Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen
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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