Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:26:33 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600 Message-ID: <fb04141c-0325-5f1f-b88d-a47b2e9ff128@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <abc18c9e-01c4-5912-d306-31acaefc0be7@blastwave.org> References: <CADyfeQU7d_zJ539wBFJiKH3Pme1jFbUr1MkqszW1mbPa4yVBmw@mail.gmail.com> <bd68befb-cfbb-c7e3-c861-7cb0e115987a@gmail.com> <CADyfeQUAD5Kx8Q53yubptJnzA8La9a2Ry5m5fpb2erb33zcpZQ@mail.gmail.com> <9e7648ee-d0ef-eaf6-1d6b-ee06564dc843@gmail.com> <abc18c9e-01c4-5912-d306-31acaefc0be7@blastwave.org>
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On 1/12/21 11:22 AM, Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc wrote: > <snip> >> I didn't put any serious effort into resolving the resolution issues, so >> it might be possible to get it working beyond 640x480. Or maybe there's >> another card that someone on this list can verify works well? >> > Off topic slightly but exactly what and how did you even do an install > on this box? I have four of these units laying around wherein one of > them is a workable unit with the so-called "quad" PPC64 config. Not > much runs on them these days and that includes Debian Linux wherein > the installer is slightly broken. Slightly. There just is not much in > the way of resources alive and workingout there that cares to debug > the multitude of issues we face with this architecture. So I have to > ask you, what did you use to install FreeBSD on this unit? I have not > seen a workable installer in at least a year. > > > Does the release CD not work? I used that a couple months ago without issue. -Nathan
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