That's what I did. Have lxde running, seems to be doing pretty good, idling ~8% and 323MB.
On June 9, 2015 6:59:48 PM CDT, Herminio Hernandez Jr <herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: >Use LXDE or XFCE. They are much more lightweight and you will have a >better experience. > >On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:20:23 -0500 >Dylan <dylan.maxw...@ymail.com> wrote: > >> That actually worked. It's REALLY slow in software rendering though, >might have to install kde or something :( >> >> Thanks, >> Dylan >> >> On June 9, 2015 9:15:56 AM CDT, Brock Wittrock ><brockwittr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >On my dual core G5, I have to disable hardware acceleration when >using >> >the >> >nouveau driver by adding this to my yaboot parameters. >> >nouveau.noaccel=1 >> > >> >If that works, you'll want to add this to your /etc/yaboot.conf file >as >> >the >> >last line under your default kernel (probably named Linux) as well >to >> >make >> >it permanent. >> >append="nouveau.noaccel=1" >> > >> >Save those changes, and then run "sudo ybin -v" to apply those >changes. >> > >> >I'm currently trying to get 3D acceleration working again on the >> >nouveau >> >driver by compiling the latest drivers directly from Nouveau's git >> >repository and using a later kernel. Unfortunately, I'm getting a >GPU >> >locked up message at boot, which causes my system to fall back to >the >> >fbdev >> >driver, but that's an issue for another email on the Debian PowerPC >> >mailing >> >list and possibly a bug report to the nouveau maintainers. >> > >> >B-rock >> > >> > >> >On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Dylan <dylan.maxw...@ymail.com> >wrote: >> > >> >> Computer is a Late 05 G5 Tower >> >> PowerPC Dual Core 2.0 >> >> 2GB Ram >> >> Random 160Gig HD >> >> Geforce 6600 Graphics >> >> Trying to run Debian 8 Jessie -official Powerpc >> >> Chose Cinnamon on Install >> >> >> >> I have installed Jessie but it boots to a scrambled black and >white >> >screen. >> >> I can get into terminal from this screen and work there just fine >> >except >> >> for a constant "isochronous cycle too long" error, but I think >that >> >is a >> >> different issue. >> >> >> >> Have tried "nomodeset" at boot. It gets me to a black screen with >a >> >> purplish cursor. >> >> >> >> Wheezy worked fine, no problems and worked perfect right from >install >> >so >> >> Im guessing if I could roll back to whatever Wheezy had for >X/Nouveau >> >(or >> >> whatever runs the graphics), I might be able to get this working. >> >> >> >> I'm a noob and looking for some steps to take, Id really like to >get >> >> Jessie working if possible. >> >> >> >> Ive asked about this in a couple different places and didn't get >much >> >help. >> >> >> >> Here: >> >> >> >>https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/ppc-mac-g5-debian-8-jessie-graphics-problems-4175543659/ >> >> And here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=122386 >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dylan >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org >> >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >> Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5576eceb.4010...@ymail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >-- >Herminio Hernandez Jr <herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
