YDL 4.0.1 graphite clamshell iBook installation problems

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Since you got the geek edition, I'll assume that you're a geek and have
therefore already tried to boot the installation into runlenel 3 by typing
"linux 3" at the yaboot prompt. What I don't understand is why you would
then leave out what happens when you do from your message. :-)

On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:21:28 -0500, Vasily Ingogly wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I purchased the geek edition YDL 4.0.1 CDs for installation on my old 
> iBook back in April. There were problems with installation, but I got 
> it installed. However, now it appears to hang during first boot. I 
> posted a message to the forum on the YDL site, but no one has been able 
> to provide me with a solution. There are a number of other messages 
> there that seem to suggest there are problems with YDL 4.0.1 on older 
> machines (by the way, YDL 3.x works fine on my iBook). For example, a 
> person with a tangerine clamshell iBook also is having problems. The 
> hardware section of the YDL site indicates there are sound problems - 
> but this is way beyond a sound problem. A copy of my post to the forum 
> follows. The moderator thought the problem might be related to settings 
> that happen during/post install, and suggested pressing fn+ctrl+alt+f2 
> to get a terminal and logging in there, but that doesn't do anything.
> 
> Any ideas? I could go back to YDL 3.x, but I hate thinking I've wasted 
> $$ on 4.0.1 CDs that are useless.
> 
> Vasily
> 
> ----- (copy of 4/14 posting to forum) ----
> 
> This is a second generation iBook, 366MHz, clamshell without Firewire. 
> YDL 3 was running fine, I purchased the 4.0.1 CDs. During the install, 
> I got an "unrecognized monitor" message and had to do a text install. 
> At the end of the install, there was a message about "bogus values" 
> that seemed to be related to the display. When I reboot the machine, I 
> get the error
> 
> PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0001:10:19:0 
> macserial: can't request IO resource
> 
> The startup seems to hang after displaying the line
> 
> Initializing firewire controller (ohci1394) [OK]
> 
> A friend suggests that GUI stuff is starting up after this, so he 
> suggested it might be related to the monitor. As I recall, YDL 3 also 
> had a problem recognizing my iBook's monitor, but I was able to do a 
> graphic install anyway.
> 
> Any help or suggestions would be most welcome
> 
> Vasily
> 
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