On 2013-01-29 05:56 +0100, Julio Merino wrote: > I installed Debian testing powerpc64 on a PowerMac G5 with a NVIDIA > Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1) graphics card (as > reported by lspci). > > Running the X server results in no fonts being displayed at all, with > the exception of the default fixed font in xterm. Something as simple > as "xterm -fa Monospace" also shows the problem (a blank window with > a cursor but no visible text), which denotes that the issue is quite > "down the dependency chain". > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > I uninstalled the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package, to force the X > server to fallback to fbdev, and the issue went away. The fonts are > now properly displayed. But, of course, this is just a workaround and > not a solution; I'd like to use the real driver.
I suspect this is the same problem as #692156, and it is almost surely specific to powerpc. Could you please try version 1:1.0.6-1 from experimental? If the bug persists with that version, please report it upstream, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs for instructions. Also, does it help to disable acceleration (boot with nouveau.noaccel=1 to test that)? Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
