De gangene jeg har gjort forsøk med Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu på ppc-maskiner fra Apple ((alltid den samme 12" iBook G3 500mHz)), har jeg slitt med at bare 2/3 av skjermen brukes; den høyre tredelen er svart, den nedre tredelen av skjermen looper toppen. 12" er fra før av ikke alt for stort, så det er selvfølgelig irriterende. Med litt søking og hjelp fra flere foraer, har jeg kommet frem til at følgende prosedyre funker ((testet i Xubuntu 9.10)):

  • åpne applications->tilbehør->terminal
  • skriv
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
  • skriv
    sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  • kopier det følgende, som jeg fant på ubuntuforums, med ctrl ((med ctrl mener jeg ctrl)) -c
    #PPC xorg.conf that works
    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    

    Section “Files” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi” FontPath “/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi”

    path to defoma fonts

    FontPath “/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType” EndSection

    Section “Module” Load “i2c” Load “bitmap” Load “ddc” Load “dri” Load “extmod” Load “freetype” Load “glx” Load “int10” Load “type1” Load “vbe” EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Identifier “Generic Keyboard” Driver “kbd” Option “CoreKeyboard” Option “XkbRules” “xorg” Option “XkbModel” “pc104” Option “XkbLayout” “us” EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Identifier “Configured Mouse” Driver “mouse” Option “CorePointer” Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice” Option “Protocol” “ExplorerPS/2” Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5” Option “Emulate3Buttons” “true” EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad” Driver “synaptics” Option “SendCoreEvents” “true” Option “Device” “/dev/psaux” Option “Protocol” “auto-dev” Option “HorizScrollDelta” “0” EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Driver “wacom” Identifier “stylus” Option “Device” “/dev/wacom” # Change to

    /dev/input/event

    for USB

    Option “Type” “stylus” Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Driver “wacom” Identifier “eraser” Option “Device” “/dev/wacom” # Change to

    /dev/input/event

    for USB

    Option “Type” “eraser” Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection

    Section “InputDevice” Driver “wacom” Identifier “cursor” Option “Device” “/dev/wacom” # Change to

    /dev/input/event

    for USB

    Option “Type” “cursor” Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection

    Section “Device” Identifier “ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x” Driver “ati” BusID “PCI:0:16:0” Option “UseFBDev” “true” EndSection

    Section “Monitor” Identifier “Generic Monitor” Option “DPMS” HorizSync 28-51 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection

    Section “Screen” Identifier “Default Screen” Device “ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x” Monitor “Generic Monitor” DefaultDepth 16 SubSection “Display” Depth 1 Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection SubSection “Display” Depth 4 Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection SubSection “Display” Depth 8 Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection SubSection “Display” Depth 15 Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection SubSection “Display” Depth 16 Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480” EndSubSection

    SubSection “Display”

    Depth 24

    Modes “1024x768” “800x600” “640x480”

    EndSubSection

    EndSection

    Section “ServerLayout” Identifier “Default Layout” Screen “Default Screen” InputDevice “Generic Keyboard” InputDevice “Configured Mouse” InputDevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents” InputDevice “cursor” “SendCoreEvents” InputDevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents” InputDevice “Synaptics Touchpad” EndSection

    Section “DRI” Mode 0666 EndSection

  • lim inn i nano/terminalvinduet med shift-ctrl-v
  • lukk vinduet med ctrl-x og lagre på spørsmål med y.
  • kjør omstart på maskinen
Så er min erfaring at plassutnyttelsen blir langt mer effektiv. Og det er jo greit!