Difference between revisions of "Xubuntu PPC issues"

Revision as of 16:16, 1 February 2013

Issue Relevance Matrix

Relevance of configuration issue to Mac PPC models
	G4											G5
	iBook		Powerbook						Mini	Lamp	Tower	iMac	Tower
	4,1 4,2	other	3,2	3,3 3,4 3,5	5,1 6,1 6,2 6,4	5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5	6,8	5,6 5,7 5,8 5,9	10,1 10,2
Video:Rage128	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Video:Nvidia	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-
Video:Radeon	-	Y	-	Y	-	Y	-	Y	Y
Audio:snd-aoa							Y	Y
Wifi: b43 driver
CPU scaling/ fan control
Display sleep/suspend
Trackpad: Right-click emulation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Trackpad: smooth appletouch driver								Y
Battery monitor (module pmu_battery)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Video

Audio

Wireless

BCM4306

The BCM4306 wireless card is a known troublemaker. However, the b43 driver has vastly improved over the last couple of years and should support this chip without issue. We'll just need to add the appropriate repository. Run the following in a terminal:

 sudo -i
 cat << EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/b43.list
 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise multiverse
 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise multiverse
 EOF
 apt-get update && apt-get purge -y bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
 apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

And reboot the system.

Power

Input Devices