The table below shows test results for various PowerPC systems. See also DebianInstaller/GUIToDo.
Tester |
Test date |
Model |
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep board |
cat /proc/fb |
lspci | grep VGA |
Magic directfbrc |
Bad directfbrc lines |
Notes |
Sven Luther luther@debian.org |
22/09/2006 |
Pegasos |
CHRP Pegasos |
0 ATI Radeon Yd |
ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01) |
no-hardware |
|
|
Sven Luther luther@debian.org |
22/09/2006 |
Pegasos |
CHRP Pegasos |
0 ATI Radeon NH |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] |
no-hardware disable-module=radeon |
|
|
alessandro de zorzi lota@klez.it |
27/09/2006 |
ibook G4 |
?PowerBook6,7 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon NV |
ATI Technologies Inc M11 NV [FireGL Mobility T2e] (rev 80) |
no-hardware |
disable-module=linux_input |
|
Jack Malmostoso jackmalmostoso@freesurf.ch |
26/09/2006 |
ibook G4 |
?PowerBook6,3 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon /c |
ATI Technologies INC M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01) |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
|
Elena Grassi grassi.e@gmail.com |
05/10/2006 |
ibook G3 |
?PowerBook4,3 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon LW |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
It needs video=radeonfb to be specified at boot time, otherwise even the textual console is corrupted |
Luca Suriano luka@linux.it |
01/10/2006 |
ibook G3 |
?PowerBook4,3 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon LW |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
|
Marco Bertorello marco@nosgoth.homelinux.org |
26/09/2006 |
ibook G4 |
0 ATI Radeon \c |
ATI TECHNOLOGIES Inc. M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01) |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
|
|
Attilio Fiandrotti |
26/09/2006 |
ibook G4 |
?PowerBook6,7 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon NV |
ATI Technologies Inc M11 NV [FireGL Mobility T2e] (rev 80) |
no-hardware |
disable-module=linux_input |
|
Rick Thomas rbthomas55@pobox.com |
26/09/2006 |
PowerMac G4 |
?PowerMac3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon QW |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500] |
|
|
Unsupported video format dtected |
Rick Thomas rbthomas55@pobox.com |
01/10/2006 |
PowerMac G3 [Blue&White] |
?PowerMac1,1 |
0 OFfb ATY,XCLAIM |
ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro (rev 5c) |
no way to make this work |
|
requires boot arg "video=ofonly" to even do text mode install. Details in 342053 |
Rick Thomas rbthomas55@pobox.com |
01/10/2006 |
?PowerMac3,4 |
0 ATY Rage128 |
ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS |
|
independant of enable or disable "linux_input" |
|
|
Mirko Grava mgrava@rhx.it |
27/09/2006 |
ibook G4 |
?PowerBook5,4 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon NP |
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) |
no-hardware |
|
|
Eddy Petrișor eddy.petrisor@gmail.com |
27/09/2006 |
powerbook G4 |
?PowerBook5,2 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon NP |
ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
disable-module=radeon has no ill effects |
Attilio Fiandrotti |
29/09/2006 |
MiniMAC |
?PowerBook10,2 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
ATI Radeon Yb |
ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Raeon9200] (rev 01) |
no-hardware disable-module=linux_input |
|
Keymap was messed up in DFB after language change |
Sven Luther luther@debian.org |
30/09/2006 |
XServe G5 |
?RackMac3,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon QY |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] |
disable-module=radeon disable-module=linux_input |
|
|
Jan Schukat shookie@email.de |
02/10/2006 |
PowerMac G5 |
?PowerMac7,3 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh |
0 NV32 |
nVidia Corporation NV34 [?GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1) |
|
no way to make this work |
|
Diego Biurrn diego AT biurrun DOT de |
05/10/2006 |
?PowerBook G4 |
?PowerBook6,8 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh |
0 NV32 |
nVidia Corporation NV34M [?GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1) |
|
|
|
Holger Levsen debian@layer-acht.org |
03/11/2006 |
imac g3 233mhz |
motherboard : iMac MacRISC Power Macintosh |
0 ATY Mach64 |
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 3a) |
|
|
just works fine :-) |
Giuseppe Sacco eppesuig@debian.org |
10/12/2006 |
?PowerBook G4 15" |
?PowerBook3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh |
0 ATI Radeon Lf |
ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000] (rev 01) |
|
|
Works like a charm |
14/03/2007 |
iMac G5 rev. A |
?PowerMac8,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh |
0 OFfb NVDA,Displ |
nVidia Corporation NV34M [?GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1) |
? |
? |
Could not open the Alt+F2 console |
DirectFB/FBDev: Current mode's pixelformat: rgba 8/0, 8/0, 8/0, 0/0 (8bit)