Re: Yaboot fails to start install


Subject: Re: Yaboot fails to start install
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2001 - 14:23:46 MST


Hi Brian,

I am assuming you have an Apple Studio 17" Display. If not, then the
following may not apply ...

Try this at the yaboot prompt:

install-gui video=aty128fb:vmode:20

This should start the install. When the installer asks if you want to boot
into graphical mode at startup, choose NO (text mode).

After the install is over, and you reboot back to the yaboot prompt, type:

linux video=aty128fb:vmode:20

Log in as root and modify /etc/yaboot.conf and add an "append" line to your
yaboot images ... e.g.

# yaboot images
image=/boot/vmlinux
        label=linux
        root=/dev/hda12
        append="video=aty128fb:vmode:20"

Run ybin -v

Now you should be able to reboot and not have to type any extra parameters at
the yaboot prompt.

Here is my XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11:

# File generated by Xautoconfig4.
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

        RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

        FontPath "unix/:7100"
        # If X can't find it's default font, try uncommenting these:
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"

# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.

        ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "GLcore"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "glx"
        Load "pex5"
        Load "record"
        Load "xie"
        Load "bitmap"
        Load "type1"
        Load "speedo"
        Load "freetype"
        # Uncomment for Video4Linux support
        #Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "keyboard"
# Uncomment this if your keyboard no longer works in X and you belive you are
# using the depreciated adb keycodes
        #Option "CustomKeycodes"
        #Option "XkbModel" "macintosh_old"
        #Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse0"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        UseModes "Modes0"
        ModelName "Monitor Model"
        Option "DPMS"
        HorizSync 30-130
        VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Modes"
        Identifier "Modes0"

        # Apple iMac modes
        Modeline "1024x768" 112.62 1024 1068 1240 1420 768 768 780 808
+hsync +vsync
        Modeline "1280x1024" 134.989 1280 1346 1458 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
+hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        #Option "SWcursor"
        Option "HWcursor"
        #Option "PciRetry"
        #Option "NoAccel"
        #Option "ShadowFB" "true"
        Option "UseFBDev"
        Driver "r128"
        BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Card0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

# End of XF86Config-4

Copt the above file into /etc/X11 as XF86Config-4. You should be able to type
'startx' and go into KDE directly.

Hope this helps.

-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)

On Wednesday 19 December 2001 01:52, you wrote:
> The video card is an ATY Rage 128Pro with a standard Apple Display
> monitor.
>
> I tried the text install but the same thing happened.
>
> Brian
>
> > What is your video-card and monitor make? Did you try the text install
> > option?
> >
> > -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
> >
> > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 03:12, you wrote:
> > I have been trying to install YDL 2.1 on a silver G4 tower (400 Mhz)
> > running OS 10.1. I can boot off of the cd into yaboot, but when I start
> > the install the screen blanks and then about 5 minutes later reboots
> > into OS X. As best as I can figure, my 10 GB unallocated partition has
> > not been changed.
> >
> > Any ideas? Could it be an open firmware problem?
> >
> > Brian



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