Request for Testing of Installer X Configuration on PPC

[Paul Nasrat]

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 15:48 +0200, Mike Hammill wrote:
> Dear Paul,
> 
> On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 23:06, Paul Nasrat wrote:
> 
> > Could you try a later boot cd of rawhide, or verify against FC4 test3.
> 
> It might have been a bit lost in my previous pst, but I did test it
> against FC4 test 3 (iso files dated May 26, 2005).  The system itself
> reports "Fedora Core release 3.9.2 (Pre-FC4)"/"kernel
> 2.6.11-1.1286_FC4".  I have steered clear of rawhide because I was under
> the impression that the only safe way to install it was rsyncing it to a
> NFS server then netbooting, which is unfortunately beyond my available
> resources to try.  Is the boot image you're suggesting "boot.iso" under:
> 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/ppc/images/mac/
> 
> If so, it appears to be from 8 June 2005.

If you have large enough b/w you can do a http install off a local-ish
mirror to you.  It is probably best at this stage to test with FC4
final.

> > Hmm what happens if you boot with offb to use OF fb rather than
> > radeonfb.
> 
> To try this is it correct that I change yaboot.conf to contain:
> 
> append="video=offb"?  I read that using the OF framebuffer disables the
> radeonfb and also gives one a slower driver.  Is that the idea behind
> the test?

video=ofonly and you can just type it on the yaboot line rather than
edit yaboot.conf - try with eg:

linux video=ofonly debug

> > Please file a bug so things get tracked.  
> 
> OK, I'll try to get to it.  Might take a few days.  Thanks for the
> advice.

Good luck.

Paul