Check this post out http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.ca/2015/05/jessie-meets-bigmac.html
It is deal with G5 but I think the Nvidia issue may apply to you. On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Roger, > > What I would try is appending "single" to the "Linux" option at the second > stage yaboot prompt. > > Peter > > > > On 30/09/15 07:33 PM, Roger Harkavy wrote: > >> I originally posted this on the Debian user forums but I was directed to >> this mailing list. Hopefully I can give you enough information for some >> guidance on troubleshooting this. >> >> I have an iMac G4 "desk lamp," 512k of RAM, 200 GB HD, I believe the >> processor is a 7450. I downloaded the Debian Jessie netboot powerpc >> "mini.iso" image from here and burned it to a CD: >> >> >> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/ >> >> Installation seemed to go smoothly, no errors, and I selected MATE as the >> desktop choice during install. The only other option I selected was the >> "additional desktop software" (sorry, do not remember the exact text). >> >> However, after installation, when it boots, one of the last messages you >> see is: >> >> [FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules. >> >> Last line is something along the lines of: >> >> fb: switching to nouveaufb from OFfb NVDA,NVMac >> >> And then the text starts dissolving, and the entire screen cycles through >> different colors. I presume it is sitting at the graphical login prompt >> but >> it's not displaying correctly. >> >> Based on some Google searches, it seems like I should be able to resolve >> this by editing /etc/modules using nano from a command prompt but I can't >> get to that point. After the machine starts cycling through the colors, I >> press ctrl-alt-F1 through ctrl-alt-F12. If there is a command prompt being >> offered, I can't see it. >> >> I also tried different yaboot options I found in searches that were >> supposed to avoid using the video driver. Unfortunately these didn't work >> either, but maybe I'm not choosing the right ones. >> >> How do I get the machine to boot straight to a regular text login instead >> of the X-based one? >> >> Also, this machine worked fine running Mac OS X this morning (partition >> was >> deleted during the install process), so I don't think it's the hardware. >> >> Please let me know what I can do. Thank you in advance for any help you >> can >> provide. >> >> >
