PPC Qemu does not work with this version of openbios-ppc

[Jimi Damon]

I downloaded ubuntu-mate-15.04-desktop-powerpc.iso with the intention of running this under Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64 using qemu-system-ppc.

I found that this never works and all I get is a blank screen.

Here's how I invoke it

qemu-system-ppc -machine mac99 -m 1024 -hda ubuntu15.04_ppc.img -cdrom ubuntu-mate-15.04-desktop-powerpc.iso

Using a newer version of the openbios-ppc I at least get some output in the Qemu window, but none with the default image that Ubuntu 14.04 gives me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: openbios-ppc 1.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-83.127-generic 3.13.11-ckt35
Uname: Linux 3.13.11-ckt13+ x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 30 10:01:43 2016
Dependencies:

EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-05 (418 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: openbios-ppc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)