One correction: when see the word "boot" as below what you type is:
Linux video=radeonfb:1024x768-32@60 On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Ron Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Devon > > From looking at your Youtube clip, it looks like a fairly common problem. > Trouble is, there's no one solution for all Macs (especially older Macs > -non intel.) > > Trying to decide if the solution that worked for me would work for you, > and I'm not quite sure. I have an eMac G4 with a ATI Radeon 9200 graphics > card. > > What I do when I get to the > > boot > > is add a command > video=radeonfb:1024x768-32@60 > > However: Nearly as I can tell, your G3 has an ATI Rage 128 Pro Graphics > Card. I'm hoping that somebody will see this reply and tell us if my > command would work for you. Wouldn't want to see you damage your machine > because of something I said. > > There's a link to some fairly simple explanations about Lubuntu > 12.10 known issues including video issues: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCKnownIssues#A12.10_Quantal_Quetzal > > You might find something there. > > Tell me. When you get to your blank screen, can you do a <cntl-alt-F1> to > boot into a command line interface? Let me know. There's another method to > fix the blank screen, and at least get you up and running. It's not the > best of solutions, but it does work. You need to be at a command line > before you can do it. > > Let me know > > Ron Mitchell > [email protected] > > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Devon Tourond <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I recently tried installed Lubuntu 12.10 PowerPC (both Desktop and the >> alternative) on my iMac G3 (indigo). The installation went fine; there were >> no errors. When I boot it however, the splash screen shows up like so but >> after a couple seconds it disappears and nothing else happens. I've tried >> rebooting several times, re-installing it but nothing works. You'd think >> that if there was a problem it would say in the installer. >> >> Here's the video I made of me trying to boot it up. Here you'll see >> exactly what I'm talking about: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMbXeLNuTU >> >> When I booted into the CD before running the installer it said if there >> were any doubts to press the [TAB] key, which I did. Then I saw all these >> different *options* (if that's what they're called). Here's the photos >> of what I saw http://sdrv.ms/UO1fNJ >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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