Sorry, trouble with Gmail- I apologize if following is sent twice- 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
