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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,

certainly for now, a good set of instructions using the alternate for G3
may be prefferable to hacking the LiveCD, such set of notes can be posted
to the wiki area with a release note letting people know where to find it?

But, I'll let you guys continue testing and find the least painful route.
In the menatime I will flag up again at tomorrows main QA meeting that G3's
are a problem 'per-se' with the exiting ubiquity installation for all the
ppc LiveCDs. Options seem to be that Ubiquity 'learns' that it is doing a
G3 install and adjusts accordingly or a G3 variant is created. I fear we
may run out of time for 12.04 it would depend if Colin Watson has the time
to look into the possibility.

Regards,

Phill.

On 6 March 2012 16:43, Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, lighdm and not gdm, but my point being we shouldn't have to do this
> manual entry. (And that this has been a known problem for a while.)
> The original note applies to "hacking" the live CD install.
> We'd just as well tell folks to use the alternate and modify the xorg.conf
> file.
>
>  What I do know is that there is a "fglrx error, module not found" when
> booting from the live CD on an iMac G3.
> Also, there is a frame buffer erro
> Most of the xorg.conf custom settings include: Option FBDev "false".
>
>  live video=ofonly  and live video live video=ofonly no splash, do not
> avoid these problems.
>
>  One, I'd like prevent the system from trying to load "fglrx" and two I'd
> like to disable the FBDev.
> It seems that by default FBDev is "on" or "true" for PowerPC, and this may
> cause a problem with the ATI Graphics in the iMac G3.
>
>  I have found some information that I am testing, and should be done
> testing tomorrow.
> Instead video=ofonly, changing some other video attributes.
>
>  I'll keep you posted.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Paul Gorski
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>; lubuntu-qa <
> lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 6:12 am
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso
>
>  Inthe case of lubuntu, it most likely is lighdm and not gdm. You good
> people with the kit can tell us and we can ensure any instructions are
> updated
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Phill.
>
>  On 6 March 2012 07:45, UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Shouldn't that be lightdm in place of gmd?
>>
>> >> > . . .Use sudo killall -HUP gdm instead
>>
>
>
>
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