Can you paste an example of the yaboot config so I can see that too? What kernel version should I try building for my best chance of this working? Is the 3.16.7 version I built too old? If I grep my kernel config file for nouveau, I turn up nothing...any other suggestions?
Logan On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Roosevelt Littleton < knowledgeispowe...@gmail.com> wrote: > correction video=nvidiafb:1280x1024-32@60 nouveau.modeset=1 was my > original yaboot parameters. Here is a working config I had just in case > someone need one. http://pastebin.com/SQCEnPJ3 > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Logan Anteau <logan.ant...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I picked up a dual G5 2.5GHz Power Mac the other day. It has the AGP >> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra card installed. I was hoping to get the nouveau >> driver with 2D acceleration working with it, but I have been struggling. >> >> I stumbled on this article here: >> >> >> http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/2015/07/g5-nouveau-2d-acceleration.html >> >> and recompiled a 3.16.7 kernel from the Debian sources with 4k page sizes >> instead of the default 64k kernel page size. I also confirmed that the >> system is not using MSI interrupts. >> >> When I boot, I just get a black screen after the system tries to start >> lightdm, a dmesg reveals this: >> >> [ 28.113131] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is >> invalid, remainder is 163 >> [ 28.113138] Raw EDID: >> [ 28.113141] c0 00 00 01 65 d8 ca a0 c0 00 00 01 64 20 60 00 >> [ 28.113143] c0 00 00 01 65 7a 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >> [ 28.113145] c0 00 00 01 64 20 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 >> [ 28.113147] c0 00 00 01 64 17 f0 00 c0 00 00 01 65 d8 ca a0 >> [ 28.113149] c0 00 00 01 64 20 50 00 c0 00 00 01 65 5f 05 00 >> [ 28.113151] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 01 64 20 1c e0 >> [ 28.113153] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 c0 00 00 01 65 79 f1 00 >> [ 28.113155] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >> >> >> and some other messages like this: >> >> [ 138.991484] nouveau E[Xorg[837]] failed to idle channel 0xcccc0000 >> [Xorg[837]] >> >> Booting with nouveau.noaccel=1 works, but the software 2D acceleration >> makes the system unusable. Any suggestions where to go from here? I know >> getting an ATI card is the easy way out, but I'd like to get this 6800 >> Ultra I have to work if possible. Thanks for your time! >> >> Logan Anteau >> > >
