MOL takes 100% CPU and never boots

[Jeffrey Baker]

Hi there,

I googled around and searched the archives but didn't see this
problem.  I have install mol on my PowerBook G4 (1st rev), but it
doesn't boot.  It shows the grey screen with the happy mac icon, but
after that it just takes up 100% CPU all the time.  I left it for 20
minutes and it was still doing that.

MacOS is on /dev/hda9, which is also where MacOS X is installed.
The machine normally boots yaboot, which chooses between Linux or
MacOS.  MacOS is configured to boot MacOS X.  I haven't booted MacOS
9 in ages, except in Classic.  My Linux is Debian unstable
distribution and kernel 2.4.18-pre4-ben0.

Here is the console output:

Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Samuel Rydh <samuel@ibrium.se>
Version 0.9.63 
/usr/bin/startmol: usleep: command not found
/usr/bin/startmol: usleep: command not found
/usr/bin/startmol: usleep: command not found
/usr/bin/startmol: usleep: command not found
Configuration file: /etc/molrc
Data directory: /usr/share/mol
Session 0. Lockfile '/var/lock/mol-0'
Debugger nub disabled
The session save/restore feature is disabled
OF device tree: oftrees/oftree.nw
Timebase frequency: 24.96 MHz
96MB RAM mapped at 0x40000000
Running in PowerPC G4 mode
Using Linux keycodes
Using nvram-image '/var/lib/mol/nvram.nw'
xvideo: X11 video depth 565
Could not open '/var/lib/mol/x11.kbd'
Video module 'xvideo' installed.
Running on VT 9.
Could not open '/var/lib/mol/console.kbd'
Using usb mouse on /dev/input/mice
Cache enabled for console-video
Video module 'console_video' installed.

MODE:  640* 480, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
MODE:  800* 600, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
MODE: 1024* 768, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
MODE: 1152* 768, depth 8,15,32   { 54.7 } Hz
MODE: 1152* 864, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
MODE: 1280*1024, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
MODE: 1600*1200, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz

No video mode match the default one.
Starting in video mode 640*480, depth 8, 0.0 Hz  [offs:0, rb:640]
Ethernet Interface (port 1) 'sheep-<eth0>' @ FE:FD:DE:AD:BE:EF
Using /dev/dsp for sound output

HFS  images/moldisk.i MOL                <read-only>     0 MB 
HFS+ /dev/hda9        MacOS 9.1          <read-write> 8000 MB BOOT

Loading 'System Folder/Mac OS ROM' from /dev/hda9

Mapping GC at 80800000
of_canon: /pci/@d/pci-ata@1/ata-4@0/disk@0 -- ''
**** of_call_method: cmd 'get-key-map' ih: 00000001 (2/2) Args: 
*** nop_'interpret' [1,2]   401007B2
************ WARNING, phandle == 0 ***********
of_open: node '//pci/pci-bridge/MacOnLinuxVideo:0' missing
extra vclaim, virt: 009B1000, size 2F000
**** of_call_method: cmd 'get-key-map' ih: 00000001 (2/2) Args: 
of_open: node '/pci/@d/pci-ata@1/ata-4@0/disk@0:5,\\:bear' missing
**** of_call_method: cmd 'read' ih: 00106E10 (4/2) Args:  00000200
00116CE0
*** nop_'close' [1,0]   00106E10
Replacing old translation (EA 80816000, old-phys 0081E000)
Fixing timer calibration (00008083)
********* of_quiesce *********
<*> kOpenCommand

If I whack a lot of keys, I get adb_key: buffer overflow.  I thought
maybe I needed to muck with /etc/molrc, so I tried adding /dev/hda9
-rw -boot but that changed nothing.

I'm dying to use your nice product!  Please send help!

-jwb