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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I really am starting to lose my patience with that guy. RTFM is *NOT* the
answer!

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Phill.

On 5 March 2012 20:23, Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Phill,
>
> Thanks for listening!
>
> As far as G3 and G4 support: I would think it important to make sure we
> could get successful installs on most models in the G3 and G4 class.
> Otherwise, on the Macs, it leaves us with G5's. And quite frankly, there
> are more dead G5's out there than live ones. Power supply problems with the
> G5 iMacs and PowerMacs eventually "toast" the logic boards on many models.
>
> By the way, I've been a Mac system administrator for twenty years, ran a
> service and support operation for some of that time, and have been trying
> to get a predictable Linux install on PPC Macs for a few years now. I think
> we can have that with Lubuntu 12.04, and these Macs can live the rest of
> their useful lives running Lubuntu, especially if more web sites move to
> HTML5 and dump Flash.
> That's why I'm willing to test, test and test.
>
>
>  Sincerely,
> Paul Gorski
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: lars.nooden <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>; lubuntu-qa <
> lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 12:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] mac G4 testing - missing desktop disc image
>
>  Hi Paul,
>
>  if this has been an ongoing thing which is fixable for G3 without
> 'killing' the others then I can certainly ask that it be further
> investigated. The QA team are aware that we cannot get G3 macs to work. We
> can ask ... they can only say no :)
>
>  As ppc is mainly community driven and I don't think there are thousands
> out there, if a community edition *just* for G3 is needed I am not adverse
> to hosting it - but I know it would be far, far prefferable to get the G3
> running with the existing ppc iso. Having an install option on the boot
> *just* for G3, does seem something worth further investigation as it should
> ensure all the ubuntu family who have ppc as an option can use it.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Phill.
>
>  On 5 March 2012 16:47, Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Phill,
>>
>> I'll start using the iso-tracker.
>>
>> On the G4 - still have dark/black screens with certain windows (not
>> Archive Manager anymore though) - I will be documenting which ones.
>> And it would really be nice to take care of the dark screens for the
>> desktop installer, that's the only major hiccup in that installer for G4.
>>
>> On the G3 - I'm not a programmer, but for all the years I've been testing
>> Linux variants, the G3 iMac has been a problem. I know how to fix it
>> following an alternate install, by editing xorg.conf and modifying screen,
>> display and monitor settings. Then it works great, wireless and all.
>> Is there anyway developers can build those fixes into the xorg server? (
>>
>> Especially for Lubuntu, an iMac G3 is a great candidate for theses OSes.
>> Perhaps the PPC live CD could be altered to boot differently.
>> Right now, the desktop CD boots pretty much straight to a Lubuntu desktop
>> (or is supposed to). But on the PC/Intel side you are greeted by a list of
>> option, Try, Install and the like.
>> Perhaps a Try, Install, Install - special - G3 iMac
>>
>> Intel-based Macbook Pro - my first experience this weekend was positive.
>> The desktop i386 works fine, installs quickly. The trackpad is a little
>> jumpy and odd after the install though.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Sincerely,
>> Paul Gorski
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>   To: Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: lars.nooden <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>; lubuntu-qa <
>> lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 10:28 am
>> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] mac G4 testing - missing desktop disc image
>>
>>  Hi Paul,
>>
>>  I'm trying to get people used to using the iso-tracker (
>> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/204/builds ) as it is only
>> when activity is seen on the variants e.g. it at least installs will the QA
>> team allow a release candidate to go on and become a mile stone release
>> (Beta 2 is the next one). If the links from iso-tracker are wrong, it is a
>> bug :)
>>
>>  Great to see the G4 one settling down a bit! Getting a G3 to install
>> okay is still a problem, but I think that applies to all the ubuntu-ppc
>> iso's and not just the lubuntu one.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Phill.
>>
>> On 5 March 2012 16:08, Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> You all have been prolific in your emails, and instead of back tracking
>>> to find out all what is being discussed:
>>> (I go straight to http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/ and choose the
>>> sub-directories I need, not aware of any linking issues)
>>>
>>> 1) Lubuntu precise-desktop-powerpc.is 20120304 boots on eMac G4 800MHz
>>> (this time with Nvidia graphics).
>>> However installer screens are still dark, black. Changing the appearance
>>> to Crux with a different background color makes the window readable.
>>> Installs OK after that.
>>> Note: login screen is no longer black with white text following
>>> application of most recent updates - Thank you!
>>>
>>> -- This .iso does not boot on a G3 iMac 400 MHz, boots to command prompt.
>>>
>>> 2) Lubuntu precise-desktop-i386 20120304 boots on Intel-based Macbook
>>> Pro 17" (circa 2006). Lots of little crashes once it is up and running, all
>>> have been reported. Trackpad (mouse) need to be adjusted to get trackpad
>>> working - set sensitivity and response to 100, max values.
>>> Isn't there a separate Trackpad preference setting?
>>> Airport Extreme wireless works out of the box following the install (not
>>> from CD.) Nice.
>>>
>>>  Sincerely,
>>> Paul Gorski
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: lubuntu-qa <lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 9:43 am
>>> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] mac G4 testing - missing desktop disc image
>>>
>>>  I've altered the ubuntu testing team to the typo.
>>>
>>>  If the daily-live does not boot, then raise a bug for it and add to
>>> the tracker. Does the ubuntu daily-live boot? if not, then the bug would
>>> probably be best raised against ubiquity with 'affects also' set to lubuntu
>>> and ubuntu.
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  Phill.
>>>
>>> On 5 March 2012 15:05, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/5/12 3:17 PM, o jordan wrote:
>>>> > There is a typo in the tracker URL.  It says 'daily' when it should
>>>> be 'daily-live'.
>>>>
>>>>  Good call.  Adding -live to the URL has an image, but not one that
>>>> boots.  Is it worth a bug report for either 1) fixing the URL, or 2)
>>>> getting an image that boots?  Or should we just wait it out?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>  /Lars
>>>>
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