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[Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Dan Mahn, the script that was shared by Str8bs is typed in after the
installation of the OS. you have to get into the command line. In my G3 I
wait till Lubuntu boots in and then I loose my screen, I see that the
monitor light goes orange, I wait about 5 seconds and hit
<ctl><alt><F1>That gets me a prompt line at that time I'm asked for login
and password which would be the one you set up at install. Once I do that,
I type sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.cong hit enter and you will be in xorg.conf
file. It should be empty, that is where you type in the scripts that where
shared in the above post, making sure that you type the correct one for
your unit. In my case I have the (Tray-Loading iMac G3) so I used the
script for that. Once you do that hit <ctl> o and enter to save it and
<ctl>x to exit back to the prompt line, then enter sudo stop lightdm hit
enter then sudo start lightdm hit enter. If you did everything right your
screen will come on and you will have Lubuntu (in my case). I installed
Lubuntu 12.04. I have not tried 13.04 yet. But 12.04 is working great. As a
side note, it took me a while to find out that i needed to partition the
Hdd with no more than 10 gig for my /, or the yaboot will not work if is
any bigger. My Hdd is 80gig so I partitioned it 10 gig for / and the rest
for /home with 1gig at the end for swap, mac takes a little at the front
for yaboot and something else.
I hope that was of help to you.
regards
Jose


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Dan Mahn <mahnd06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jose, are you entering these commands in yaboot, or a specific shell to
> fix your xorg.conf?
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Jose,
>>
>> Glad it helped. I was trying to keep it short as possible. You may be
>> able to eek a little better performance if you add
>> DefaultDepth 16 in the screen section. (If you don't mind the lower
>> color depth.)
>>
>> Also, <ctl> x and Y to save should do the same thing, I just prefer to
>> see the save first. Kind of the same as clicking file/save vs.
>> clicking exit and then yes to save changes in a GUI app.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Str8
>>
>> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > 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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