[Lubuntu-qa] Grey on Black Bug.

[Paul Gorski]

Hello fellow testers,

Regarding Lubuntu PowerPC precise-desktop 20120301 -

- Macintosh eMac G4 800 MHz (ATI graphics) - Install failed.
Installer starts, installer screens dark, text nearly impossible to read. Changing look and feel to Clearlooks and changing foreground color allows text to be visible. However, installer stops at Keyboard layout.

- Macintosh iMac G3 400 MHz (ATI graphics) - Install failed.
CD boots to command prompt.  (live video=ofonly doesn't help)

- Macintosh iBook G4 800 MHz (ATI graphics) - Installs and runs successfully.
Installs, but installer screens dark, text hard, but not impossible to read.  Changing look and feel to Clearlooks and changing foreground color allows text to be visible.


Regarding Lubuntu PowerPC precise-alternate 20120301 -

- Macintosh eMac G4 800 MHz (ATI graphics) - Installs and runs successfully.
Note: installer screen was red, with blue highlights (thought it was the other way around).
Note: text "Lubuntu 12.04" is not centered on screen when booting, positioned off-center, upper left quadrant of screen.

- Macintosh iMac G3 400 MHz (ATI graphics) - Install failed.
Installs, but boots to command prompt following install. Entering startx returns: fglrx error, module not found, Framebuffer error.




Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW at Ubuntu.com>
To: lubuntu-users <lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>; lubuntu-qa <lubuntu-qa at lists.launchpad.net>; Ubuntu Mailing list <ubuntu-qa at lists.ubuntu.com>; 神癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com>; Julien Lavergne <gilir at ubuntu.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 7:32 pm
Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Grey on Black Bug.


Hi lubuntueers,


I'm sending this to the full list as some of you are waiting to join testing.


Rafael has gotten a workaround for the problem where you could not read the text on the dark screen [1] Yes, a lot of midnight oil burned, he has gotten a patch made, Julien has got it uploaded and our new friend skaet has been true to their word and has issued the re-spin command for the entire lubuntu suite.


As I write this, the new test iso's for the beta1 are arriving on http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/208/builds 


I, and the QA team realise that is a nigh on impossible task for them all to be tested before beta 1 RC freeze, but can I ask that you go 'hug' an RC and confirm that this major bug is solved. We still have time to get the theme back to our usual standards, it is more important whilst this is done that we ensure there are no further gremlins hiding behind the dark screen.


As of now, there is the issue of ppc not installing on G3 Macs, we need that verifying. A "Fail to install" is the worst bug that is possible. After it installs, we can go bug fix :)


Oh, there is no rush... we need the results in by 12:00 UTC March 2012 - Just check the 'artwork' on install works and report it back. Even by replying by email to this thread will let us know if Beta 1 can proceed. Yes, not the usual way of approving an RC and one we hope never to need again.


Regards,


Phill.


[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-artwork/+bug/938472



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