On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Fritz Hudnut <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, with today's daily 10/3 powerpc I was able to get passed the Yaboot > boot screen, in both my iMac 800 and my iBook, so that's the good news.
that means this one's fixed. > the iMac I just used the live video=ofonly??? the semi default boot > parameter and eventually got to a black screen . . . I would need to be > reminded on what the boot parameters for the iMac are . . . . for fixing general issues with ppc, refer to this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ (there are many paragraphs of discussion about proper boot parameters and different options for different graphics chips) however, this may still be an issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1371651 > However, on the iBook, which I might actually try the install on, I used > "live-nosplash-powerpc video=radeonfb: 1024x768-32@60" . . . . And that > got me to a clean resolution GUI desktop!!! the fix that i have seen for the blank GUI is "quiet splash" but perhaps the nosplash fixed it in this case? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363180 Title: utopic alternate install CD doesn't boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1363180/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
