Re: 2.3.43 failed

At 12:07 PM -0500 2/12/00, Catherine & Andreas wrote:

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My rsync tree at linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel is at 2.3.44-pre8, it
should compile and run just fine on an iMac.

it compiles fine on a B&W G3 but doesn't run : it stops after the
"Booting..."
message.

This is the same problem I had with 2.2.14 on my PowerCenter 132. I just
compiled a recent rsync of the linux-pmac-devel tree and had the same hang.

I think it has something to do with the boot environment. When I boot under
MacOS 9 with the BootX application, the boot will only get as far as
"Booting..." and then some registers (i.e. never get to Tux and the linux
boot info). However, if I boot using the BootX extension instead, the
kernel will get to boot and run the kernel but then it crashes with a
machine check. I think the crash is happening in the serial driver, or the
sound driver. I can't tell which for sure yet. I'd like to try booting
right out of OF to see if that changes anything.

Did we change something about the way we setup memory early in the boot
process after 2.2.12 because the 2.2.12 kernel that came with my Yellowdog
distribution works just great out of BootX.

Thanks!

____________________________________________________________________
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Paul -
Thanks for the 2.3.44. The compile went smoothly and the machine booted
fine as well but I still continue to have USB keyboard/mouse problems.

From the USB debug I can see that my keyboard and mouse are being

recognized. But nothing happens when I type or move the mouse. I have
had the same problems with other dev kernels as well. I have tried
unplugging and plugging back the kbd/mouse. Everything works fine
in 2.2.14.

What should my /etc/sysconfig/keyboard and /etc/sysconfig/mouse be?
My current files are
[ramp@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KEYTABLE=
KEYBOARDTYPE="usb"
[ramp@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
MOUSETYPE="Busmouse"
XMOUSETYPE="BusMouse"
FULLNAME="Universal Serial Bus 3+ Button Mouse (USB)"
XEMU3=yes

In /dev should I have /dev/usbmouse or /dev/usb/mouse? Currently i have
[ramp@localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/usbmouse
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Dec 17 18:56 /dev/usbmouse ->
hidbp-mse-0
[ramp@localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/hidbp-mse-0
crw-r--r--   1 root     root      10,  32 Apr 30  1999 /dev/hidbp-mse-0
Should there be a /dev/keyboard or some such?

Help please. This is killing me - Ram

PS: I just used the default pmac_config on my Rev D iMac. In the linux-usb
site the howto says that one should not set HIDBP. But the defaults in the
.config are set to HIDBP?


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ramp@oddjob.uchicago.edu wrote:

What should my /etc/sysconfig/keyboard and /etc/sysconfig/mouse be?
My current files are
[ramp@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KEYTABLE=
KEYBOARDTYPE="usb"
[ramp@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
MOUSETYPE="Busmouse"
XMOUSETYPE="BusMouse"
FULLNAME="Universal Serial Bus 3+ Button Mouse (USB)"
XEMU3=yes

You want to set your mouse type to ps2 (this is well documented in the
install guides...)

HTH
--Nelson Abramson

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OK _ Lots more progress. Kernel 2.3.44pre compiles and boots. Turns out
that I should *not* select HIDBP for mouse/keyboard in the dot config.
Keyboard and mouse do register as well as the USBZip drive. Now I have to
figure out how to mount and read/write from it.

Ramprasad


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