On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Christian Walther wrote: > My experiences with 9.1 beta 2 on a Novermber 2002 Ti PowerBook G4: > Most things work out of the box, but not everything. Here is a random > list of problems: > > Installer: > > o install-gui-benh works, except for the colors, which are still wrong.
I'm trying to remember. Did we try different bit depths on you machine for install to see if the color issue was corrected? If we can narrow down the machine ID, I could force an appropriate bit depth if that is the needed fix. > o The "Choose a monitor" step doesn't list a TiBook 1280x854, so I > chose a TiBook 1152x768. I must have left this out - fixing now. I thought I put it in CVS. > o I chose the radeon X driver and 1280x854 in 24bit, testing the > configuration works, and after the testing, the colors in the installer > are right! > > Interesting. I wonder what triggered that? There is a stage2 installer image on my web space, that has a newer X built into it, if you are setup to be able to test an ftp install (You don't need to do a full install, just see if the GUI comes up correctly). > Installed system with Mandrake kernel: > > o X works, using the radeon driver and 24bit color, even 2D accelerated. > o When switching from the X console to a text console, I don't get a > console display but some strange moving multicolored northern lights. > o The powerbook doesn't sleep when the lid is closed, even after > manually installing pmud which wasn't installed by default. > o Adding 'Load "dri"' to XF86Config-4 produces the following error > message in the XF86 log: > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIScreenInit failed because of a version > mismatch. > [dri] radeon.o kernel module version is 1.2.0 but version 1.5.0 or > newer is needed. > [dri] Disabling DRI. > o Sound doesn't work: At startup, there are some error messages that I > can't read because they go away so fast, when I manually "modprobe > dmasound_pmac" I get the following error message: > /lib/modules/2.4.20-2mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/dmasound/ > dmasound_pmac.o.gz: init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > modprobe: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.20-2mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/dmasound/ > dmasound_pmac.o.gz failed > modprobe: insmod dmasound_pmac failed > o Adjusting the display brightness (with the keys whose secondary > functions are F1 and F2) doesn't work (this works with the benh kernel). > > > With 2.4.20-benh-4mdk kernel: > > o When switching from the X console to a text console, I get a row of 4 > (unreadably) small copies of the console display at the top of the > screen, the rest of the screen doesn't change. > o When waking up from sleep, I just get a black screen and no sign of > any reaction to key presses, so I have to reboot. > (these two things worked with the 2.4.20-benh-3mdk kernel on my cooker > system) > o Adding 'Load "dri"' to XF86Config-4 produces the following error > message in the XF86 log: > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > Hmm - I patched in the gatos drm into -4mdk, hoping it would help your DRI issue. Sounds like it broke other things. Maybe I should roll it back. Sound works with the benh kernel? > Independent of kernel: > > o gedit doesn't work: When I start it from the command line, it says: > gedit: error while loading shared libraries: libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Must be a library omitted from the rpmslist. I see it now, libgnomeprintgui2, vs 2-2_0. > o No XFree86-75dpi-fonts are installed, which causes GTK applications > that don't use antialiased fonts, such as GIMP, to use an ugly > monospaced font everywhere. Also missing from rpmslist. Added 75 and 100dpi fonts. > o When installing additional packages with rpmdrake, I get an error > message 'Medium "Cooker_CD_1 (cdrom1)" is not selected' when that CD is > not inserted, although it is selected in the media selection dialog. > When the CD is inserted, everything works. I'll have to look at this one. > o On the subject of missing packages, one thing I missed is Evolution. > Someone else reported evolution, added to the list now. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
