From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Tue Jan 12 01:34:17 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B882D4EC4B6 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:34:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: from mail-qk1-x736.google.com (mail-qk1-x736.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::736]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DFCm76Xj0z3kKH for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: by mail-qk1-x736.google.com with SMTP id 186so641374qkj.3 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:34:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=meroh.net; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=J7LPu//AEqiGx1LUTmpKUH8vMMwJVsHikUijV+aI/JU=; b=OH/yuF0UyNsV5qGy8E1WSmNGYnkbiJxjRDBUSYcIM6VZZJmbWhdEurPQUpM+StfhDk I331xMRjfE2inRgT1f67MrG9deNJ82amVjASkqocITR7vNJ8f/6miF3cGqy4CxcwBvfq 77bH/C6+MamblX7J6buXI6QG7ZhtEgey/dfL8VpB/9h/YocqmqP2hePWNOtV2z3w/4wL 3YgnoR8WDNsDitLQ8br1utXzAFjGeq4m+W5sSv3MdAEmiyLTzR6BzdzQc1s1hifkipJW VzKwN7mD7I+U/kHdTNYua4yf+xA913/jNvhBiDj0au2AGmG4dPoS6JKdektsat1EIo6X QWTg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=J7LPu//AEqiGx1LUTmpKUH8vMMwJVsHikUijV+aI/JU=; b=doVLDwGWiWNjcRyudrAnvtTWNCZsBPsTZJoLVQxdUw4DibfO7wPQXtovEQ7bK/TEpL q4AyZl6bRzyJTziHE37FJXhH74/tds/pAfyTnwZD8dKuRnOhOepf/eN0fI1GF5to7VPf 8SgXhNJMoombwqxTAPFTArye5PN2D8hVVXwRQgk2BkzDDqyAWAYvxtdM0e9NBKm+G9b6 hz79mEmWiyXoogmgzdsm3zkmYyQFkJW7j4YWLTyHkyZQA0pL0ro4FOJzqx5Hju/TZwEW i7j/XH9HGYTQcpxpIVI0Q2fUpOwL0bJCqrvjBWfeEYDVJcadvx2E5Pm4pnTUsbCeaU0e 45Vw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530wIZooYo/zN/OJ7XDMtJozal/2vEnN5NL9x+El7guoVK3wAwuU cL8PTS4dvw5jFBPfAkt+u861Pd6HMbIs7CX0ORyK4g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzEgbMGUbMDlu3s7CQKda57bQF0Ia3vv7VKT3qs5m/B0gHYxZXquPLDBjjEEBy/m+WMmDaid0xgstuhzY+Qs94= X-Received: by 2002:a37:6242:: with SMTP id w63mr2284180qkb.490.1610415254245; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:34:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Julio Merino Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:34:03 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600 To: Jason Bacon Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DFCm76Xj0z3kKH X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=meroh.net header.s=google header.b=OH/yuF0U; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of julio@meroh.net designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::736 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=julio@meroh.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[meroh.net:s=google]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[meroh.net]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::736:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[meroh.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::736:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::736:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-ppc] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:34:17 -0000 On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 3:54 PM Jason Bacon wrote: > > Yeah, ppc works remarkably well with FreeBSD. If we just had Firefox > and Thunderbird, I could actually use my iMac G5 for my daily work routine. > > The nv driver is deprecated and gets very little attention these days. > You might be better off swapping in a Radeon card. Not sure which one > would work well with ppc. The one in my PowerMac G5 only seems to > support 640x480 under FreeBSD 12.1. > I recall having a Radeon 9600 XT before (that's what my eBay history shows) and working reasonably well. Unfortunately, I now noticed that this other G5 model I have only takes PCI-X and there don't seem to be any ATI cards for it! At least not that I can find. Do they have different firmware, or was it just a labeling issue and any card will work? -- jmmv.dev