Re: [K-mib-ppc] Resend: Good news: k-mib-ppc-beta-pre10.iso running.

[Yves Combe]

Dot Liu a écrit :
> Hi Yves,
>    Resending, I didn't any mail from the list after posting, maybe lost?

No. but no answer means maybe i have another job...

Yes the way to boot from bootx is interesting. May i put that in a text 
file in the CD?

>    There is a strange buzzing sound from the monitor, though.
>    I do not get such buzzing when using framebuffer console on linux
>    with an Intel PC, so what is making the monitor buzz so loudly when
>    linux runs on this PowerPC? It sounds almost, like it will damage
>    the monitor, although the picture is stable and clear.
I don't know. that's strange...

>    Anyways, I tried the similar boot with the SCSI CD-ROM, and root=sr0,
>    but I was getting sleepy when trying to fiddle with linuxrc to get
>    it to find and mount KNOPPIX from /dev/sr0, I guess it will work
>    easiest if you add /dev/sr? to DEVICES for the future.
>    Also please remember to add "e100" driver to the modules for the Intel 
>    ethernet card, and perhaps also the "tulip" driver (in debian Woody it 
>    works with the driver de4x5.c) if possible, that way I will be on the
>    network too :)
Yes, i will correct that in the next iso.

>    I tried the same boot with the alpha release (
> ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/knoppix-mib.org/knoppix-MiB-PPC-alpha-2e.iso
>    but although now it does find init, and boots up a little bit, it gets
>    stuck at:
>
> Processor 0 is a
>
>    and nothing more happens.
Really strange. Normally it just read /proc/cpuinfo. I will check that.

>    Oh, and another thing I tried with your wonderful k-mib-ppc-beta-pre10
>    was to type 'startx'. It indeed did bring up a X initial screen, grey
>    with the mouse moving. In the middle it brought up a little message
>    box about not finding any .Xsession or window manager, but I guess
>    you will be adding that in the future for the full CD, and it isn't
>    included on the beta, right?
right.

thanks,

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Yves Combe
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