dapper flight 7 PPC fails to install (more infos)

Thank you for your bug report. Can you confirm whether this still happens with the latest, stable Ubuntu 6.10 release?

I dont know and I may be unable to test it before a few months.

On Wednesday20, at 22:46, Jonathan Carter wrote:

> Thank you for your bug report. Can you confirm whether this still
> happens with the latest, stable Ubuntu 6.10 release?
>
> --
> dapper flight 7 PPC fails to install (more infos)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/44265

This bug is already fixed ?

Well, I dunno. When I had the chance to reinstall the cube again, Debian Etch was out and didn't exhibit that problem. The fact that one has to use the append "video=aty128fb:vmode:22" instead of "video=ofonly" is still true though.

The allegedly "FATAL" errors are actually ignored, so this shouldn't be what's causing it to fail. It would be useful to know what the hard-to-read errors on the failing install actually are; is there any possibility of deciphering them?

This can't be a debian-installer bug, since d-i isn't used on the live CD. I'm guessing usplash for lack of better information, but it could be a number of things.

Debian Etch doesn't ship a live CD so isn't much of a basis for comparison here. It would still be useful for you to test Ubuntu 7.04 (just a quick test-boot of the live CD) if at all possible.

I can't test it because I don't have any PPC arch machine, so Nicolas can try to do it.

I had the opportunity to try the live 6.10 - and because PPC was dropped, I didn't try 7.04. The "live" option gives a black screen, the "live video=ofonly" gives the split screen and now with a color problem. And the previously working display option ("live video=aty128fb:vmode:22) gives a black screen till after the end of the boot. Still on G4 Cube with a Cinema 22 Display. As a note, even when the install ran successfully, the X server is never configured correctly because the 22" Cinema Display use an unconventional resolution of 1600x1024.

I always have to add a Modeline stance to the X conf:

Modeline "1600x1024" 108.00 1600 1616 1656 1704 1024 1027 1030 1056 -hsync -vsync -csync

Is this bug still a problem with Feisty or Dapper?

It's still a problem with Dapper and Feisty is not supported.

Is it possible to try it with Gutsy PPC port? http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/7.10/release/

Saïvann Carignan wrote:
> Is it possible to try it with Gutsy PPC port?
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/7.10/release/
>
I gave it a try...

live -> boot -> OF screen -> black screen
live video=ofonly -> boot -> OF screen -> message (loading) -> caret
live video=aty128fb:vmode:22 -> OF screen -> message -> black screen

Anything else that you want? I still can do a few test, but the system
will soon be decommissioned.

Con someone confirm this with latest Hardy PPC port release? In my case, I can't reproduce it with my PowerPC G3

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