On Don, 2012-06-28 at 00:15 -0500, deleteme wrote: > Just installed Squeeze (debian-6.0.4-powerpc-netinst.iso) on a working > New World iBook G3, and everything went smoothly until the first boot > up of the new system. After displaying the typical sequence of > line-by-line boot progress, the log-in screen was presented to me in a > completely jumbled fashion.
Assuming that means the whole screen is garbled, we'd need to see at least the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and ideally a screenshot/photograph showing the problem. > [...] I won't be able to use any advice like "type this, click that, > execute such-and-such." Why not? If you don't have a second machine for ssh access, you can try switching to console with ctrl-alt-F1, and if that doesn't work, you can boot into single user mode by adding 'single' on the yaboot kernel command line and go from there. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
