Re: ubuntu-15.04 PPC issues

: On 06/04/2015 09:11 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr wrote: Hello, Isreal What video card do you have on your iBook? If it is a radeon card did you try this live radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=1024x768-32 video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1? You are going to have Xorg issues on 15.04

Re: ubuntu-15.04 PPC issues

Hello, Isreal What video card do you have on your iBook? If it is a radeon card did you try this live radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=1024x768-32 video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1? You are going to have Xorg issues on 15.04 unfortunately. See this thread on the ubuntuforums. Also if you

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] free PPC machines

What models do you have? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 6, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote: I've got multiple PPC machines that I'm willing to donate to folks that are interested in testing with them, including a PowerMac G5. First come, first serve. Send me an

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

If know how to build from source then PPAs work on PowerPC. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Israel israeld...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2015 11:13 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: @Fritz I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

not enough RAM in the iBook?? Over on the PM 3,1 in 12.04 that I've upgraded RAM to its max 2GB, FB will be painfully slow to load stuff, but, so far, no crashes. F On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. herminio.hernande...@gmail.com wrote: general suggestion

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

. . . but, might be worth playing with??? F On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. herminio.hernande...@gmail.com wrote: If the WebkitGTK JavaScript bug ever gets fixed in Ubuntu then you would be able to use midori, qupzilla, or even luakit. They use less resources

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

-dev-tools (IIRC) Ubuntu is a super easy platform for development, though. So nice to sudo apt-get install lib*whatever*-dev You never know Fritz you might find that you like hacking your own computer a whole lot :) On 08/09/2015 06:37 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: Fritz, I would

Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on the extremely old desktop?

suggestion of something to do on the computer to fill its time . . . or specific to keeping my olde PM 3,1 running 12.04, but something that needs to be built . . . so that the upgrade for XFCE could then be installed ??? F On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr

Re: Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

Compton is great for what you are looking for. See the ppcluddite blog for detail on how to set it up. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: Folks: I've been continuing my testing of my min-installed XFCE 14.04 for PPC, and, kind of

Re: Window compositing in Lubuntu 14.04

XFCE compositing works out of the box. Once they get Ubuntu-MATE 15.10 working then you will have more options. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Fritz Hudnut este.el@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:20 PM, lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: I think that actually

Re: Window compositing in LXDE 14.04 [PPC]?

. . . after traffic hours, whenever that is . . . . LA is all about the traffic . . . . : - ) On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. herminio.hernande...@gmail.com wrote: Compton is great for what you are looking for. See the ppcluddite blog for detail

Re: Lubuntu ISO prototype, build with LXQt 64 bit

will you release a powerpc iso as well? On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry but it's too much time consuming to do an amd64 iso, for not so > much advantages. It may be available when we switch to the official > way of doing ISO. >

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

add this line to your yaboot.conf > enableofboot then reload your conf file and reboot. You should be able from yaboot now to enter the open firmware section w/o using the keystrokes. Herminio On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > @PG, et al: > >

Re: [lubuntu-users] Any feedback on reviving a G3 iBook PPC testingmachine??

w there is nothing . . . or, close to it. > There is no linux side install, can't boot linux CDs, etc . . . no USB > boot, no OF. > > F > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> add this line to you

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu PPC 16.04 lxpanel/weather does not work

Done! On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Please make sure to click the old "affects me too" button on the bug. The > more of those we have, the more attention the bug is likely to get. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu PPC 16.04 lxpanel/weather does not work

I can confirm I see this on my iBook G4 as well. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 1, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: > > There's currently [a bug][1] tracking this. Please confirm it and add any > relevant information. I will say, I have problems with the Kubuntu

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] 16.04

Been testing for a week on my PowerBook G4. So far it has been excellent! Video playback even with compositing under Compton works without the CPU overloading. Web browsing is responsive. I use midori a lot and it works great. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Phill.

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] uploaded: almost the released 16.04.1 LTS version for PowerPC

t > U-MATE PPC installed on that one with the extra "juice" . . . . I'm thinking > that 2 GB is the "real" "minimum" for doing stuff on the web . . . . I have > tested the live LU session on the PM and reported that it "ran well" here on >

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] uploaded: almost the released 16.04.1 LTS version for PowerPC

Fritz, What are the specs of your iBook? Mine is a 1.42Ghz w/ 1.5 GB of Ram and Lu runs fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > Nio: > > Thanks to you and phil for making that available and posting those links. > Yes,

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] State of PPC

@wxl It would be sad but I understand if Lubuntu drops PPC. I believe 16.04 is a solid release for PPC. However I do believe that PPC will not completely die away. Like Fritz said Amiga is producing PPC hardware. Talos is considering producing a modern PPC system. I know these projects are

Re: [lubuntu-users] dropping i386/PPC (was: Re: [lubuntu-devel] State of PPC)

Has there been an announcement that FF will drop PPC? On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: > >> As far as my perspective is concerned, I'm perfectly happy with dropping >>

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 1

I use backintime. It is very close to apple's time machine. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > > Lu Users: > > I'm still trying to keep my PPC computers going, although each of them is > having one kind of problem or another . . .

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 1

ot . . . . > > F > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I use backintime. It is very close to apple's time machine. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jul 5, 2017, at 3:

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] consistent QA help really needed

I would like to hep test. However the Lubuntu Beta1 has been disabled. Should I try the Lubuntu daily iso? On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: > Howdy folks, > > Lubuntu really needs you right now. > > Lubuntu has, as long as I've been involved with it,

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] consistent QA help really needed

I am going to give the daily a spin and run the QA tests. On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 06:46:59PM -0700, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > > I would like to hep test. However the Lubuntu Beta1 has been disable

Re: [lubuntu-users] [lubuntu-devel] consistent QA help really needed

The daily image installed with no errors. I will test drive and report bugs as I see them. On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am going to give the daily a spin and run the QA tests. > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at