Which kernel should I use for a system (Apple iMac G5) installed from the jessie 8.3.0? I apparently am running into some problems with the nouveau driver, maybe it is this "large pages not being compatible with the nouveau driver" issue.
I can use the Ctrl-Option-F1 key sequence to get to a console window and login. Using the boot parameter video=TV-1:d seems to have removed the 10 s warning about no EDID for TV-1 On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: > As I said, I don't understand the details. Perhaps Peter can tell us. > > Rick > > On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:28 AM, void <v...@comsouth.net> wrote: > > > Would it not be better to fix the graphics driver instead of using a > modified Kernel? Simply curious if it wouldn't be considered a bug. > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> > > Date: 3/18/2016 11:09 PM (GMT-05:00) > > To: Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org>, steven.gru...@gmail.com > > Cc: Clive Menzies <cl...@clivemenzies.co.uk>, PowerPC List Debian < > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > > Subject: Re: Debian on iMac G5 > > > > > > On Mar 17, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > But I am curious is the official debian kernel 4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64 not > > > working for you ? What's so special about the one from 'Peter > > > Saidanas' ? > > > > There is no official Debian kernel 4.5 yet, as far as I know. > > > > Peter Sasisanas has discovered a problem with the interaction between > the nouveau driver and the powerpc64 (aka ppc64) kernel. I don't > understand the details, but it seems to have something to do with large > pages not being compatible with the nouveau driver. > > > > So Peter has generated a series of ppc64 kernels that don't use large > pages. They are available here: > > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=sharing > > > > open one of the folders (the 4.5.0-rc2 kernel works OK with Debian > Stretch on my PowerMac G5) and download the two .deb files you find in the > folder. > > > > Install both of them using "dpkg -i ….deb". Modify /etc/yaboot.conf to > use the new kernel. Run "ybin -v". And reboot. Maybe you'll see a > working graphical sign in screen. > > > > Peter may know if there's any chance of his changes (or something like > them) getting into mainstream Debian in the future. It may be difficult, > because whether or not you want large pages depends on you particular > hardware, so it would not be possible to have one standard config for all > ppc64 machines. > > > > It's worth a try, anyway! > > > > Rick > >
