I start have this issue on Jessiebut 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: rbtho...@pobox.com
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 02:49:42 -0700
> CC: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> To: risto.suomi...@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.suomi...@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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