Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:11:01 -0800 From: Julio Merino <julio@meroh.net> To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600 Message-ID: <CADyfeQUXvprroBJfApVJ361MreJmDGsmn%2BP_L8L-2%2BM06fyHDA@mail.gmail.com> 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 Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 8:23 AM Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc < freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> 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. In my case, I wrote the memstick ppc64 image into an old 1GB USD drive I have, plugged that in, and booted with "boot ud:,\\:tbxi". From there, everything was flawless.
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