Yesterday i finally have Lubuntu PPC work on my Quad G5 2.5 ghz was since 12.x i was try to have it start the installation on my machine with X1900gt but without success... every time i had a black screen when the graphic system turn on ... i had been try all the distro ppc on the net from ubuntu to gentoo with fedora all didn't have Xog running all dont attach the video , i swapped my X1900gt with Nv6600 but with the same result... After some strange message on other distos (no x86 bios compatible ) regarding the video board .. yesterday the idea ... I put a RadeonHD 4450 Pcie on my Late 2005 G5 with 2 monitor ... One monitor was for Open firmware and mac os X board (ppc bios) the X1900 ... The other i use for the RadeonHD board ... Turn on the machine and Surprise everything on Lubuntu 14.x start run , i make the installation (everything goes ok) , and now i have Lubuntu installed and working on my machine. I have the reported bug of bed colors on mesa , but Xeno74 gave me today a tip i will test later the unofficial build ... why of my post ? because thanks of Lubuntu i can have the new video board run on my machine Not all know that the last video board "officially" working on G5 late 2005 are the X1900 Gt 256mb and the Nvidia 7800gtx 512mb.. If the dev need i can help making the report of all problems i will encounter during my Lubuntu Quad G5 Experience Thanks for all Luigi (tlosm)
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