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[Charlie Ford <charlesford42@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm running an ibook g4 flawlessly, too. Regular Ubuntu won't even boot.
Lubuntu boots and runs using those boot parameters, though.

Use those boot parameters, I didn't see your attachment, but I seem to
remember having an issue like that during an install/boot attempt (early
regular Ubuntu? Not sure)
On May 7, 2013 5:57 AM, "Devon Tourond" <dtourond@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd just like to let everyone know that Lubuntu 13.04 doesn't work like it
> should on an iBook G4. The installation went fine, but the login screen is
> messed up. I've included a picture of what I saw on the first boot
> immediately after the installation finished.
>
> I've tried to type in the password and press Enter, but that doesn't do
> anything.
>
> When I installed 12.10, I had similar graphics issues after installation.
> The last version that worked was 12.04.
>
> After looking on everymac, I've found out that the iBook G4 I've got has a
> "4X AGP ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 graphics with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM."
>
> Here's the link to the specs page:
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_g4_1.42_14.html
>
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