Ubuntu livecd does not install on old PPC iMacs correctly
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Installing from any 6.06 Dapper Drake based livecd on an 400 MHz PPC iMac with 128 Mb of RAM I have encountered the following problems with xorg.conf:
- Monitor section does not define values good for internal CRT monitor leaving a black screen entering X. Here is a working Monitor section:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "iMacDVMonitor"
HorizSync 60-60
VertRefresh 60-75
Modeline "1024x768" 78.740 1024 1056 1152 1312 768 769 772 800 +HSync +VSync
EndSection
- Option UseFBDev "true" does not work from livecd due to SIGSEGV reported as https:/
I also had this problem with the installer:
- Lowmemory freeze because livecd installer turns off the swap. I did 'cp /bin/true /sbin/swapoff on the ramdisk as a workaround.
I think a new livecd is needed to save more of these old iMacs from the recycle bin. Please do! I now finally have Xubuntu on my loved 400 MHz grape iMac, It's alive!
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Please file the installer issue as a separate bug. Thanks for reporting this.