What boot flags did you use to get the lubuntu installer to desktop? I cannot get it there!
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{UPDATED} DEBIAN/UBUNTU on Powerbook G4 12" Nvidia FX5200
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I'm using the live disk - just pressing option key and selecting the Lubuntu disk in the boot manager, first yaboot screen hitting enter - no parameters.
Yeah, its working, I just don't have any boot screens.
Also, man, it is SNAPPY! I just ran 'sudo apt-get update' and installed the WiFi firmware. Also, the touchpad feels great!
I might go for a dual boot with my Quad - after the impressive performance from the live disk I'm hoping a full install will be even better, especially after tweaking it and using a faster browser than Firefox.
Ok, for some reason, my fans have been going nuts, even sitting still.
Add 'echo 5 > /sys/devices/platform/temperatures/` to your autostart script.
I've also been enjoying playing around with deep customization. I'm still using LXDE, but I'm using fbpanel and i3lock now. OrangeBlue is a great OB theme, I'm still looking around for tasteful icons
Add 'echo 5 > /sys/devices/platform/temperatures/` to your autostart script.
I've also been enjoying playing around with deep customization. I'm still using LXDE, but I'm using fbpanel and i3lock now. OrangeBlue is a great OB theme, I'm still looking around for tasteful icons
I might also give it a try on my 1,33 Ghz PB .
I had Ubuntu Mate installed yesterday but I couldn't get nouveau.ko compiled so no brightness adjustment.
On my 1,66 Ghz I had installed Lubuntu but the touchpad was horrible .
On the 1,33 Ghz model it could also be i2c-powermac ?
I had 1 PB with Ubuntu Mate installed for the past 2 weeks and there nouveau.ko is still working and thus the brightness control also.
However on my new Ubuntu Mate install yesterday I couldn't get it compiled neither ? Maybe the kernel version got updated since my previous install and we're building from the wrong linux-source version ?
On Debian Testing I recompiled nouveau.ko yesterday without any issues.
Hmm, interesting. I wouldn't be surprised. I wonder if Tito is around with any tips. I just edited the modules, lets see how this goes.
EDIT: i2c-powermac: modals failure on /uni-n@f80000000/i2c@
EDIT2: maybe downgrade the kernel;?
Ok I got around to compiling it on ubuntu 16.04.1 running 4.4.0-36-powerpc-smp. Do all the usual steps and do this at the end before you reboot.
Code:
update-initramfs -uJust to confirm , I did the last step and the nouveau.ko module is working now on Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 LTS .
Regarding i2c-dev ( for the 1,5 Ghz Model ) I was under the impression that this helps with the temperature sensors ( nothing to do with the nouveau module as you also stated ) or am I wrong in this assumption ?
And another benchmark done after I've installed a 2nd OS X partition with the latest mplayer compiled via macports (x265 support )
This time to make things fair, Powerbooks were on charger , Debian/Ubuntu set to Performance and OS X to Better Performance.
{EDIT} video window 3/4 of screen height so I could see top running
Testfiles used :
Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 LTS using mpv , only files I was able to play without serious sync issues was
OS X 10.5.8 using Coreplayer , I was able to play everything except x265 since there is no support
OS X 10.5.8 using mplayer , fans not kicking in , CPU in the 60-80% region but could only play without sync issues
Debian Testing using mpv , only files I was able to play without serious sync issues was ...
OS X 10.5.8 using Coreplayer , I was able to play everything except x265 since there is no support
OS X 10.5.8 using mplayer , fans kicking in , CPU in the 60-80% region but could only play without sync issues
So after almost a month in Linux, I'm going back to Coreplayer for video playback , TFF 45 ,ClicktoPlugin,ViewTube, Webkit for work (Javascript), Citrix ICA/Receiver for work ( which isn't available for Linux PPC ) and I got mplayer ( via macports ) for the X265 video support .
Only things for me personally I'm still missing on OS X 10.5.8 is a recent Silverlight for those pesky tv streaming sites
and a more recent Qemu (2.6.0 which fails to compile/work via macports/homebrew since 2.2.x ).
Anybody ever tried Citrix Xenserver 3.1 on G4 / G5 , haven't found it yet but it did exist.
Debian/(L)Ubuntu is fine for a modern browser and a lightweight or low memory machine with a not too heavy DE but not giving me all the above options which I can still get from OS X 10.5.8
To conclude , nouveau/mesa on Linux has improved a lot but running glxgears there gives me 60 fps and this is OS X 10.5.8
This time to make things fair, Powerbooks were on charger , Debian/Ubuntu set to Performance and OS X to Better Performance.
{EDIT} video window 3/4 of screen height so I could see top running
Testfiles used :
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv ( 720p ) , I normally play 480p for TV series
- The.Jungle.Book.2016.720p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG.mp4
- Zootopia 2016 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK.mkv
- Game.of.Thrones.S06E09.480p.HDTV.x265.HEVC.upload-hero.mkv
Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 LTS using mpv , only files I was able to play without serious sync issues was
- Game.of.Thrones.S06E09.480p.HDTV.x265.HEVC.upload-hero.mkv
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv
OS X 10.5.8 using Coreplayer , I was able to play everything except x265 since there is no support
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv ( 720p )
- The.Jungle.Book.2016.720p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG.mp4
- Zootopia 2016 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK.mkv
OS X 10.5.8 using mplayer , fans not kicking in , CPU in the 60-80% region but could only play without sync issues
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv ( 720p )
- Game.of.Thrones.S06E09.480p.HDTV.x265.HEVC.upload-hero.mkv
Debian Testing using mpv , only files I was able to play without serious sync issues was ...
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv ( 720p )
- Game.of.Thrones.S06E09.480p.HDTV.x265.HEVC.upload-hero.mkv
OS X 10.5.8 using Coreplayer , I was able to play everything except x265 since there is no support
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv ( 720p )
- The.Jungle.Book.2016.720p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG.mp4
- Zootopia 2016 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-JYK.mkv
OS X 10.5.8 using mplayer , fans kicking in , CPU in the 60-80% region but could only play without sync issues
- Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S02E09.HDTV.x264-FLEET.mkv (720p )
- Game.of.Thrones.S06E09.480p.HDTV.x265.HEVC.upload-hero.mkv
So after almost a month in Linux, I'm going back to Coreplayer for video playback , TFF 45 ,ClicktoPlugin,ViewTube, Webkit for work (Javascript), Citrix ICA/Receiver for work ( which isn't available for Linux PPC ) and I got mplayer ( via macports ) for the X265 video support .
Only things for me personally I'm still missing on OS X 10.5.8 is a recent Silverlight for those pesky tv streaming sites
and a more recent Qemu (2.6.0 which fails to compile/work via macports/homebrew since 2.2.x ).
Anybody ever tried Citrix Xenserver 3.1 on G4 / G5 , haven't found it yet but it did exist.
Debian/(L)Ubuntu is fine for a modern browser and a lightweight or low memory machine with a not too heavy DE but not giving me all the above options which I can still get from OS X 10.5.8
To conclude , nouveau/mesa on Linux has improved a lot but running glxgears there gives me 60 fps and this is OS X 10.5.8
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I'm amazed by that, from what I'd read HEVC playback had seemed out of PPC reach - any chance of a download link?
Well, basically you install MacPorts for Leopard or Tiger , I'm only running Leopard so I don't have experience with Tiger.
Leopard
Tiger
This is the guide to MacPorts
https://www.macports.org/install.php#installing
I had already installed it to get a more uptodate QEMU installed , did an update of Macports
sudo port -v selfupdate and did a sudo port install mplayer and left the machine running for like 1 or 2 days whilst checking now and then on the progress.
Can't recall if I had any dependencies to resolve but tadaah mplayer 1.3.0 with x265 HECV support
https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=mplayer
I must warn you that you best take a backup before installing/compiling , macports can seriously mess up your default os x utils like gcc, cc , Xcode and other compilers .
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Since I already know this particular Game of Thrones episode S06E09 by heart whilst using it the past month as a test case ( still have to start at season 1 ) I'll check the performance on charger of the SSD 12" Powerbook G4 1,5 Ghz , 1.25 GB RAM with mplayer X265 in 720p + 1080p on OS X 10.5.8.
BRB
Ulp! That has sufficiently frightened me away...I .don't fancy potentially screwing anything up at the moment plus I've no experience on the compiling front.
MacPorts does all the compiling for you but it might replace the gcc version that is installed with OS X 10.5.8 with a newer version needed to compile the other dependencies for mplayer.
I need my compilers to work since I do a lot of compiling and trying to brush up my C++ programming .
Thus I take a full backup as a snapshot each time before I install/compile something as a precaution.
I just tried the 720p and 1080p versions but sync is way off now on the 12" Powerbook.
Even on my 1.67 Ghz 15" Powerbook G4 only 480p seems to be feasible for X265 playback with mplayer on OS X.
Haven't tried mpv/mplayer under Linux on the 1.67 Ghz 15" Powerbook G4 so can't tell if it will higher than 480p there.
It's still amazing that this much can be done on PPC when you're hearing now of Intel Linux flavours needing a i3 CPU as minimum...
IIRC macports installs everything into /opt and modifies the PATH env variable in console to give the new binary priority. The stock binary is never altered or removed.
And great work on all these benchmarks. Sadly seems like osx is still the way to go. Not that it's a bad thing as I like 10.5 and 6 the most out of any osx releases.
Decided to give Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2 LTS another go but it looks like your nouveau patches no longer work , when I compile them , replace the existing nouveau.ko , the Ubuntu Mate logo loading screen freezes.
( going to reinstall now since I can't boot into Ubuntu anymore )
Any chance of getting newer patches, pretty please ? If you need any source files let me know
yikes! I totally forgot about this. I'll take a look this weekend if I get a chance. been crazy busy with work . feel free to poke me again in a week if I don't follow up.
Hey, looks like they pulled 16.04.2 for ppc? I can't find the download anywhere. Latest on the mirror is 16.04.1.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/16.04.2/release/