Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
I recently found a Radeon HD 4670 at a garage sale and wanted to try it on Void. I installed void on my powermac G5 with a quadro fx 4500. When I put in the Radeon card I just get a black screen. How can I load the correct drivers for the card?
Technically that question was already answered in many instances. I don't have any Mac with PCI Express slots to test, but you test and report.

Official Graphics FAQ - VoidPPC

@ftalbot report#1 and install instructions

Search, test it and report your experiences ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: ftalbot
I have a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra in a 7,3 DP 1.8.

Another question, is there a better graphics card I can install that works well with Void and 10.4-10.5?
 
Hi all,

I have never used Linux or installed it. I am finally ready to install Void Linux PPC on a second drive in my Power Mac G5 7,3 DP 1.8 w/ 4 GB of RAM.

I created an installation DVD using PPC64 XFCE. As you can see, the disc is recognized on my 2010 MacBook running 12.5. However, I cannot boot off of the CD on my G5. I tried holding down C during boot and help Option and it doesn't show up in the boot loader. When booted into 10.5 the CD is not recognized.

Any ideas?

IMG_4410.jpeg
 
Did you use the correct big endian ppc64 iso?


Is the G5’s DVD drive OK? Can it read other burned discs?
The full file name is- void-live-ppc64-20210825-xfce.iso
I assume that is the correct one.

Yes, the drive doesn't have issues with reading other burned discs.
 
You have the correct iso. However G4/G5 cd/dvd drives can be picky. Best advice: download and burn the iso from tiger/leopard using the slowest speed to burn. Should work then.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Amethyst1
Also make sure the Linux HD is in the top drive bay otherwise it wont boot after install. It's also a good idea to unplug your OSX drive during install just to be safe. Nothing worse than formatting the wrong drive. ;-)
I was actually thinking about this!

As for DVD burning, my only drive that is working (burning) is an external Apple USB SuperDrive. It only seems to work in 12.5 right now. It might work in Snow Leopard on my 2010 MBP. I am pretty sure this won't work connected to my G5 at all.
 
As for DVD burning, my only drive that is working (burning) is an external Apple USB SuperDrive. It only seems to work in 12.5 right now. It might work in Snow Leopard on my 2010 MBP. I am pretty sure this won't work connected to my G5 at all.
The Apple USB SuperDrive should work in Leopard and newer versions on Intel Macs since it was introduced alongside the original MacBook Air.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ww2_1943
Hi. I'm trying to build the latest version of Arctic-Fox for Void PPC64 (first time I'm trying to build Arctic-Fox). I edited the .mozconfig file to use gcc-6 instead of the current gcc. Running ./mach build ends quickly with a missing dependency error. The culprit appears to be libatomic missing ("/bin/ld: cannot find -latomic" and "collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status").

Since libatomic.so.1 is already in /usr/lib64/, how do I properly let ./mach build use it?

Thanks.

EDIT Nevermind... libatomic was installed, but not libatomic-devel... It compiled with current gcc without a hitch.
 
Last edited:
I haven't tried building it lately on ppc64 linux because it's technically much older than other mozilla based browsers. However if you want the same UI with a newer code base i was able to build a recent Pale Moon browser about 2 months ago.


Cheers
 
  • Like
Reactions: ftalbot
I haven't tried building it lately on ppc64 linux because it's technically much older than other mozilla based browsers. However if you want the same UI with a newer code base i was able to build a recent Pale Moon browser about 2 months ago.


Cheers
Thanks! I'll have a look.
 
  • Like
Reactions: wicknix
I compiled Arctic Fox 40.0 with the following mozconfig for Linux PowerPC three days ago.

.mozconfig for 32-bit userlands with 64-bit kernels:

Code:
# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

export CC="gcc -m32 -flax-vector-conversions -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16"
export CXX="g++ -m32 -flax-vector-conversions -fpermissive -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16"
export LDFLAGS="-latomic"

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-ff-dbg

ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --enable-mozril-geoloc
ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
ac_add_options --disable-safe-browsing
ac_add_options --disable-parental-controls
ac_add_options --enable-release
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-eme
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
ac_add_options --enable-dbus
ac_add_options --disable-gio
ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
ac_add_options --with-branding=browser/branding/arcticfox
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --disable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --disable-gstreamer
ac_add_options --target=powerpc-linux-gnu
ac_add_options --host=powerpc-linux-gnu

Download: arcticfox-40.0.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2

It works on Void PPC, MintPPC (Debian Sid), Fienix and also on an old Ubuntu 10.04.

Screenshot of Arctic Fox 40.0 on Void PPC:

 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.