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    Angry Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    I installed Xubuntu 9.04(Alternate Install) for PPC on my iMac G3 333 w/ 288mb RAM. After the Xubuntu splash screen, the screen goes blank and goes into a suspend mode, but the computer is still running? By hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1, I can login and bring up a terminal. How can I change my video settings to start up the GUI? I'm pretty sure I have to revert my video settings to get the GUI to load. Help!!!
    Last edited by colSolare; June 5th, 2009 at 07:27 PM.

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    Smile Re: Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    What I did was switched to console ctrl+alt+f1. Logged in with root and password. Changed to folder /etc/X11. Using nano open xorg.conf to edit. (nano xorg.conf).
    these are the changes I made to this file:

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "iMac"
    HorizSync 58-62
    VertRefresh 75-117
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Monitor "iMac"
    DefaultDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Restart system
    It worked for me on my g3.

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    Unhappy Re: Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    I typed everything you entered and hit Ctrl-O to save and it said "Error writing xorg.conf: Permission Denied" .... now whats wrong?

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    Re: Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    Quote Originally Posted by colSolare View Post
    I typed everything you entered and hit Ctrl-O to save and it said "Error writing xorg.conf: Permission Denied" .... now whats wrong?
    you have to have root-level permissions to modify xorg.conf. start your editor with sudo

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    Re: Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    Quote Originally Posted by corsair67 View Post
    What I did was switched to console ctrl+alt+f1. Logged in with root and password. Changed to folder /etc/X11. Using nano open xorg.conf to edit. (nano xorg.conf).
    these are the changes I made to this file:

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "iMac"
    HorizSync 58-62
    VertRefresh 75-117
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Monitor "iMac"
    DefaultDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Restart system
    It worked for me on my g3.
    I did all this, it started ok but then tells me it must run on low graphics mode. What happened?

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    Re: Xubuntu 9.04 Black Screen on G3

    Quote Originally Posted by maclinux View Post
    I did all this, it started ok but then tells me it must run on low graphics mode. What happened?
    I know this one!! I know this one!! the depth and default depth should be "24" instead of "16"
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