Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Bertrand gmail
On 16/01/2020 17:52, Alexandre Bencz wrote: I just added the grub parameter "radeon.agpmode=4" Here we go: root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# dmesg Hello. Mine is quite the same model as yours : Powermac 2*25. ghz, with ati9600 (powermac 7,3) With some differences : I've a got a PCI model ,

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/16/20 5:55 PM, Alexandre Bencz wrote: > I tried to install the AMD driver, but I received the following error: > > root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# sudo apt install firmware-amd-graphics > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
I just added the grub parameter "radeon.agpmode=4" Here we go: root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# dmesg [    0.00] Page orders: linear mapping = 24, virtual = 12, io = 12, vmemmap = 24 [    0.00] hash-mmu: Initializing hash mmu with SLB [    0.00] Linux version 5.4.0-2-powerpc64

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/16/20 5:47 PM, Alexandre Bencz wrote: > The AGP log: > > root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# dmesg |grep -i agp > [    0.00] Found U3-AGP PCI host bridge.  Firmware bus number: 240->255 > [    2.883626] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > [    2.883666] agpgart-uninorth :f0:0b.0: Apple U3

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
I tried to install the AMD driver, but I received the following error: root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# sudo apt install firmware-amd-graphics Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed:   firmware-amd-graphics

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
This is the Xorg log of a complete fresh instalation( no GUI loaded ): root@debian-g5:/home/bencz# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log [    56.421] X.Org X Server 1.20.7 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [    56.421] Build Operating System: Linux 5.4.0-1-powerpc64 ppc64 Debian [    56.421] Current Operating

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/16/20 5:10 PM, Alexandre Bencz wrote: > I'm reinstalling the system right now... I will install the Mate Desktop > Anyway, about the settings that I used: > > on xorg.conf: > > Section "Device" >     Identifier "Radeon" >     Driver "radeon" >     #Option "DRI" "2" >     #Option

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
I'm reinstalling the system right now... I will install the Mate Desktop Anyway, about the settings that I used: on xorg.conf: Section "Device"     Identifier "Radeon"     Driver "radeon"     #Option "DRI" "2"     #Option "AccelMethod" "exa"     Option "NoAccel" "True" EndSection On

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/16/20 4:33 PM, Alexandre Bencz wrote: > deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid contrib non-free > > After this, I did this: > > sudo apt update > sudo apt install firmware-amd-graphics Does the radeon driver print any messages in the kernel buffer? Anything about firmware? Or in

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
Hi! Yes, I just added this repo: deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid contrib non-free After this, I did this: sudo apt update sudo apt install firmware-amd-graphics Alexandre S. Bencz +55 {15} 991-707-384 On 16/01/2020 12:32, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 1/16/20 4:27 PM,

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/14/20 9:43 PM, Bertrand gmail wrote: > Anyhow, there is a good guide on how to circumvent the problem of the install > of grub with the current install disc  here : > > https://forum.powerprogress.org/d/15-debian-10-updated-installation-images-for-debian-ports-2019-11-22 > > It's pretty

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/16/20 4:27 PM, Alexandre Bencz wrote: > I tried to install the driver for the video card ... before installing it was > incredibly slow, after > installing and putting settings in xorg.conf, the graphical interface didn't > load anymore Did you install the AMD graphics firmware package?

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-16 Thread Alexandre Bencz
I tried to install the driver for the video card ... before installing it was incredibly slow, after installing and putting settings in xorg.conf, the graphical interface didn't load anymore Alexandre S. Bencz +55 {15} 991-707-384 On 14/01/2020 17:43, Bertrand gmail wrote: On 14/01/2020

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-14 Thread Bertrand gmail
On 14/01/2020 15:56, Romain Dolbeau wrote: Le mar. 14 janv. 2020 à 13:52, Alexandre Bencz a écrit : Which version is possible to install on the G5 Dual? I tried several versions yesterday and all gave error when installing GRUB, the error was: "GRUB Dummy Failed Another thing ... how to

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-14 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/14/20 3:56 PM, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > I've never actually gotten Grub to work on either G4 or G5, but I > didn't try very hard. - I'm happy with 'yaboot', which is what the > Debian 8 installer uses by default I believe. > > You could try installing Debian 8 (from 'archive') and then

Re: Debian Install on G5

2020-01-14 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le mar. 14 janv. 2020 à 13:52, Alexandre Bencz a écrit : > Which version is possible to install on the G5 Dual? > I tried several versions yesterday and all gave error when installing GRUB, > the error was: "GRUB Dummy Failed > Another thing ... how to boot the Radeon GPU? There's an issue in

Debian Install on G5

2020-01-14 Thread Alexandre Bencz
Hi! Which version is possible to install on the G5 Dual? I tried several versions yesterday and all gave error when installing GRUB, the error was: "GRUB Dummy Failed Another thing ... how to boot the Radeon GPU? Thanks Alexandre