Ben Steeves wrote:
On 7/1/05, Bryan Elliott <redhat(a)zoinkz.com> wrote:
>Jonathan Hartje wrote:
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>>All,
>> I'm trying to install FC4 on a new Apple Powerbook G4, 1.67 Ghz
>>laptop. After anaconda tries to launch X11, the screen goes blank and
>>seems to hand. Does anyone know how/if there is a text install kernel
>>or something similar to work around the issue?
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>I have the same problem but use linux 3 to boot to text mode. I was
>wondering if you got this fixed?
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I've never managed to get X working on my 1.67GHz G4. I know at least
one person got it working on a 1.5GHz, but that uses a different
graphics adapter.
OTOH, Ubuntu 5.04 works fine. I haven't had the time yet to figure
out why one works and the other doesn't.
Thanks for the reply I will give Ubuntu a try.