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Lubuntu 16.04 Remix (updated)

No. There never was a powerpc linux version of skype. You might want to try something like Ekiga or Linphone if you are looking for voice/video chat.

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Yes, I believe so. Haven't actually tried it yet myself. Make a backup of your original sources.list and then try it and let us know how it goes.

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Worked like a charm. Here's my updated sources.list.

#deb cdrom:[Lubuntu 12.04 _Precise Pangolin_ - Release powerpc (20120423)]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
 
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Hey all, I was attempting to install 16.04, however on every attempt, the system would inevitably get stuck. Regardless of boot parameters, shortly after launching the installer, or any program really, the system would lock up and the display begins flicking on and off. Was wondering if there was any help to be had, maybe something I'm missing. The system is an MDD FW400 G4, 2GB RAM, ATI 9000 Pro, dual 1.25ghz
 
GreatWBeans said:
Hey all, I was attempting to install 16.04, however on every attempt, the system would inevitably get stuck. Regardless of boot parameters, shortly after launching the installer, or any program really, the system would lock up and the display begins flicking on and off. Was wondering if there was any help to be had, maybe something I'm missing. The system is an MDD FW400 G4, 2GB RAM, ATI 9000 Pro, dual 1.25ghz
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Oh yeah, that's just what happens with a Radeon 9000 Pro with 16.04. There's not really a way around it. While it's possible to disable accelerated graphics, which causes the crash, all you end up with is a very glitchy display, I wouldn't call it useable in that state. From what I can gather, it's some sort of issue in the open source driver they've never bothered to fix, and there's no proprietary fallback for PowerPC.

Seems like it works fine in 12.04, but I'm not in a position to check right now.
 
repairedCheese said:
Oh yeah, that's just what happens with a Radeon 9000 Pro with 16.04. There's not really a way around it. While it's possible to disable accelerated graphics, which causes the crash, all you end up with is a very glitchy display, I wouldn't call it useable in that state. From what I can gather, it's some sort of issue in the open source driver they've never bothered to fix, and there's no proprietary fallback for PowerPC.

Seems like it works fine in 12.04, but I'm not in a position to check right now.
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Same here. I had nothing but issues trying to get 16.04 working properly on my QS/867 with Radeon 9000. Eventual lock ups, screen flashing, exactly what has been mentioned. I ended up just going with 12.04 and it works perfectly.
 
repairedCheese said:
Oh yeah, that's just what happens with a Radeon 9000 Pro with 16.04. There's not really a way around it. While it's possible to disable accelerated graphics, which causes the crash, all you end up with is a very glitchy display, I wouldn't call it useable in that state. From what I can gather, it's some sort of issue in the open source driver they've never bothered to fix, and there's no proprietary fallback for PowerPC.

Seems like it works fine in 12.04, but I'm not in a position to check right now.
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Ah well good to know, though still disappointing. I will try 12.04 than. Last time I did I got caught up attempting to partition the disk, but now I have an entirely separate drive for it
 
I am considering trying to install 16.04 on my PMG5 with the radeon card - My question pertains to the loud fans, once in the Linux OS, do the fans stop roaring ?
 
To the one trying to install on a Pismo Powerbook (I think I'm in the right thread), but couldn't get the DVDs to boot:

Media matters.

I was given a huge stack of Verbatim DVD-R by my kids. Every one I tried to burn on my 2011 MacBook Pro would not boot, and quite often would not mount, on my Pismo. I also have had problems booting Verbatim CDs. I ordered in a stack of Maxell maxdata DVD-R this week, burned all of the images at the beginning of this thread, and all booted on the Pismo. Stack of 25 is UPC 025215627613
 
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I hadn't noticed earlier, but I am getting errors with my 16.04 Remix DVD. Actually, I made two DVDs, both of which have the same symptoms. I had walked away while the first was booting to the desktop, and everything worked as expected. However, when rebooting the DVD after verifying that everything in my Home directory was backed up, I noticed the following errors:

blk-update-request: I/O error, dev sr0 sector nnnnnn (there were a couple of different values, which were not the same between DVDs)

Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block zzzzzz, async page read

The second message did not always follow the first, and nnnnnn was always different from zzzzzz. The messages would repeat, sometimes alternate, until the boot process eventually continued to the desktop.

After doing the installation, when I told the installer to quit, the same thing happened, except the errors never cleared. I waited awhile, forced shutdown, and rebooted to my hard drive with no problems.
 
I had originally intended to install the 12.0.4 or MacBuntu remix, but ran into a problem that I don't know how to solve. This happens with the remix CD, and both DVD images. The computer boots up fine, but then puts out the message:

init: lightdm main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1

and am left at a terminal prompt. The number represented by nnnn varies.

Suggestions?
 
I'm guessing it's a graphics card issue causing lightdm/x11 to crash. The ATI rage 128's aren't very well supported in PPC Linux. Some people have had success, but it involved custom kernels and other hacks. There's info on the net and i think this very forum as well, but it might not be worth the effort on that machine. For a machine that slow i would suggest trying openbsd as you'll probably get better results.

Cheers
 
wicknix said:
I'm guessing it's a graphics card issue causing lightdm/x11 to crash. The ATI rage 128's aren't very well supported in PPC Linux. Some people have had success, but it involved custom kernels and other hacks. There's info on the net and i think this very forum as well, but it might not be worth the effort on that machine. For a machine that slow i would suggest trying openbsd as you'll probably get better results.

Cheers
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The Ubuntu PowerPC FAQ for 12.04 states that users with ATI Rage 128 cards will experience booting into low graphics mode, and that would resolve after running the Update Manager. The 12.04 install from Ubuntu did so for me, but low graphics mode was indecipherable, so I gave up. I suspect my crash with the Remix disk was related.

I installed Wheezy (Debian 7.11) on a spare hard drive, but have a few issues. Suspend is not working - or rather it suspends but doesn't wake properly.

I was hoping to work with the 12.04 Remix disk as a repository, but apt-cdrom add won't allow it:

This disc is called:
'Lubuntu 12.04 _Precise Pangolin_ - Release powerpc (20120423)'
Copying package lists...gpgv: Signature made Mon 23 Apr 2012 10:38:43 AM EDT using DSA key ID FBB75451
gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found
E: Sub-process gpgv returned an error code (2)
W: Signature verification failed for: /media/cdrom0/dists/precise/Release.gpg

I'm temporarily (?) stumped on that.

FYI - There's mixed information about Debian 7 compatibility of Arcticfox, Spidermail, et al. The PowerPC Linux Wiki says Debian 7+ but the download sites say Debian 8. All crash on launch for me with the following error (arcticfox):

don@pismo:~$ /usr/lib/arcticfox/arcticfox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/arcticfox/libnspr4.so:
/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /usr/lib/arcticfox/libnspr4.so)
Couldn't load XPCOM.

Posted (painfully - no surprise) from IceWeasel in Wheezy.

- Don (masochist in residence, having too much fun)
 
Wish i could help with the rage128 issue. I just don't have that old of hardware to test with. As for Arctic Fox, ubuntu 12 = debian 8, and i build those browsers on ubuntu 12. @xeno74 has builds of arctic fox for ubuntu 10 available however, which should be equivalent to debian 7. See this thread. You'll need to ppa install gcc-4.8 for his build to work. This is already done and installed in lubuntu 12 remix and macbuntu by default.

Cheers
 
wicknix said:
Wish i could help with the rage128 issue. I just don't have that old of hardware to test with. As for Arctic Fox, ubuntu 12 = debian 8, and i build those browsers on ubuntu 12. @xeno74 has builds of arctic fox for ubuntu 10 available however, which should be equivalent to debian 7. See this thread. You'll need to ppa install gcc-4.8 for his build to work. This is already done and installed in lubuntu 12 remix and macbuntu by default.

Cheers
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No problem about the rage128 - I realize I'm working sort of on my own with it. BTW - ubuntu 12 is derived from wheezy (debian 7) as detailed in that thread. That's why I took this particular detour. I wanted to get suspend working (Which it is for me now - It took a couple of tries before it 'took') and debian seems to support my video card better than ubuntu 16.0.4, which I used for over a year. I'll probably post about that elsewhere.

I'lll take a look at getting gcc-4.8 and seeing if ArcticFox will work for me, and I'm still researching whether I can get the MacBuntu disk accepted by apt-cdrom.

Thanks!
 
Decided to try Macbuntu on my 1.5ghz Sawtooth with Radeon 9000 GPU. I chose the "install alongside..." option to install it alongside OS 9. The installation went well, but when I rebooted, I got stuck at the blinking floppy with a question mark screen. Any ideas on how to fix this?
 
Irontooth said:
To the one trying to install on a Pismo Powerbook (I think I'm in the right thread), but couldn't get the DVDs to boot:

Media matters.

I was given a huge stack of Verbatim DVD-R by my kids. Every one I tried to burn on my 2011 MacBook Pro would not boot, and quite often would not mount, on my Pismo. I also have had problems booting Verbatim CDs. I ordered in a stack of Maxell maxdata DVD-R this week, burned all of the images at the beginning of this thread, and all booted on the Pismo. Stack of 25 is UPC 025215627613
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That was me, and yes I've tried different media, including Maxell DVD-R (the golden one) with no result.
Even tried booting from Open Firmware.
It's no bother as the Pismo runs brilliantly with Tiger.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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