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Re: Corrupted display after Debian 6.0.2.1 installation on iMac G5



On Son, 2011-10-02 at 12:46 +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
>  I finally decided to switch from Mac OS X to Debian on my
>  G5 iMac. I downloaded the netinst CD image, and the
>  installation worked just fine.
> 
>  Unfortunately, now when I reboot the installed system, it's
>  unusable due to corrupted display (there's just some
>  psychedelic noise, you barely see any text). The boot and
>  console display are fine up to the point when the DRM kernel
>  modules are loaded, I think.
> 
>  Is there any way I could disable the DRM and other "advanced"
>  graphics stuff from the yaboot prompt, and use just the bare
>  frame buffer?

Does radeon.modeset=0 work around the problem?


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Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer


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