On 10/01/2012 09:31 PM, ∅ wrote: >> 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 :)
> Johnathan, I see that you've got a nVidia chip. This is exciting > because most of the Lubuntu PPC team are using Radeon-equipped > machines. > That being said, I encourage you to check out this bug if > you haven't: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1043518 Well, until today I was not seeing those weird patterns. I just never got any kind of X display at all, just text mode. Working ttys on Alt-F1 to Alt-F6, and a couple of "starting" messages from services on Alt-F7, where I would expect X to show up in a perfect world :) Now you know why I started testing the PPC server ISO instead of the Lubuntu one! But today, using the 20121001 PPC live CD image, booting with live nomodeset I get a "colorful" 8bit pseudocolor live session using the fbdevhw driver. Without the nomodeset, I don't see any X at all. Unless this is also happening to others with more recent/conventional nVidia hardware, I'd guess that nouveau is just not coded to recognize and use these old mobile nVidia cards? > It sounds like you have the symptoms. We'd like to know how it goes > for you, especially if it works. Please make a comment there with the > results, and make sure to include your card info (lspci | grep VGA). 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1) I should post Xorg.0.log, but I thought someone said a fix was known and already in place for this issue... ? If the fix is in 20121001, then it isn't working for me yet :) Jonathan -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
