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

Eric Dunbar eric.dunbar at gmail.com
Fri Dec 9 01:21:36 UTC 2005


Can anyone suggest a way to experiment with passing screen resolutions
through yaboot to the kernel?

Thanks, Eric.

On 12/8/05, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.




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