Ubuntu on Macbook Issues

[butchseaman]

I have installed Unbuntu on my mac book and I am having issues getting the video to work properly. I expect I am not the first for this issue and there are probably other issues I have not even found to date. Please see attached image and suggestions if you have any.

Thanks
Butch Seaman

 

[benthewraith]

I have installed Unbuntu on my mac book and I am having issues getting the video to work properly. I expect I am not the first for this issue and there are probably other issues I have not even found to date. Please see attached image and suggestions if you have any.

Thanks
Butch Seaman

That's not a Macbook.

 

[blunderboy]

That's an iBook G3, not a MacBook. "MacBook" specifically refers to Intel Macs released after 2006.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

For starters, it would help to know which version of Ubuntu you're using. Also, what other issues are you having? Does the sound, wireless, bluetooth, trackpad, etc work?

 

[butchseaman]

Ok... I have an ibook I am trying to get ubuntu 10.4 to work. The screen is as seen in the image... half a screen and the wifi does not work either. Please any information would be helpful.

 

[MacHamster68]

i am not sure about ubuntu 10.4 on the iBook , i used ubuntu hardy (8.04) on one of my g3 iMacs , its running but it was not really what you could call plug and play , needs quiet a bit terminal work , but i use debian now on that iMac g3

but here is a site to get 9.10 to work on a iBook g3
http://blog.computerant.com/2010/04/07/linux-on-the-ibook-varied-success-different-distributions/

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

I'm not familiar with Ubuntu but that does look like some type of display driver issue. It looks like it's set to 800x600 resolution and isn't scaled properly. Go into your system properties(?) and select display and change the resolution to 1024x768. That's the native resolution of the iBooks.