Re: Re: Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Daniel Cavalli <danfcavs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> firstly thanks very much for providing the kernel images.
>
> yesterday I installed Jessie on my newly acquired G5 powerpc (GeForce FX
> 5200 Ultra) and experienced problems with nouveau, which I used the
> parameter nouveau.noaccel=1 as a workaround to get a functioning system.
>
> So I have installed both the 3.18 and the 4.5.0-rc2 versions of the kernels
> you provided. Both seemed to boot up ok to the splash screen, but I could go
> no further, as my wireless usb keyboard and mouse no longer worked. they
> worked fine on the 3.16 kernel. any ideas? I have a wired mouse which worked
> fine for 3.18 and 4.5.0 but unfortunately I don't have a wired keyboard to
> test with. This is the first time I've installed a kernel myself so any
> advice you can provide is appreciated.
I have not tried this kernel but are you sure it is using the same
.config file as Debian or is this a `localmodconfig` build one ?
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