Re: Debian on iMac G5

2016-03-19 Thread Rick Thomas
As I said, I don't understand the details. Perhaps Peter can tell us. Rick On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:28 AM, void 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 ---

Re: Debian on iMac G5

2016-03-19 Thread Risto Suominen
Hi Steven, 2016-03-17 2:25 UTC+02.00, Steven Grunza : > 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

Re: Debian on iMac G5

2016-03-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On 17/03/16 08:10, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Clive Menzies wrote: On 17/03/16 00:25, Steven Grunza wrote: Should I expect Debian debian-8.3.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1 to work on an Apple iMac G5? I tried installing it and just have a blank screen. Using Control-Opti

Re: Debian on iMac G5

2016-03-19 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Clive Menzies wrote: > On 17/03/16 00:25, Steven Grunza wrote: >> >> Should I expect Debian debian-8.3.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1 to work on an Apple >> iMac G5? >> >> >> I tried installing it and just have a blank screen. >> >> Using Control-Option-F1 I have a text conso