On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 7:55 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Jeffrey! > > On 2/27/21 1:37 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> If anyone knows about some particular fixes that are required for the > >> drivers - such > >> as for the eMac - it would be nice if we could assemble a list of these > >> fixes so they > >> can be integrated into the Debian packages later. The fixes should, of > >> course, get > >> upstreamed whereever possible. > > > > I hit this problem about two weeks ago after installing Debian 8.1 on > > a PowerMac G5: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/19722/debian-ppc-on-powermac-g5-boots-to-blank-screen. > > > > I did not try to troubleshoot it because I had no screen and no SSH. > > The machine was effectively unaccessible to me. If SSH would have > > worked out of the box, then I could have gotten in and tried some > > things. > > SSH can be enabled from the installer by choosing the "SSH Server" option > in taskel during installation. > > > Maybe one lesson to learn is, provide a working SSH after an > > installation. I don't recall if the installer had a step for enabling > > SSH. > > It does.
Ack, thanks. The in does not work in practice. > > After the Debian 8.1 problem I tried to move on to your FEB 02 2021 build. > > You won't be able to install on a PowerMac at the moment. I will have to fix > GRUB installation first which I will continue to work on next week during > my vacation. Yeah, I'm just waiting for the next upload when you have the time. Jeff
