On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:23:57 +0100 Helgi Örn Helgason <sacredea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 February 2012 11:23, Bud Francis <bud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi there debian folks, > > > > I got my hands on a power mac g4 with a 32 bit ppc processor. After > > trying to install many versions of Linux on it I have come to the > > conclusion that it comes up fine in text mode but as soon as the > > xserver starts it messes up. My machine has an ATI Rage 128 in a > > pci slot vice the agp slot. Is there some command I need to type > > in at boot to make it see the graphics card. This is the original > > graphics card that came new with the computer. I have seen it run > > MAC os just fine. > > > > My first Linux computer had that graphic card, that was before Xorg, > Xfree86 ran the gui at that time and this card ran just fine. > > Did you check with: > > lspci -v | grep VGA > > if it shows the card? > > /Helgi Örn Hi I know that there are problems with the ATI drivers on Kernel 3.x.x Are you installing the stable version Squeeze or the forth coming version Wheezey from testing. That uses kernel 3 and the gnome shell 3, which is very much like a MAC in appearance . I don't think that graphics card is capable of accelerated / 3 Mode, which is required for the gnome-shell 3 unfortunately. If I was in your position I would replace that graphics card for a Nvidia card that can support the needs of gnome-shell3. That way you should stay future proof, for a while :) I would defiantly recommend getting Wheezy from testing, I like it a lot. -- -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Fedora FC16 x86_64 on a Dell Insiron N5030 laptop Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120213121151.3c41a...@lap.g8jvm.com
