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[Jim Price <d1version@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phill,

I would think that the argument would be that we are not changing any 
features in the installed distribution, but changing the install CD to 
cope with some hardware issues discovered in testing. The xorg.conf 
included would only end up on the user's machine if they have an iMac 
G3, and it will just fail to work without it (or similar). We're only in 
feature freeze, and having a working X is a pretty important feature to 
fix, not a new one we're adding. I'll just check to see if I can come up 
with a way of determining that the machine is a G3 iMac, and that could 
be a way of presenting the fix for inclusion in an install script 
somewhere rather than being a bolt-on after the user is dumped to the 
command prompt.

--
JimP

On 06/03/12 22:45, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> As the CD is mounted during install, I'd have to check!
>
> As to if we could get a feature freeze exception to have the additional
> file put onto the CD, that would take some serious begging!
>
> But, please do battle on - I've got a gold medal in begging :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 6 March 2012 22:27, Paul Gorski<paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > Jim
> > No problem, but it looks like someone beat you to your great idea.
> >
> >   http://mac.linux.be/files/xorg/imac6.txt
> >
> >   (and imac1-5.txt files)
> >
> >   are all variations on the xorg.conf theme.
> >
> >   something like yours, but
> >
> >   sudo mv imac6.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> >
> >
> >   What would the proper command and path be if we simply put those files
> > on the CD-ROM, and didn't use wget?
> >
> >   sudo cp /cdrom/imac6.txt
> > sudo mv imac6.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> >
> >
> >   Sincerely,
> > Paul Gorski
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Price<d1version@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: lubuntu-qa<lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 2:57 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso
> >
> >   Paul,
> >
> > Sorry I accidentally sent an earlier version of this post directly to
> > you email address.
> >
> > Anyway, I got my iMac G3 working again and tested the following with the
> > beta1 liveCD on my G3 iMac:
> >
> > Boot from CD and wait until command prompt appears then type the
> > following commands:
> > wget doiop.com/xorg.conf
> > sudo mv xorg.conf /etc/X11
> > sudo service lightdm restart
> >
> > I ended up with working X, but still got the Software Centre error. I've
> > set up doiop.com/xorg.conf from your example xorg.conf for me to test
> > this. Ideally I suppose something equivalent to this could be done for
> > the G3 iMac from the liveCD.
> >
> > --
> > JimP
> >
> > On 06/03/12 16:43, Paul Gorski 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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