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Software => Operating Systems and Porting => Topic started by: pocock on September 01, 2022, 04:59:28 am
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I decided to make another test of OpenBSD using the nightly build from 29 August that I found here (https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/powerpc64/).
The system is Talos II, dual CPU, 128GB and AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB. Is this GPU currently supported on OpenBSD ppc?
I looked at the instructions here in the FAQ for X setup (https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq11.html)
# rcctl enable xenodm
# rcctl start xenodm
# pkg_info
amdgpu-firmware-20220708 firmware binary images for amdgpu(4) driver
Looking at the log, the X server is failing to run
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 19.833] (--) no aperture driver access: only wsfb driver useable
[ 20.049] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 20.049] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: No console driver found
Supported drivers: wscons
Check your kernel's console driver configuration and /dev entries(EE)
[ 20.049] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 20.049] (EE) Please also check the log file at
"/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 20.049] (EE)
[ 20.050] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
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OpenBSD is big-endian on POWER. amdgpu doesn't support big-endian, you need to use radeon driver, which doesn't support your GPU. If you want to use OpenBSD, you need a different GPU.