A Nonny Moose Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I tried booting the Dapper Drake CD and it's hanging in the startup screen. There also appear the be numerous errors on the disk itself. So right now, I am ging to order more disks (PowerPC disks being used on an iMac G3 if that helps). Maybe it's just a disk problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I have errors liek that, but i know what mine is, it says xorg not configured properly off of the disk, and then glitches out.... so ive got 37 disks and nuthn to do with them good luck and sorry max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-155509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 So in other words, there is a serious quality control issue with Ubuntu Linux? Wonderful... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-155784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I dont think so.... I think it just hates my system, and my guess is that its the gpu, but i cant tell, because im assuming that it is my system because why would ubuntu and derivitives be so popular if they are {censored}? oh and.... ati.... sucks.... with.... open..... source..... java script:emoticon('', 'smid_22') max Oh, and ps, im assuming that you ran the "check disk for defects or errors or whatever" button to figure out if the media was the culpret? i hope that you can find a solution, i found mine by burning 2dvds 1cd and ordering 35 and it wasnt the disks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-155807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Hi, the live cd is pretty new, so it would not be possible to get the composition right for every machine, in one try. Please, try to download and install from the alternate install cd instead; is has been tested more. Sincerely a very happy ubuntu user Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-156315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Hey man, i tried that too i think, (not positive, but pritty sure) but ill give it ago anyway, thanks for the hint dabear.... ill let you know how it goes... oh, and A Nonny Moose, did you get it all worked out? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-156341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 The PowerPC disks worked fine with my iBook G3. Maybe you just got a bad bunch of disks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-156416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 The PowerPC disks worked fine with my iBook G3. Maybe you just got a bad bunch of disks i got two DIFERENT shipments, i burnt two dvds, one cd, and an alt install (i think, i might try that one again) idk tho max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-156582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted August 6, 2006 Author Share Posted August 6, 2006 Hey man, i tried that too i think, (not positive, but pritty sure) but ill give it ago anyway, thanks for the hint dabear.... ill let you know how it goes...oh, and A Nonny Moose, did you get it all worked out? No and I'm sick of fighting it. I'm going back to Mac OS on that one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-156947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 No and I'm sick of fighting it. I'm going back to Mac OS on that one. I pritty much sayed screw it too... back to bsd for me max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-161376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Man I hate to say it... but I despise Ubuntu. There are very few Linux distros I detest, but Ubuntu is on my list with a fury I have not had since Corel's distro. real men emerge. the rest ubuntu. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-161523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Man I hate to say it... but I despise Ubuntu. There are very few Linux distros I detest, but Ubuntu is on my list with a fury I have not had since Corel's distro. real men emerge. the rest ubuntu. I dispise it after waiting 3 weeks for it to come in, whial i burnt 3 dvds and 2 cds thinking that i just needed to redownload the iso cause it was corrupt.... getting all these cds that are just laying here (around 35)... hello bsd max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-161532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 I wish there was a way to update Ubuntu like the point updates for the Mac. Install, restart, and suddenly, you have Dapper Drake! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-163518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I wish there was a way to update Ubuntu like the point updates for the Mac. Install, restart, and suddenly, you have Dapper Drake! In the terminal: gksudo update-manager -d Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-163740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thanks. I'll try it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-165776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I tried booting the Dapper Drake CD and it's hanging in the startup screen. There also appear the be numerous errors on the disk itself. So right now, I am ging to order more disks (PowerPC disks being used on an iMac G3 if that helps). Maybe it's just a disk problem. try the 5.10 disks if they dont work, some one recomended that to me as they are not live cds as far as i can tell.... im not going to bother but whatever max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-165918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Up until Dapper, the only installation method was thru an ncurses interface or text-mode install if you will, now that dapper is out, there's two install cd's; the live cd and the alternate cd. The installation from the live cd is much faster and is by a graphical UI (either qt or gtk depending on if you are using kubuntu live or ubuntu live). While this is the preferred method of installation ('cause it's a lot easier and faster), there's still the alternate cd, which is the old text-mode cd in a new name. If the live cd fails, I suggest you'd try the alternate cd for dapper, rather than the text-mode installation disks for the previous releases (Anyway; reinstalling takes like 20 minutes, but the upgrade (using aptitude or the update-manager) is taking like 2 hours here. Because I have /home on a seperate partition, I just almost always reinstall when there's a new version out; all my settings are kept in my home directory) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-165945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Guru Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Yeah... good point. I can see where you are going here. After all. xorg is not perfect. If you can, try Xvesa instead. It tends to be more compatible with graphics boards. Oh yeah... by the way... BSD really is more difficult to install than Ubuntu. Ubuntu is also far more user friendly. Bwhsh8r, you really got to think for the Linux novices out there who don't even know how to mount a disk, let alone use BSD. Guru Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-166510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Yeah... good point. I can see where you are going here. After all. xorg is not perfect. If you can, try Xvesa instead. It tends to be more compatible with graphics boards. Oh yeah... by the way... BSD really is more difficult to install than Ubuntu. Ubuntu is also far more user friendly. Bwhsh8r, you really got to think for the Linux novices out there who don't even know how to mount a disk, let alone use BSD. Guru yea, but you see, i reference pc-bsd witch unlike allmost all other bsds is easy to install and comes with a graphical installer, a gui, and theyre own proprietary .pbi in witch is like a .exe.... but yes i agree with you, and im going to download the alternate install to see if that works max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-166618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric C Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Just remember, MacOS X works on VERY limited PC hardware. While Ubuntu, and Linux in general, has MUCH wider hardware support, there are still configurations that just don't play nice. I run Ubuntu on my laptop as its only OS, but the LiveCD doens't even boot on my desktop. Rogabean - What don't you like about Ubuntu? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23418-ubuntu-the-evil-bizzle/#findComment-168358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts