FC5 PPC No Good on Powerbook

[Tod Merley]

On 3/20/06, Matthew Polashek <matt at tinysongs.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> Ok, maybe the video in my powerbook isn't supported by Fedora?  I tried
> the FC5 discs and it boots and when the anaconda installer starts the
> screen goes dark and eventually the CD spins down.  Any ideas?
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Hi Matthew!

This sounds like an X problem.  Some have had them befor on Mac's:

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/mac-mini/

Above is an old article and the part about the Boot X option is there.

Below is the link to the FC5 installation guide.  Please note the display
and X options under "boot options" (near the end).  "lores" or the
"1024x768" look like some to try or maybe even choose "text mode" and handle
the X issues later.  You probably would do well to study the video hardware
inside your computer and display hardware to tell X what it needs in
/etc/xorg.conf, assumeing the PPC file structure is the same.

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/

Below is a link to a "Fedora Core on PPC" mail-list:

http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ppc

And I noticed what follows in the archives:

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 09:35 +0200, Luca Gallicani wrote:
>* Hi everybody out there, I'm trying to install fedora over my powerbook
*>* [a 15'' powerbook titanium
*>* with a PowerPC G4 667MHz, 512 MB SDRAM PC133-333 and
*>* an ATY-RageM6 Video] but every time I fault using the graphic install.
*>*
*>* I hope somebody could help me.
*
Try booting the installer with

linux video=ofonly

Paul

You may find more help on that list, and I hope I have been of some help
here.

Good Hunting!

Tod
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