Hi Steven, 2016-03-17 2:25 UTC+02.00, Steven Grunza <steven.gru...@gmail.com>: > Should I expect Debian debian-8.3.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1 to work on an Apple > iMac G5? > Yes. > > I tried installing it and just have a blank screen. > > Using Control-Option-F1 I have a text console on the built-in display that > is displaying > So the console is working. > > [ looks like a timestamp ] nouveau E[ DRM] DDC responded, but no EDID > for TV-1 > > I'm getting these about one every 10 seconds. > X has a problem. In your place I would try with an xorg.conf like the following: --- Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "nouveau" Option "Monitor-TV-1" "Configured Monitor" EndSection
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" Option "Ignore" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Configured Video Device" EndSection --- The idea is to disable the chip internal TV output that is not connected. In addition you could add the kernel command line option (with the same meaning): video=TV-1:d but since you can see the console, it's probably not necessary. The file to edit is /etc/yaboot.conf, and afterwards you have to run; 'sudo ybin -v'. > Is there a different video driver I can try? If so, how to I enable it? > > lspci reports a "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV34M > [GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1) > I've tried this on a PowerMac G5 with a similar - probably identical - controller. Yet another thing to try - in case the above does not help - is to create the file /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf: --- nouveau noaccel=1 --- But this disables the acceleration. Risto