I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from unique, I fixed it by following the info on this page: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&m=103369164309193&w=2
Hope that helps, Ben > Update: > > The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac > was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and > selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our > ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I > didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. > Maybe that was my problem... > > So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was > installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user > and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went > through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, > the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I > cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated. > > Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as > long as X isn't running. > > I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, > and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of > options. > > > Thanks, > Curtis > > > + -----Original Message----- > + From: Curtis Kline > + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM > + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > + Subject: iMac boot problem > + > + > + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot > + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed > + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start > + Mandrake, I did so. > + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot > + comes up, > + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: > + > + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" > + > + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: > + > + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" > + > + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. > + > + > + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely > + appreciated. > + > + > + Thanks, > + Curtis > + > + > + ______________________________________ > + Curtis Kline > + Residential Network Coordinator > + University of California Santa Barbara > + 805.893.4016 Voice > + 805.893.4766 FAX > + > + GnuPG Key Fingerprint > + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE > + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt > + > + > + > >
