just in case anyone else was having this problem, thanks to Etsushi Kato's 2.4.21-pre4 Mach Kernel it has been fixed. see description of the problem below in previously sent message
new kernel found on his ftp site: ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/current/"; hope this is of use to any one using debian-woody on a nubus-ppc machine dylan -------------------old message------------------- hi- while experimenting with some 7100/80 and 8100/80 woody based servers i found that while attempting to use apt-get install <package> via and ssh session, apt-get crashes. after proceeding through the first part of the install: checking deps and so on it will freeze. the machine then will not respond to input from the main console, or from a serial port based console. i end up having to reboot the machine and there is sometimes inaccuracies in the apt-get 'installed packages' type files. when i install a package via apt-get on the main console (from the server itself-locally) everything works perfectly. anyone have any ideas on this? thanks in advance, dylan
