Matthew Garrett ([info]mjg59) wrote,
@ 2006-03-03 01:16:00
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A rather nice glass of Rioja.

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[info]kosai
2006-03-03 02:15 am UTC (link)
What's the deal with the graphics card in the iMac -- I thought we didn't have any kind of drivers for ATI/Avivo chips?

- C.

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[info]mjg59
2006-03-03 02:18 am UTC (link)
The firmware is nice enough to leave us a linear framebuffer, so we just write into that. Unaccelerated, of course.

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(no subject) - [info]hub_, 2006-03-03 01:50 pm UTC

[info]ajaxxx
2006-03-03 02:24 am UTC (link)
not yet. mode setup and 2d engine reportedly completely different from r400 and below, but 3d engine evolutionary relative to r400 so there's some hope.

THANK YOU ATI FOR MAKING YOUR CUSTOMERS HAPPY.

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(no subject) - [info]hub_, 2006-03-03 01:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kosai, 2006-03-04 03:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]airlied, 2006-03-04 08:20 am UTC

[info]nassus
2006-03-03 08:10 am UTC (link)
I think the red wine is the critical bit here but I can relate to that. good pic though (nice composition).
/me tries to sober up...

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[info]robhu
2006-03-03 09:33 am UTC (link)
I'm confused... what exciting thing is being displayed on the screen?

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see the BROWN?
mair_aw
2006-03-03 09:54 am UTC (link)
that's ubuntu.

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Re: see the BROWN? - [info]robhu, 2006-03-03 10:09 am UTC
Re: see the BROWN? - (Anonymous), 2006-03-03 05:43 pm UTC
Re: see the BROWN? - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-03 05:45 pm UTC

[info]fooishbar
2006-03-03 11:03 am UTC (link)
What's the remote-y thing?

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[info]mjg59
2006-03-03 11:07 am UTC (link)
It's an Apple remote.

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(no subject) - [info]fooishbar, 2006-03-03 11:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hub_, 2006-03-03 01:32 pm UTC
Is it an Intel model or a PowerPC one?
(Anonymous)
2006-03-03 12:36 pm UTC (link)
This is easy to do on a PowerPC model (I have one at work) but the challenge is to run Linux on a macintel (I know it is now possible but not very easy).

I guess it is an new Intel model. Right?

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Re: Is it an Intel model or a PowerPC one?
[info]mjg59
2006-03-03 12:39 pm UTC (link)
Correct.

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Re: Is it an Intel model or a PowerPC one? - (Anonymous), 2006-03-03 01:23 pm UTC
Re: Is it an Intel model or a PowerPC one? - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-03 01:32 pm UTC

[info]hub_
2006-03-03 01:49 pm UTC (link)
what wifi does it have? Still broadcom or Intel?

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still broadcom
(Anonymous)
2006-03-03 04:02 pm UTC (link)
It's still broadcom, and connected via PCI-E at that (yes, I know, because Edgar Hucek had linux running already :) )... And we don't know how to use it yet.

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Re: still broadcom - (Anonymous), 2006-03-04 01:41 am UTC
Re: still broadcom - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 11:23 am UTC
Re: still broadcom - [info]theholymac, 2006-03-04 02:40 am UTC
Re: still broadcom - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 11:24 am UTC
Re: still broadcom - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-07 05:04 pm UTC

[info]davyd
2006-03-03 01:52 pm UTC (link)
Don't spill wine into your keyboard. Those Apple keyboards get skanky pretty quick.

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[info]ggaspari
2006-03-04 02:14 am UTC (link)
You know, this would be extremely funny if WINE were to be running and the screenshot showed that...

/me reads too much slashdot

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lol
[info]clemenceau
2006-03-04 02:00 am UTC (link)
You might want to compress that pic a bit more since you've been dugg. Must be raping your server.

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(Anonymous)
2006-03-04 02:56 am UTC (link)
why would you want it on the imac? its cheaper to just buy a PC and install linux onto it then a intel mac. was it done just for a challenge?

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[info]mjg59
2006-03-04 11:23 am UTC (link)
It was done because someone gave me the hardware and asked me to get Ubuntu running on it.

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[info]m1ss1ontomars
2006-03-04 02:59 am UTC (link)
very nice. very very nice. does it do anything else?

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[info]whiteguysamurai
2006-03-04 03:07 am UTC (link)
Heh,
And i can't even get breezy to work well on my p4c 2.8.

I must be doing a series of things wrong.

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(Anonymous)
2006-03-04 03:13 am UTC (link)
here is the imaged mirrored...

Image

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Any "Howto"?
(Anonymous)
2006-03-04 04:36 am UTC (link)
Can you kindly wiki your steps to install ubuntu onto your iMac?

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Re: Any "Howto"? - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 11:26 am UTC
Re: Any "Howto"? - (Anonymous), 2006-03-04 07:53 pm UTC
Re: Any "Howto"? - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 08:10 pm UTC
Re: Any "Howto"? - (Anonymous), 2006-03-04 08:46 pm UTC
Re: Any "Howto"? - (Anonymous), 2006-08-31 10:48 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-03-04 05:17 pm UTC (link)
Whats plugged into the top left usb port on the keyboard?

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(no subject) - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 05:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-03-04 05:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 05:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-03-04 05:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-04 06:01 pm UTC
Thumbs up!
(Anonymous)
2006-03-07 02:27 pm UTC (link)
Dear Matthew, I am very glad to see this and I would like to thank you for your work. This month I am buying a 17" iMac (already pre-ordeded it). I am a Linux user since 2002 and I wouldn't like to switch to OS X, but on the other hand I really need a new computer now, so I couldn't wait for an official iMac supporting Ubuntu version. Anyway what you've done is good news for me!

But also, how do I know when there is something ready to install? My iMac will be fresh with clean HDD so I'd be glad to experiment with it and report back.

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Re: Thumbs up! - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-07 02:41 pm UTC
Re: Thumbs up! - [info]artemiypavlov, 2006-03-07 04:52 pm UTC
Re: Thumbs up! - [info]mjg59, 2006-03-07 05:04 pm UTC
Re: Thumbs up! - [info]artemiypavlov, 2006-03-07 05:07 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-03-08 11:53 pm UTC (link)
I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD for mactel...I presume this is yours? I followed: http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/HOWTO#Live_CD

But on bootup holding the option key, all I can click is Mac HD and my External HD.

Do I need to do a sudo bless on any file on the CD (is that even possible)?

If this isn't your Live CD, I apologize.

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hello
(Anonymous)
2008-02-29 11:15 am UTC (link)
Don't Worry, Be Happy! =)

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