Yeah, I think it's getting to that point. I was just very tempted to breathe life into something that was previously useless. ;p
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Christophe De Natale < [email protected]> wrote: > IMO Stop to loose your time on this machine, this will never work without > nv driver (nouveau is « supposed » to work but it doesn't) > I’ve tried with wheezy but same results … and passed a few hours and many > workaround. > > Cheers, > > Christophe De Natale > > > > Le 1 oct. 2015 à 15:38, Roger Harkavy <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Okay, again, thank you everyone for the information. Looks like this is > definitely the video driver. > > I am wondering, would I have better results if I tried installing Wheezy > or Squeeze instead of Jessie? > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Another great resource is here >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Nvidia_cards >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:23 PM, Roger Harkavy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 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]> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
