Also present 20130412 PowerMac G5 (PPC64) NV34 GeForce FX5200 Ultra. Both Lubuntu and Ubuntu splash screens display beautifully. Ubuntu PPC desktop ISO gets to "running in low graphics mode" and then hangs when selecting either low graphics mode or reconfigure graphics. Something with framebuffer hand off? /proc/fb shows nouveaufb at 0 Logs to come.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061790 Title: misbehaving X on quantal ppc w/ nvidia geforce fx go5200 Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: i put a lot of information here before it was suggested to make a new bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1043518 but to summarize the only way i could get X to start was by turning of KMS, e.g. nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 boot parameters. when i did, i got such horrible graphics i wasn't able to even complete the install. a picture can be found here: http://imgur.com/ArhrV even using an alternate to directly do the install, the result was plagued with the same problems. so i set to make an xorg.conf. by auto-configuring the file per instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_configure_an_xorg.conf_file.3F and turning off 3d acceleration which was suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2066064 and found success. i tried several other things, like disabling other outputs and adding modelines, but this was deemed unnecessarily so i whittled the xorg.conf down to the minimum which you can find along with dmesg and Xorg.0.log here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1260328/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-powerpc-smp 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-powerpc-smp ppc ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: powerpc Date: Thu Oct 4 10:58:10 2012 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta powerpc (20121001) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US:en SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1061790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
