[Bug 335516] New: iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD ( network installation)

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 Summary: iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation) Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Macintosh OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.2 Status: NEW Severity: Blocker Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: gillon_devreese@scarlet.be QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Customer **HOW TO REPRODUCE IT : Burned a CD on a PC running Linux 10.2 using the image from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/iso/cd/openSUSE-10.3-GM-ppc-m... Had the Mac-OS X boot normally, inserted the CD, rebooted the machine pushing on <alt><cmd><shit><bckspace>. I got the initial prompt asking to boot the 'install', 'slp' or 'rescue' system. Whatever I choose, the system starts to boot displays messages on the initial B&W screen, then messages come in bigger characters, then a white back-ground comes and then all text vanishes and the system seems to hang (but will reboot if I press <ctrl><alt><del>). This all happens so fast, that I can hardly read the text, and note anything. **HARDWARE : iMac, PPC G4 8OOMHz, 256KB level 2 cache, 256MB SDRAM, Ultra ATA disk 80GB, Apple SuperDrive CD/DVD reader, 17" LCD panaromic screen, NVIDIA GeForce MX 32MB DDR graphics card. iMac Part no M8812FN/A; Serial no W82481H4NOS **REQUEST : Of course, getting a ready-made solution would be nice, but I can imagine that PPC support on an old iMac is probably not strategic, so I understand I will have to find my way out. But I would like to get at least a hint how to set options on yaboot, or how to capture its output that I can start figuring out what is happening. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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22 Oct 22 Oct

14:27

New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c1 Matej Horvath changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |gillon_devreese@scarlet.be --- Comment #1 from Matej Horvath 2007-10-22 08:27:02 MST --- Are you able to switch to another console (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F2)? If you are, yast logs (http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Bugs), /var/log/messages and boot.msg might be interesting. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c2 Renaud GILLON changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|gillon_devreese@scarlet.be | --- Comment #2 from Renaud GILLON 2007-10-22 14:12:27 MST --- Switching to another console does not work. I tried the key combination you mention, and other ones (I had already tried before, without success). Remarkable thing is that the keyboard / mouse interface seems OK. Indeed if after the initial boot and freeze, I wait for some time, then the iMac fan goes into a slower mode (giving the impression that still something is working properly inside), and then keyboard or mouse activity, makes the fan speed (and noise) pick-up again. So the overall impression is that it's more of a display problem. Are the boot sequence and the menus for Suse 10.3 identical on I32 and PPC's ? I might study the command sequence on a PC and try it blind on the Mac !? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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26 Oct 26 Oct

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New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 Matej Horvath changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c3 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|sndirsch@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com --- Comment #3 from Stefan Dirsch 2007-10-26 10:55:42 MST --- I wonder why this issue has been reassigned to me? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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28 Oct 28 Oct

20:46

New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c4 Cyril Hrubis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |chrubis@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |olh@novell.com --- Comment #4 from Cyril Hrubis 2007-10-28 14:46:18 MST --- I have one mac and this looks like kernel/yaboot problem for me. Is this white screen from yaboot or its a kernel init Olaf? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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29 Oct 29 Oct

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c6 Olaf Hering changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|olh@novell.com |gillon_devreese@scarlet.be --- Comment #6 from Olaf Hering 2007-10-29 02:50:48 MST --- can you add video=ofonly as kernel cmdline option? install video=ofonly Maybe the nvidiafb crashes, maybe the kernel crashes even ealier. Did 10.2 boot ok? Can you also try the 2.6.23 (or newer) kernel from factory? http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/boot/bo... you should at least get the penguin on the display. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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4 Nov 4 Nov

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New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c7 Renaud GILLON changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|gillon_devreese@scarlet.be | --- Comment #7 from Renaud GILLON 2007-11-04 06:29:22 MST --- As suggested I tried the following at the boot prompt : install video=ofonly textmode=1 This allowed the machine to boot, I got the menu and chose for 'install or udpate system', and the text-mode YAST application allowed me to run the installation sucessfully. This very message is sent from Firefox running on my iMac G4 running version 10.3 of OpenSuse. Thanks for the tips. (I was wondering if there is a way for users to find this info in the available documentation).

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From my side, I consider that this request can be closed.

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5 Nov 5 Nov

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New subject: [Bug 335516] iMac G4 system freezes during start-up of yaboot from Mini CD (network installation)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c8 Cyril Hrubis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com --- Comment #8 from Cyril Hrubis 2007-11-05 09:53:36 MST --- Then this looks like framebuffer bug, reassigning to kernel maintainers. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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4 Feb 4 Feb

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 Greg Kroah-Hartman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Blocker |Major -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 Greg Kroah-Hartman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com |olh@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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5 Feb 5 Feb

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 User olh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c9 Olaf Hering changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |gillon_devreese@scarlet.be --- Comment #9 from Olaf Hering 2008-02-05 05:25:21 MST --- Can you check if the current boot.ppc.iso with kernel 2.6.24 still needs the video=ofonly option to boot at all? If yes, we have to debug it. But, factory is currently in an inconsisten state. I suggest you wait for openSuSE 11.0 alpha2, and test the mini.iso from there. Alpha2 will be relreased in the next days. http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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28 Apr 28 Apr

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516 User cthiel@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335516#c10 Christoph Thiel changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|gillon_devreese@scarlet.be | Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #10 from Christoph Thiel 2008-04-28 02:34:35 MST --- Closing NOREPSONSE, due to missing information for more than 21 days. Please feel free to reopen and provide the requested information. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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