[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 16.04 PPC installed & doing OK on iBook G4

[Fritz Hudnut]

"Spoke" too soon; while typing an email I had the accidental swiping of
touchpad that then causes sytem "freeze."  Had the same problem in my MBPro
running various versions of LM, except there under "mouse & keyboard" they
also have "touchpad" and if I check the "disable tap to click while typing"
. . . that more or less "solves" the problem.  Couldn't find that feature
in Lu 16???

On this iBook the touchpad was having "issues" so I taped two layers of
credit card over the area, but still it catches the "vibes" and I guess it
does something in "synaptics" that causes the mouse cursor to jump, and
then the system crashes . . . have to shut down with power button.  Reboot
and it's again, "OK."

F

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com> wrote:

> et al:
>
> Did the install of Lu 16 PPC on my G4 iBook, there were some problems with
> the install, don't know if it was the old "don't use the desktop icon for
> the installer" . . . but, using the desktop link led to an aborted
> install.  Or, possibly it was a similar bug to what I had with U-MATE 16 on
> my PM 3,1 . . . checking the "install 3rd party software" button created
> problems for that install & possibly did so in this one . . . reported then
> as a "bug" and I believe it was marked invalid, but still seems to be
> causing problems in the install process.
>
> Took a while to get wifi going, but otherwise, nice basic system that so
> far seems to be running my iBook and doing my basic tasks very well.  Just
> the fan blowing quietly or a little more loudly than quiet, while typing
> this post in Gmail.  This version of Lu is much better than the Lu 14 . . .
> which just wouldn't run on this computer w/o GUI crashes . . . now U-MATE
> 16 will not run on the iBook, but Lubuntu seems to.
>
> F
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