login screen was black, with
input boxes outlined in white, with simple Cancel and Login text as white text
reversed out against the black background.
Sincerely,
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09:56 PM, Paul Gorski wrote:
Just filed the bug report. I've installed four previous v12
alternates with out problems, seems odd that it would happen now
that I'm looking for problems.
On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:13 PM, ∅ wrote:
On 02/23/2012 08:51 PM, Paul Gorski wrote:
Lubuntu prec
roprietary. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Broadcom_43xx
Lastly, there's more information on the propriety drive at Broadcom's site, see
the readme.txt.
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: UH
To: Phill White
ng to ship with Ubuntu or
derivatives. (Broadcom might not even allow it.)
Now, if someone wants to come up with an entirely open source solution, that
would solve the problem.
But as I understand it, just keeping the PPC port alive has been challenging.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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rsion) and the
20120227 alternate. This occurs on a G4 eMac.
I've reported this bug previously and would think this would be looked at as it
makes the .iso distributions pretty much worthless.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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I'll try the release candidates later today on:
eMac G4
iBook G4
iMac G3
and let you know.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lubuntu-qa ; Julien Lavergne
Sent: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 3:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubun
new login screen.
Paul Gorski
On Feb 28, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
Hi Julien & Rafael
as this bug is preventing people testing the RC for the beta 1, IMHO
it is a critical bug and should be marked as such. I know Rafael is
pulling his hair out. Just as annoyingly, th
would like to do
whatever I can to help the team out.
Paul Gorski
On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
Rafael,
well, wearing my 'main QA' hat, as these changes occurred with no
prior warning / consultation / testing about regressions / bringing
new bugs in
lxdm, and I was
able to boot that to an lxdm window and login in successfully.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Julien Lavergne
To: Phill Whiteside
Cc: 神癒礁湖 ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
llowing install. Entering startx
returns: fglrx error, module not found, Framebuffer error.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: lubuntu-users ; lubuntu-qa
; Ubuntu Mailing list
; 神癒礁湖 ; Julien Lavergne
Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 7:32 pm
Subject: [L
If its any help...
Lubuntu precise-alternate-powerpc.iso 20120301
G4 eMac - guided, entire disk - installs and runs
G3 iMac - guided, entire disk - installs, but boots to command prompt
following install
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To
watch the first boot after the
install again.
I seem to remember the word "Powerbook" flashing across the screen before
booting to the command prompt.
I won't be able to re-run the install for another 8 hours though.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
eMac to see if I can
get past the Keyboard layout install menu.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lars.nooden ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 12:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] The 20120301-powerpc image is ok
Hi Paul,
we
alternate Lubuntu
isos to install on a Mac G4 eMac 800 MHz.
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0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "SWcursor" "false"
Option "DMAForXv" "true"
Option "UseFBDev" "false"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
ven't installed.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: UH
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: PhillW ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Sun, Feb 26, 2012 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 12.04 ppc: no b43legacy support on live-cd
Thanks for all that infos. And i understand the situat
ave a 2.5 hour commute to work, one way, each day. Five
hours on the road, 10 hours at work, and 3-4 hours testing makes for a long day.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2012 4:51 pm
Subject:
to be adjusted to get trackpad working - set
sensitivity and response to 100, max values.
Isn't there a separate Trackpad preference setting?
Airport Extreme wireless works out of the box following the install (not from
CD.) Nice.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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F
uickly. The trackpad is a little jumpy and
odd after the install though.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lars.nooden ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 10:28 am
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] mac G4 testing - missing desktop
also see forum thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405934
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(and eventually following the install.)
An improvement in the alternate would be to boot to the desktop following the
install
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Jim Price
To: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - de
able Linux install on PPC Macs for a few years now. I think we can
have that with Lubuntu 12.04, and these Macs can live the rest of their useful
lives running Lubuntu, especially if more web sites move to HTML5 and dump
Flash.
That's why I'm willing to test, test and test.
Sincere
g the Open firmware video or forcing radeon settings
to load (video=aty128:1024x768) works.
If so, if we could simply have those options displayed as text on the screen
that would work for me.
I'll do the testing and let you all know what I find.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-O
e iMac G3.
I have found some information that I am testing, and should be done testing
tomorrow.
Instead video=ofonly, changing some other video attributes.
I'll keep you posted.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: UH
Cc: Paul Gorski
r, dark
screen, very faint text. But in all cases the install seems to proceed if I
can find a way of making the text visible.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: uhtlmk ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 10:52 am
Subject:
what that might be though. Just an observation.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lars.nooden ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 6:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] mac G4 testing - missing desktop disc image
I really am startin
be if we simply put those files on the
CD-ROM, and didn't use wget?
sudo cp /cdrom/imac6.txt
sudo mv imac6.txt /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Jim Price
To: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 2:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 te
ernel/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
and here
http://linux-sxs.org/display/atyfb.html
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Jim Price
To: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 5:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso
Paul,
Argh! Posted directly to you instead o
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Jim Price
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso
most interesting,
the last long standing bug was when Apple renamed themselves internally on the
via the error log it is trying to load:
fglrx (0)
ati (1)
r128 (2)
Perhaps we could take the fglrx out of that instal cycle?
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Jim Price
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa]
the PowerPC FAQ and some other
notes I have. Not even sure if I can invoke NoUseFBDev at this point.)
I'd still have to write some sort of permanent changes to the new install,
wouldn't I?
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: o jordan
To: lubuntu-qa
Se
olution so I can get the iMacs up
and running so I can continue tests.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: o jordan
To: Paul Gorski ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:44 pm
Subject: RE: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac G3 testing - desktop .iso
In the past there were many problems. Thi
y
existing printing bugs.
I'll be working with current isos tonight and report after installing those.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: ojordan12345 ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:31 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa]
list of entries.
That didn't work until I restored yaboot.conf and etc/modules back to their
original states, before my changes.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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To: Paul Gorski ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:44 pm
Subject: RE: [Lubuntu-qa] Mac
Phill
If cjwatson is looking for a clear plan to fix the bug, I think that can be
found at this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/949288
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 6:13
Well it may not be a bug, but I do have a bug with Lubuntu 12.04 PPC on
G3 and G4 computers. The LightDM login screen is black, with white text,
no buttons. Oh it works, and and it actually sometimes appears as it
should (grey with buttons), but I've filed a separate bug report for
that.
This woul
don't see a big rush of
these Mac users moving to Lubuntu. Although Lubuntu on the brand new Macs would
probably be faster than any OS I've seen so far.
Not sure if this applies or helps, but
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Origin
;t a
big drain on the OS.
More important to me would be printing, I've had to manually add CUPS printing
to my installs just so I can print.
Why aren't printing services enabled by default?
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Julien
#x27;m not
sure how log directly into that portal.
I'd prefer to log the crashes through apport as they happen or log into a
website, not really interested in filing them by email.
I have bugs to report for Lubuntu testing, screen anomalies, Network
Connections missing.
Sincere
fixed then regress with the
various nightly builds. I've filed a bug report.
I'm asking for an improved look for LightDM and a fix for the PowerPC graphic
bug or a switch back to LXDM for Lubuntu.
Thanks for listening.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From:
If Bluetooth wasn't available for PowerPC macs, I wouldn't complain. Yes, some
PowerPC Macs have Bluetooth built-in, but you can't advertise Lubuntu as being
fast and nimble and then enable a technology that will cripple the computer
performance.
Sincere
e, create a new bug report, and move
on. Especially on the iso tracking pages, there should be a "Report Bug" option
that takes you to a bug reporting screen rather than a screen detailing all the
bug reporting options.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From:
ed Macs I've been testing on while my other
PowerPC installs are happening. And I've started doing some Ubuntu installs
just to compare the experiences.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 12:3
See my comments below:
-Original Message-
From: Julien Lavergne
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: PhillW ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 11:53 am
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Blue tooth and Macs
Le 03/09/2012 06:35 PM, Paul Gorski a écrit :
But I've asked h
report back to Ubuntu but copy by email anyone
use choose (a local admin), so your local support person is aware of the
problems you're having
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 2:59 pm
Subj
Julien,
I'm finding the "apport-bug lubuntu-desktop" quite useful, thank you for that
advice.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Julien Lavergne
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: PhillW ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 11:53 am
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa]
ing I
can't use with one of my own web sites.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-----
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 3:53 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 12.04 beta test
Hi,
in some sort of order...
LXDM is dead
the project.
(Well, again, need to improve LightDM appearance as not scare off new users.)
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Phill Whiteside
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: lubuntu-qa
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 6:50 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 12.04 beta test
Hi Paul,
e end of lifeing the solution and moving on
to something else next year.
Thanks for the interest though.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
-Original Message-
From: Steven
To: Paul Gorski
Cc: PhillW ; lubuntu-qa
Sent: Sat, Mar 10, 2012 2:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 12.04 beta t
Libreoffice, and I think Tomboy too, are optional installs. You would have to
install them yourself.
In this case I think "supported" means, yes they will work, but you will have
to install them.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Lars Noodén
To:
27;ve seen with Lubuntu.
I'm at the point that I'm sad to over write existing installs because they're
working pretty well.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: lubuntu-qa
Cc: nicholas.skaggs ; Julien Lavergne
Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2012
a time-line chart of Macintosh models if it helps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Macintosh_models
If I get a vote, I'd keep:
1) non-smp
2) smp-64
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: lubuntu-qa
Cc: Julien Lavergne
Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 3:39 pm
Subject:
to work than a G5 desktop.
That said, if I was project manager, I'd say dump the non-smp version and get
the updated smp kernel builds into the hands of the testers.
If it doesn't work on non-smp PPC computers, the testers will be the first to
tell us.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
rsion results in a small performance hit.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From: Phill Whiteside
To: Julien Lavergne
Cc: lubuntu-qa ; lubuntu-users
Sent: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 9:31 am
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Xubuntu reverting to non-pae kernel?
I think it would sense for us
I just want CUPS to work out of the box.
I have to reinstall it with every fresh install.
I haven't seen any changes in the items I've reported, so I haven't reported
any thing, thinking folks were still working on them.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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weeks now.
The move to the PowerPC SMP only kernel seems to gone OK, except that it might
now be the cause of my G3 iMac alternate install problems.
I can keep reporting that Osmo and LXKeymap crashes, but those are known bugs.
Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
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From:
This is a response to an old question, but Ubuntu runs so slowly on my G3s and
G4's that it doesn't really make sense testing it.
Even if I get it running, testing is extremely slow. I'm picking up a used iMac
G5 in the next couple days and might try it on that.
Sincere
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