Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Long story short.
I installed LinuxMintPPC and had the same problem.
Screen would go dark.
I found a post in the LinuxMint forums.
>From yaboot I tried with the following line.
boot: Linux video=DVI-I-1:d video=DVI-I-2:1280x1024:@75 video=TV-1:d
It worked!!!!
I don't know if this same thing will work for Debian issue but
LinuxMintPPC is based on Debian Wheezy.
I am not even sure what this line does.
Original LinuxMintPPC Link:
http://www.mintppc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=810&sid=5d2ba9f25014dc538d9f63fe937fcdf8&start=10
On Sat, 2014-03-01 at 19:23 -0500, Aaron Valdes wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have installed Debian Wheezy on my Power Mac G5 and I am getting a
> black screen.
>
> The output from the lspci:
>
> root@ValdesPowerMac:/home/aaron/Downloads1# lspci | grep NVIDIA
>
> 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV34
> [GeForceFX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1)
>
> The binaries on the NVIDIA site do not support this video card for this
> architecture.
>
> Does anybody have the steps I need to follow to get this Video card
> working correctly.
>
> I have have been able to SSH into the machine.
>
> Aaron
>
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