Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
On 16/03/17 08:21 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > > X11 doesn't start, but the error message changed and goes further. > Before it essentially failed to detect my card, now I see in Xorg.log: [...] > [ 175.085] (EE) MACH64(0): Unable to map linear aperture. Invalid > argument (22) This could st

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-15 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi Adrian, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Yes, you would need to file a bug report against src:linux. I can do that if it turns out to fix your issue. do yo have means of quickly generating a current kernel with that options back off? I would test it. In the meanwhile I tried to turn the

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-15 Thread PhiLLip Pi
I had to give up on its wifi since firmware-linux-nonfree package was crashing my PB G4. I will stick for old fashion network cable for now. :( On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 03:27:04PM +, kaleb white wrote: >I think so. > >Sent from my personal Outlook. > >---

Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.?

2017-03-15 Thread kaleb white
I think so. Sent from my personal Outlook. From: PhiLLip Pi Sent: March 7, 2017 12:46 PM To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.? On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:01:

Re: debian-installer: virtio support for powerpc cdrom/netboot installs

2017-03-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Frederic! > virtio modules are more and more used in VMs and it would be nice to have > those > into the netboot and cdrom installers for powerpc on which there are not at > the > moment. I'm currently in need of these for ppc64 testing. That's a very reasonable request and I am pretty sure

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/15/2017 10:09 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > could we turn that option back (if proven that it is it)? Yes, you would need to file a bug report against src:linux. I can do that if it turns out to fix your issue. > To test this I would need to run the new kernel without > the kernel atyfb an

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-15 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi Michel, Michel Dänzer wrote: Could CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=y be the issue? Looks like that's it. According to the description of that option, it prevents userspace from accessing I/O memory ranges which are already claimed by a kernel driver. I.e. you have to choose whether you want to let t