[Lubuntu-qa] PPC - Beta 1 Alternate

[Ron Mitchell]

Have followed the discussion on this Phill and will continue to do so. These types of issues simultaneously fascinate me and drive me crazy.

There is another more up-to-date solution which seems to be less machine-specific.

It requires the creation of a file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/

called 10-monitor.conf

Details are described at:
http://samuelmartin.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/enabling-resolutions-in-ubuntu-12-04-lubuntu-12-04/

Tried it, and it cleared up the problem here on my eMac G4. Before trying it, I had intentionally deleted my old and trusty xorg.conf file from /etc/X11

Ron Mitchell














On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:43:36 +0100
Phill Whiteside <PhillW at Ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi Ron,
> 
> Thanks, your comments do follow some of the other bits that I have picked
> up with the use nomodeset and the equivallent for the yaboot (well,
> something like that) with the video=off
> 
> It also ties in with your earlier comment of using an xorg.conf file. I'm
> hopeful that the other testers can confirm this, in which case we can 'nag'
> to have it included as the default to ensure that there is a bootable
> system for both desktop and alternate.
> 
> @ppc testers, get on this and check it out... results are needed!
> @ Nicholas, can you ask the "ubuntu" tester(s) to check this out.
> 
> Again, thanks,
> 
> Phill.
> 
> On 13 September 2012 05:24, Ron Mitchell <rm2892 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Whatever you guys decide re the separate ppc group.
> >
> > Just for the record I can make both the install from live and the install
> > from alternate ppc work here on my eMac G4 by copying an xorg.conf file from
> >
> > http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-emac-g4125-radeon-9200-debian-lenny
> >
> > And it solved all the screen problems I was having. However a comment
> > received on the bug report (1044180) suggested that all the files on the
> > site I went to were "garbage" and that I should use the one I downloaded
> > only as a last resort. After having tried a couple of arguements suggested
> > to me, (at yaboot)
> >
> > live nomodeset
> > live radeon.modeset=0
> >
> > neither of which worked, I went back to my last resort. It may be
> > "garbage" but it works for me.
> >
> > Ron Mitchell
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:29:44 +0100
> > Phill Whiteside <PhillW at Ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > can you please update this thread with the current state of play for the
> > > PPC Beta 1 Alternate bugs. Please use the thread suffixed 'Desktop' for
> > the
> > > desktop failure.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Phill.
> > >
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