Lubuntu 14.04 for PPC & NV driver
Israel
israeldahl at gmail.com
Mon Jun 23 01:29:25 UTC 2014
On 06/22/2014 07:22 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
>
> From: Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com <mailto:israeldahl at gmail.com>>
>
> On 06/19/2014 10:02 AM, luca bellini wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > the installation of Lubuntu 14:04 Desktop has serious problems on
> > PowerPC G4 with Nvidia GeForce4 MX video card, the problem should
> > involve the driver "nouveau" that do not work well, you should
> restore
> > the old Nvidia drivers (NV). I also tried the disk "Alternate"
> but it
> > is not loaded at boot time (this remains a mystery). So I do not
> know
> > what else I can do ....
> > Greetings.
> >
> >
> Hi, sorry you are having issues.
> You might try using this xorg.conf file
> http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-powerbook-g41ghz-17-inch-nvidia-geforce-440-go-64mb-lucid-lynx
> Let us know how it goes!
> If that isn't your exact device... take a look at
> http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-files
> This is a very helpful resource.
>
> It is helpful to describe what 'serious problems' means. Can you
> boot?
> what does the screen look like? Is it simply black?
>
> You may need a yaboot parameter, or to download the proprietary nvidia
> drivers. nouveau is focusing on newer cards, so the older ones
> may not
> work anymore...
>
> hope this helps!
>
> --
> Regards
>
> =========================================
> @Luca & Israel:
>
> Wanted to follow up on this, because this area is one of the critical
> points for PPC users of machines that have the Nvidia card--and
> somewhere, perhaps on the Apple Users 'Buntu forum, I saw/read that
> the NV module?? was no longer provided in the 14.04 install?? Or no
> longer "supported" or find-able . . . .
>
> I was given the links to a wiki on how to do a "retro-install" of nv
> for my G4 iMac 800 MHz about two years ago, and the nv driver provides
> the best clarity for the GUI desktop, although before I got the nv
> driver set up, I think the "fbdev" driver was "OK" . . . . The driver
> does have to be indicated on the config file . . . but, if they aren't
> installed or no longer available (I also heard/saw that the fbdev
> driver is "not supported"??? in 14.04??) . . . that might be an
> "insurmountable" problem for PPC users . . . such as myself & my iMac
> . . . ??? It sort of casts doubt on the intention of 'Buntu's to
> provide a system for PPC for too much longer?? Possibly the 14.04
> "driver update" app would be able to find and install an adequate
> video driver, but if not . . . the dreaded black screen, or worse, the
> 1/3 green/2/3 black screen . . . fading into a mottled black screen .
> . . are the resulting outcomes to the wrong driver . . . . And then
> typing in a TTY window that can't be seen can be the conditions that
> one works in until the right driver is found, etc.
>
> I'm still waiting to see if the 14.04.1 system will be an easy install
> on my iBook with a radeon driver, although, even that computer, which
> was a completely trouble free install for 12.04 . . . now, apparently
> needs some boot parameters . . . because radeon drivers are now not
> supported?? The G4 PPC machines are still running fine, and are still
> roughly within a decade in age . . . Apple dropped them like a hot
> stone . . . seems like there should be a way to get the 14.04 "PPC"
> system to actually run PPC computers without going through what I did
> to "retro-install" NV . . . but now we can't even do that? I'm
> thinking that the iMac will remain in 12.04/OSX 10.4.11 for the
> remainder of it's service lifespan . . . . possibly the iBook might
> make it to 14.04, but with my testing of the Lubun 14 LiveDVD there
> were problems with dragging windows and slow scrolling, etc--it was
> "rough" for the iBook. Can anyone comment about whether the NV driver
> could still be found, "retro-installed" and used for Nvidia running
> PPC units??
>
> F/e.e.p.
>
>
>
>
>
I'd test it first. There is a problem with the hardware detection
(inherited from Debian).
The sound *may* or *may not* work without some tweaking... it is a rough
road being a PPC user.... But Lubuntu looks great on it!
--
Regards
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