Re: eMac G4/1.25 GHz support for Debian Sid?

2019-07-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/26/19 4:39 PM, aggaz wrote: > 1. Would it be possible to have UMS drivers compatible with modern kernels? You can always boot the kernel with "nomodeset" and then try the generic VESA driver (if that still exists). > 2. If answer to "1" is true, would it be possible to make a debian > packag

Re: eMac G4/1.25 GHz support for Debian Sid?

2019-07-26 Thread aggaz
As far as I know, the problem with eMacs with a Radeon 9200 is the migration to KMS video drivers. Years ago I tried to install Debian on it and discovered that any version after "Wheezy" has video problems (the so called "Black Screen of Death) [1]. I read a report of someone using a UMS version

Re: eMac G4/1.25 GHz support for Debian Sid?

2019-07-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Alex! On 7/26/19 3:54 PM, Alex McKeever wrote: > How hard would it be to get it working on this machine? Hard to tell unless you tell us what's not working in particular. > Mine was manufactured at around the same time as my PowerMac G5 2.0 DP. > I don’t understand why the eMac is not supp

Re: eMac G4/1.25 GHz support for Debian Sid?

2019-07-26 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Alex, On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:10 PM Alex McKeever wrote: > > How hard would it be to get it working on this machine? Mine was manufactured > at around the same time as my PowerMac G5 2.0 DP. I don’t understand why the > eMac is not supported by Ports anymore... why’d they not add support for

eMac G4/1.25 GHz support for Debian Sid?

2019-07-26 Thread Alex McKeever
How hard would it be to get it working on this machine? Mine was manufactured at around the same time as my PowerMac G5 2.0 DP. I don’t understand why the eMac is not supported by Ports anymore... why’d they not add support for the Radeon 9200 for KMS? The PowerMac G5 is running Fienix Lite, a s