On 06/22/2014 07:22 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > > From: Israel <israeld...@gmail.com <mailto:israeld...@gmail.com>> > > On 06/19/2014 10:02 AM, luca bellini wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > the installation of Lubuntu 14:04 Desktop has serious problems on > > PowerPC G4 with Nvidia GeForce4 MX video card, the problem should > > involve the driver "nouveau" that do not work well, you should > restore > > the old Nvidia drivers (NV). I also tried the disk "Alternate" > but it > > is not loaded at boot time (this remains a mystery). So I do not > know > > what else I can do .... > > Greetings. > > > > > Hi, sorry you are having issues. > You might try using this xorg.conf file > > http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-powerbook-g41ghz-17-inch-nvidia-geforce-440-go-64mb-lucid-lynx > Let us know how it goes! > If that isn't your exact device... take a look at > http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-files > This is a very helpful resource. > > It is helpful to describe what 'serious problems' means. Can you > boot? > what does the screen look like? Is it simply black? > > You may need a yaboot parameter, or to download the proprietary nvidia > drivers. nouveau is focusing on newer cards, so the older ones > may not > work anymore... > > hope this helps! > > -- > Regards > > ========================================= > @Luca & Israel: > > Wanted to follow up on this, because this area is one of the critical > points for PPC users of machines that have the Nvidia card--and > somewhere, perhaps on the Apple Users 'Buntu forum, I saw/read that > the NV module?? was no longer provided in the 14.04 install?? Or no > longer "supported" or find-able . . . . > > I was given the links to a wiki on how to do a "retro-install" of nv > for my G4 iMac 800 MHz about two years ago, and the nv driver provides > the best clarity for the GUI desktop, although before I got the nv > driver set up, I think the "fbdev" driver was "OK" . . . . The driver > does have to be indicated on the config file . . . but, if they aren't > installed or no longer available (I also heard/saw that the fbdev > driver is "not supported"??? in 14.04??) . . . that might be an > "insurmountable" problem for PPC users . . . such as myself & my iMac > . . . ??? It sort of casts doubt on the intention of 'Buntu's to > provide a system for PPC for too much longer?? Possibly the 14.04 > "driver update" app would be able to find and install an adequate > video driver, but if not . . . the dreaded black screen, or worse, the > 1/3 green/2/3 black screen . . . fading into a mottled black screen . > . . are the resulting outcomes to the wrong driver . . . . And then > typing in a TTY window that can't be seen can be the conditions that > one works in until the right driver is found, etc. > > I'm still waiting to see if the 14.04.1 system will be an easy install > on my iBook with a radeon driver, although, even that computer, which > was a completely trouble free install for 12.04 . . . now, apparently > needs some boot parameters . . . because radeon drivers are now not > supported?? The G4 PPC machines are still running fine, and are still > roughly within a decade in age . . . Apple dropped them like a hot > stone . . . seems like there should be a way to get the 14.04 "PPC" > system to actually run PPC computers without going through what I did > to "retro-install" NV . . . but now we can't even do that? I'm > thinking that the iMac will remain in 12.04/OSX 10.4.11 for the > remainder of it's service lifespan . . . . possibly the iBook might > make it to 14.04, but with my testing of the Lubun 14 LiveDVD there > were problems with dragging windows and slow scrolling, etc--it was > "rough" for the iBook. Can anyone comment about whether the NV driver > could still be found, "retro-installed" and used for Nvidia running > PPC units?? > > F/e.e.p. > > > > > I'd test it first. There is a problem with the hardware detection (inherited from Debian). The sound *may* or *may not* work without some tweaking... it is a rough road being a PPC user.... But Lubuntu looks great on it!
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