Instruction for Install Ubuntu & sons on PowerMac G5 Quad with Radeon HD

[miklos3]

hmmm i d know but same prob like this (mate, lubuntu, debian don't want to boot) http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=51280

[luigiburdo]

Make a small partition NewWorld 10mb or 100mb (is not necessary have a big one) a Swap as the half of your Ram and the / partition.
Remeber the Hd with linux have to be the first one on the top of the g5 (A)

[miklos3]

ok, all good now
how to fix a good resolution on my samsung (1920/1080) display with 6600LE? Just a simple codes my friend if possible.

[luigiburdo]

umm ... it will be by defoult at 1080p x 32

[miklos3]

I do not activate the radeon card, first I want to see Lubuntu, Mate and Debian, a little test U know, but my desktop know only 1024x768, but not to all my display, just half, maybe bc no good nvidia driver... my monitor 24" samsung 16:9, I need a little bit better resolution, but stable

[franklynb]

Hi Luigi

I also have a quad G5 PPC. I've been running 12.04 for some time now. My G5 has an NVIDIA GeForce 6600.
I've been able to 'live' boot 15.04 MATE using the following boot variation on your instructions:

boot: live video=radeonfb:off video=nouveaufb:off nouveau.modeset=0 video=fbdev:1920x1080

The color map is wrong for some reason. I am able to

$ setterm -background yellow

in a MATE terminal and have the color correct. "foreground" colors are always wrong regardless of setting.

I will probably still stick with 12.04 since I use this quad as an audio workstation. It took quite a bit of work to sort out
FFADO and JACK; and I do not hold out hope that the new ALSA audio will be ported to PPC. But I thought having a
boot sequence for NVIDIA that uses nouveau/fbdev/kms might provide further hints and aid your progress.

[Note: KMS appears to unload since DRM isn't loading. I think.]

Here's my Xorg.0.log:

[ 75.461]
X.Org X Server 1.17.1
Release Date: 2015-02-10
[ 75.461] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 75.461] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-76-powerpc64-smp ppc Ubuntu
[ 75.461] Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu-mate 3.19.0-15-powerpc64-smp #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 16 23:51:08 UTC 2015 ppc64
[ 75.461] Kernel command line: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper quiet splash --- video=radeonfbff video=nouveaufbff nouveau.modeset=0 video=fbdev:1920x1080@67.5
[ 75.461] Build Date: 19 March 2015 09:29:38AM
[ 75.461] xorg-server 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
[ 75.461] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[ 75.461] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 75.461] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 75.461] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 7 01:23:03 2015
[ 75.463] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 75.622] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 75.622] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 75.622] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 75.622] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 75.622] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 75.623] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 75.623] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 75.623] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 76.029] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 76.029] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.029] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[ 76.029] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.029] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[ 76.029] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.152] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 76.152] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.152] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 76.152] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.152] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
built-ins
[ 76.152] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 76.152] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 76.152] (II) Loader magic: 0xf8000688
[ 76.152] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 76.152] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 76.152] X.Org Video Driver: 19.0
[ 76.152] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[ 76.152] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[ 76.156] (--) PCI:*(0:10:0:0) 10de:0141:10de:0010 rev 162, Mem @ 0xa1000000/16777216, 0x90000000/268435456, 0xa0000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 76.156] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 76.160] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 76.711] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.712] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.0
[ 76.712] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[ 76.715] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 76.716] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 76.716] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 76.716] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 76.716] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 76.716] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 76.716] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 76.718] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[ 76.718] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 76.718] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 76.718] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 76.718] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 76.718] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[ 76.914] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.914] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.11
[ 76.914] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 76.914] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 76.914] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 76.914] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 76.992] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.992] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.17.1
[ 76.992] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 76.992] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 76.993] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 76.993] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 77.025] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.025] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 0.4.4
[ 77.025] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 77.025] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 77.026] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 77.026] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 77.026] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 77.026] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 77.026] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 77.026] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 77.027] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[ 77.027] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 77.027] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 77.027] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 77.027] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 77.027] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[ 77.027] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.027] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.11
[ 77.027] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 77.027] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 77.027] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 77.027] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 77.027] (II) Failed to load module "nouveau" (already loaded, 0)
[ 77.027] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 77.028] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 77.028] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.028] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.17.1
[ 77.028] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 77.028] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 77.028] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 77.028] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 77.028] (II) Failed to load module "modesetting" (already loaded, 0)
[ 77.028] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 77.029] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 77.029] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.029] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 0.4.4
[ 77.029] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 77.029] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 77.029] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 77.029] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 77.029] (II) Failed to load module "fbdev" (already loaded, 0)
[ 77.029] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Thu Aug 28 03:57:48 2014 +0200
[ 77.029] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 77.029] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 77.029] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 77.029] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 77.029] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 77.029] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 77.029] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 77.029] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 77.029] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 77.029] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 77.029] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 77.029] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 77.029] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[ 77.029] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[ 77.029] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 77.029] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 77.029] (++) using VT number 7

[ 77.071] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
[ 77.071] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
[ 77.071] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 77.071] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 77.071] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 77.071] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 77.071] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 77.071] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 77.071] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 77.072] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 77.072] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.073] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 0.0.2
[ 77.073] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 77.073] (**) FBDEV(2): claimed PCI slot 10@0:0:0
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(2): using default device
[ 77.073] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 77.073] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 77.073] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 77.073] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 8/8
[ 77.073] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 8, (==) framebuffer bpp 8
[ 77.073] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
[ 77.073] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: OFfb NVDA,Displ (video memory: 2160kB)
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[ 77.073] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1920x1080 (pitch 1920)
[ 77.073] (**) FBDEV(0): Built-in mode "current": 100.0 MHz, 51.0 kHz, 45.6 Hz
[ 77.073] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0 100.00 1920 1936 1944 1960 1080 1096 1104 1120 -hsync -vsync -csync (51.0 kHz b)
[ 77.073] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 77.073] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 77.073] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 77.073] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 77.076] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.076] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.0
[ 77.076] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 77.076] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[ 77.076] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[ 77.076] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[ 77.076] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[ 77.077] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 77.077] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.1.0
[ 77.077] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 77.180] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[ 77.181] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[ 77.181] (==) RandR enabled
[ 77.418] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[ 77.420] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[ 77.420] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[ 78.268] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[ 78.268] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[ 78.621] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
[ 79.321] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 79.321] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 79.322] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "keyboard defaults"
[ 79.322] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.322] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 79.418] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 79.418] compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.9.0
[ 79.418] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 79.418] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[ 79.418] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard'
[ 79.418] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 79.418] (**) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 79.418] (--) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x5ac Product 0x204
[ 79.418] (--) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Found keys
[ 79.418] (II) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 79.418] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0001:00/0001:00:08.0/0001:01:0b.0/usb2/2-2/2-2.1/2-2.1:1.0/0003:05AC:0204.0001/input/input0/event0"
[ 79.418] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 79.418] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 79.418] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 79.418] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 79.418] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[ 79.430] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-8AA988DD479FAABEC4FC3CCCF4CC29B4948840B4.xkm
[ 79.468] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event1)
[ 79.468] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 79.468] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "keyboard defaults"
[ 79.468] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard'
[ 79.468] (**) Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 79.468] (**) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 79.468] (--) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Vendor 0x5ac Product 0x204
[ 79.468] (--) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Found keys
[ 79.468] (II) evdev: Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 79.468] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0001:00/0001:00:08.0/0001:01:0b.0/usb2/2-2/2-2.1/2-2.1:1.1/0003:05AC:0204.0002/input/input1/event1"
[ 79.468] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 79.468] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 79.468] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 79.468] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 79.468] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[ 79.469] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse (/dev/input/event2)
[ 79.469] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 79.469] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse'
[ 79.469] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: always reports core events
[ 79.469] (**) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 79.524] (--) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Vendor 0x5ac Product 0x302
[ 79.524] (--) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Found 1 mouse buttons
[ 79.524] (--) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 79.524] (--) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 79.524] (II) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 79.524] (**) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 79.524] (**) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 79.524] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0001:00/0001:00:08.0/0001:01:0b.0/usb2/2-2/2-2.2/2-2.2:1.0/0003:05AC:0302.0003/input/input2/event2"
[ 79.524] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 8)
[ 79.524] (II) evdev: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 79.525] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 79.525] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 79.525] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 79.525] (**) Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 79.526] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Fujitsu Takamisawa Component Apple Optical USB Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 79.526] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 79.526] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.

[luigiburdo]

It means you meke it working on nvidia with Fbdev... softresterized interesting will try with RadeonHD

[franklynb]

It means you meke it working on nvidia with Fbdev... softresterized interesting will try with RadeonHD

Yes, it does render in software. The fonts are not very crisp. This might be why the color map is wrong. But at least it boots. I can do some other
profiling in terminal if that is helpful. I still do not have a console but --might-- be able to get ssh working.

--frankb

[luigiburdo]

Thankyou frank im starting making some tests on my machine too . and ll report

[luigiburdo]

Here, nothing to do ...totally glitched colors and gfx on my 7800gtx or Xorg crash on RadeonHD ...
For my configuration Mate 15.04 continue be unusable.