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[keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I tried to install Trusty using the PPC Alternate 20140225 yesterday.  
This was on actual hardware. I used the "guided install" and let the  
installer choose the size of the partition. It split the drive into  
two equal size partitions of around 58GB each. Lubuntu 13.10 was  
already installed on the hard drive.

The installation appeared to go as normal until the reboot. The reboot  
resulted in a black screen with only the pointer. The pointer could be  
moved about, but that was it. I was able to Control-Option-F5 into a  
console, and log in.

At that point I rebooted the computer via the console, and interrupted  
the boot process by pressing TAB at the boot: prompt. Then I entered  
the old standby boot parameter for my radeon card, "Linux  
video=radeonfb:1920x1080-32@60". The computer booted normally and I  
was presented with the desktop. However, upon reboot, the boot  
parameter is not being written to yaboot.conf., so it's back to the  
black screen.

I seem to remember this bug showing up in Saucy. The fix was to append  
the boot parameter in yaboot.conf.  In 13.10, I would do that by  
"opening the folder as root" and then appending the boot parameter to  
yaboot.conf and saving. However, this command seems to be taken out of  
the Trusty menu.

The bug seems similar to Bug#1195386. Should I report it as that, or  
file a new bug?

Thanks,

Keith