Mac mini, Ubuntu splash screen halts video output until X is started (Re: Video output is stopped on Ubuntu 5.10 (breezy) ...)

[Eric Dunbar]

Hmm. Just updated everything, including new kernel. The screen now
always stays on (no longer turns off) and the vts keep the screen on
as does X (vt1-vt7).

However, the splash still doesn't display, and, on vt1 are the same
errors as were displayed with my previous install, except the version
number has changed from 2.6.12-9 to 2.6.12-10:

> A bunch of kernel driver related stuff:
> insmod: can't read:
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/vgastate.ko' :  No
> such file or directory
> insmod: can't read:
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/vga16fb.ko' :  No
> such file or directory
> usplash: bogl-pcfb.c:194: bogl_pcfb_put: Assertion `yy >= 0 && yy < bogl_yres'

mount also gives the following:
mount
/dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,size=10M,mode=0755)

So, what's going on?

Eric.



On 12/13/05, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> All right, just re-installed Ubuntu. I deleted the partitions the
> previous install was on and allowed Ubuntu to "Use the largest free
> space".
>
> Allowed it to install. First reboot I made sure that I used video=ofonly:
> Linux video=ofonly
>
> The install worked (apparently).
>
> Rebooted, allowed it to boot (without video=ofonly), splash screen
> doesn't appear (monitor turns off), screen appears with X. If I switch
> to a vt (e.g. ctrl-alt-F1) the monitor turns off. Switch back to X
> (vt7) it turns on again.
>
> Mount in the terminal gives same output as in the earlier install
> (where I probably interrupted the "final" install through a sudo
> reboot, blindly typed into a vt).
>
> What's going on? Is something pooched on my particular Mac mini (seems
> unlikely given that X loads and displays) or is the Mac mini still too
> new for Linux to have worked out the kinks (the video card has been
> around for a few years now so that seems unlikely).
>
> Eric.
>