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iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« on: October 24, 2007, 09:33:19 pm »
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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Re: iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2007, 09:39:47 pm »
Check what error x is giving you. xorgconf or modify xorg.conf as appropriate.
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[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 10:01:45 pm »
Check what error x is giving you.
That can be done by looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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Re: iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2007, 02:21:03 am »
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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Re: iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2007, 01:17:46 pm »
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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Re: iMac (G3 heap of crap) PPC Ubuntu
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2007, 02:57:08 pm »
OpenBSD's a megabitch.
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[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.