Clan x86
Technical (Development, Security, etc.) => Unix / Linux Discussion => Topic started by: Super_X on October 24, 2007, 09:33:19 pm
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Hey. A friend of mine bought an iMac from good will for $50, took it home, then phoned me to ask what was up with it. I went over and saw it was running Debian (not sure what specific ver.) I fiddled with it, only to find X wouldn't work, so I popped in my Ubuntu disc (5.10 PPC) and tried that. It installed correctally, and loads the OS fine, but X still wont load. It just goes to a black screen. What should I do? My thoughts were check the version of X, and see if I could get an older one, perhaps the video card wont handel this version.
I'm not an expert, well, I'm more so a novice, so I came to the people that know ever thing; X86 (hopefully PPC is well known here, too!)
What should I do, any tips, or tricks to find more information so I can be more specific?
Thanks, Guys. (Girls, too. If Ergot's gotten that opperation.)
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Check what error x is giving you. xorgconf or modify xorg.conf as appropriate.
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Check what error x is giving you.
That can be done by looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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Hey. A friend of mine bought an iMac from good will for $50, took it home, then phoned me to ask what was up with it. I went over and saw it was running Debian (not sure what specific ver.) I fiddled with it, only to find X wouldn't work, so I popped in my Ubuntu disc (5.10 PPC) and tried that. It installed correctally, and loads the OS fine, but X still wont load. It just goes to a black screen. What should I do? My thoughts were check the version of X, and see if I could get an older one, perhaps the video card wont handel this version.
I'm not an expert, well, I'm more so a novice, so I came to the people that know ever thing; X86 (hopefully PPC is well known here, too!)
What should I do, any tips, or tricks to find more information so I can be more specific?
Thanks, Guys. (Girls, too. If Ergot's gotten that opperation.)
I don't know PPC but I can tell you that my G3 iMac runs Ubuntu just fine. It might be something specific to your box. Try getting your hands on an Apple diagnostic CD.
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In my experience, Linux, FreeBSD, and even NetBSD don't do so well on PowerPC. While I am not a fan of OpenBSD, it is the only one that ran extremely well on PowerPC. All the ports all compile and run properly...X runs properly...everything works well. There are a few gotchas but overall, you won't notice them.
If you're curious, I installed and configured OpenBSD on an iMac G4.
NOTE: I do NOT recommend OpenBSD for the faint of heart.
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OpenBSD's a megabitch.