On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 09:50:28PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-sparc64 > Version: 2.6.18-8 > Severity: important > > Upon installing either of the sarge 2.6.8 or sid 2.6.18 kernels on my > Sun Ultra10 with a Creator 3D card (as well as onboard ati rage 128, > from my understanding), I get get a kernel that boots up without a > console. It seems to be a well known problem with a solution of > appending "video=atyfb:off" to silo; perhaps this should be done by > default? > > Furthermore (probably related?), apparently the ffb driver is > completely dead anyway from 2.6.8, and as such has been removed from > the kernel: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/33 > > If they are the same problems, is there any chance of getting this > looked into? Presumably not being able to modprobe ffb (because it > doesn't exist) is the reason why we also don't have working DRM under > Xorg?
Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4? http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]