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Re: graphics card for PowerPC G5 and debian-6.0.3-ppc



Attached (note: this one is without monitor attached, because I am not at home).

Stéphane


2012/2/17, Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>:
> On Fre, 2012-02-17 at 14:33 +0100, Stephane Louise wrote:
>>
>> Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> > For Radeons, that's only true for older cards without ATOM BIOS,
>> > basically anything older than Radeon X1xxx. So this shouldn't be a
>> > problem for a Radeon HD 5450, but there might be other issues, e.g. the
>> > drivers in the stable release might be too old to properly support that
>> > card.
>>
>> Just for fun, I am trying to use a standard PC, PCIe Radeon HD 5450
>> with my Quad G5, under testing (tested with kernel 3.1, not yet -but
>> soon- 3.2). And, according to dmesg, the card is correctly
>> initialized, but doesn't work (no image displayed), and xorg fails
>> completely. One of the issue is that the driver doesn't seem to detect
>> any monitor even when a new one is plugged in (cold boot or hot
>> plugged doesn't make a difference AFAIKS).
>>
>> If you have a suggestion, you are welcome.
>
> Can't say anything without seeing at least the dmesg output.
>
>
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> Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                   http://www.amd.com
> Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
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