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#Post#: 172--------------------------------------------------
Ubuntu PPC help?
By: Admin Date: September 21, 2010, 2:24 pm
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Hey all I installed ubuntu for PowerPC last night on my iBook G4
and for some reason I cannot boot it up at all it will just hang
at a black screen. Any ideas?
Edit: changed title to correct spelling~~ Duh...
:)~Admin(computerxpds)
#Post#: 194--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ubuntu PPC help?
By: Paquinz Date: September 22, 2010, 3:24 pm
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#Find out what kind of video card or chipset is in it.
#After install and reboot only a blank (black) screen is
displayed. Put the alternate install CD inside, press c for boot
from CDROM, when the prompt appears, #type rescue and press
return, in this way start in rescue mode, choose the partition
in which you installed the root file system and modify
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
ide-disk
#and run
sudo update-initramfs -u
#Then modify /etc/yaboot.conf adding a video=... instruction to
the append directive.
image=/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/initrd.img
append="quiet splash video=radeonfb:1024x768"
#Finally run
sudo ybin -v
#or try this one. same thing with going into rescue first.
sudo vi /etc/yaboot.conf
#you may find this,
image=/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/initrd.img
append="quiet splash video=ofonly"
#or you may find this depending on the version of linux your
trying to use
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet splash video=ofonly"
#find the line
append="quiet splash video=ofonly"
#and change it to your cards perams
#ex append="quiet splash video=radeonfb:1024x768"
#ex append="quiet splash video=radeonfb:800x600"
#then save and run
sudo ybin -v
#reboot and see what ya get
#Post#: 196--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ubuntu PPC help?
By: Admin Date: September 22, 2010, 3:30 pm
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Hey man welcome!! And I will try that in a bit I am getting some
homework done so.. Also it isnt on top of my priority list at
the moment but I will have to see. :)
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Re: Ubuntu PPC help?
By: Admin Date: September 22, 2010, 5:55 pm
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So I will need to get the alternate install cd?
#Post#: 229--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ubuntu PPC help?
By: Paquinz Date: September 22, 2010, 6:11 pm
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you can try either one
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