Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues

[Richard Kuenz <csae2608@uibk.ac.at>]

Hello ,

some day ago i tried to install Stretch PPC using Installer-Alpha 4 - 
but it always finished off when tryxing to install Software Packages. 
Why is that so?
Do i need to use always the latest installers (in this case Alpha-5 i 
guess)?
Jessie installed fine , though.
I bought also a Radeon x800 xt as replacement for NVidia 5200 FX , so i 
am wondering how this will change my Linux experience on G5 Powermac to 
the better.


Thanks

Rich

Rick Thomas schrieb:
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > > On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions as to which one I try first and any particular messages in the thread I should pay attention to?
> > > If your G5 is a "PowerMac11,2" like mine, then Peter's "4.4.0-rc7-powerpc64" kernel works well for me with the "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 LE] (rev a2)" graphics card.
> > Thanks Rick
> >
> > That is the machine exactly :-)
> >
> > Are you running sid or jessie?
>
> Stretch.
>
> In the sources.list, I have jessie, jessie/updates, jessie-updates, jessie-backports, and stretch repositories; all with main, non-free, and contrib activated.
>
> HTH!
> Rick