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linuxopjemac
April 10th, 2010, 04:20 PM
Well, I never tried to boot the Xubuntu liveCD myself on a Pismo G3/400. What a nightmare. I have to mention that I booted from USB as the iso is too big to put on a CD. Whatever option I try and whatever xorg.conf I try, it won't give me X. So I guess this is a dead end. I am going to try the alternate installer. That should work...It was a piece of cake to get the Debian live CD to boot by the way...

If anyone knows how to boot the Xubuntu LiveCD on a Pismo, I'll be grateful to know how.
gordintoronto
April 10th, 2010, 06:14 PM
You might find that crunchbang is a better choice for you.
jfmanamtr
April 10th, 2010, 08:38 PM
I haven't had a lot of luck with Xubuntu on the PPC. I got it running great on an older P2 laptop that my father uses. I tried it first on my iBook G3. I couldn't get xwindows to load. All I could get was a black screen with a mouse pointer & nothing more. I had a lot more luck using ubuntu 9.10 & debian lenny.

~John
linuxopjemac
April 11th, 2010, 04:51 AM
You might find that crunchbang is a better choice for you.

didn't know there was ppc version of crunchbang
shawnhcorey
April 11th, 2010, 10:38 AM
I recently install Xubuntu 9.10 on my PowerBook G4 to get away from the GNOME bloat. Unfortunately, Firefox and Thunderbird have their own versions of bloat. :(

All of the Desktop versions of Ubuntu from 7.xx onward did not fit onto one CD; you have to use the Alternative CD instead. Or you could boot from USB drive (see attached). Note: this may not work on some G3s; they can only run Open Firmware via an external terminal.
linuxopjemac
April 11th, 2010, 01:19 PM
I know that text, thanks :)
http://mac.linux.be/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=85
shawnhcorey
April 11th, 2010, 02:17 PM
I know that text, thanks :)
http://mac.linux.be/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=85

Thanks for the link. I didn't know where it ended up.
conal
April 13th, 2010, 11:34 AM
Hi Linuxopjemac, I'm sure you will have considered this option already but I thought I'd let you know:

I used the Ubuntu 9.10 Live Cd to install on my G3 iMac then installed Xubuntu and removed Gnome etc with the commands listed here:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce

I had to over-burn the live CD to fit it on a disk. I also tried Fedora 12 PPC, but that would hang during boot each time.

P.s I have been finding your website very useful!