Bug 124403 – 2006.1 PPC64 Install CD problem tracker

• Status: VERIFIED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-02-28 06:03:31 UTC]

Let's use this bug to track problems with the 2006.0 InstallCD media.

[Comment 1 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-02-28 06:07:19 UTC]

The following options need to be added back into the G5 kernel config to support certain flavors of the Apple Xserve:

CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG
CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG_CONSOLE
CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG

This has been tested with lasaro and indeed works.

You can use this disc as a work around until it's incorporated back into the release media -> http://dev.gentoo.org/~ranger/install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso

[Comment 2 Markus Rothe (RETIRED) 2006-03-15 07:40:13 UTC]

/var/run/screen seems to have wrong permissions:

livecd ~ # screen -S chroot chroot /mnt/gentoo/ /bin/bash
Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 755.
livecd ~ # chmod 755 /var/run/screen/
livecd ~ # screen -S chroot chroot /mnt/gentoo/ /bin/bash
[just works then]

Well... maybe it isn't even worth fixing this. But a working screen out of the box would be nice.

[Comment 3 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-03-16 08:10:59 UTC]

Add ppc64-utils to the package list for livecd-stage1

[Comment 4 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-03-18 07:16:53 UTC]

add sys-apps/iproute2 to the pkg list

[Comment 5 Yuta SATOH (RETIRED) 2006-03-31 15:35:40 UTC]

Please add net-dialup/rp-pppoe to package list.
This package is needed by Chapter 3 of a handbook. 

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml?part=1&chap=3#rp-pppoe

[Comment 6 Markus Rothe (RETIRED) 2006-04-15 07:55:49 UTC]

the fans are spinning at full speed during install on G5s. Don't have one next to me to check if it is just a kernel config issue or what, but I guess it is releated to this.

Please check and fix for next release/experimental cd.

P.S.: see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-453979.html (I can confirm this behaviour on my 7,3 powermac)

[Comment 7 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-04-21 08:21:15 UTC]

- Check configs for THERM_PM72

- Update kernel to 2.6.16.x for better quad support

- inject librtas, ibm-powerpc-utils-*, mask ppc64-utils

- Update profiles

[Comment 8 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-08-02 07:56:00 UTC]

init problem -> 

livecd root # shutdown -h 0
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
 * Stopping eth0
 *   Bringing down eth0
 *     Stopping dhcpcd on eth0 ...                                        [ ok ]
 *     Shutting down eth0 ...                                             [ ok ]
 * Stopping local ...                                                     [ ok ]
 * Saving random seed ...                                                 [ ok ]
 * Stopping pwgen ...                                                     [ ok ]
 * Stopping lo
 *   Bringing down lo
 *     Shutting down lo ...                                               [ ok ]
 * Stopping syslog-ng ...                                                 [ ok ]
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

[Comment 9 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-08-25 17:02:30 UTC]

closing out

[Comment 10 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2006-08-25 17:02:46 UTC]

closing