You can save 2 more watts by not having a blinking cursor - even if you don't use a terminal.
Go into your keyboard prefs, and make sure that "Cursor Blinks in Text Fields" is unchecked.
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You can save 2 more watts by not having a blinking cursor - even if you don't use a terminal.
Go into your keyboard prefs, and make sure that "Cursor Blinks in Text Fields" is unchecked.
I...
You could force it by specifying it in the screen section similar to this
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "iMac"...
Don't take my word for it. Here's a snippet from /etc/yaboot.conf for the bootloader showing the 3rd partition (/dev/sda3 in my case, in your case it might be hda3) as being root from my Debian...
AHA! I think I found the problem. I was reading so fast I didn't recognize something that burned me when I first started out:
Nope - not correct. Go ahead and give it the name of root (not...
Ah there you are! Nice to see you too.
In most of the cases I ran into, it wasn't really anything deceitful, just a sincere attempt that a former owner tries without really knowing the apple...
NICE WORKAROUND! Reports like that make my day for sure.
I wonder if we can simplify the process...maybe:
1) Get into rescue mode with Linux rw init=/bin/bash
2) run pwconv
3) Just...
Sounds great but DON'T sit on the 8gb boundary! Make it no larger than 7gb to be safe. So 8gb is the spec, but I've seen quite a few pull their hair out when it failed because of being on that...
Getting Linux on an early G3 iMac can be tough enough as it is. It can be even tougher if you don't know the history of the machine - especially if you can't verify that it is working in the first...
Tiresia's right. However, we may be shooting in the dark. What exactly is the model of your G3 iMac?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html
Have you ever known that iMac...
Glad it's working!
Copy or print out that xorg.conf file for reference! (off the machine!). You might need it later on. I've spent months tweaking an xorg.conf only to have the machine crash...
It all depends on your amount of tolerance for pain.
The thing is, no matter if you choose a DE Desktop-Environment such as XFCE, or just a WM Window-Manager like Fluxbox, if you do anything...
You may have stumbled across something - 99% of the time I use the "alternate" installer. However when I used Jaunty, for the first time in my life I used the desktop installer. No troubles.
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The project you have described is about the only reasonable way to get anything useful out of a G3 iMac.
I'm assuming that since you don't have the original mac-os disks, and that you can't even...
We may be seeing a combination of problems here. If it is just the inability to enter the user password, even though you know it was good during setup, you can try this:
At the second-stage...
On a related note - with all that is happening with ATI these days, it appears that Ubuntu has adopted a more generic video driver for ati boxes.
Ironically, this makes it easier for the majority...
Some machines don't immediately barf on the splash screen - you either sit in total blackness for awhile, or are greeted by some 1970's acid-graphics temporarily until you get to X. However, some...
These generic instructions just might help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1162913
The first thing I'd do is disable the infamous non-working Ubuntu splash screen. :)
Then, move on...
There are no proprietary restricted drivers with PPC. The good news is that it is working with your external monitor.
What you have to do now is get around the Apple display quirk that doesn't...
Have you actually searched for it in the repos with apt-get or in Synaptic from a running installation, and have the appropriate repos enabled?
Sometimes PPC packages get left out of "official"...
Don't base your judgement about Linux on how it is supported for Apple PPC boxes, which are notoriously fickle for a beginner due to the large amount of Apple-specific quirks that Linux installers...
The first thing you should do is check to see if the serial number falls into those ranges of G5 iMacs that had have problems with both video and power issues:
...
Be careful in there. Be sure to research what you are planning to disable.
Since I don't use Evolution, I always uncheck the Evolution Alarm notifier..
Be sure to tell us exactly which verson of Ubuntu you installed.
If it was Intrepid 8.10, I'd suggest falling back to Hardy, or skip immediately to Jaunty - Intrepid 8.10 had some major issues...
I seem to remember those cards having problems with desktop affects back in the old driver days when using the default 24-bit color depth.
Can you edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and force it to...
I think I'm getting lost as to what is happening now. Are you saying that the screen issue is back after a successful update, even when you use Linux nosplash at the 2nd-stage boot prompt?
On a...