At the moment, we only have two powerpc images. Netboot (with lets you install any *buntu) and lubuntu. That should be fixed for 14.04 when Qt for powerpc comes out.
Please report any results you have to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/270/builds Thanks for testing On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Daniel Gustafsson <cloa...@scarab-corpse.org> wrote: > This weekend I've been busy trying to get a recent builds of xubuntu working > on my old iMac G4 (iLamp). I think it broke around 12.04 ? > > As some might know the more recent builds crashes with the "recursive fault" > issue that requires you to blacklist snd_powermac. And when that's been > dealt with the graphics doesn't work and trying to recompile > xserver-xorg-video-nv didn't work out too well (The guides references a > version of the sourcecode that seems to have been pulled and the old one > doesn't compiler since it's expecting xaa.h) > > I really never did get it to work, I simply got a hold of the daily "saucy" > build of lubuntu for powerpc and it worked out of the box! One thing that > refuses to work however is sound. > > Now I'm in no way an experienced linux user but I _think_ I've done > everything correct. I've tried disabling the snd-aoa modules and manually > modprobing snd_powermac. I've installed/uninstalled/reinstalled alsa-base > and pulseaudio but "cat /proc/asound/cards", "alsactl init" and "pacmd > list-cards" claims I've got no sound hardware in the system. > > I'm not really sure were to go from here. Feels like there's a 50/50 chance > the error is on my part or a problem with snd_powermac not recognizing the > card? > > At any rate I got both a G4 "Lamp" and a G4 "Cube" I'd be more than willing > to test stuff on in case more PowerPC hardware testers are needed but I > don't know where to start out. > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
