IBM

I'm going to try out Linux on my RS/6000 275, however it won't work with the gxt6500p graphics card. GXT135p cards would do the job, but they are almost impossible to find (not willing to pay a fortune for it). The gxt135p is identical to the matrox450 except for the bios. Someone managed to flash the ibm bios on a G450 and it worked. I guess IBM does not offer it for download.
To the question:
Does anyone know other graphics cards working with (suse) linux on power? (I know of gxt:130p,135p). Or does the 6500p work with recent versions of other linuxes? Thank you very much.

to use gxt6500p you get use a kernel patch from CRUX PPC devel tree or install directly this distro.

cheers,

Thanks for the advice ppcaddon! I'll look into that.

if you have a GXT135P (matrox gpu) and is on PCI:0001 you could get a working DRI but you need to patch the libdrm source.
Here folks are talking about.

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GNU/Linux CRUX PPC on IBM 9114-275

Interesting, explains why I had problems installing Linux graphically on the 275..
I thought it was jut my config...
I'd been using mine headless for PHP testing, web site backups, source code control, etc..

I should take everything off it and install AIX..

I wonder if you can use a Radeon with kernel mode setting.

I'm going to probably go for AIX , but I'll keep this in mind if I ever should want to dual-boot or go for Linux/BSD /whatever.

(Is there any particular reason why the GXT6500 and 4500 aren't supported as of yet?)

I've got an IBM 7044-170 with dual boot with two hard disks.

The machine originally came with a GXT4000P card that doesn't work on Linux. I tested two video cards:

S3 Trio64V+: identified on AIX as GXT110P, this card is no longer supported on AIX 5.3 (read AIX 5.3 release notes), but it works fine on AIX 5.1 and Linux.

Matrox G200: identified on AIX as GXT130P, it also works fine on AIX 5.3 and Linux.

So I choosed the Matrox G200 video card for AIX 5.3 and Linux. When Linux boots a nice penguin is shown on the screen, but you can't use the keyboard and mouse until Xwindow is started.

I also tested a Matrox MGA 2164W Millennium II on Debian GNU/Linux, but image got corrupted when I moved the mouse and colors changed suddenly on the image.

My two cents: go to a PC technical service and ask for an old Matrox G200 video card, you will get it totally free.

Unfortunately, I can only find AGP versions of the card at the moment.

Edit : Never mind, I just found a GXT135P for only £ 10!

i need a gxt135p 16M graphic card bios (also called firmware) badly.
pls send me a copy of it. i'll pray for your family.
my email: [email protected]
or a valid link will also help.

if u got a gxt135p
u could dump its bios via this tool ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/bios/2006/setup_g258_2.exe

Do you want to buy mine? You're welcome to make me an offer (please use the private messaging system).

I have no credit card,I'm afraid I can't help u. I also have a gxt3000p working on my 44p170.

‘Helping’ me ...? Plus, I wouldn't be able to accept a credit card anyway, unless it was via PayPal (I guess).

Traditional market is my favorite choice.
btw,PayPal,I've heard of it,someting like VISA.

Bank transfer also exists, though the international fees are horrible.

are u selling your fresh bought £10 GXT135P ? I'm interested, i wont to donate it to CRUX PPC Team.

@ eMGee

is there some news? I'll wait for your reply.