Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

If you are going to be using your machine to test Ubuntu images, then the
entire machine model should be listed. Helps the developers tailor the
image to suite its needs.

For what I am asking are the specs from your AGP graphics controller.
Refresh rates, memory and 3D support are essential for a visual appealing
experience. I wanted to know what grade it was.
On Mar 23, 2015 5:37 PM, "Fritz Hudnut" <este.el.paz at gmail.com> wrote:

> @IA:
>
> Thanks for the reply, yes, LXDE should work as XFCE is doing fine.
> Getting the machine up to 2GB RAM seems to have been very good for
> increasing functionality.  I will get around to looking at the formal
> testing using it as far as "listing the specs" of it . . . but that could
> be a short list or longer depending on who is asking.  What specs would you
> be wanting to know?
>
> F
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:30 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> LXDE should work fine with a 450MHz CPU. Won't be bleeding edge but
>> operational. Do you know the specs of your AGP? You should definitely list
>> your PC specs when testing. The more hardware Ubuntu can be tested on the
>> better agile it becomes.
>> On Mar 22, 2015 8:57 PM, "Fritz Hudnut" <este.el.paz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks/PPC testing team:
>>>
>>> Just staying in touch, making this "informal" report for now.  The last
>>> couple of months I've been reviving my wife's old PowerMac G4 "Sawtooth" .
>>> . . new HD, new screen, and yesterday I replaced the old optical drive that
>>> only booted CDs with one that will boot DVDs . . . added some RAM.  Then
>>> booted up a copy of U-MATE PPC, no boot params . . . and several minutes
>>> later I was into a good res desktop and stuff worked.
>>>
>>> I then tried a Feb 6??? iso of Vivid PPC that I believe booted with the
>>> "agp" params OK in my iBook . . . and we slowly (450 MHz processor) got to
>>> a desktop with the Lu background symbol . . . but kind of rough res images,
>>> and just the trash can and "install" icons on the desktop . . . icon ID
>>> words were not read-able and the "LXDE" launcher applet never appeared.
>>> While I was trying to figure out how to set the system time it seemed like
>>> the system and my screen "went to sleep" . . . screen went black and the
>>> power button turned orange from its active blue.  Could not revive the
>>> situation . . . shut down with the power button.
>>>
>>> Rebooted the MATE DVD to see if it would work, and once again after
>>> quite some time on the splash window . . . back into a working liveDVD.
>>> So, this is a "new" machine for me, haven't done a bunch of linux installs
>>> on it to know whether or not what boot params would be needed;
>>> coincidentally or not it happens to be the "AGP" Sawtooth model.  A month
>>> or so back I had a CD with Xu 12.04 that I was able to boot and install
>>> from the old optical drive, no boot params needed for that, very simple
>>> install.  I would stay with 12 but, as we know it will soon be
>>> "unsupported" . . . will probably just go to 14.04 for it anyway, but does
>>> seem like there might be something else I need for 15 on this '00 model
>>> machine.  12 doesn't offer a working "suspend" at this time, perhaps now
>>> that I have 2 GB RAM I might try to expand the swap and see if that helps
>>> the ability to suspend without shutting down to revive . . . .
>>>
>>> That's the latest in my PPC testing efforts, pretty sure this unit will
>>> not be on the qa list, but I do plan on running it for awhile so there may
>>> be time to test stuff out "formally" on it.
>>>
>>> F
>>>
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