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[Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all, I just want to thank Str8bs for sharing that last

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
 I have the IMac G3 333 Mhz tray loading it is one of the first ones.
I updated the ram to 256mb and the Hdd to 80 gig. any ways after
months of reading and testing the final thing I was doing wrong was
not saving the xorg script correctly. I just need it to do the (ctrl o
enter and then ctrl x. After logging out of lightdm and logging back
in, It was great to see Lubuntu come alive. I will put together some
screen shots and post them. thank you Jose



On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @str8bs, dude I have a G3 like yours that I installed Lubuntu with the
> alternate, but I can't get the **** thing to boot. Last time I tryed the
> (Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and the (
>
>  sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf) I still did not get it to work. I will try your steps tomorrow and will let you know my results. I this works you will be my hero.
>
> regards
>
> Jose
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi wxl,
>> Not much help I know, but R500 appears to be well supported.
>> <http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature>
>> VGACON is odd. Any chance an extra onboard GPU is getting detected?
>> lsmod show anything besides radeon like i915?
>> Does dmesg | grep -i drm show anything interesting?
>>
>> Str8
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:56 PM, ∅ <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > i think i just figured out the problem i've been having since quantal:
>> kms only on radeon. fallback to vesa has meant all sorts of problems like
>> completely corrupted video on return from suspend. i guess for whatever
>> resaon my Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon
>> X1400] [1002:7145] doesn't support it as:
>> > $ dmesg | grep "kernel modesetting"
>> > [    2.364231] [drm] VGACON disable radeon kernel modesetting.
>> > $ grep KMS /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> > [    33.036] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
>> > so i guess i need to install catalyst. boo. this seems to be poorly
>> documented on the ubuntu wiki. there's supposed to be this page:
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
>> > but it doesn't exist.
>> > anyone else have any insight or thoughts before i go and install this
>> proprietary junk?
>> > wxl
>> >
>> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:24:23 -0500
>> > Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Not sure if this is the proper list for this.
>> >>
>> >> Attached is my attempt at getting iMac G3's working with as few steps
>> >> and typing as possible. If anyone thinks it wiki worthy, please feel
>> >> free. I know some of it is in the PPC FAQ already.
>> >>
>> >> Also, X86 users with old cards hit by the removal of XAA
>> >> (Rage,SIS,Trident,etc.) may find this workaround easier than removing
>> >> the driver and falling back to Vesa.
>> >> Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> >> ______________________________
>> >> Section "Device"
>> >> Identifier "AnyWordThatAmusesYou"
>> >> Option "NoAccel" "True"
>> >> EndSection
>> >> ______________________________
>> >>
>> >> BTW, my current "lowest spec success" running Lubuntu 13.04:
>> >> 1999 iMac G3 333 with a whopping 160 Meg of Ram.
>> >> Needless to say it is slow with that little ram, but it runs and can
>> >> browse the web. :)
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Str8
>> >
>> >
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