On Dec 5, 9:26 pm, HarryHydro wrote:
> Hi Folks:
> I have an copy of ubuntu 5.10 live cd that seems to work fine on
> this dual G5 2gig. I never had the install cd, and it looks like it's
> unavailable for the G5 PPC now. But, with the live CD, at least I have
> sound. It doesn't see the airport, though.
> So, I have yellow dog 4.0.1 on CDs. I Installed that which seemed
> to go well, but there's no sound, no airport wireless, and one of the
> games ran so slow it looked like it was running about a frame-per2
> seconds. I guess it's an old version of linux. I found some drivers
> for the airport, but when I finally got a CD into the computer,
> libraries were missing, too old, etc. Which brings up another issue:
> The CD/DVD door only opens with an EJECT click, but nothing I could
> find draws the tray back in. I had to physically push it in. Then it
> mounted. Still no wireless. I guess I need to set up an ethernet/
> wireless device or USB.
> But, I liked ubuntu. It seemed to be much smoother except for
> network setting that couldn't change. There was no ADD or DELETE. Is
> there a hidden-newer version on Ubuntu someplace for a dual G5 970?
> Maybe I stick with unix! ;-)
>
> Thanks!
> Harry

Here's Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn for Macs with PowerPC CPUs.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/rele...op-powerpc.iso

On Dec 5, 9:26 pm, HarryHydro wrote:
> Hi Folks:
> I have an copy of ubuntu 5.10 live cd that seems to work fine on
> this dual G5 2gig. I never had the install cd, and it looks like it's
> unavailable for the G5 PPC now. But, with the live CD, at least I have
> sound. It doesn't see the airport, though.
> So, I have yellow dog 4.0.1 on CDs. I Installed that which seemed
> to go well, but there's no sound, no airport wireless, and one of the
> games ran so slow it looked like it was running about a frame-per2
> seconds. I guess it's an old version of linux. I found some drivers
> for the airport, but when I finally got a CD into the computer,
> libraries were missing, too old, etc. Which brings up another issue:
> The CD/DVD door only opens with an EJECT click, but nothing I could
> find draws the tray back in. I had to physically push it in. Then it
> mounted. Still no wireless. I guess I need to set up an ethernet/
> wireless device or USB.
> But, I liked ubuntu. It seemed to be much smoother except for
> network setting that couldn't change. There was no ADD or DELETE. Is
> there a hidden-newer version on Ubuntu someplace for a dual G5 970?
> Maybe I stick with unix! ;-)
>
> Thanks!
> Harry

And here's the latest Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, for Macs with
PowerPC CPUs.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/rele...op-powerpc.iso

On Dec 6, 3:21 pm, Darth Chaos wrote:
> On Dec 5, 9:26 pm,HarryHydro wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Folks:
> > I have an copy of ubuntu 5.10 live cd that seems to work fine on
> > this dual G5 2gig. I never had the install cd, and it looks like it's
> > unavailable for the G5 PPC now. But, with the live CD, at least I have
> > sound. It doesn't see the airport, though.
> > So, I have yellow dog 4.0.1 on CDs. I Installed that which seemed
> > to go well, but there's no sound, no airport wireless, and one of the
> > games ran so slow it looked like it was running about a frame-per2
> > seconds. I guess it's an old version of linux. I found some drivers
> > for the airport, but when I finally got a CD into the computer,
> > libraries were missing, too old, etc. Which brings up another issue:
> > The CD/DVD door only opens with an EJECT click, but nothing I could
> > find draws the tray back in. I had to physically push it in. Then it
> > mounted. Still no wireless. I guess I need to set up an ethernet/
> > wireless device or USB.
> > But, I liked ubuntu. It seemed to be much smoother except for
> > network setting that couldn't change. There was no ADD or DELETE. Is
> > there a hidden-newer version on Ubuntu someplace for a dual G5 970?
> > Maybe I stick with unix! ;-)
>
> > Thanks!
> > Harry
>
> And here's the latest Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, for Macs with
> PowerPC CPUs.
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/rele...ubuntu-7.10-de...

Thanks Folks!
I'll have to check that out. For now, though, I found an older 5.04,
a 6.1 and the 5.1. Here's part of the story:
5.04 iso won't even burn. It locks the computer (disk utility)
requiring me to hang on the power button to shut it down.
6.1 burned and the install CD came out good. During the install the
fans gradually climbed to hypersonic. The Live 5.1 doesn't do this.
However, I continued to install, and everything SEEMS to go good. On
restart, I get the yaboot menu (I guess that's what it is) where I
have the choice of CD or Linux. I press 'l' and I get the alternating
face/computer icon in the middle of the screen like it'sa not bootable
I guess.. It eventually (30 seconds maybe) goes back to the yaboot
menu. I can select CD here and boot with the CD. I'm assuming
something went wrong with the partitioning, but I get the same results
with 5.1, except 5.1 has some kind of fan control.
I had yeallow-dog 4.01 installed and booting, but no sound, no
fan control, and video (at least the games) VERY slow (maybe a frame
every 2 seconds). But, it at leasted booted from the hard drive! None
of these version let me install the wireless network with my airport
express. I found some drivers for YDL, but I had libraries missing or
something, and THAT didn't work out.
I must be doing something wrong. Do I need to be sure I can boot
the Linux drive before I do the install? Is there a way to fix this
without reinstalling again?
Thanks for the help folks. I'm new to Linux
Harry