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[Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>]

One correction:  when see the word "boot" as below what you type is:

Linux video=radeonfb:1024x768-32@60



On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Devon
>
> From looking at your Youtube clip, it looks like a fairly common problem.
> Trouble is, there's no one solution for all Macs (especially older Macs
> -non intel.)
>
> Trying to decide if the solution that worked for me would work for you,
> and I'm not quite sure.  I have an eMac G4 with a ATI Radeon 9200 graphics
> card.
>
> What I do when I get to the
>
> boot
>
> is add a command
> video=radeonfb:1024x768-32@60
>
> However: Nearly as I can tell, your G3 has an ATI Rage 128 Pro Graphics
> Card. I'm hoping that somebody will see this reply and tell us if my
> command would work for you. Wouldn't want to see you damage your machine
> because of something I said.
>
> There's a link to some fairly simple explanations about Lubuntu
> 12.10 known issues including video issues:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCKnownIssues#A12.10_Quantal_Quetzal
>
> You might find something there.
>
> Tell me.  When you get to your blank screen, can you do a <cntl-alt-F1> to
> boot into a command line interface? Let me know. There's another method to
> fix the blank screen, and at least get you up and running. It's not the
> best of solutions, but it does work. You need to be at a command line
> before you can do it.
>
> Let me know
>
> Ron Mitchell
> rm2892@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Devon Tourond <dtourond@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I recently tried installed Lubuntu 12.10 PowerPC (both Desktop and the
>> alternative) on my iMac G3 (indigo). The installation went fine; there were
>> no errors. When I boot it however, the splash screen shows up like so but
>> after a couple seconds it disappears and nothing else happens. I've tried
>> rebooting several times, re-installing it but nothing works. You'd think
>> that if there was a problem it would say in the installer.
>>
>> Here's the video I made of me trying to boot it up. Here you'll see
>> exactly what I'm talking about:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMbXeLNuTU
>>
>> When I booted into the CD before running the installer it said if there
>> were any doubts to press the [TAB] key, which I did. Then I saw all these
>> different *options* (if that's what they're called). Here's the photos
>> of what I saw http://sdrv.ms/UO1fNJ
>>
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