Hi there, I’ve tried on my iMac g4 700 MHz a new time but exactly the same issue. I was able to have a remote connection by SSH (enable it at install desktop process) but nothing seems to work in trying to workaround on multiple xorg.conf files … :-(
Cordialement, Christophe De Natale > Le 1 oct. 2015 à 06:23, Roger Harkavy <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Ah, this information is helping! The following options allow me to get to > where what should be the login screen appears, but it is black with a purple > cursor: > > nomodeset > > or > > nouveau.modeset=0 > > From there I can press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and get to a command prompt. > > I also tried these commands but neither of them change anything: > > nouveau.noaccel=1 > > or > > nouveau.config=NvMSI=0 > > Maybe I can try them all together? I don't know. I feel like I am getting > closer, though. It is a problem with the Nouveau driver. > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > Check this post out > http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.ca/2015/05/jessie-meets-bigmac.html > <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] <mailto:[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/ > > <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. > > > >
