From ubuntu site netbook page, download mini.iso and burn a CD or DVD. Select that for powerpc, big-endian, 32-bit.
Insert the CD to the machine and reboot. Press c after turning the power on to boot from CD. Insert "cli" to install CLI Ubuntu since most GUI, Window Managers, Desktops do not work. Some X window managers such as ctwm, dwm are tried. But after some minutes, screen freezes. Especially Desktops are bothering since they cannot be removed. Recovery mode during booting cannot be entered. I don't know why. Just installing LXDE made automatic desktop login and results in crashes.
After installing Ubuntu:
Wifi: b43 driver problem is solved by "sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer" according to the guide of the site that is found by command "dmesg" showing the linux log.
Sound: Installed ALSA by "sudo apt install alsa-base alsa-common", but not worked. Check if modules like b43, snd_aoa_i2sbub, snd_powermac are loaded by "lsmod". Already loaded Comment out pcspkr module in blacklist.conf and reloaded by "sudo modprobe pcspkr". Commands like "amixer sset Master 50%" or setting all controls by amixer is not working. And finally, setting only PCM channel by "amixer set PCM 80" worked.
Video: X11 needs window managers which results in crashes. So I tried playing video with framebuffer with mplayer like "mplayer -vo fbdev2 videofile.mp4". For this, the user has to permission to use /dev/fb0 by adding the user to the group "video" and "audio". But the playing quality is poor.
Transmission: Install by "sudo apt install transmission-cli transmission-daemon" Edit by "sudo vi /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json" according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TransmissionHowTo and change "rpc-authentication-required" to false and change "download-dir" to /home/soh/transmission and add "watch-dir" as /home/soh/transmission and add "watch-dir-enabled" as true. Without this authentication change, transmission-remote is not working. Put a torrent file in /home/soh/transmission and start the transmission-daemon by t-start. By transmission-remote, we can check the status: "transmission-remote -l" The file is downloaded in /home/soh/transmission After downloading, stop the daemon by t-stop. To stop a torrent with ID 2: "transmission-remote -t2 -S" To remove a torrent with ID 2: "transmission-remote -t2 -r" To stop all torrents: "transmission-remote -tall -S"
Samba: According to https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/install-and-configure-samba#0 Share /home/soh/transmission with read/write permission
video card: Screen freezes a few minutes after x window manager started. cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1571416 In /etc/yaboot.conf, one recommends append="radeon.agpmode=-1 modprobe.blacklist=ams" or another recommends append="radeon.agpmode=-1 radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=radeonfb:off" I tried the first one and xinit with dwm. It seems to work.
web browser: midori is lightweight. About half in memory compared to Firefox 250~300MB. needs unicode ttf fonts. firefox is stable. midori is unstable when starting by non-root user.
fonts: $ sudo apt install ttf-ubuntu-font-family or $ sudo apt install ttf-unifont
external monitor: $ xrandr shows connected displays. Enable the external monitor, as follows: $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --same-as LVDS And then reboot. Or Just connect the cable and reboot.
suspend: It can be done with DPMS. Maybe after xinit, $ xset q shows current settings. $ xset s 60 60 makes screen saver time to be 1 minute. $ xset dpms 60 60 60 makes suspend time to be 1 minute. Without X, maybe setterm can be used.
hibernate: $ sudo systemctl hibernate To wake up, press power button.
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