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[Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim
I can't test this for a couple hours yet, but if you can, try this at the yaboot  prompt 


live-nosplash-powerpc video=aty128fb:1024x768-24@60


or


live-nosplash-powerpc video=aty128fb:640x480-8@60


Not 100% sure of syntax, some instruction here
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
and here
http://linux-sxs.org/display/atyfb.html







Sincerely,
Paul Gorski



-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Price <d1version@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lubuntu-qa <lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 5:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso


Paul,

Argh! Posted directly to you instead of the list again. I've requested 
the list be put on Gmane, which should stop me doing this...

It would be a lot simpler to have the xorg.conf in the home directory of 
the lubuntu user. That way the amount of typing could be kept down to:

sudo mv xorg.conf /etc/X11

sudo service lightdm restart


However, taking a step back, it would be even better to have the 
commands in a shell script somewhere on the path so that 1) it doesn't 
appear in the lubuntu user's home directory, and 2) just typing 
something like g3imac would run the bash script. I've not checked what 
the path is on the liveCD, but presented as a possible solution to 
whoever compiles the liveCD, an xorg.conf and a two line bash script 
shouldn't add too much to the space used on the liveCD. As such it 
should just be a papercut fix, with maybe the echoing of the hint to try 
typing g3imac if the liveCD boots to a command line. Any clues are going 
to be an improvement over just dumping the user at the command prompt 
without any sign of why they are there. Let the compiler of the liveCD 
decide where to put the xorg.conf. What we need to do is do everything 
we can think of to make sure that this fix would work for all G3 
machines that need it.

-- 
JimP

On 06/03/12 22:27, Paul Gorski wrote:
> Jim
> No problem, but it looks like someone beat you to your great idea.
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> http://mac.linux.be/files/xorg/imac6.txt
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> (and imac1-5.txt files)
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> are all variations on the xorg.conf theme.
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> something like yours, but
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> sudo mv imac6.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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> What would the proper command and path be if we simply put those files on the 
CD-ROM, and didn't use wget?
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> sudo cp /cdrom/imac6.txt
> sudo mv imac6.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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> Sincerely,
> Paul Gorski
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> -----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.
>


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