I can confirm this is happening also on a PowerBook G4 DVI 800mhz (tibook), and a G4 Cube. It took me a while to find this post, and the fix is simple, but certainly seems silly to have to do that.
I can confirm this is happening also on a PowerBook G4 DVI 800mhz (tibook), and a G4 Cube. It took me a while to find this post, and the fix is simple, but certainly seems silly to have to do that.
happend to me too with a 2000 imac...will try the workaround as soon as osx is finished installing...zzz
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I'm fixing up a tired old clamshell I bought for my 4 year old daughter on eBay, and I was beginning to think I wasted 60 bucks. She will be so happy to know that dad got her laptop going again. Thanks for the help.
Hey,
I had this same problem so I'm glad I found this thread. The only problem is I can't get this to work for me. I hit no for the floppy drive question, and then I try pressing Ctrl+Opt+Fn+F2 and nothing happens. I have a iBook G3 500 dual usb. I have a feeling I'm missing something, any help would be appreciated.
Should be ctrl-alt-f2 or just alt-f2. After that alt-f1 should take you back to the installer.
I'm going to say it would be best to select the "USA - Macintosh" option when configuring Ubuntu. As someone mentioned on page 1, try Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F2. This is also the only technique that works for me as well. Depending on your Mac, you may have to get your fingers in an awkward position to reach all of these keys.
Did you end up selecting "USA - Macintosh" as your keyboard type when completing the early steps involved in the Ubuntu installation? Are you sure you're holding down Ctrl, Alt, Fn, and hitting F2 while they are held down?
If you answer yes to both of those, then perhaps you are simply at the wrong screen? One of the screens mentions to hit Alt-F2 (or maybe it said Ctrl-F2), even though following its directions don't work, this is the screen you need to be doing Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F2 at.
Other than that, not sure what else to tell you.
While none of this worked, luckily I figured out a workaround. I feel kinda stupid for not thinking of this before, I just grabbed a USB keyboard from another computer and used that. Thanks for trying though, I appreciate it. I have a feeling my Fn key is messed up or something.
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