i tried with it plugged into ethernet, no improvement. also tried with the 20070206 live cd, and it stopped loading slightly earlier, no gnome splash screen.
i'll try again in a few days -- herd3 desktop: gnome does not start on powerbook G4 https://launchpad.net/bugs/83301 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs