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2006-12-28 21:28:11 |
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Check this forum thread on how to get the graphical install to work properly.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=296870
Here is the pertinent text from the link:
After booting is complete,
1. ctrl-option-F1 (should give you a command prompt)
2. type: sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf (return)
3. Modify "HorizSync" to 58-62 and "VertRefresh" to 75-117. Both are in the monitors section.
4. Disable DRI (in the modules section, put a hash mark (#) at the beginning of the line containing "load dri").
4. ctrl-O (return) to write edited file
5. ctrl-X to exit nano back to command line
6. type: sudo killall -HUP gdm (return) to restart Gnome
I tried this and it worked, no slow down or anything after the install.
However, when I did a distro upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10, things just broke again, I couldn't get it fixed, so I gave up.
The iMac I installed on was a 500Mhz Graphite G3 with 512MB of RAM.
Hope this helps.
-Ubence
----- Original Message ---- From: Darlene Wallach <freepalestin dslextreme.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-userslists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:59:45 AM
Subject: Re: iMac 600 MHZ
Pete r Gort wrote:
>; a long time ago, I installed Ubuntu 4 on an old iMac G3 600(blue
> dalmation thing) I have laying around, and it worked OK. Then I
> needed it to run as a Mac for a
while for some project work so I
> erased everything and set it up with Mac OS X 10.3, then 10.4.
>
> A little while ago I got some new computers and retired the old iMac, ;
>; which had done sterling service and never failed in any way, and it's
> over 5 years old now.
>
> Now I have a need of a DNS server in my local subnet, I thought I'd
> stick Ubuntu onto it again. I went for Desktop rather than server so
> that it could be used to keep 8 year old amused during school
> holidays. Boy did I get a shock!, neither 6.06 or 6.10 live cds will
> boot to a graphical screen, no matter what options I have been able
> to figure out. Either I got a completely blank screen or I got a
> mixed up looking text screen that said the XServer had failed
to
> start. Eventually I gave up and downloaded the 6.10 alternate CD,
> and ran an "expert" installation, mostly going with the default
> settings. At no time during the installation did it ask for XServer
> settings, but the install completed without incident and it rebooted.
> It booted with a strange white square occupying the lower two thirds
> of the screen..... However it eventually came to a graphical login ;
>; screen that looked normal, and I was able to log in, but it is
> responding so slowly that mouse movements take up to 30 seconds to
> show on the screen and I've been waiting 10 minutes now for the
> Preferences sub menu to appear under the System menu.
>
> Anybody got any idea why this unusably slow thing is
happening? ;Box
> is an iMac G3 600 MHz, 512MB RAM, 40G hard drive all of it dedicated
> to Ubuntu, no Mac OS Partition. ;Spec says "ATI RAGE 128 Pro graphics
> with 8 MB of SDRAM or ATI RAGE 128 Ultra graphics with 16 MB of
> SDRAM" not sure which I've got. If I can get it to shut down
> gracefully I'll reboot from Mac OS CD and find out...
>;
> Peter
>
Peter,
I apologize for not replying sooner. I forwarded your email
to the person who helped me install Ubuntu 6.06 on my iMac
in case he remembers what steps we took to install. I
haven't seen him reply so here is what I have in my notes.
I have an iMac G3 blueberry
L2 cache 512K unified
cpu 740/750
clock 333.333330MHz
6G hard drive
ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
I have Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed on my iMac. Someone
helped
me with the install. We used expert-powerpc.
Kernel to install - linun-powerpc
boot
Linux single
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
I don't remember nor do I have notes if I did anything else.
My iMac does NOT respond slowly like your iMac does.
Darlene Wallach
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| iMac 600 MHZ |
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2006-12-30 00:53:58 |
Thanks to everyone who replied both list and back channel,
and
especially for the "idiot's guide" to how to get
around it.
On 29/12/2006, at 8:28 AM, Ubence Quevedo wrote:
> Check this forum thread on how to get the graphical
install to work
> properly.
>
> http:
//ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=296870
>
> Here is the pertinent text from the link:
>
> After booting is complete,
> 1. ctrl-option-F1 (should give you a command prompt)
> 2. type: sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf (return)
> 3. Modify "HorizSync" to 58-62 and
"VertRefresh" to 75-117. Both
> are in the monitors section.
> 4. Disable DRI (in the modules section, put a hash mark
(#) at the
> beginning of the line containing "load dri").
> 4. ctrl-O (return) to write edited file
> 5. ctrl-X to exit nano back to command line
> 6. type: sudo killall -HUP gdm (return) to restart
Gnome
>
> I tried this and it worked, no slow down or anything
after the
> install.
>
> However, when I did a distro upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10,
things just
> broke again, I couldn't get it fixed, so I gave up.
>
> The iMac I installed on was a 500Mhz Graphite G3 with
512MB of RAM.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Ubence
>
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