YDL 4 post-install lockup on PB g4

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

Robert,

The problem is with the boot and install kernels currently being shipped
with YDL4. The current YDL4 kernels have no support for graphics boards
with the nVidia Riva/Geforce chips [see the kernel configuration files].
If you connect a VGA monitor to your PB you will find that the system
will boot and run.

Linux-2.6.8 appears to have problems with driver support for nVidia
Riva/Geforce chips.  I found it necessary to build a new kernel with
nVidia support using the current stable linux-2.6.9 code found on 

	http://www.kernel.org


-Joseph

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On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 23:56, Robert Story wrote:
> I've got a titanium PB g4 500, and the ydl 4 install on a new hard drive
> consistently locks up in the post-install stage.
> 
> Console 3 has a last line of 'going to mount /usbfs on
> /mnt/sysimage/proc/bus/usb'.
> 
> I've tried auto-partition, manual partitioning with
> desktop/workstation/custom+minimal packages.
> 
> I tried mounting a spare partition and running 'ps -ef' in while loop, logging
> to the spare partition. The last ps entry show XFree86, kudzu and modprobe
> (with varying modules).
> 
> Owen, in the yellowdog linux irc channel said it sounded familair, and he
> thought there was a workaround, but couldn't find it in his logs. Anyone else
> seen this, and know of a workaround?
> 
> YDL 3 installs just fine...
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Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. <joseph_sacco at comcast.net>