From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Tue Jan 12 16:26:34 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 9FA0D4DD856 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DFbYk49rqz3m74; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (unknown [IPv6:2601:405:4a00:acd:351e:8231:7593:790d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: nwhitehorn/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6114ADDEF; Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Subject: Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600 To: Dennis Clarke , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <9e7648ee-d0ef-eaf6-1d6b-ee06564dc843@gmail.com> From: Nathan Whitehorn Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:26:33 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US 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 16:26:34 -0000 On 1/12/21 11:22 AM, Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc wrote: > >> 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