Blackbird Update 11
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Finally, it works (less or more)! I have installed the Fedora 30. It
was not ideal. I have learned that it DOES NOT include all the software
that I need. There is no libgd2 [1] library and also no SILO [2]
library. But those things can be fixed later.
The build-in HDMI output works only in some resolutions (640x480,
800x600, 102x768). My LCD (it's the old good ViewSonic VP171b) has
1280x1024 so I have had to create my own Xorg configuration file
(/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/21-gpu-driver.conf) with a proper modeline:
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Modeline "1280x1024" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync
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Please note that the complete file is much longer - one should copy it
from the RCS Wiki [3] and modify to fit his/her hardware!
The Fedora also makes the "/" partition of size about 16 GB by default
(my drive is a 512 GB SDD) so one might need to resize it [4].
At the moment I use the MATE environment. I already installed the FVWM but
I will try how it works later.
So, the "uname -a" returns this:
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Linux sforza 5.1.18-300.fc30.ppc64le #1 SMP Mon Jul 15 15:29:35 UTC 2019 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
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I must say that now I am satisfied with performance of the system. I'm
not sure if I am able to effectively use the four-core CPU (every CPU
does four threads). Of course there is only 2D graphics at the moment
but I plan to add the 3D one when I will be sure that there is enough
cooling in the computer case (I'm going to change configuration of the
fans).
References:
[1]
https://libgd.github.io/
[2]
https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/silo
[3]
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Troubleshooting/GPU
[4]
https://gist.github.com/181192/cf7eb42a25538ccdb8d0bb7dd57cf236