Re: G5 Debian Lenny Install Difficulties: iMac

2009-02-19 Thread Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 05:00:04PM +1100, Irena Richard Jenkins wrote: Hi there ... At home I have a G5 iMac ... the one with the logic board inside what looks like a standard lcd monitor ... with a dvd port on the right hand side. When I try to install debian lenny, I get to the yaboot menu

Re: G5 Debian Lenny Install Difficulties: iMac

2009-02-19 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Peter Rooney wrote: (after 8 years, I still haven't found out why they didn't call it atifb) Because it shows up as 'ATY' in the Open Firmware device tree, cfr. drivers/video/offb.c ;-) With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Sony Techsoft Centre Europe

Re: G5 Debian Lenny Install Difficulties: iMac

2009-02-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 05:00:04PM +1100, Irena Richard Jenkins a écrit : Hi there ... At home I have a G5 iMac ... the one with the logic board inside what looks like a standard lcd monitor ... with a dvd port on the right hand side. Hi, Which revision is your iMac ? The following wiki

Re: G5 Debian Lenny Install Difficulties: iMac

2009-02-18 Thread Peter Rooney
Dear Irena Richard, That model used an ATI video card, so you might try video=atyfb. (after 8 years, I still haven't found out why they didn't call it atifb) I'm presuming you're meaning boot messages, because open firmware doesn't give you any messages unless you type in some Forth

Re: G5 Debian Lenny Install Difficulties: iMac

2009-02-18 Thread Irena Richard Jenkins
On Thursday 19 February 2009 17:53:33 Peter Rooney wrote: Dear Irena Richard, That model used an ATI video card, so you might try video=atyfb. (after 8 years, I still haven't found out why they didn't call it atifb) I'm presuming you're meaning boot messages, because open firmware doesn't