(X)(L)ubuntu (MATE) 17.04 testing

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I successfully updated my ubuntu MATE 16.10 PPC Yakkety Yak to 17.04 PPC Zesty Zapus yesterday. I want to start some testing.

Update instructions for (X)(L)ubuntu (MATE)



Cheers,
Christian

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Installing from a daily live iso does not work at the moment (likewiese on amd64): bug #1637985

[eastone]

MATE 17.04 on G5 almost works
https://plus.google.com/113510686010...ts/itci5ACWQ7W

[ernsteiswuerfel]

bug #1637985 is resolved now. Installing 17.04 on my PowerBook G4 5,6 worked (manual install).

[eastone]

No more garbage on the desktop but cannot set a wallpaper. Have got only black screen.

[luigiburdo]

No more garbage on the desktop but cannot set a wallpaper. Have got only black screen.

download src rebuild and install
libjpeg turbo
libpng

usually i fix like this this kind of issue

[xeno74]

The MATE desktop 1.16.1 is available for ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC:

[xeno74]

FYI:

With Debian Stretch dropping 32-bit PowerPC as a release architecture, Ubuntu is following a similar maneuver and will not be making 32-bit PPC images of future releases.

Steve Langasek confirmed 32-bit PowerPC architecture will be removed from future Ubuntu releases. He commented, "the PowerPC port in Ubuntu has reached the end of its useful lifespan...The Technical Board has therefore determined that the powerpc port should not be included in the Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) release. In support of this, powerpc will be dropped as an architecture in zesty as of Feature Freeze."

PowerPC 32-bit will continue to be supported for existing Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 16.04 LTS that still has a few more years of support (2021).

Links:

Ubuntu To Stop Building 32-Bit PowerPC For Future Releases
Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture from future Ubuntu releases

-- Christian

[rican-linux]

I am not surprised this is happening.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Sad news. That means we won't get an official ubuntu MATE 17.04 release. I will update my installed development version of ubuntu MATE 17.04 as long as possible. After that I will try to release an unofficial ubuntu MATE 17.04 USB img for the X5000 and X1000.

The development version of ubuntu MATE 17.04 works very well on my AmigaOne X1000.

ubuntu MATE 17.04 PowerPC with Mesa 13.0.2 and kernel 4.10 alpha5:



By the way, the DNS service of systemd doesn't work correctly currently. Some web sites aren't accessible.

You can fix the problem with modifying the /etc/resolv.conf. I replaced the systemd DNS server with the Google DNS server ip address.

sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf

I replaced

nameserver 127.0.0.53

with

nameserver 8.8.8.8

After a restart, systemd overrides the /etc/resolv.conf with his DNS server again. The /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. If you delete the symlink and create a file instead it's content should not be changed by resolvconf/systemd.


Rgds,
Christian