Hello, Isreal
What video card do you have on your iBook? If it is a radeon card did
you try this "live radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=1024x768-32
video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1"? You are going to have Xorg issues
on 15.04 unfortunately. See this thread on the ubuntuforums. Also if you
:
> On 06/04/2015 09:11 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr wrote:
>
> > Hello, Isreal
> >
> > What video card do you have on your iBook? If it is a radeon card
> > did you try this "live radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off
> > video=1024x768-32 video=radeonfb:off radeon.ag
Compton is great for what you are looking for. See the ppcluddite blog for
detail on how to set it up.
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> On Jul 9, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
> Folks:
>
> I've been continuing my testing of my min-installed XFCE 14.04 for PPC, and,
> kind of a mixed bag . .
. . I'll check it. Is "compton" created by
> > > hip-hop aficionados??? I could probably drive over and pick it up . .
> .
> > > after traffic hours, whenever that is . . . . LA is all about the
> traffic
> > > . . . . : - )
> > >
> >
XFCE compositing works out of the box. Once they get Ubuntu-MATE 15.10
working then you will have more options.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:20 PM,
> wrote:
>
>> I think that actually compton isn't really CLI based but a grapical
>> applicati
What models do you have?
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> On Aug 6, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
>
> I've got multiple PPC machines that I'm willing to donate to folks that are
> interested in testing with them, including a PowerMac G5. First come, first
> serve. Send me an email if you w
If know how to build from source then PPAs work on PowerPC.
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> On Aug 9, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Israel wrote:
>
>> On 08/09/2015 11:13 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>> @Fritz
>>>
>>> I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of
>>> LXDE,
Fritz,
I would strongly encourage you getting down to the command line. It will
help you so much with Linux on PPC. I think once you get started you will
see that tasks like applying patches, building .deb files, even compiling a
kernel are not as daunting as they may sound. You will definitely fe
though in recent
> versions there is that handy meta-package for it
> ubuntu-dev-tools (IIRC)
> Ubuntu is a super easy platform for development, though. So nice to sudo
> apt-get install lib*whatever*-dev
>
> You never know Fritz you might find that you like hacking your own
> comput
t, compiling a kernel?? Too
> many things to do that I'm already ignoring . . . I've got "bills" . . .
> "bills" . . . "bills" . . . . : - )
>
> F
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
> herminio.hernande...@gmail.com
s this a general suggestion of something to
> do on the computer to fill its time . . . or specific to keeping my olde PM
> 3,1 running 12.04, but something that needs to be "built" . . . so that the
> upgrade for XFCE could then be installed ???
>
> F
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2
ght. So you also need to:
> cd package_dir/debian
> leafpad control
> (or geany/gedit/mousepad etc...)
> then sudo apt-get install ALL the Build-Depends
>
>
>
>
>> On 08/09/2015 07:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
>> When I build a .deb package from a ppa I
> hardware might not be matching the system requirements from 14.04 . . . in
> this case perhaps not enough RAM in the iBook?? Over on the PM 3,1 in 12.04
> that I've upgraded RAM to its max 2GB, FB will be painfully slow to load
> stuff, but, so far, no crashes.
>
> F
>
h for browsers eligible for my system . . . but, might be worth playing
> with???
>
> F
>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.
>> wrote:
>> If the WebkitGTK JavaScript bug ever gets fixed in Ubuntu then you would be
>> able to use
will you release a powerpc iso as well?
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Julien Lavergne
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry but it's too much time consuming to do an amd64 iso, for not so
> much advantages. It may be available when we switch to the official
> way of doing ISO.
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
add this line to your yaboot.conf
> enableofboot
then reload your conf file and reboot. You should be able from yaboot now
to enter the open firmware section w/o using the keystrokes.
Herminio
On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Fritz Hudnut
wrote:
> @PG, et al:
>
> Tried to boot to open firmw
close to it.
> There is no linux side install, can't boot linux CDs, etc . . . no USB
> boot, no OF.
>
> F
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
> herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> add this line to your yaboot.conf
>&g
I can confirm I see this on my iBook G4 as well.
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> On Feb 1, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
>
> There's currently [a bug][1] tracking this. Please confirm it and add any
> relevant information. I will say, I have problems with the Kubuntu widgets,
> too, so t
Done!
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
> Please make sure to click the old "affects me too" button on the bug. The
> more of those we have, the more attention the bug is likely to get.
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Been testing for a week on my PowerBook G4. So far it has been excellent! Video
playback even with compositing under Compton works without the CPU overloading.
Web browsing is responsive. I use midori a lot and it works great.
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> On Apr 18, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Phill. Whitesid
@wxl
It would be sad but I understand if Lubuntu drops PPC. I believe 16.04 is a
solid release for PPC.
However I do believe that PPC will not completely die away. Like Fritz said
Amiga is producing PPC hardware. Talos is considering producing a modern PPC
system. I know these projects are sm
Fritz,
What are the specs of your iBook? Mine is a 1.42Ghz w/ 1.5 GB of Ram and Lu
runs fine.
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> On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
> Nio:
>
> Thanks to you and phil for making that available and posting those links.
> Yes, playing around with it yesterd
installed on that one with the extra "juice" . . . . I'm thinking
> that 2 GB is the "real" "minimum" for doing stuff on the web . . . . I have
> tested the live LU session on the PM and reported that it "ran well" here on
> the list, and p
try install tlp package and this from github:
https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan
They should help.
Herminio
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:45 AM, wrote:
> Today i tried Lubuntu 16.04.1 on a friends 2007 MacBook Pro
>
> I got as far as Grub, and a warning message that it shut down 1 core due
> to
I do not think so
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] Dropping PPC/i386 video session time
>>
>> Don't need to join QA. All you need to do is show up on this page at the
>> right time:
>>
>> http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1611/meeting/22714/architect
I would to be at this meeting, but I work conference call at the same
time...sorry
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
> 1500 is 0700 in PST. Pacific Time oscillates between PST (UTC-8) and PDT
> (UTC-7). UTC does suffer such changes. There is no such thing as UTC zones.
>
I use backintime. It is very close to apple's time machine.
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> On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
> Lu Users:
>
> I'm still trying to keep my PPC computers going, although each of them is
> having one kind of problem or another . . . . The G4 iBook is where
gt; F
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. <
> herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I use backintime. It is very close to apple's time machine.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Fritz Hudn
Has there been an announcement that FF will drop PPC?
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Fritz Hudnut
wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
>
>> As far as my perspective is concerned, I'm perfectly happy with dropping
>> PPC. It makes me sad. PPC brought me to the
I would like to hep test. However the Lubuntu Beta1 has been disabled.
Should I try the Lubuntu daily iso?
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> Lubuntu really needs you right now.
>
> Lubuntu has, as long as I've been involved with it, always been involved
I am going to give the daily a spin and run the QA tests.
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 06:46:59PM -0700, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
> > I would like to hep test. However the Lubuntu Beta1 has been disabled.
> > Should I
The daily image installed with no errors. I will test drive and report bugs
as I see them.
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am going to give the daily a spin and run the QA tests.
>
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at
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