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    powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    well after looking at a powerbook g4 that was on a shelf i decided i might try to run ubuntu off of the live disk just to see how well it works, but i was stopped because it never goes past the black ubuntu 12.04 screen it freezes and i have to reboot the computer.

    so what i am wondering is ........ is 12.04 even compatible with the ppc cpu?

    i got the .iso from here
    http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/
    and i did the desktop cd

    Thanks ahead of time,
    Boneskid1

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    Re: powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    I assume that you took the desktop cd for PPC (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/p...op-powerpc.iso) and not the other desktop cd on the site.
    In general, Ubuntu supports the PPC architecture:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/instal...supported.html

    And there is also quite some help available:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ
    https://wiki.edubuntu.org/PowerPCFAQ
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCKnownIssues

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    Re: powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    Powerbooks have rather low specs so, perhaps xubuntu or lubuntu. However, Ubuntu should boot just as well but maybe run a bit slow compared to the others. To run live CD there is a minum of RAM needed, but I cannot remember exact number at the moment. My iBook G4 runs fine with 512MB.

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    Re: powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    i have 1.5gb of ram and it requires at least 348mb so i figured that is not the problem but i will do some more trouble shooting today

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    Re: powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    More than eough ram then. I had trouble booting 12.04, but I cannot remember what the exact trouble was. I had to run a blacklist-command in the pre-booting stage or otherwise it haulted at a certain point. I think it had to do with wireless drivers. How quickly you forget , and probably not the case with your G4, but if you get any messages during bootup, it might be worth posting them.

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    Re: powerbook g4 17" not running my 12.04 ppc live disc.

    yeah when i boot from the disc it takes me to a black command like screen where i hit return and it boots sending it to the ubuntu loading screen but after it sits for a bit it says something like firmware not configured and it gives a url to go to for a wireless firmware, but i have the powerbook plugged in to my Ethernet.

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