LinuxPPC R5 on PowerBook Series 1999

[Kevyn Shortell]

In response to the backlight being off....

Have you tried the brightness button on the keyboard? This worked for me =)

Kevyn

At 7:01 AM -0700 6/30/99, Charles A. Jolley wrote:
>Hi all:
>    I have not been able to find any data on the status of running Linux on
>the new PowerBooks released in May.  I downloaded the standard R5
>distribution installer last night, however, and tried to run it.  After
>clicking the "Linux" button on BootX, it wrote a few lines to the console
>and then the screen appeared to shut off.  The hard drive was still clicking
>away, however, so I think the kernel might have still been running.
>
>    So, I have two questions:
>
>1.  Is there anyone else who is working on getting Linux running on these
>models or are there any additional updates beyond the R5 distribution that I
>should get and try and...
>
>2.  I thought I might try to get things working, or at least figure out why
>the kernel doesn't boot.  The only issue is I can't get any feedback from
>the kernel on why it dies.  It prints a short message when it first starts
>but then the screen goes dead before I can read it.  Is there another way to
>get that information out?   In fact, since there are no serial ports on this
>machine (just USB...like the iMac), how do I get any feedback from the
>kernel without functioning video? (or an OF interface to help me along,
>which is what I do in my other kernel development...)
>
>Thanks,
>-Charles
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Kevyn Shortell                    Worldwide Developer Relations
Linux Technology Manager          Apple Computer, Inc
kevyn at apple.com                   http://developer.apple.com/
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