I have a G4 iBook. I've installed fine with the alternate tonight. I used 'install video=ofonly'.
I think possibly KMS is picking a poor modeline for you and your signal is going out of range for your monitor. Hence black screen. Otherwise it is your card (see the kernel release notes about the radeon 9200). It doesn't really explain why the live/desktop CD brings you to a working 8 bit desktop and the alternate doesn't though...... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044180 Title: Screen Freeze on Bootup - Lubuntu 12.10 PPC Alternate Aug 30 Build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1044180/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs