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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