Peter Saisanas wrote on 2015-07-26, 15:47: > Hi, > I have posted a message on the debian powerpc mailing list recently > regarding the nouveau issues along with creating a bug report for the > nouveau developers to look into. Within the freedesktop nouveau bug > report, a nouveau dev explains why it is failing to work in more > recent kernels. > > Post below, link within for nouveau bug report. > https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2015/07/msg00026.html > > As a workaround, i have been able to get it up and running by using an > equivalent x86 vga bios for the exact card that you have (in my case i > have a Quadro FX4500). Not ideal, but gets you running till the bug > gets fixed. > > Simply download the equivalent x86 vga bios for your particular card, > save file within /lib/firmware. > In my case i saved the x86 vga bios as quadro_fx4500.fw . > pass the following option to the nouveau module (change the to the > filename as saved within /lib/firmware). > > options nouveau config="NvBIOS=quadro_fx4500.fw" > > I have used this workaround on vanilla 4.1.2 kernel, it seemed to work > for me on my pmac g5 quad with quadro fx4500 gpu. > > As mentioned, not a fix, but a workaround... > > Regards, > Peter > >
Thanks, Peter! This actually worked... Until this issue is fixed, I will use the PC BIOS firmware for my flashed GeForce 6200. Again thanks for the workaround! Cheers, Andreas aka Linux User #330250 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
