On 06/02/16 17:01, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies <cl...@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies <cl...@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled
some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions as to which one I try first and any
particular messages in the thread I should pay attention to?
If your G5 is a "PowerMac11,2" like mine, then Peter's "4.4.0-rc7-powerpc64" kernel works
well for me with the "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 LE] (rev
a2)" graphics card.
Thanks Rick
That is the machine exactly :-)
Are you running sid or jessie?
Stretch.
In the sources.list, I have jessie, jessie/updates, jessie-updates,
jessie-backports, and stretch repositories; all with main, non-free, and
contrib activated.
Thanks
At present, I've just got jessie and will probably stick with it until I
find it limits functionality. I used to run sid but I'd break my system
every so often - not great for productivity :-)
Having got X and xfce working, I've now added a second DVI monitor but
it seems to have knocked out the original Mac monitor.
Both xfce4 settings and xrandr recognise there are 2 monitors but the
Apple (DVI-I-2) monitor doesn't receive signal
clive@silvermachine:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 4096 x 4096
DVI-I-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 338mm x 270mm
1280x1024 60.02*+
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 85.00 75.08 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 85.06 75.00 60.32
640x480 85.01 75.00 60.00
720x400 70.08
DVI-I-2 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 433mm x 270mm
1680x1050 59.88*+
trying to force it with xrandr makes no difference
clive@silvermachine:~$ xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1280x1024
--output DVI-I-2 --mode 1680x1050 --right-of DVI-I-1
Peter, is there a specific kernel parameter required?
Regards
Clive
