Hello Cedar, On 8/12/25 6:57 PM, Cedar Maxwell wrote: > Hello, > > I can no longer startx on my PowerMac G5 after recent updates. The > login screen will load, but upon entering my credentials the system > hangs at a black screen. > > It doesn't seem to matter which display manager (sddm or lightdm are > the only which would install) or desktop environment I choose, the > results are the same. > > Attached is my Xorg log. It appears the nouveau driver is having an > issue modesetting. Despite "(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nv", I > can confirm xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is installed. > > I am aware of the idea of adding "nouveau.noaccel=1" to my GRUB config, > but I want hardware acceleration. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Cedar >
I just updated my PowerMac G5 to the latest Debian SID, and graphics didn't work. I noticed that Debian's config file for vmlinux-6.12.38+deb13-powerpc64 doesn't include entries that I have had to add for a while now to enable my NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 video card on my PowerMac G5: CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=y CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y The NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 card was an entry-level graphics card for ADC displays on PowerMac G5 (and G4?) systems. After reverting to a custom kernel (vmlinux-6.13.6) that was compiled a few months ago with the above options, graphics works. I haven't checked whether the FX 5200 card works using the above CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA options with the latest kernel, but it should. Hope that helps. -Stan
