How to install NVIDIA drivers to PowerMac G5

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I don't know how to install much-needed nvidia drivers on my powermac g5 quad. I am using ubuntu 14.04.2. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I cannot get into desktop

Which nvidia adapter is there? What lspci | grep VGA shows? — Pilot6, Jul 08 '15 at 18:58
I used 12.04.5 install and it didn't work there either and I upgraded and now I can't get to desktop — nerd7473, Jul 08 '15 at 19:23
I can now get to the login but it won't actually login it just rests after I hit enter and goes back to login screen — nerd7473, Jul 08 '15 at 19:37
Not sure... how do I check? I tried the lspci thing and it gave back geforce 6600 — nerd7473, Jul 08 '15 at 19:45
I got Geforce 6600 on my older computer :D just use nvidia driver 304.125 it works fine it shipped by default with Ubuntu though I downloaded it from Nvidia website you can use this tutorial or manually install it using this tutorial. — JoKeR, Jul 08 '15 at 19:51
@Pilot6 I see I was confused ;) but still as I just checked Nvidia has driver support for Linux 32/64bit i386/amd64/EMT in driver 304.125 and Quadro FX4500 is listed there) — JoKeR, Jul 08 '15 at 20:21
@JoKeR With that old adapters this Nvidia list is wrong. They are very badly supported in fact. Practically unusable in many cases. — Pilot6, Jul 08 '15 at 20:23
@Pilot6 probably you're right this is old school adapters :D though runs fine on my older PC using Geforce 6600 ;) — JoKeR, Jul 08 '15 at 20:26

Pilot6 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-08T20:12:36.637

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There are no proprietary Nvidia drivers supporting this adapter for powerpc platform. And it looks like nouveau does not support 3D acceleration well for it.

The only solution I see is to install Xubuntu. It does not require 3D acceleration and it may work with open source drivers.

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answered Jul 08 '15 at 18:57

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Michael · Answer 2 · 2015-07-08T19:24:52.420

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Try this:

   sudo apt-get install nvidia-311-updates

and it might work.

edited Jul 08 '15 at 19:24

answered Jul 08 '15 at 19:02

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It might NOT work, because there is no such package. – Pilot6 Jul 08 '15 at 19:14
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There is still no package nvidia-311-updates – Pilot6 Jul 08 '15 at 19:33
Please do not suggest solutions that you are not sure of or do not know how to use. At least try to run commands you are suggesting. – Pilot6 Jul 08 '15 at 19:36
I am sure about this one, they work once on my computer, and updates comes all the time. – Michael Jul 08 '15 at 20:51
@Michael you might be mistaken or confused on Quadro/Tesla that what this driver is that you have recommended for... but he uses GPU on Geforce 6600 which is way and way older... – JoKeR Jul 11 '15 at 07:35

How to install NVIDIA drivers to PowerMac G5

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