work on mate 15,10 too with nouveau on 7800gtx 512mb Quad g5no 3d but work
ah no snd-powermac module (forget about? ;-))
Luigi
> Subject: Re: Debian 8 on Late 2005 G5, Graphics Issues
> From: rbtho...@pobox.com
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 23:06:18 -0800
> CC: csae2...@uibk.ac.at; psaisa...@gmail.com
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Peter Saisanas <psaisa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > In my opinion, the best way to install Debian would be to just install
> > using a Jessie release.
> > When installing, ensure you install an SSH server in addition to be able to
> > login via another computer if you happen to have display issues (which you
> > probably will).
> >
> > I believe the stretch release currently has issues with the included
> > default installed kernel (probably due to the version of binutils it has
> > been built with). So personally I would just install Jessie, then install a
> > kernel perhaps from ones that I have available.
> >
> > Afterwards you can upgrade to stretch by changing repositories, but just
> > keep booting with the kernel I have provided.
> >
> > If you happen to still have the nVidia FX5200 installed, I can step through
> > the procedure for you.
> >
> > Install Jessie and ensure you can ssh in to the G5.
> >
> > Specifically Install the 4.5.0-rc2 kernel I have configured for you.
> > (Actually this kernel config should work for most Powermac G5's (11.2 or
> > 7.3 or 7.2), i.e. AGP or PCIe with nVidia GPU's with the bare minimum of
> > tinkering required). If all goes well that is!
> >
> > I have set it up so it should hopefully require NO kernel parameters or
> > tinkering, i.e. fans should automatically work, nouveau should
> > automatically work, sound should automatically work. The required modules
> > that previously needed to be forced to be loaded are built in to the
> > kernel, msi interrupts are disabled in the kernel and kernel is built with
> > 4kB pagesize as currently needed by nouveau.
> >
> > Link for kernel image (no need to install the kernel headers in your case):
> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfdlNtUFh6dGhiR1U
> >
> > copy the kernel image deb file to your hdd.
> >
> > install the kernel using the command:
> > sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64_2_powerpc.deb
> >
> > Once installed you need to edit yaboot.conf
> >
> > Use the following command:
> > sudo nano /etc/yaboot.conf
> >
> > Append the following text exactly as listed at the end of the file:
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinux-4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64
> > label=test
> > read-only
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64
> > append=""
> >
> > Save yaboot.conf
> >
> > Apply yaboot config with following command:
> >
> > sudo ybin -v
> >
> > Reboot your G5 and when prompted, ensure you enter "test" for the label in
> > yaboot bootloader.
> >
> > I have tried to make this as simple as possible.
> > Hopefully if all goes well, it should just work without ANY tinkering
> > afterwards!
> >
> > If any issues or tweaks are required, please let me know and I and others
> > will try our best to help you out!
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
>
> Don't forget: If you want to boot the 4.5 kernel every time by default, you
> have to add a line to /etc/yaboot.conf
> default=test
> following the line
> enablecdboot
>
> And don’t forget to do
> sudo ybin -v
> to apply the new config
>
> Also, if you want to know what kernel is running, you can type
> uname -r
>
> HTH!
> Rick
>
