Dapper PPC beta CDs yield blank screen on Graphite iBook
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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yaboot (Ubuntu) |
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I posted this as a comment in bug #32491, but then decided it's probably a separate issue:
On an iBook G3 Clamshell/Graphite, the Dapper PPC beta live CD gives me the splash screen, but then blanks the screen entirely a few moments into the startup. The screen never comes back after that, so I can't tell what's wrong. The video=ofonly trick doesn't fix it, and neither do any of the other boot-up options on the disk.
I'm now trying to install from the text installer CD of Dapper beta, and it doesn't look good. Everything was fine through the installation, until I rebooted into the new system. It came up with a blank screen. I did hear the drumbeat, at which point I entered my username and password and heard the Ubuntu chimes in reply, so the problem seeems to be limited to the video output. But that renders Dapper useless for the clamshell iBook.
Breezy installed fine on this machine.
I've an ibook G3 500 mhz (dual usb). It happens to me the same thing, trying ubuntu dapper beta.