Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2025-08-21

You might need to do the following. Boot the machine in recovery mode. 
You then do:

mv /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so 
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so.bak

Ctrl-d or exit to resume booting.

Michael Campbell schreef op 2025-08-21 20:18:
> Hi, thanks for this. I am new to this list; this is my first "post".
> 
> I am attempting to install Debian 12 PPC64  on my Power Mac G5 Quad.
> The installer runs to completion more or less successfully, although
> it did complain about b43 firmware, presumably related to the Apple
> WiFi/Bluetooth card I have installed. The result boots to GRUB, and
> when I select any non-recovery mode selection from the GRUB menu, it
> takes off nicely. Screens worth of startup messages go by, then the
> screen clears. I BRIEFLY see a text mode login prompt and then the
> screen clears again. That is it. Nothing further happens. I let it sit
> that way for ten minutes, but nothing further happens.
> 
> I am TOTALLY new to Debian, although I have a fair deal of experience
> configuring and installing Arch Linux and the old openSuSE.
> 
> Does what I described above suggest anything to any reader?
> 
> My system details: my G5 Quad has 16 GB of RAM, a Quadro FX 4500
> graphics card, two internal SATA HDDs, one actually an SSD and the
> other a 2 TB spinner. It is the spinner that I trying to install
> Debian onto. I select Guided, and Whole Disk during install. The Quad
> also has a PCIe eSATA card and a FireWire 800 port expansion card. It
> is also unique in that I have converted it from liquid cooling to air
> cooling, although all the stock Apple fans remain in place and
> operative. I have an Apple FW400 iSight camera and a USB microphone
> also attached.
> 
> I normally run 10.5.9 Sorbet Leopard on it.
> 
> Any thoughts on why the existing new install doesn't seem to come up
> to a point where it is usable would be most appreciated.
> 
> Meantime, I will try it this new installer and see if that changes
> things.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> On August 20, 2025 6:31:21 PM EDT, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I just created updated Debian Ports installation images based on
>> kernel 6.12.38. These are using the debian-installer from Trixie.
>> 
>> They can be downloaded from here:
>> 
>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2025-08-21/
>> 
>> Please test and report back.
>> 
>> Known issues are kernel instabilities on sun4u (sparc64) machines
>> which are currently being investigated. I will write a separate
>> mail on the issue.
>> 
>> Adrian
>> 
>> --
>> .''`.  John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
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