is no way to switch without rebooting. >> >> Previously we built-in several type 2 drivers, which meant KMS was not >> possible. However, current X drivers for Intel, Nvidia and AMD/ATI >> hardware require KMS and GEM/TTM so we cannot continue to do this. We >> need to load type 3 drivers, but they are so large that we don't want to >> make them built-in. Also, the AMD/ATI Radeon driver requests firmware >> for 3D acceleration, which is not available at the time built-in drivers >> are initialised. >> >> Therefore, I'm trying to build-in type 1 drivers that cover all PowerPC >> hardware. Apparently that doesn't work. >> >> Do you see any messages from the kernel, or just a blank screen? >> > > Sorry I didn't mention it in my previous message but it seems that > your suspicions are correct: > > The boot messages start to appear until the last to lines that mention > FB and tty1 (i am not close to my box right now but they have very > similar structure to the ones that appear when I successfully boot > 2.6.37-trunk-powerpc).
Being precise: --- Console: colour dummy device 80x25 console [tty0] enabled, boot console disable --- those are the last two line I see before rebooting. cheers, -- “Estes aprazíveis pensamentos tornam de tal modo leve o meu trabalho que nunca estou tão ocioso como quando a ele me dedico." Nietzsche citando Shakespeare (e como o Niezsche era muito mentiroso, me resguardo o direito de transferir a culpa) Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
