Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen
Hi Rick but if you run the X do you have right or wrong colors too?
i have a 7800gtx 512mb and the RadeonHD 6570 2gb
Luigi
On 01/05/15 10:32, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Wow, Dan!
>
> Unlike Luigi, I have no need for X on this machine. I’m happy (indeed, I’m overjoyed!) to have a working text console.
>
> I’m now using
> append=“ nomodeset”
> On my MacPro G5, which has an nvidia card. To be specific:
>
> $ lspci | grep -i VGA
> 0000:0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 LE] (rev a2)
>
> How can I add this discussion to your bug report at bugs.freedesktop.org as further evidence of the problem?
>
> Thank you a thousand times!
> Rick
>
> On Apr 30, 2015, at 10:49 PM, Dan DeVoto <dand1972@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On my machine with an ATI card, the boot parameters "radeon.modeset=0" or "nomodeset" work. So on the second Yaboot screen, I type either "Linux radeon.modeset=0" or "Linux nomodeset" to disable KMS. For machines with Nvidia cards, you can do either "Linux nomodeset" or "Linux nouveau.modeset=0". To make the boot parameters permanent so you don't have to type them in anymore, add them with the "append" line to your yaboot.conf like this:
>>
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=Linux
>> read-only
>> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>> append="nomodeset video=offb:off"
>>
>> I added the "video=offb:off" parameter because my machine experienced a bug where the open firmware framebuffer was inhibiting the fall-back radeon framebuffer from loading:
>>
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782066
>>
>> Also, don't forget to run "sudo ybin -v" after changing yaboot.conf. I always forget that.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Thu, 4/30/15, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen
>> To: "Dan DeVoto" <dand1972@yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "luigi burdo" <intermediadc@hotmail.com>, "Risto Suominen" <risto.suominen@gmail.com>, "PowerPC List Debian" <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
>> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 5:39 PM
>>
>> Disabling KMS sounds like
>> something I could try (as I say, no X running on this
>> machine).
>>
>> How do I do
>> that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Rick
>>
>> On Apr
>> 30, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Dan DeVoto wrote:
>>
>>> I have the black screen problem on my
>> iBook. It happens about halfway through the boot process,
>> when kernel modesetting is enabled. I left a bug
>> report:
>>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90220
>>>
>>> A workaround is to
>> boot with parameters that disabled KMS, but if you have X
>> running you'll have an unaccelerated desktop.
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>>> On Thu, 4/30/15, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Subject:
>> Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen
>>> To: "luigi burdo" <intermediadc@hotmail.com>
>>> Cc: "Risto Suominen" <risto.suominen@gmail.com>,
>> "PowerPC List Debian" <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 1:35 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> I
>>> don’t have X.org
>> on this machine. I’m trying to keep
>> it as simple as possible, so I did not install any
>> desktop
>>> task. Just the basic virtual
>> terminal console.
>>>
>> Even so, I get the usual text
>>> streaming
>> by during the boot process, but then a blank
>>> screen. The system is up — I can ssh
>> into it, but no
>>> console.
>>>
>>> Anybody know
>>> what’s causing it?
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> On Apr
>>> 30, 2015, at
>> 5:02 AM, luigi burdo <intermediadc@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
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