I start have this issue on Jessie
but the black screen is the simptom i face because Xorg make a hard crash (reported to xorg devs). switch to tty ... and try to make xinit or start x . On wheezy delete the xorg.conf and probably you will fix it Luigi Burdo > Subject: Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen > From: rbthomas@pobox.com > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 02:49:42 -0700 > CC: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > To: risto.suominen@gmail.com > > Hi Risto, > > I’m seeing this as well. I have a PowerMac11,2 (dual core G5 7GB RAM) > > Did you ever discover how to fix it without holding back on the kernel level? > > Anybody? All clues are welcome! > > Thanks! > Rick > > On Dec 1, 2014, at 6:16 AM, Risto Suominen <risto.suominen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This is probably an old issue, possibly discussed before, even on this list. > > > > I've been holding my linux-image as version 3.2.0-2 to avoid the problem. > > > > So, the problem: after upgrading to 3.2.0-4, X display is not working. > > According to Xorg.log everything is as before, but the screen remains > > black. (At boot the text console is ok.) > > > > I'm using kernel command line: > > > > video=TV-1:d > > > > and xorg.conf: > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > > BusID "PCI:240:16:0" > > Driver "nouveau" > > Option "Monitor-TV-1" "Configured Monitor" > > Option "NoAccel" "true" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Configured Monitor" > > Option "Ignore" "true" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Default Screen" > > Device "Configured Video Device" > > EndSection > > > > In addition, I've tried to add /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf: > > > > nouveau noaccel=1 > > > > It makes no difference. > > > > I'm using Wheezy (7.7) with all latest packages. > > > > The machine is PowerMac7,3 (2x1,8 GHz, 1,25 GB RAM). > > > > Anyone else seen this? > > > > Risto > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACyRQa2=ib0apf6P8g2o_B5Ry3drerDDHgVm6hA_6sGnLV1u8w@mail.gmail.com > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 4CA97943-0418-460B-995B-538C926C76A9@pobox.com > |