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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/22/2014 07:22 PM, Fritz Hudnut
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From: Israel <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On 06/19/2014 10:02 AM, luca bellini wrote:<br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
> the installation of Lubuntu <span tabindex="0"
class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">14:04</span></span>
Desktop has serious problems on<br>
> PowerPC G4 with Nvidia GeForce4 MX video card, the
problem should<br>
> involve the driver "nouveau" that do not work well,
you should restore<br>
> the old Nvidia drivers (NV). I also tried the disk
"Alternate" but it<br>
> is not loaded at boot time (this remains a
mystery). So I do not know<br>
> what else I can do ....<br>
> Greetings.<br>
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Hi, sorry you are having issues.<br>
You might try using this xorg.conf file<br>
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href="http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-powerbook-g41ghz-17-inch-nvidia-geforce-440-go-64mb-lucid-lynx"
target="_blank">http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-powerbook-g41ghz-17-inch-nvidia-geforce-440-go-64mb-lucid-lynx</a><br>
Let us know how it goes!<br>
If that isn't your exact device... take a look at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-files"
target="_blank">http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-files</a><br>
This is a very helpful resource.<br>
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It is helpful to describe what 'serious problems' means.
Can you boot?<br>
what does the screen look like? Is it simply black?<br>
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You may need a yaboot parameter, or to download the
proprietary nvidia<br>
drivers. nouveau is focusing on newer cards, so the
older ones may not<br>
work anymore...<br>
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hope this helps!<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">@Luca & Israel:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">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 . . . . <br>
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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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">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??<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">F/e.e.p.<br>
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I'd test it first. There is a problem with the hardware detection
(inherited from Debian).<br>
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!<br>
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