Does Ubuntu 5.10 work "out of the box" every time with the Mac mini? Having problems booting a new install.

[Eric Dunbar]

Well, I've tried changing the screen resolution before I reboot from
OS X (down to 1024*768). No difference. I snapped a few pictures of
the screen as it flashed by and this is what I get:

I'm running yaboot 1.313

device=/pci at f4000000/ata-6 at d/disk at 0

partition=3

After allowing yaboot to load the kernel this is what appears (a white
screen with text flashes but it passes by too fast for me to capture):

Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.12-9-powerpc

linked at:0xc0000000
frame buffer at  :0x9c008000  (phys), 0xd0008000  (log)
klimit: 0xc0320b20
MSR: 0x00003030
HID0: 0x8418c0bc

pmac_init(): exit
id_mach(): done
MMU:enter
MMU:hw init
hash:enter
hash:find piece
hash:patch
hash:done
MMU:mapin
MMU:setio
MMU:exit
setup_arch: enter
setup_arch: bootmem
arch: exit
openpic: enter
openpic: timer
openpic: external
openpic: spurious
openpic: exit

Any additional ideas?

Eric.

On 12/8/05, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> As per the subject: does Ubuntu work flawlessly with the Mac mini out
> of the box?
>
> The reason I ask...
>
> I just installed Ubuntu 5.10 (from a ShipIt disk) to a 5.2 GB
> partition (first partition on the drive) and it doesn't boot properly.
>
> It'll get to yaboot and go past a little bit but then the monitor goes
> dead and I see (and hear) no activity whatsoever from the CPU (if I
> listen really carefully and all other sources of noise are off I can
> hear the HD).
>
> This is a bog-standard install: 1.25 GHz, upgraded to 512 MB RAM, 40
> GB HD (partitioned 35 GB OS X 10.4 and 5.2 GB partition Ubuntu 5.10),
> 17" KDS Avitron VGA-connected monitor (capable of 1280x1024, 1152*864,
> 1024*768, 832*624, 800*600, 640*480 and a variety of non-standard
> sizes).
>
> The Mac mini booted fine with the Live CD.
>
> Any ideas? (yes, I realise I haven't provided much info... I don't
> *have* much info ;-).
>
> Eric.