Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5
Hello Claudia, On Wed, 2024-02-07 at 20:19 +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote: > Now firmware R300_cp.bin, b43 and isight.fw is missing. Use this sources.list [1] and then install "firmware-amd-graphics". For the iSight camera, you can just download this file [2] and place it below /lib/firmware. For the b43 firmware, you need to install the b43-installer along with the b43-fwcutter. The latter is currently not built for ppc64, but I can do that manually later this week. Adrian > [1] https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/sources.list > [2] https://github.com/ibvk/config/blob/master/bin/isight.fw -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Debian 12 on iMac G5
On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 08:19:19PM +0100, Claudia Neumann wrote:
Hi all,
in the meantime I succeeded in installing Debian 12.0.0 on iMac G5 with radeon
graphic
card.
I used ISO-Image 2023-06-18, installed default with tasksel KDE plasma, LXDE
and LXQT.
I had to insert "radeon.agpmode=1 radeon.modeset=1 video=offb.off nomodeset" in
grub
to get graphic mode.
Just for future references. On my iMac G5 I've the Nvidia GeForce and the
nouveau driver. I had to set "video=TV-1:d" to avoid continous error ("DDC
responded, but no EDID")
Now firmware R300_cp.bin, b43 and isight.fw is missing. I can not install this
firmware
from the indicated sources.
/etc/debian_version is telling me, it is trixie/sid, but 12.0.0 should be
bookworm stable.
Can I change /etc/debian_version to bookworm and change the
/etc/apt/sources.list to
bookworm? Should I download the missing firmware by hand and install it?
With LXDE I can work although it is rather slow.
I'm using i3 and the performance is fine. It might take a while to get used to
i3.
Firefox hangs, konqueror will not show
google. Are there any tricks to make that better?
I'm struggling as well in finding a decent browser for such an old hardware.
I've in the pipeline to try ArticFox (https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox)
A bit extreame perhaps. You could try `lynx` and friends.
Otherwise the iMac G5 is not usable.
Best regards
Claudia
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Debian 12 on iMac G5
Hi all, in the meantime I succeeded in installing Debian 12.0.0 on iMac G5 with radeon graphic card. I used ISO-Image 2023-06-18, installed default with tasksel KDE plasma, LXDE and LXQT. I had to insert "radeon.agpmode=1 radeon.modeset=1 video=offb.off nomodeset" in grub to get graphic mode. Now firmware R300_cp.bin, b43 and isight.fw is missing. I can not install this firmware from the indicated sources. /etc/debian_version is telling me, it is trixie/sid, but 12.0.0 should be bookworm stable. Can I change /etc/debian_version to bookworm and change the /etc/apt/sources.list to bookworm? Should I download the missing firmware by hand and install it? With LXDE I can work although it is rather slow. Firefox hangs, konqueror will not show google. Are there any tricks to make that better? Otherwise the iMac G5 is not usable. Best regards Claudia
