Hi All,

(L)Ubuntu reached the beta state last week. The Lubuntu developers are looking for beta testers with PPC hardware. Link: ubuntuforums.org
I have just updated my Lubuntus to 14.10 on my A1-X1000 and on my Sam440ep Flex. I want to do some beta testing. Srtest also has installed Lubuntu 14.10 on his A1-X1000.

Here our experiences:

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2614

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=2617

Screenshots:





Please test the beta of Lubuntu 14.10.

Cheers,

Christian

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Lubuntu 14.10 PowerPC beta with the unofficial Mesa.

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Posted as per request from OP:

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Testing has begun for the Final Beta (Beta 2) of Lubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. Head on over to the ISO tracker to download images, view testcases, and report results: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/324/builds If you're new to testing, anyone can join and they don't have to be Linux Jedis or anything. You can find all the information you need to get started here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing Please note that we especially need testers for PPC chips and Intel Macs. We have a special section discussing it here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC%26Mac64 In particular, if you have an Intel Mac, I have a few questions for you that might help us trim down the workload of the testing team. Please get in touch with me directly. Also, if you have a PPC chip, we're about the only distro actively supporting this architecture. However, we are community supported, so without formal testing, the arch will lose more support. So please join in testing! Please crosspost this everywhere, especially to any folks that may be willing to help with PPC. If you have any other questions or comments, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me directly by email and/or IRC. wxl From: ? wxl@ubuntu.com

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@xeno74

It looks very nice!

I'd like to give it a try. I'm just too busy atm....

Best regards

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@A1200

OS4.1 is the main OS on the Sams, X1000 etc. Linux is an additional option on the NG Amigas. A-EON and ACube are supporting Linux officially.

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@A1200

Linux is the OS used to test new Amiga NG motherboard designs.

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Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card

@xeno74

I will try installing on my Sam460..I wonder if Mesa3D support will work with RadeonHD ?

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Amiga X5000 8GB Radeon RX 560
Amiga A1222 2GB Radeon RX 550
Sam 460 2GB RadeonRX 550

@SinanG

Installer for Sams

http://www.xenosoft.de/Sam_Lubuntu_14.10_Netinstall-1.iso

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Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card

@Spectre660

Thanks..Downloading :)

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Amiga A1222 2GB Radeon RX 550
Sam 460 2GB RadeonRX 550

@SinanG

No Problem.
Just remember to leave the space you want to use for linux as un partitioned space at the end of your hard drive before running the installer

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SinanG wrote: @Spectre660 Thanks..Downloading :)

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Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card

@Spectre660

Installed on Sam460+RadeonHD5550 using a seperate SSD.
Chose Lubuntu desktop and installed fine without problems.

However system feels sluggish because of disabled hardware acceleration, I think..

If there was a way to activate GPU acceleration, it would be really useful...

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Amiga X5000 8GB Radeon RX 560
Amiga A1222 2GB Radeon RX 550
Sam 460 2GB RadeonRX 550

@SinanG

That is a pity.
Keep updating every few days and sees if anything improves.
from a terminal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

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SinanG wrote: @Spectre660 Installed on Sam460+RadeonHD5550 using a seperate SSD. Chose Lubuntu desktop and installed fine without problems. However system feels sluggish because of disabled hardware acceleration, I think.. If there was a way to activate GPU acceleration, it would be really useful...

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@Spectre660

OK I will update...

But hardware acceleration is related to Sam460 kernel, isn't it ?

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Amiga X5000 8GB Radeon RX 560
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Sam 460 2GB RadeonRX 550

@SinanG

Yes.
Performance is better also when direct rendering is working.
This has to do with Mesa. It was working in Lubuntu 14.04 but
Lubuntu 14.10 has a newer Mesa version and X.org.
I found that Lubuntu 14.10 was performing better than 14.04 and Debian Jessie on my
Sam440ep-flex up to last week. Only Debian Wheezy was faster.

As both of my Sams are now not working this is going to be it from me for now.


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SinanG wrote: @Spectre660 OK I will update... But hardware acceleration is related to Sam460 kernel, isn't it ?

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Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card

@Spectre660

Hi,
As you may remember, I installed lubuntu for sam flex last year I think.
How is this new version compared to the old ones ?
I am referring for example to the colors of the screen that are uggly.
Could I use your sudo commands to make the update or have I to do reinstall with the iso?
Thanks

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Sam Flex 800 and OS4.1 FE

@Yescop

The colour issue was due to a kernel configuration.
That is fixed with the newer kernels.

Lubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 have slower window moving than previous versions.
I dont know if that will bother you.

A clean install is the safest way to install as this installs the newer kernel also .

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Yescop wrote: @Spectre660 Hi, As you may remember, I installed lubuntu for sam flex last year I think. How is this new version compared to the old ones ? I am referring for example to the colors of the screen that are uggly. Could I use your sudo commands to make the update or have I to do reinstall with the iso? Thanks

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@Xeno74

Hello,
I have just tried to install Ubuntu 14.10 over my existing Ubuntu 12.04 but I'm stuck at disk detection during the installation process.

Do you had encountered this kind of problem on your X1000 ?

It's what I have done :

1) added 3.17 kernel to my CF card (tested and booted OK under 12.04)

2) added the initrd.gz to my CF card
downloaded from http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/saucy/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/initrd.gz

3) downloaded and burned
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/20140923/utopic-desktop-powerpc.iso

4) Booted with following CFE commands
CFE> ramdisk -z -addr=0x24000000 -fatfs cf0:initrd.gz
CFE> setenv bootargs "root=/dev/ramdisk"
CFE> boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-3.17.0


Boot is OK, I setup my keyboard, language,etc in the curse (?) based installation program.
But when it reach the disk detection step, no disk is detected.


Thank you for your help,
12.04 is enough for my need, it's only to report one more PPC computer in the Lubuntu database

Last edited by zzd10h on 26-Sep-2014 at 10:06 PM.

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2) added the initrd.gz to my CF card downloaded from http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/saucy/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/initrd.gz

You need the initrd for Utopic: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/utopic/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/initrd.gz

Could you test it, please?

Thanks in advance.

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3) downloaded and burned http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/20140923/utopic-desktop-powerpc.iso

You don't need the ISO. All what you need to install 14.10 is in the initrd.

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