Re: Powermac g5 strange colors with gui
Forgot to add,
i used Lubuntu LTS 14.04 Alternate Install for Powermac
Cool :)
Am Dec 31, 2015 um 4:05 PM schrieb Linux User #330250 <linuxuser330250@gmx.net>:
> Thanks.
>
> I've got the same. It is the Original (2003) and "Late 2003".
> I had trouble installing Debian on my PowerMac7,2 as I wanted a 64-bit
> version. I now understand that you should use the regular PowerPC based
> distribution "powerpc", not "ppc64el" which is for POWER systems only.
>
> My HDD just died, so this project came to an abrupt halt.
>
> I used Gentoo Linux on my G5 a view years ago with a true ppc64
> installation. I think this is not possible on Debian, and there really
> are very rare conditions when 64-bit is actually better than 32-bit on a
> G5 system.
>
> Hope G5s will again be supported out-of-the-box by Debian/PowerPC!
> Good luck,
> Andreas aka Linux User #330250
>
>
> Am 2015-12-31 um 15:43 schrieb Aidan Sciortino:
>> This is actually a powermac 7,2 not a 9,1. I'm going to install that
>> kernel later.
>>
>> Thanks for the advice
>>
>> Aidan Sciortino
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015, 4:16 AM Linux User #330250 <linuxuser330250@gmx.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to interrupt…
>>>
>>> I always thought that the 1.8 GHz Late 2004 model (PowerMac9,1) was the
>>> only Power Mac G5 ever to use a SMU instead of a PMU. It is the one that
>>> internally uses iMac technology (bus ration 3:1).
>>>
>>> All other Power Mac G5 machines use a PMU. Including the last Late 2005
>>> PCI-Express models (PowerMac11,2).
>>>
>>> I did not find a specific site that confirms that, but you can check on
>>> everymac.com for the specs of the G5s. The PowerPac9,1 internally is an
>>> iMac G5 and they use SMUs.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andreas aka Linux User #330250
>>>
>>> Am 2015-12-31 um 01:37 schrieb Peter Saisanas:
>>>> Hi Aidan,
>>>>
>>>> I have had a look at the logs you provided.
>>>>
>>>> The kernels i have provided are specifically configured for the last
>>>> Powermac G5's (11.2).
>>>> Regarding the fans, note the following line in your dmesg log:
>>>>
>>>> [ 0.000000] WARNING ! Your machine is PMU-based but your kernel
>>>> [ 0.000000] wasn't compiled with CONFIG_ADB_PMU option !
>>>>
>>>> The Powermac 11.2 machines use the SMU for environmental control,
>>>> whereas your machine seems to require PMU to be enabled.
>>>> Cant remember if this is enabled in the kernel, when i get a moment
>>>> later on i may have a look.
>>>>
>>>> You may need to reconfigure and recompile a kernel to address this.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding your fan issue, have you tried running sudo modprobe
>>>> i2c-powermac to see if that addresses the issue? If it does, go ahead
>>>> and add this module to your /etc/modules file so it automatically
>>>> loads in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding your display issues, for starters, on your kernel command
>>>> line you have effectively disabled the Nouveau module.
>>>> Nouveau hasn't even started.
>>>>
>>>> Try removing "nouveau.modeset=0 video=TV-1:d video=DVI-I-1:d
>>>> video=DVI-I-2:1920x1080:-24:D" from your kernel command line.
>>>>
>>>> Also, ensure the "nv" module is blacklisted as it conflicts with nouveau.
>>>>
>>>> Please provide the same logs after the changes i mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the comment "I have used linux for about three years, but
>>>> I've never gone this deep into a system before.".
>>>>
>>>> When your using a an alternative architecture (i.e. anything other
>>>> than x86), it forces you to learn linux. IMO, its the best way to
>>>> learn linux!
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 31/12/15 10:55, Aidan Sciortino wrote:
>>>>> I have an AGP g5. The kernel that you have listed is the one that I
>>>>> am using. It also appears that something is wrong with the windfarm
>>>>> driver, because after about five minutes the fans are blowing at top
>>>>> speed. I've attatched the two logs as text files. dmesgOut.txt is the
>>>>> output of dmesg and interruptOut.txt is the output of cat
>>>>> /proc/interrupts. I have used linux for about three years, but I've
>>>>> nevere gone this deep into a system before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you so much for the help!
>>>>>
>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Peter Saisanas <psaisanas@gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:psaisanas@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Aidan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please use this 3.18.16 kernel. Link below:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vffmY5ZnpGUDg4UGNnVFk2M05tQUtEUUkwUmhmQWdLMWpfZGVraDIxSFltb1k
>>>>> Please post a complete dmesg log. (Please dont grep anything, i
>>>>> mean a complete dmesg log).
>>>>>
>>>>> Also please post the output of "cat /proc/interrupts".
>>>>>
>>>>> I think a step has been missed where the msi interrupts are
>>>>> required to be disabled. this is required for PMAC's with PCIe
>>>>> (PMAC 11.2).
>>>>> Perhaps MSI interrupts may or may not be required for AGP based
>>>>> GPU's.
>>>>>
>>>>> I take it your machine is an AGP + PCIx Powermac G5?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully the two logs mentioned may shed some light on the issue
>>>>> and hopefully help sort out your problem.
>>>>> I assume you already have a kernel running with a 4k pagesize?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31/12/15 03:57, Aidan Sciortino wrote:
>>>>>> The card and monitor both worked fine under mac os x, and the
>>>>>> color is fine in the terminal. I'm not sure what would indicate a
>>>>>> gpu or monitor error, but they a were both working fine under os x.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll try a different cable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 11:54 AM Brock Wittrock
>>>>>> <brockwittrock@gmail.com <mailto:brockwittrock@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you ruled out the possibility of a hardware issue either
>>>>>> with your monitor, video card port(s), and video cable
>>>>>> itself? Sometimes bent or missing pins on the video cables
>>>>>> or loose connections can cause such problems. Just wanted to
>>>>>> throw that out there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> B-rock
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Aidan Sciortino
>>>>>> <2001flyingpigs14@gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:2001flyingpigs14@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have installed the kernel as suggested above, and when
>>>>>> I run uname -a it returns that the kernel is running, but
>>>>>> the graphical errors persist. Do I need to do something
>>>>>> more? I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to graphics, so I
>>>>>> may have just gotten it wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the help
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aidan Sciortino
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas
>>>>>> <rbthomas@pobox.com <mailto:rbthomas@pobox.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Aidan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Welcome to the Debian-on-G5-Macs club!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter Saisanas has a patched kernel that fixes this
>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out this discussion in the mail archives:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2015/11/msg00006.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To cut to the chase,
>>>>>> 1) download the two ".deb" files at this URL:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfaDdaOGJndzU2SlE&usp=sharing&tid=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk
>>>>>> do the following steps as root
>>>>>> 2) do a "dpkg -i" on each of these ".deb" files.
>>>>>> 3) do "update-initramfs -u"
>>>>>> 4) Modify your "/etc/yaboot.conf" file to add a
>>>>>> stanza pointing to the
>>>>>> new kernel and initrd files in /boot
>>>>>> 5) run "ybin"
>>>>>> 6) reboot and select the new yaboot option you
>>>>>> created in step 4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should be good to go
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've CC-ed Peter in case he sees anything I've missed
>>>>>> here...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/29/2015 3:27 PM, Aidan Sciortino wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've successfully gotten Debian 8 stable up and
>>>>>> running on my powermac
>>>>>>> g5, but am struggling to get a gui configured. The
>>>>>> computer has an
>>>>>>> Nvidia fx 5200 graphics card, and I'm using the
>>>>>> nouveau driver. The
>>>>>>> colors are extremely messed up, and I'm thinking
>>>>>> it's a problem with
>>>>>>> nouveau. Has anyone else had this problem before?
>>>>>> Does anyone know of
>>>>>>> a solution?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Aidan
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Aidan Sciortino
>>>>>>> Inventor
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>>>>>> -- Aidan Sciortino
>>>>>> Inventor
>>>>>> Engineer
>>>>>> Dreamer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Aidan Sciortino
>>>>>> Inventor
>>>>>> Engineer
>>>>>> Dreamer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Aidan Sciortino
>>>>> Hacker, Inventor,
>>>>> Dreamer, Engineer
>>>>
>>> --
>> Aidan Sciortino
>> Inventor
>> Engineer
>> Dreamer
>>
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