Re: PowerMac G5, GeForce FX 5200, black screen
Hi Risto,
I’m seeing this as well. I have a PowerMac11,2 (dual core G5 7GB RAM)
Did you ever discover how to fix it without holding back on the kernel level?
Anybody? All clues are welcome!
Thanks!
Rick
On Dec 1, 2014, at 6:16 AM, Risto Suominen <risto.suominen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is probably an old issue, possibly discussed before, even on this list.
>
> I've been holding my linux-image as version 3.2.0-2 to avoid the problem.
>
> So, the problem: after upgrading to 3.2.0-4, X display is not working.
> According to Xorg.log everything is as before, but the screen remains
> black. (At boot the text console is ok.)
>
> I'm using kernel command line:
>
> video=TV-1:d
>
> and xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> BusID "PCI:240:16:0"
> Driver "nouveau"
> Option "Monitor-TV-1" "Configured Monitor"
> Option "NoAccel" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Configured Monitor"
> Option "Ignore" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> In addition, I've tried to add /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf:
>
> nouveau noaccel=1
>
> It makes no difference.
>
> I'm using Wheezy (7.7) with all latest packages.
>
> The machine is PowerMac7,3 (2x1,8 GHz, 1,25 GB RAM).
>
> Anyone else seen this?
>
> Risto
>
>
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