Sorry, trouble with Gmail- I apologize if following is sent thrice- currently showing as 'draft' in Gmail so I'm hitting 'send' again. RR
> > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Raymond Rehayem <library...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> By the way, that site loads very slow- when it loads at all. if you can't >> get it to load here's the cached page from Google: >> >> >> http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:e8eiBaeq2sUJ:www.ppclinux.info/boards/1/topics/show/517+nouveau+driver+ubuntu+powerpc+libraryeye&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a >> >> >> Richard- do you know if new release of Ubuntu is going to be ported to PPC >> by the community soon? Will it default to nouveau driver? If so, maybe >> Matthew can just wait & install that instead. >> >> Ray >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Raymond Rehayem >> <library...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Actually, I no longer have it installed … however as I recall in Jaunty >>> on my PPC iMac G5 20" I was able to choose the nouveau driver instead and >>> restart, with no need to apply the patch. >>> >>> I had some trouble doing it but got it to work. I posted info to >>> ppclinux.info: >>> >>> http://www.ppclinux.info/boards/1/topics/show/517 >>> >>> Let me know if that works, >>> Ray >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM, RichardBronosky < >>> brunosj...@bronosky.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Matthew, >>>> Please tell me what directory you are in when you issue the command and >>>> the exact complete error string. The description you give is ambiguous as >>>> to >>>> whether the source files or destination directory cannot be found. (Also, I >>>> have not tried this on Jaunty, but am willing to update the process to >>>> accommodate.) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> [Hardy-Alpha 4 PPC] Screen resolution correct but shifted to the right >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189844 >>>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >>>> of the bug. >>>> >>>> Status in X.Org X server: In Progress >>>> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nv” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >>>> >>>> Bug description: >>>> On my PPC G5 iMac 20" built-in display with Hardy-Alpha 4, using the >>>> standard NV driver, the resolution of 1680x1050 is detected correctly but >>>> is >>>> shifted to the right by about 1/2 inch, which continues back to the left >>>> hand side. In other words, the trash can and quit icons are mostly cut off >>>> on the right, and appear on the left! >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, the mouse won't go past a boundary on the left hand side >>>> to access them, even if I did want to live with the display shifted like >>>> this. This issue first appeared for me in Gutsy as well, and nothing seems >>>> to be able to move the display back to the left a little. I have tried >>>> xrandr, xvidtune, custom modelines, etc. Only Feisty and below have the >>>> 1680x1050 screen centered properly. With an Imac, there are no manual >>>> screen movement adjustments that can be made. It feels as though something >>>> is locking out any attempt to center the screen, since the resolution seems >>>> correct. >>>> >>>> Interestingly enough, if I take a screen-shot and view it, the >>>> screen-shot looks perfect, but isn't centered properly in real life. I've >>>> tried the usual dkpg-reconfigure routines, but it's not that the resolution >>>> is incorrect, it is just that the screen want to dive over to the right and >>>> wrap back to the left.... >>>> >>>> [lspci] >>>> 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34M >>>> [GeForce FX Go5200] [10de:0329] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) >>>> Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0010] >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- [Hardy-Alpha 4 PPC] Screen resolution correct but shifted to the right https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
