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[Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:35 PM,  <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Also, where will I find these logs you mentioned. I don't know where to look
> for them. Please excuse my ignorance, Linux is new to me.
>
>

I apologize Keith. That same question drove me nuts when I first
started. How soon we forget.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/plymouth-debug.log
dmesg at the prompt will spit out a lot of information. To capture to
a file, at the prompt type dmesg > somename.txt

If you have the luxury of a second machine, I highly recommend
installing SSH and retrieving logs from a second machine. I prefer
Putty for the client since you can turn session logging on and capture
everything that way without having to copy files around. To view an
existing file, cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log for example.

Good guide here on SSH:
<http://www.ubuntulinuxhelp.com/how-to-ssh-on-ubuntu-a-simple-guide/>

The Ubuntu-X folks have some great detailed information which has
taught me a lot about debugging:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Debugging>

I still have more than A LOT to learn though.

>> No need to reinstall, but could you(or anyone with r200 radeon) try
>> booting the live iso with "live radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off
>> video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1" (that is negative 1 on the very
>
>
> When I tried the above boot parameters with the live iso, I ended up at a
> black screen, loaded with lines of text. I don't know how to capture this
> text, so I can't tell you what it said.
>


Question: Did your test hardware definitely have the "fixing
recursive..." error when trying to boot live iso without
snd-powermac.blacklist=yes?
If so, that result would help confirm that snd-powermac may not be the
main issue, but frame buffers instead. We may want to compare some of
your files in /etc/modprobe.d with what Lars has from the alternate.

BTW: I will be off line for about 24 hours. To put your machine back
how it was, just add the params back in yaboot.conf.

Regards,
Str8