I am trying to get this system to work with Debian. When I run lspci the
video card is identified as:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra]
{rev a1}
I currently have a fresh install of Jessie with the MATE desktop. I was
able to successfully boot to the DE using the nouveau.modeset=0 yaboot
parameter, but the desktop has abnormal psychedelic colors.
I did some googling and found the page at Power PC Liberation (
http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/2016/02/g5-nouveau-3d-acceleration.html)
which led me to Peter's post (
https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2016/02/msg00025.html) and I
followed all instructions. Thank you for the kernel, Peter!
However, unfortunately, after rebooting to the "test" yaboot option, I
don't get a login prompt any more. Instead I get an empty gray screen. Are
there any next steps that anyone can recommend? I can still boot to the
abnormally-colored DE using kernel 3.16 using the "Linux" yaboot option.
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can give me.
