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Hi,

I am a total newbie in Linux, but not in Mac....well I thought I was..
After having installed LinuxPPC 2000, the BootX extensionworked
perfetcly.... until I press the Linux button. Then no screen activity
any more....

I read in diferent FAQ that I had to DL the last version (1.2.2) that
corrected the video problem. I Downloaded the softwares, installed them,
rebooted.... Same problem.

So, the only chance I found to boot into Linux is to let the "fake"
system the installer created booting.

Does anybody have the same problem ?... More insterreting would be to
have a solution.

Thanks a lot

Yvan

What Mac model are you running Linux on? If it is a "New World"
Mac(hine), better use yaboot or something similar. Also make sure
that BootX finds the vmlinux file...

Jochen

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It sounds like Linux is booting, but nothing is being displayed to your
screen.  Do you still hear your hard drive spinning and seeking?  If so,
you're lacking a video kernel argument.  Either check the "No Video
Driver" (which gives you the unaccelerated Open Firmware frame buffer)
or give a video=something in the "more kernel arguments" box.  If you
can tell us what kind of Mac you have, or what video card you're using
if it's not the standard one, we can tell you what a proper setting
would be.

John

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It sounds similar to the problem I'm having. I can boot no problem from
the LinuxPPC CD and the installer appears no problem, but if I select
Linux from BootX the screen goes blank. However, disk activity does
take place. I'm on a PowerMac 7500 with a G3 upgrade and MacOS 9.0.4.
I'd also like to know what's going on. BootX is set to "no video
drivers"

I've tried finding an answer to the problem, but so far no luck.

David

My configuration is :

PPC 8500 with Powerlogix G3 card (400 mHz)
80 MB Ram
I've installed Linux on an external SCSI HD. (750 Mb root, 150 Mb Swap,
100 Mb Boot HFS)

I have already tried several BootX changes as you mentionned (check and
uncheck "No video Driver", and other options of BootX). I have also
tried to launch Linux from BootX app after a complete MacOS boot....
Even I have a "Trap non implemented" error and I have to restart or the
screen switchs off and the disk activiy continues..... I think up to the
login screen but I am not sure at all.

Hi Yvan,

Quote:

> My configuration is :

> PPC 8500 with Powerlogix G3 card (400 mHz)
> 80 MB Ram
> I've installed Linux on an external SCSI HD. (750 Mb root, 150 Mb Swap,

Wasn't there a problem when swap was bigger than 128MB? I don't recall
what was wrong, but I do remember a warning about this...

Cheers,

Matthias

Quote:> 100 Mb Boot HFS)

That was before 2.2.x kernels. No longer relevant.

        Michael