(X)(L)ubuntu (MATE) 15.04

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I tested QEMU 2.2 with ubuntu MATE 15.04 again. Today I booted Windows NT 4.0 with QEMU. In addition I tested the kernel 4.00 RC1 with ubuntu MATE 15.04 today. It boots and works without any problems.

PLEASE test the development version 15.04.

Cheers,

Christian

[xeno74]

FYI:

ubuntu MATE 15.04 PowerPC daily build ISO for Power Macs was released yesterday.

Link: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/d ... e/current/

Download: vivid-desktop-powerpc.iso

For the AMIGA one X1000 users: initrd-15.04-modified.gz

For the Sam440ep and Sam460ex users: Sam_Lubuntu_15.04_Netinstall-1.ISO

[nexus]

FYI:

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ubuntu MATE 15.04 PowerPC daily build ISO for Power Macs was released yesterday.

Link: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/d ... e/current/

Download: vivid-desktop-powerpc.iso

For the AMIGA one X1000 users: initrd-15.04-modified.gz

For the Sam440ep and Sam460ex users: Sam_Lubuntu_15.04_Netinstall-1.ISO

note: initrd-15.04-modified.gz currently works for installation only with the latest kernel *release* *candidate* of version 3.19 since it has been modified before the final 3.19 kernel has been released.

[xeno74]

note: initrd-15.04-modified.gz currently works for installation only with the latest kernel *release* *candidate* of version 3.19 since it has been modified before the final 3.19 kernel has been released.

Thank you for the hint.

@All

Ubuntu MATE is now an official member of the Ubuntu family: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubun ... ial-flavor

Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Beta 1 successfully installed on iBook G4: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities ... 7926658904

Being welcomed into the official flavor fold now provides the Ubuntu MATE team access to Canonical’s huge infrastructure for automated building, testing and distributing, including the creation of live daily images and PowerPC spins.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

ubuntu MATE 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) beta 1 PowerPC was released.

Beta link - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/r ... id/beta-1/

Notes - https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-vivid-beta1/

Only for Power Macs: Same rules apply as to 14.10 etc, if you have a radeon card then you need to force pci mode to stop freezing.

Tracker - http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/mile ... /testcases

Quote Martin Wimpress owner of ubuntu MATE PowerPC:

I've been talking to the Ubuntu developers about including "out of the box" support for Amiga PowerPC, such as X1000. They are up for it, but I'll need your help 

@Pat: Could you help Martin because of the "out of the box" support for Amiga PowerPC, please? Link: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities ... 7926658904

Rgds,

Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I tested the new beta 1 PowerPC live DVD with QEMU/"PR" KVM today. It boots and works without any problems.

Additionally I updated my ubuntu MATE 15.04 PowerPC to beta 1 on my AMIGA one X1000.

Rgds,

Christian

[xeno74]

I tested the ubuntu MATE 15.04 beta1 live DVD with QEMU/"PR" KVM on my AMIGA one X1000 today.

Host: ubuntu MATE 15.04 beta1 PowerPC (kernel 4.0.0-rc2) with QEMU 2.2/"PR" KVM on an AMIGA one X1000
Guest: ubuntu MATE 15.04 beta1 PowerPC live DVD (Ubuntu kernel 3.18.0-13) with KVM live patching on a virtual Power Mac G4

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I updated my ubuntu MATE 15.04 today. It was a big update. Upstart was removed. And the new Xorg doesn't work.

I installed it again:

Download:

Code: Select all

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/184472691/xserver-xorg-video-radeon_7.4.0-2ubuntu2_powerpc.deb

Code: Select all

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/197425102/xserver-xorg-core_1.16.0-1ubuntu1.3_powerpc.deb

Code: Select all

apt-get install upstart

Code: Select all

dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_1.16.0-1ubuntu1.3_powerpc.deb

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dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-radeon_7.4.0-2ubuntu2_powerpc.deb

Xorg works again.

Rgds,

Christian

[Srtest]

You should consider using the latest Radeon via Debian. 7.5 I think.

[xeno74]

You should consider using the latest Radeon via Debian. 7.5 I think.

Could you test it, please?

@All

There was some problems with the last update of ubuntu MATE 15.04 (see above) yesterday. I had to downgrade Xorg and reinstall upstart. After that I had to copy the unofficial Mesa libs. I created a package with all debs and Mesa libs for the downgrade today.

Download: Xorg_and_unofficial_Mesa_for_ubuntu_MATE_15.04_AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.gz

Readme:

After the update of ubuntu Mate 15.04 or Lubuntu 15.04 you have to install some old Xorg packages to get a working X11. The ubuntu MATE 15.04 desktop has some problems with systemd. You have to install upstart to get a full functional ubuntu MATE 15.04 desktop.

1. sudo apt-get install upstart

2. sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_1.16.0-1ubuntu1.3_powerpc.deb

3. sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-radeon_7.4.0-2ubuntu2_powerpc.deb

4. Reboot your AMIGA one X1000

If you need 3D acceleration then you have to install the unofficial Mesa.

1. Extract MesaLib-10.0.4-powerpc-unofficial.tar.bz2

2. Rename the original r600_dri.so to r600_dri.so.bak: sudo mv /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/r600_dri.so /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/r600_dri.so.bak

3. Copy the patched r600_dri.so to /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri: sudo cp mesa-10.0.4/lib/dri/r600_dri.so /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri

4. Rename the original LibGL.so.1.2.0 to LibGL.so.1.2.0.bak: sudo mv /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1.2.0 /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1.2.0.bak

5. Copy the patched LibGL.so.1.2.0 to /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/mesa: sudo cp mesa-10.0.4/lib/LibGL.so.1.2.0 /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/mesa

6. You can test it with glxgears: vblank_mode=0 glxgears

Tip: You can install the packages above via SSH if you like