Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:41 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600 Message-ID: <B11866A7-82AC-43C7-813F-F1257AFCCB02@yahoo.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 2021-Jan-12, at 08:22, Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc at = freebsd.org> wrote: > <snip> >>=20 >> 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? >>=20 >=20 > 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. A possibility: Jason M. originally specified "iMac G5", so probably = 1-socket/1-core-each. A lot of the operational problems are likely associated with = multi-socket and/or multi-core, per the workarounds of making such systems only use = one cpu (in FreeBSD terms). I've never had access to a 1-socket/multi-core PowerMac so I do not know how those behave. I've also never had access to a 1-socket-/1-core-each G5: always 2 sockets for the G5s. But I do have access to such a G4 and even a G3. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)
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