OT: PPC 14.04 with the desktop freeze/radeon driver

[Fritz Hudnut]

Rafael:

Thanks for the thought, might be worth a try; right now I have not loaded
the b43 wifi drivers . . . so wifi is not set up or being used . . . just
hard-wired by ethernet, etc.  Would that make any difference to what you
are suggesting?

F
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:22 AM, <lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:03:43 -0600
> From: Rafael Cervera <Mayagrafix at hotmail.com>
>
> Try turning off the wireless network adapter
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:57:29 -0700
> From: Fritz Hudnut<este.el.paz at gmail.com>
>
>
> Folks:
>
> After finding that booting the 14.10 livedvd with the radeon.agpmode boot
> parameters got me into a working GUI, I went for an install of the LTS a
> couple days ago on my iBook . . . seemed to take a fairly long time, but
> more or less went OK.
>
> I had 14.04 installed before using radeonfb and I needed an xorg.conf file
> to get it to be useable, but it was glitchy . . . using AGP mode the GUI is
> clear, but we've regressed to the GUI "freezing" . . . except for
> mouse/cursor which is moveable . . . but clicking does nothing . . . same
> bug that Lars N filed and I reported finding with 14.10?
>
> Other than adding this to the bug report, anything to try out?  Seems like
> if I open the FF browser the problem happens faster than if I open some
> other window.  Should I go for the xorg.conf file?  In 12.04 on this unit I
> did not need one, I'm trying to avoid it; in 14.04 I grabbed one from
> mac.linux.be site and it did make it somewhat better--although window
> dragging was very erratic.  Now, window dragging is smoother . . . except
> for the "freezing" . . . .  This is obviously part of the "radeon
> affair"???  Question is any "fixes" for it to try out?
>
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