12/2 G5 install disks -- kernel panic on boot
Eric V Van hensbergen
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Dec 11 11:24:12 2003
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.0-0.10.64a
> label=linux64
> root=/dev/sda11
> read-only
> append="video=ofonly hda=ide-scsi"
>
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.0-0.10.64a
> label=linux64r
> root=/dev/sda11
> read-only
> append="video=radeon:dsp hda=ide-scsi"
>
> delay=10
> enablecdboot
>
>Save the file, run again
>
> /usr/sbin/ybin -v
>
>and reboot. You should be in business. By the way, as you can see
>from the image sections, the experimental 64-bit kernel actually
>supports my Radeon 9600 and yes, it's at full resolution. X works
>with the unaccelerated framebuffer, but at least it works--will
>compile a development snapshot of XFree86 as soon as I find the time
>and I hope then to have accelerated X too. The machine is really fast
>and a pleasure to work on (even with nonaccelerated X).
>
I just tried the 54-bit kernel with the same yaboot config as your
linux64r configuration. The
framebuffer sort of works, but I get ghosting and flickering pretty bad on
my 23" Cinema display.
Are you not seeing this? Any hints, clues?
-eric