As per Boris' suggestion: Boris:
Yes, that did work . . . but, I had to add "live-nosplash-powerpc video+ofonly radeon.agpmode=-1" . . . . When I just used the "video=ofonly radeon.agpmode=-1" I got "unable to open file, Invalid device." With that AGP boot parameter the 14.10 livedvd it is working; window dragging isn't exactly smooth, but it follows the mouse and no freezes . . . it's fine. It got me into a clean GUI with the proper display refresh rates showing (as opposed to having to use the "radeonfb w/ 1024x768-32@60" parameters) and for the most part everything worked; certainly the GUI did not "freeze" like it did when using those "radeonfb" parameters. Only problem with AGP was that setting the time did not "hold" in "manual" and "synching with internet servers" did not work. Otherwise, for my iBook G4 with radeon driver . . . it "worked." My build for the LiveDVD is 10/16/14 (American system) . . . didn't check any more recent builds since several of us found this "freezing desktop" problem . . . and the general languishing of intention to support PPC, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1377878 Title: PPC - GUI freezes except for mouse pointer Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: During the installation the computer freezes completely except for the mouse pointer. And even that is stuck with whatever shape it happened to have at the time it froze. The steps I have to cause the freeze are run Ubiquity to start the installation open a terminal, run Ubuntu-bug and let it launch Firefox. It will freeze every time then. Even the consoles (ctrl-alt-f1 etc) are unavailable. What kind of information can I collect and how? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1377878/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
