Imac G3 With Jaunty Installed Using Icewm As A Desktop

10 Comments on "Imac G3 With Jaunty Installed Using Icewm As A Desktop"

1. fazgre says:

   March 15, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   Hi !I got a iMac G3 600 MHZ and got a 800×600 resolution with Ubuntu 9.10Would you send me your /etc/X11/xorg.conf for me to get a 1024×768 resolution, as you ?Thanks in advance !f.a.z.g.r.e.@y.a.h.o.o.DOT f.r.;-)
2. tubeaddict72 says:

   March 16, 2010 at 12:02 am

   In the Section “Monitor” part just above “EndSection” add these lines:HorizSync 43-62VertRefresh 74-118ModeLine “1024×768″ 78.75 1024 1044 1140 1328 768 781 784 820 +hsync +vsyncModeLine “800×600″ 62.40 800 821 901 1040 600 609 612 644 +hsync +vsyncModeline “640×480″ 49.90 640 657 721 832 480 481 484 514 +hsync +vsyncHope that helped! you can also google “imac g3 dream xorg.conf”
3. tswiftshipper says:

   March 16, 2010 at 12:58 am

   Hi again,I’m actually trying out Ubuntu 9.04 on my Pismo instead for now. Same tricky video problems. Got video working, but with crazy screen before boot screen and on log off still.
4. tswiftshipper says:

   March 16, 2010 at 1:54 am

   Question for tubeaddict72, what model is this ? I have a 400 iMac with Firewire. tnx
5. tubeaddict72 says:

   March 16, 2010 at 2:30 am

   This one is a 266 mhz “grape” tray-loading iMac – with 2 USB 1.1 ports & ethernet/phone jacks.
6. tswiftshipper says:

   March 16, 2010 at 2:48 am

   Very cool video. I want to ” revive ” my iMac too ! For those who have one lying around, these iMac are great to set up for kids or grandparents on Ubuntu almost trouble free.
7. tubeaddict72 says:

   March 16, 2010 at 2:55 am

   Yeah – even the latest Karmic 9.10 version has a new easy program installer. Only thing though is that there’s no Adobe Flash for PowerPC linux yet – so if kids play that club penguin or webkins (whatever they’re into now) -they might have trouble.Youtube can be viewed with a media player plugin (mozilla-plugin-vlc) & a greasemonkey script called “youtube without flash auto”.
8. benjgvps says:

   March 16, 2010 at 3:29 am

   Well I installed using this method on my iMac G3 350though I can’t get the 1024×768 resolution… I added the correct modeline and everything, it just goes into virtual resolution (Still at 800×600, though you scroll around the screen to get the larger resolution). How can I fix that?
9. lewisvz says:

   March 16, 2010 at 4:11 am

   but it converts it to ppc at least it worked for me or was i using virtual l box
10. benjgvps says:

    March 16, 2010 at 4:30 am

    I think QEMU is needed for that.