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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Thanx for the link, but WOW! never going to have the time/patience/will to read thru all this.

    TBH I've already spent way more time than reasonable on this. I'm now realizing I'd rather had spent...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Been wasting hours looking for a working solution to this partition not auto mounting at reboot problem.

    Don't understand why nobody here can or want to help on this very basic issue. Pretty...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Hey abtabt, thanxx again. I tried the modprobe exactly as you mention, and first of all it does get me in the normal desktop environment with no funny colours, so that's good to begin with (so far...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Trying to install on a powerbook G4

    Same problem here (cf my thread) with a Powerbook Alu G4 1.33GHz and GeForce FX Go5200 graphics, same solution (noaccel) and the only one that works (also get the blank screen or psychedelic colours,...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    I'll allow myself one more silly question ^^ :

    is there any chance than another Linux distro for PowerPC might have a different, more efficient Xorg s/w, such that playing video would not take...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    So have tried various yaboot switches to see if things would improve, most notably this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12336938&postcount=5, which brought me back to the "psychedelic"...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Ok, let's forget about the toram for now, not a showstopper, more like a potential enhancement once everything's running as it should.

    Because of the limitations I have in playing video media (eg...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Thanxx, I'll have a look at that thread.

    I need to keep in mind that once booted to RAM any change made in the configuration, any new software installed will be lost at next reboot. At least...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Hallå abtabt, (nice country Sweden, loved it in Stockholm - except for the beer price ^^)

    concerning the "toram" thing, I'm reading this article : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootToRAM and now realize...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    This is becoming a journal of some sort I guess...

    Anyway, I've found (by coincidence) the existence of a "gnome-mplayer", ran it on my PC in Lubuntu 12.10 via VBox and worked Ok, so installed it...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Persistence working fine on my Powerbook, all settings and added packages have been properly saved everything was still there after reboot as expected (in fact this is my first post here from that ...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Oops - doublon.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu for mac

    Well there is one now, I just installed it and running it right now. (Persistent Live USB, Ubuntu 12.04 for PPC)

    It's also possible to fully install Ubuntu on a USB stick, not sure exactly what's...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Ok, so following rsavage suggestion and going thru the many steps as explained in the FAQ, I've been able to create a Persistent Live USB Ubuntu 12.04 thing. :D

    TBH it's probably at least as much...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu 12.10 MacBook Pro 5.1

    Had the same problem when trying to install Live Ubuntu (can't remember which version, 12.10 I think) on my Powerbook G4, had to switch to a different version in the end. Ridiculous.

    The fact that...
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    [ubuntu] Re: apple belgian keyboard alu, help!!!

    I'm from France I have a Powerbook Alu and found there's a "French (Macintosh)" keyboard layout in the list (got to scroll down a bit to find it), maybe this will work better for you than the regular...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu for mac

    If I may add, as a Linux noob myself and from the height of my already 15 posts or so here ^^, there's also the possibility of running Ubuntu from a "Live" CD or USB flash drive, which allows one to...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Thanxx rsavage, actually I saw that thread last week but at that time had no idea it would be useful to me... ^^

    Since last post I tried "TORAM=yes" in the yaboot command line but didn't work (not...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Just a quick note, I have been able to create a bootable Ubuntu 12.04 usb stick, and then boot (Live desktop) from it (via OpenFirmware, as explained in the FAQ), still using the nouveau.noaccel=1 at...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Oki, so reading the FAQ, Persistent Live USB section, at some point it says :

    EDIT : Ok I finally found out about mac-fdisk. (stuff below is an update to this post)

    I entered command 1 above in...
  21. [ubuntu] Re: 12.04 - Stuck at blank purple screen after boot - Macbook Pro 4,1

    Had the same problem or similar (major part of screen blank and purple stripe on the left), and even though I don't have the same model Mac it also features an NVidia graphics chipset, therefore you...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    nouveau.noaccel=1 => success ! :)

    Now that the colours are right, the Ubuntu's GUI doesn't look bad after all... ^^

    Guess I'm ready to move to the next step now, I'll eventually come back to...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    rsavage, thanx a lot for your help, you're right that one is supposed to read the FAQ before asking here but in fact being a total noob with Linux and even the concept of Live CD (let alone...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Hey abtabt, thanxx a bunch for bearing with me and my questions here... :)

    I'll give the Nvidia bitmap thing a try (maybe I'll also want to try with 32-bit depth, which is the chipset capability)...
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    [PPC] Re: Live Ubuntu for a Powerbook G4 1.33GHz 12"

    Ok, well I'm beginning to realize that, despite my setup starting to operate - somehow, my initial objective won't be attainable.

    The objective is (was ?) to be able to continue to use my 2004 G4...
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