On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:45:47 +0200 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/24/2018 10:35 PM, Mick wrote: > > That's exactly what happened with lubuntu 16.04 PPC on my ibook G4 (with a > > radeon graphic card). And that's the reason why I rolled back to 14.04. And > > that's also why I subscribe to this list! > > Feel free to install Debian sid on your iBook G4 [1]. You will have something > supported (unofficially through Debian Ports) and up-to-date for your > iBook. > Encouraging words! I will do assoon as possible,thanks. > I'm not sure what Mathieu was referring to in his second mail though > when talking about PCI vs AGP. I think the Radeon in the G4 was AGP. > The radeon is on AGP bus, but I heard that the driver does not work well in agp mode. The only way I found to let the system stay up is to pass to the kernel the parameter radeon.agpmode=-1, which means use the card in PCI mode. I suppose he was referring to it. -- Mick
