I have been trying to upgrade a ppc mac with this radeon ati 128 issue. To start with: in 2008 colin-king asked original bug reporter robbie- cartwood-nee-grimwood to describe the Live cd boot graphic 'weirdness' with no appropriate response. Its hard to describe but psychedelic comes close. If I boot from 13.04 Live cd the gui screen is like a lite-brite 70s-era toy at best (if not black) with lucky live-powerpc nosplash etc guesses; if I try various hacks in terminals and F7 back to gui the ghost of a terminal window can actually be erased with the mouse (pointer/select) like using a wide Photoshop eraser brush until the screen is uniformly psychedelic lite-brite pixellated and useless. To begin with ppc support for ubuntustudio is so thin I had to net-install from a mini 12.04 iso and have some lingering network issue I've taken a dozen stabs at. Now the wireless is stable but I still can't get it to connect with a wire (ethernet). I can install all kinds of programs but not cannot upgrade although 12.10 is offered in update manager. I've tried every combinatory multiple choice of server/sources but its a waste of time and authorization effort. If I could only boot from the 13.04 I'd have access to fixes for my system I'm sure but I can't even get up to 12.10. I tried a /cdrominstall command but either I guessed wrong or it couldn't access the kernel designed to be a booted Live installer. I have an Intel mac with way less Linux issues but this ppc (Mac Mini 3,1) is the one I want to dedicate to ubuntustudio. I'm trying to keep ppc distribution alive by converting this bug to a current question. Thanks to anyone who wants to address this issue. I can run tests if that helps.
Turning a bug into a question didn't work for me: "A bug must meet a few conditions to be convertible to a question. Its status must be either New, >>> Incomplete <<<, Confirmed, or >>> Wont Fix <<<<." !!! still not fixed circa 12.10/13.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297119 Title: Intrepid Upgrade+Live CD: Radeon RV280 9200 Blank Screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/297119/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
