Re: Anyone using a Powermac G5?

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Tony Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> I also have a G5.   4 core.  PPC970MP @2.5ghz with GeForce 6600.  I just now tried to install latest Tumbleweed, it's been several years since I last tried to mess with openSUSE on ppc64.
>
> I get as far as udev starting, it seems to try to perform a modeset and locks up (at least vcons switching doen't work) and monitor goes into power save.   I tried forcing nomodeset in linuxrc but no difference.  Same if I try recovery vs installation.
>
> The graphics card has always been an issue with openSUSE/ppc64 but has always worked fine in SLES (I just booted SLE11SP4 to get above hwinfo).  Obviously I can't install anything newer in terms of SLES.
>
> So sorry I can't be of any help but I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions to get the installer to progress further.

Last time I tried I think I could get the installer to come up.  I
also THINK I have a radeon in mine.  I won't be able to check till the
weekend.

It's ended up on the back burner for me.  Just haven't had the time.
It's a shame it just sits there since it's a pretty powerful machine
even though it's about 14 years old.  I could use OS X  Leopard and
TenFourFox, but I'd rather not use such an out of date OS on-line.  I
have a workpad Z50 that has WinCE v2.11 but I don't use it on-line
unless I boot into NetBSD on it.
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