Have followed the discussion on this Phill and will continue to do so. These types of issues simultaneously fascinate me and drive me crazy.
There is another more up-to-date solution which seems to be less machine-specific. It requires the creation of a file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ called 10-monitor.conf Details are described at: http://samuelmartin.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/enabling-resolutions-in-ubuntu-12-04-lubuntu-12-04/ Tried it, and it cleared up the problem here on my eMac G4. Before trying it, I had intentionally deleted my old and trusty xorg.conf file from /etc/X11 Ron Mitchell On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:43:36 +0100 Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > Thanks, your comments do follow some of the other bits that I have picked > up with the use nomodeset and the equivallent for the yaboot (well, > something like that) with the video=off > > It also ties in with your earlier comment of using an xorg.conf file. I'm > hopeful that the other testers can confirm this, in which case we can 'nag' > to have it included as the default to ensure that there is a bootable > system for both desktop and alternate. > > @ppc testers, get on this and check it out... results are needed! > @ Nicholas, can you ask the "ubuntu" tester(s) to check this out. > > Again, thanks, > > Phill. > > On 13 September 2012 05:24, Ron Mitchell <rm2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Whatever you guys decide re the separate ppc group. > > > > Just for the record I can make both the install from live and the install > > from alternate ppc work here on my eMac G4 by copying an xorg.conf file from > > > > http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-emac-g4125-radeon-9200-debian-lenny > > > > And it solved all the screen problems I was having. However a comment > > received on the bug report (1044180) suggested that all the files on the > > site I went to were "garbage" and that I should use the one I downloaded > > only as a last resort. After having tried a couple of arguements suggested > > to me, (at yaboot) > > > > live nomodeset > > live radeon.modeset=0 > > > > neither of which worked, I went back to my last resort. It may be > > "garbage" but it works for me. > > > > Ron Mitchell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:29:44 +0100 > > Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > can you please update this thread with the current state of play for the > > > PPC Beta 1 Alternate bugs. Please use the thread suffixed 'Desktop' for > > the > > > desktop failure. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Phill. > > > > > > -- > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > > > > -- > > Ron Mitchell <rm2...@gmail.com> > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ron Mitchell <rm2...@gmail.com> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
