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Operating System Specific Discussions => Linux PPC discussion => Topic started by: TheMagicM on October 18, 2005, 05:27:10 PM

Title: Anyone installed Debian on a Imac G3 ?
Post by: TheMagicM on October 18, 2005, 05:27:10 PM

I picked a Imac G3/350mhz/384megs ram/10gig hd..works fine..I installed debian but when it loads into gnome's login screen its not all drawn.  I see the menu and a login or password box but thats it..as if it didnt finish drawing the window.  I have a xfree86config-4 file I need to compare against (found on the web), unless someone here has one that worked for them.

-alex

Title: Re: Anyone installed Debian on a Imac G3 ?
Post by: DaDigz on October 18, 2005, 07:26:50 PM

What version of Debian are you running? XFree86 is obsoleted nowadays by X.org (though I'm pretty certain it didn't make it into Sarge).

I would recommend checking out Ubuntu. Should run fine (at least as well as Debian) on the iMac, uses the apt-get and whatnot, and is a breeze to use. 5.10 was just released a week ago or so, so it's very current.

here (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/)

Title: Re: Anyone installed Debian on a Imac G3 ?
Post by: TheMagicM on October 18, 2005, 07:52:19 PM

http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/

then went to "Official netinst image" for powerpc

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-powerpc-netinst.iso

Title: Re: Anyone installed Debian on a Imac G3 ?
Post by: JLF65 on December 12, 2005, 06:15:29 AM