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[Charles Ford Jr <charlesford42@xxxxxxxxx>]

The live cd worked fine on my iBook G4- I'm writing you from it now. I'm
quite aware of the video problem -- that's the pseudo 8 bit thing I
mentioned - it's on the PPC known issues page, too, but the fix listed
there doesn't work (I keep trying to remember to fix that page, too) -
anyway, from this
guide<http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.ca/2012/10/lubuntu-install-guide.html>,
throw in the boot parameter* live video=radeonfb:1024x768-32@60 *and you'll
get a good screen when it loads. If I remember correctly, the b43 kernel
panic has been fixed in 13.04.

The wireless will need the b43 driver installed - I couldn't find it on the
disk like the install guide gives, so I threw the two files on a thumb
drive and installed them on the ibook that way.

STILL a way easier install than MintPPC, which used to be my old OS. Lemme
know if you need any help with it - i've done 3 installs on this so I got
it down pretty good. Not quite "newbie" proof like the main Ubuntu disk on
modern hardware.

Charlie




On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Devon Tourond <dtourond@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm going to try 13.04 on my iBook G4. I tried it before, and I had an
> issue with the video. At the login screen, I couldn't see anything and my
> cursor had a weird box covering it and wherever I moved it, the box would
> change colors. Maybe now it'll be different.
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:07:01 -0400
> From: charlesford42@xxxxxxxxx
> To: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ppc testing
>
>
> What hardware are you testing on? I'm running 13.04 lubuntu on an ibook
> g4, most everything works very well, like wireless.
> I do have the pseudo 8 bit issue on the live CD and the install if I don't
> do the fix (it escapes me, but I'll find it if you need it - I'm on my
> phone). It's a different graphics issue than previous, you can see more
> than 12.10.
> Ubuntu doesn't have the pseudo 8 bit issue, though.
> I'm still quite a beginner when it comes to testing, I'm learning all I
> can to help make ppc architecture more usable.
> On Mar 31, 2013 7:13 AM, "prairie zephyr" <prairie_zephyr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have been trying to test as many ppc images as I can. Today I ran into
> this problem: i zsync downloaded Lubuntu Alternate powerpc<http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/40965/testcases> .
> Before I could burn it (as I am testing Lubuntu Desktop powerpc<http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/40911/testcases> )
> I put the alternate lubuntu into a folder in my downloads folder, then
> zsync downloaded Ubuntu Desktop powerpc<http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/40840/testcases> .
> I noticed zsync read 49% of the seed file was good before it started
> overwriting the alt lubuntu, even inside it's own folder. There may be a
> good reason to name every beta, alpha, daily flavour test release for ppc
> "raring-desktop-powerpc.iso" (under non-testing conditions zsync would have
> saved 49% due to the similarity between Alternate Lubuntu & Ubuntu Desktop
> - a fact I found fascinating) but unique naming would have prevented this
> and I think reassuring for the average user; that it explicitly defined
> what version they'd downloaded. I joined this list because I was having
> such problems installing any_ubuntu on my ppc(s), believe in the virtue of
> open-source and want it available for ppc (old but far from useless). I'm
> not sure my efforts are doing much more than educating myself; the first
> daily raring Lubuntu release I tried first would not Live CD load which is
> quite a problem but this is as close as I've come to reporting it, that was
> 2 days ago and without a working Ubuntu system I couldn't log my hardware.
> There's been 2 new dailys and maybe its fixed anyway. I try to report from
> my stable mac side but it would be ideal if I could have a profile thru
> launchpad or wiki.ubuntu or somewhere that once I've fresh installed a
> system I could log into and it would note the install version
> cross-referenced with my hardware. Am I missing something? That would be
> powerful bug-squashing info for the developers.
>
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