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Warning guys on the 4.3 kernel im facing a strange bug on quad g5
"Problem Loading in-kernel X.509 Certificate (-74)" i read someware it is fixed in 4.3.3 (i hope in the 4.3.3) The issue make the system not loading . Luigi > Subject: Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues > From: rbthomas@pobox.com > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:08:46 -0800 > CC: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > To: psaisanas@gmail.com > > Hi Peter, > > I finally got around (very sorry for the long delay!) to testing your 4.3 kernel on my G5. > But I ran into a snag: The 4.3.0 kernel doesn’t seem to have MD (raid) configured in. > Is there a reason for that? Could you build one that does? > > Thanks! > Rick > > > On Nov 15, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Peter Saisanas <psaisanas@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > It looks like you are not booting from the 3.18.16 kernel. > > If you have installed the packages, you need to create an entry for the new kernel by editing /etc/yaboot.conf and once saved run ybin -v. > > > > Also, i have built a 4.3.0 kernel deb package. > > > > Aside from the newer kernel, it also has a nouveau pageflip patch for drm and pre nv50 class gpu's. > > Also, it has i2c-powermac built in to the kernel, so it should automatically start the appropriate windfarm driver for fans / cooling and snd-aoa sound driver for your machine. > > > > MSI interrupts are enabled again in this kernel, but still wont work with nouveau and powermac 11.2 for now > > > > Once installing the kernel and modifying yaboot, you need to create a module option file in /etc/modprobe.d and save file as nouveau.conf with the following single line below: > > > > options nouveau config="NvMSI=0" > > > > Once file is saved, you need to update your initrd for kernel 4.3.0, apply the change by running the following command: > > > > update-initramfs -u > > > > Reboot and if all goes well, you should be booting with kernel 4.3.0 and lightdm login should pop up. > > > > Up to you, but If you switch to sid repositories, mesa 11.0.5 is available and you should be able to get OpenGL working with nouveau and your particular GPU. > > > > Google drive link for kernel debs below: > > > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=sharing > > > > Please let me know how you go. > > > > Regards, > > Peter > |