Comment 31 for bug 1363180

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Fritz Hudnut <email address hidden> wrote:
> OK, with today's daily 10/3 powerpc I was able to get passed the Yaboot
> boot screen, in both my iMac 800 and my iBook, so that's the good news.

that means this one's fixed.

> the iMac I just used the live video=ofonly??? the semi default boot
> parameter and eventually got to a black screen . . . I would need to be
> reminded on what the boot parameters for the iMac are . . . .

for fixing general issues with ppc, refer to this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ
(there are many paragraphs of discussion about proper boot parameters
and different options for different graphics chips)

however, this may still be an issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1371651

> However, on the iBook, which I might actually try the install on, I used
> "live-nosplash-powerpc video=radeonfb: 1024x768-32@60" . . . . And that
> got me to a clean resolution GUI desktop!!!

the fix that i have seen for the blank GUI is "quiet splash" but
perhaps the nosplash fixed it in this case?