Lubuntu 14.04 for PPC & NV driver

[luca bellini]

Hi guys,
attached my mac G4, the only release that has worked is the YDL 6.2 but is
no longer maintained so it is useless to install it.
I tried the following ubuntu:
Lubuntu 14:04
Lubuntu 12:04
Lubuntu 10:04

apart the 10.04 that the only problem with me is that when you install an I
/ O on the hard disk of the other problems have the video card gives me a
black screen 12.04 and 14.04 you load it goes into low-resolution and made
​​it impossible to continue with the installation.
Sorry form my english.

2014-06-23 3:29 GMT+02:00 Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>:

>  On 06/22/2014 07:22 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>
>
>
>  From: Israel <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!
>
> --
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>
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