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[Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/31/2013 06:25 PM, Charles Ford Jr wrote:

> 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.

Be aware that these boot parameters are video-card hardware dependent,
and that not all ibook G4's have the same video card -- so "fixing" the
known issues wiki page for your exact ibook G4 hardware might "break" it
for someone else's hardware :)

Also, it seems that the Lubuntu PPC FAQ page at

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/PPC

used to point to a pastebin of a config file for ibook G4's with nVidia
video cards... and that pastebin page no longer exists, making the FAQ
rather less helpful than it used to be :(

Hint to those reporting bugs (and writing bug-related documentation like
wiki pages): please attach all relevant supporting files to the
launchpad bug, do not point to other sites which may change or go
away... I think for the nVidia cards, the fix was an xorg.conf file
something like

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Jonathan