Has anyone successfully installed Mandrake 9 on a Powerbook?

[starflyer 59]

I have tried to install it several times, but I am unable to get the install to work correctly. I can see that there is a graphic for me to go through, but the resolution is completely screwed. Does anyone have Madrake 9 up and running on a Powerbook?

Thanks

 

[brdoco]

can you even run mandrake on a mac? I thought YellowDog (www.yellowdoglinux.com) was the only mac-compatible distro.

btw, good band..

 

[starflyer 59]

yeah, mandrake distributes a ppc version. i love denison marrs.... to get off subject, what other bands do you like?

 

[f-matic]

try looking for a xf86config-4

i set up debian a while back on a pb g4/400. the resolution was screwy but i tracked down someone else's functional XF86Config-4 file off the internet. i think mandrake has the same deal - the configuration for X11 is in /etc/X11, so do a google search for the right config file for your G4 then put it in the /etc/X11/ directory... worked for me at least!

good luck setting it up,

best,
np

 

[brdoco]

uhh... david crowder band, chris tomlin, 10 shekel shirt, 3day, benjamin gate, charlie hall, delerious, superchick.. and even some dakoda motor co here and there.

 

[i_wolf]

Gentoo also have a mac version available. Although it isn't as easy to install... (you will be fine if you follow the instructions !) it has a fantastic ports system like FreeBSD, has less bloat than mandrake 9 and generally will run faster than other linux distro's since it is optimized heavily around your system.
Check it out www.gentoo.org
Kind Regards,
i_wolf

 

[yzeater]

Originally posted by brdoco
uhh... david crowder band, chris tomlin, 10 shekel shirt, 3day, benjamin gate, charlie hall, delerious, superchick.. and even some dakoda motor co here and there.

I saw Crowder in concert a month ago. They were amazing!! Oh yeah, and Superchick is coming to my school in April

 

[Jaykay]

I dont think that linux is as efficent running on the PPC architecture as they had some problems while thaey were porting it, i cant remember what they were but they did have to make some scrifices, oh well i guess that means that x86 kinux is still exellent. I love that OS (but red hat annoys me)...

 

[brdoco]

Originally posted by yzeater
I saw Crowder in concert a month ago. They were amazing!! Oh yeah, and Superchick is coming to my school in April

i got to see crowder at southeast (i think) a couple months ago. right now, passion is booking another tour, similar to the experience tour i think, with crowder, tomlin, and hall. rumor has it, my church has put a bid in on being a venue..

where do you go to school..?

 

[yzeater]

Just outside of Washington DC in Virginia

 

[brdoco]

I had meant the name of your school... but i guess the geographic location is cool too.

 

[yzeater]

High School

 

[brdoco]

superchick played your high school..? that's pretty cool. back in the day, sixpence played my high school.

 

[guitargeek]

Originally posted by i_wolf
Gentoo also have a mac version available. Although it isn't as easy to install... (you will be fine if you follow the instructions !) it has a fantastic ports system like FreeBSD, has less bloat than mandrake 9 and generally will run faster than other linux distro's since it is optimized heavily around your system.
Check it out www.gentoo.org
Kind Regards,
i_wolf

After all the trouble I had getting Gentoo installed on my machine, I'd hate to have to try to figure out how to get it to work on a foreign hardware base (even if it has been ported succesfully).