Re: [Lubuntu-qa] free PPC for testers

2015-05-25 Thread Boris Reinhard
er > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer > On May 25, 2015 11:23 AM, "Boris Reinhard" > wrote: > >> Hello Walter, hi all, >> >> Wolfram Sang has been doing some work for ppc macs but as I understand he >> does not have any hardwar

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] free PPC for testers

2015-05-25 Thread Boris Reinhard
Release Manager & Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader > Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer > > On May 25, 2015 11:23 AM, "Boris Reinhard" wrote: >> >> Hello

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] free PPC for testers

2015-05-25 Thread Boris Reinhard
Hello Walter, hi all, Wolfram Sang has been doing some work for ppc macs but as I understand he does not have any hardware for testing so I imagine this would help!? boris I just got a iBook and I would like to offer it to anyone interested in testing with it. If you would like it please email m

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Installing Lubuntu 14.04.2 into computers with low RAM

2015-02-05 Thread Boris Reinhard
But I guess it is intended to make the typical images available, is it at all possible to expand the timeframe and get a new build with the manifest fixes and such implemented or is that out of the question in this case? Boris Reinhard schrieb am Do., 5. Feb. 2015 18:40: > Why if only

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Installing Lubuntu 14.04.2 into computers with low RAM

2015-02-05 Thread Boris Reinhard
Why if only the alternate image is affected? Desktop ppc image seems to work!? Walter Lapchynski schrieb am Do., 5. Feb. 2015 18:28: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Saqman2060 wrote: > > If I can recall, lubuntu 14.04.2 will not be released do to some kernel > > issues. > > Correction: it MAY

Re: WOTL: Any thoughts for best desktop value these days?

2014-12-23 Thread Boris Reinhard
Hi Fritz, depending on who you ask it's sometimes ATI/ AMD and other times Nvidia with lousy GPU driver support under linux, best to check some recent discussions and benchmarks on phoronix for some inseight on that topic. I prefer Nvidia. ;) Anyhow, personally I always go for custom build system

Re: How to set to auto login

2014-12-16 Thread Boris Reinhard
Linked the wrong post, sry, the follow up on this has the actual steps you will need: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1472113&p=12546917#post12546917 Boris Reinhard schrieb am Di., 16. Dez. 2014 16:26: > I see, this should do the trick: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/sho

Re: How to set to auto login

2014-12-16 Thread Boris Reinhard
I see, this should do the trick: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1472113&p=9278922#post9278922 :) -- Forwarded message - From: Marc Tremblay Date: Di., 16. Dez. 2014 16:16 Subject: RE: How to set to auto login To: Boris Reinhard ​Hi Boris, No offence taken. We

Re: How to set to auto login

2014-12-16 Thread Boris Reinhard
Morning Marc, currently I'm at work so no time for a full-fledged response but as I just noticed your message, first thing that comes to mind and no offense intended, food for thought: Auto-login I believe is the wrong setup for students and teachers and a bad lesson/ impression to take away from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2014-12-04 Thread Boris Reinhard
The oldest system I have around is based on an old, slotted, Pentium 3 CPU with 450 Mhz, 10 GB IBM drive (this drive is a tank, slow as hell but still works fine), ATI Rage 128, sadly it's been dissasembled for a while as the mainboard died some time ago. Even tho it is not in use at the moment asi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Success: PPC 14.04 with the desktop freeze/radeon driver

2014-11-01 Thread Boris Reinhard
ing about my experiences with my older iMac, which I think took > "legacy" . . . and the iBook, which does have the AE card . . . . > > Anyway, at work on my MBPro . . . have to get back to the iBook tomorrow . > . . . > > Thanks for the help, much appreciated, > > F >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Success: PPC 14.04 with the desktop freeze/radeon driver

2014-11-01 Thread Boris Reinhard
Almost there Fritz, you will need to run firmware-b43-installer the legacy one is for oder cards, yours is one of the newer Airport extreme cards. Am 01.11.2014 21:30 schrieb "Fritz Hudnut" : > @Aere: > > Thanks for that, but right, it's all about "cost/benefit" ratio . . . I've > been through

Re: Fwd: Success: PPC 14.04 with the desktop freeze/radeon driver

2014-11-01 Thread Boris Reinhard
sudo nano /etc/yaboot.conf add these to the append=”” lines and save changes to the file, after that sudo ybin -v and after a reboot it all should stick :) Am 01.11.2014 16:04 schrieb "Fritz Hudnut" : > Forwarding this: top posted comment: Boris R. has been giving me some > pointers towards get