Re: Strange graphics issues on G5 with NVIDIA 6600
Jason Bacon <[email protected]>
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On 1/12/21 1:00 PM, Mark Millard via freebsd-ppc wrote: > > 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]" I have both an iMac G5 and a PowerMacG5. The iMac mostly works fine, though there is no DRI so the GUI is a little sluggish. The PowerMac has the fan issue and only 640x480 res. If I recall it was using the vesa driver and I didn't spend time trying to improve it since I run this system headless anyway. -- Earth is a beta site. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"