Hi Jonathan, in answer to how it passed at 12.04? I have no idea. I cannot find an PPC-Server edition for 12.04. I am sure you have the link....
Main thing is now that I'm aware of a PPC-Server edition, we may as well do the tests and get the little critter approved :) Regards, Phill. On 2 October 2012 04:58, Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/01/2012 07:16 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > For server-ppc, what is needed is where the test cases are simply > > wrong (such as check the processor you have) etc. and which are > > applicable. Whilst I can try to do an install via qemu (and most > > certainly will), what would really help is if you could point out the > > glaring errors on the 'mandatory' and 'test once' cases. I can then > > edit the ones with errors and remove any that are N/A for ppc. As > > long as we get the new test suite done in time for the RC sequence, > > and they all pass... server-ppc will pass. > > Right. But virtualization is not new in 12.10 ... how was an > Intel/AMD-specific test case like this successfully passed on PPC in > 12.04 testing? How did that happen? I don't understand. > > From reading through the server testcases, I think the only one with a > glaring PPC issue is the one I referred to in a recent email, SWI-011, > the "Virtualization Host" one. > > Others may need some minor fixup (I'm seeing a default hostname of > "new-host" where the test cases assume "ubuntu", for example), but these > are trivial for any decent tester to figure out, and are probably not > PPC-specific anyway. > > Meanwhile, if anyone has successfully got a 12.10 GUI Lubuntu working on > PPC (G4) with an nVidia video card, please let me know the secret :) > > Jonathan > > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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