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    [ubuntu] Problem booting ubuntu now...

    A quick summary of what I did:

    -wiped hard drive
    -used mac disk utility to create ~68gb partition for 10.4 and 25 for 8.04
    -decided it was too much space and used gparted on live cd to shrink...
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    [all variants] Re: HOWTO: Fix iSight in Hardy

    Oh no. So the step before when it asked me where to put the firmware file I should not have typed in /lib/firmware?

    Is that going to effect its operation?
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    [all variants] Re: HOWTO: Fix iSight in Hardy

    So I attempted setting this up and all went fine until I got to the command:


    sudo ift-extract -a /lib/firmware/AppleUSBVideoSupport

    It gave me:


    ** ERROR **: Unable to read driver...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu on an iMac

    Alright so in those instructions it says to wait until booting is complete to then do ctrl-option-F1 and that should bring up the command prompt. This does not seem to be working for me. Should I...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu on an iMac

    I downloaded 8.04 and installed it. Now the iMac won't even boot up. It runs a bunch of processes then it looks as if the monitor turns off or something (since the power light fades in and out). ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu on an iMac

    might a newer version (8.04?) work?
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    [ubuntu] Ubuntu on an iMac

    So I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) on my old iMac (a blue 500mhz upgraded to 640mb ram) and it ran painfully slow freezing and not letting me move the mouse. I couldnt even open firefox. I...
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