[Bug 1865389] [NEW] iMacG5 runs 16.04 quite okay, updating to 18 failed

[Hans Kooiman]

Public bug reported:

Perhaps my Apple iMac G5 version hardware does not support a newer OS? I
haven't looked into that, to be honest.

So please don't spend too much time on this one.

Ubuntu 18 was not in the powerpc ubuntu's list, so perhaps it is wise,
not to try upgrading to that. Maybe iMac G5 owners should not get an
upgrade proposal by the updater. I bet, you don't get many people
thinking that's a bug.


It is just an old machine and I am glad enough, I found an Ubuntu Mate and a Lubuntu PowerPC distro for it. I'm slowly learning how that Apple partition table, and that bootloader Yaboot is working. Was glad I managed to copy the OS partition to a larger harddisk and got it booting. Basic stuff for ict professionals, but fun to figure things out. Next hurdle is finding out, why some models do boot from usb, and some don't. Having only one sata port onboard, booting usb would be nice, to have some options. Yes, this is a nice hobby. Wish I had more than 1 core.

The bluetooth results in a System program error (ish, I got it in
Dutch), turning bluetooth off helps, or simply ignoring the warnings.
Haven't noticed any nasty side effects. I guess this is one of the small
problems you expect, using weird old computers. Perhaps there is some
manufacturer's support for that bluetooth part, something was written
for or by Apple, maybe some shareware code is available. Or it's work in
progress, safety and bluetooth are opposites... If that error keeps
popping up, I might report that one seperately. Now it's just to give
you an impression of the few Ubuntu problems I've met, using this iMac
G5.

And I should join some group of old Apple and Linux enthusiasts,
perhaps. There are more people still using old hardware...

Thanks for taking notice, it's just a "hey, not upgrading" thing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-174.204-powerpc64-smp 4.4.211
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-174-powerpc64-smp ppc64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
Architecture: powerpc
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sun Mar  1 23:22:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-29 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release powerpc (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2020-03-01 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2020-03-01 23:21:41.469213
 Log time: 2020-03-01 23:21:46.295011
 Log time: 2020-03-01 23:22:21.329214
 Log time: 2020-03-01 23:23:04.797974
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade powerpc xenial

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Title:
  iMacG5 runs 16.04 quite okay, updating to 18 failed

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Perhaps my Apple iMac G5 version hardware does not support a newer OS?
  I haven't looked into that, to be honest.

  So please don't spend too much time on this one.

  Ubuntu 18 was not in the powerpc ubuntu's list, so perhaps it is wise,
  not to try upgrading to that. Maybe iMac G5 owners should not get an
  upgrade proposal by the updater. I bet, you don't get many people
  thinking that's a bug.

  
  It is just an old machine and I am glad enough, I found an Ubuntu Mate and a Lubuntu PowerPC distro for it. I'm slowly learning how that Apple partition table, and that bootloader Yaboot is working. Was glad I managed to copy the OS partition to a larger harddisk and got it booting. Basic stuff for ict professionals, but fun to figure things out. Next hurdle is finding out, why some models do boot from usb, and some don't. Having only one sata port onboard, booting usb would be nice, to have some options. Yes, this is a nice hobby. Wish I had more than 1 core.

  The bluetooth results in a System program error (ish, I got it in
  Dutch), turning bluetooth off helps, or simply ignoring the warnings.
  Haven't noticed any nasty side effects. I guess this is one of the
  small problems you expect, using weird old computers. Perhaps there is
  some manufacturer's support for that bluetooth part, something was
  written for or by Apple, maybe some shareware code is available. Or
  it's work in progress, safety and bluetooth are opposites... If that
  error keeps popping up, I might report that one seperately. Now it's
  just to give you an impression of the few Ubuntu problems I've met,
  using this iMac G5.

  And I should join some group of old Apple and Linux enthusiasts,
  perhaps. There are more people still using old hardware...

  Thanks for taking notice, it's just a "hey, not upgrading" thing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.29
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-174.204-powerpc64-smp 4.4.211
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-174-powerpc64-smp ppc64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
  Architecture: powerpc
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Sun Mar  1 23:22:53 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-29 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release powerpc (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=nl_NL
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2020-03-01 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
   Log time: 2020-03-01 23:21:41.469213
   Log time: 2020-03-01 23:21:46.295011
   Log time: 2020-03-01 23:22:21.329214
   Log time: 2020-03-01 23:23:04.797974
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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