Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600
Mark Millard via freebsd-ppc <[email protected]>
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On 2021-Jan-12, at 08:22, Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc at 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. 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. === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"