Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): this is rawhide kernel 2.6.21-1.3230.fc8 but the problem has been there before. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Unplug monitor and start the machine Actual results: The machine is not reachable through ssh, and the fan gets really loud after a while. Additional info: here is the content of cpuinfo $cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.000000MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) processor : 1 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.000000MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : 33333333 platform : PowerMac machine : PowerMac7,3 motherboard : PowerMac7,3 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 336 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : 00000000 L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld Please let me know if you any any other information.
Current kernel is 2.6.23.1.
I think this might be a yaboot bug, not kernel. I've seen cases where booting headless leads to problems when yaboot tries to open the display to show the boot menu. I seem to recall a fix for it, but I can't locate it right now.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Can you get any output from yaboot when you plug monitor back? Is this machine reachable via serial console?
Yeah we need to fix the ofboot to check before opening the screen device, also to do the right thing if the device is type serial.
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