I have had the powerbook for only 10 days so this report is, of necessity, preliminary. After installation the the graphic mode configuration is very leasy. Ive got debian etch installed on my 15 powerbook g4 1. How to set up wireless networking with ubuntu on a g4. Currently i am using openbox so it doesnt connect automatically to the wireless. The powerbook g4 was replaced by the macbook pro series. As before, the installation was quite simple and mint was much faster to load than ubuntu 73 seconds from poweron to login, and just 15 seconds for the appearance of the. On a powerbook g4 a18 1,67 ghz 15 late 2005 the above instructions didnt work out of the box. I finally got my wireless card working in powerbook g4 aluminum 1.
Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. It works, using the bcm43xx reverse engineered driver. Heres the link to the airport updates airport downloads. The builtin wifi card does not connect reliably to modern wifi networks. Running an old version of osx leopard in 20 just doesnt make sense. Apple powerbook g4 specs all powerbook g4 technical specs. After nearly 20 years of working solely with dos and windows, i have entered the mac world with this computer. The amount of time, in minutes, it took me to move a 2.
Free bsd 9 is one of the best unix systems i have seen for ppc hardware, if you do not mind the subtle differences from linux. Ive had it running quite well on a 12 powerbook g4 1. Comes with a disc with the drivers and upgraded antennas now mounts directly to the card no extension needed. After trying to find out why i could open a web page on my router itself ie, the router admin page at 192. Lets us know what happens powerbook g4 titanium series. Ill be happy to show off my frankensteins monster of technology. There is a distrubution of ubuntu linux for the powerpc, it is pretty current. Editing a wiki is easy, see this page for guidance. Como resolver o problema do wifi do notebook hp probook 4530s compre o wifi. This is my first time working with ubuntu or linux, so please be patient. I have it as a secondary boot option on my powermac g4, and it runs fine.
Comment 32 paul lambert next i blacklisted the bcma driver and the wl wifi device was recognized and successfully connected. The first generation titanium powerbook g4 tibook was the first. Broadcom, that makes the wifi chipset for the airport, only releases x86 nonfree drivers for linux. There is nothing comparable and cp allows for mostlysmooth 720p video on a decentlyspecced g4 without frame drops or needing command line switches like ffmpegmplayer needs in linux. Used to run powerpc linux on old g4 powermacs and powerbooks 56 years ago. Firmwaredriver for broadcom wifi card, powerbook g4. If you want to see firsthand the powerbook g4 running linux and youre attending macstock july 15 and 16, find me. Bsd is know for having driver issues but powerpc has a fairly standard set of hardware and most drivers are available. My current powerbook g4 has been my main laptop for a few months and i am pretty happy with debian on it right now. I used the finnix ppc rescue iso, dumped with dd to the usb key. All use either titanium or aluminum case designs that were thin for their day. Select the driver that compatible with your operating system. Thank you for helping us maintain cnet s great community. See also the powerpc known issues page and the official powerpc installation guide describes the text based installer many more general questions have answers at the community documentation please help keep this document uptodate.
The powerpc version of mint hasnt been updated in years, but heres a link to the communitymaintained ubuntu powerpc port. The new 667 mhz powerbook g4 comes standard with bothgigabit ethernet and airport wireless networking preinstalled. Nvidia unconfirmed, but this hase been seen on apple power pc desktop computers. Cant connect powerbook g4 to wireles apple community. Macinternet services for mac users 27 sherlockyour internet search detective 28 apple. If you have questions or additional hints, feel free to contact me the page was originally written in spring 2005, when the. I still use this computer to run classic apps, which requires no later than os x 10. The new titanium powerbook g4 continues to set the standard for mobilecommunications with both builtin gigabit ethernet 10100basetand 802. So i have been wanting another powerpc machine to some more testing of different linux distros on.
Scrolling in browser windows is much faster in linux once the page completely loads. Which have internal support for bluetooth or bluetooth 2. However, for your convenience, it also is provided below. It seems that with apples numbering scheme the machine is a powerbook5,6. David charlaps suggestion to use the ethernetbased adapter worked very well. But, im having trouble getting my airport extreme card to connect to any wireless signal. After installation is not enabled the wifi is needed to install b43fwcutter.
I managed to snag an old powerbook g4 from the scrap heap. While network manager is running i can not connect to the wireless network from command line. Solved 17 powerbook g4, need wifi help it took me a while, but i eventually figured out the installation of arch ppc on my 17 powerbook g4 and installed and used b43fwcutter to install the firmware for my wireless card bcm4318, airport extreme. This is hps official website that will help automatically detect and download the correct drivers free of cost for your hp computing and printing products for windows and mac operating system. I also hated the way my touchpad worked on linux with my powerbook. Adding powerbook g4 to current wifi network october 2005. Broadcom supposedly is now producing an open source driver but i think the hardware it supports is limited to new hardware. Am selling a very rare newertech maxpower 300mbsec bgn pci card. In this tutorial ill show how you can put ubuntu linux on a powerbook g4 and resurrect one of these durable old laptops from the dead. The firmware is not included in linux because broadcom has refused to allow redistribution of said firmware. Burn a debian ppc bootdisk and boot from cd holding c during boot.
I had issues connecting to the wireless if i was not using gnome. How would you install debian linux on a powerbook g4. Id have to do a kernel recompile and upgrade to get those wireless drivers linked above, and the nephew will be here in a few minutes with the mac cds. For sake of comparison, i sent the same file over bluetooth on what were, again, two computers sitting directly next to one another. For running linux on an older pc in 2019, ill recommend you to go with ubuntu mate. Basic features of your powerbook 20 additional features of your powerbook 22 inside your powerbook 24 about mac os x 26. All apple power macintosh systems up to and including the g4 use processors supported by this kernel. Which linux version works perfectly with my powerbook g4. Fully loaded with a powerful g4 processor, a 5400rpm 80 gb hard drive, 512 mb of memory, and a nifty scrolling trackpad, the 15inch powerbook g4 boasts features few notebook computers can match.
All your hardware will work out of the box and you will probably have more choice of software. It was built later by freescale, after motorola spun off its. Today im going to explain how to set up wireless networking on g4 powerbook running ubuntu. This text describes the adventures i encountered while installing linux on an apple powerbook g4 15.
Its an oddly specific post that will probably help around two people a year, but since i had to do it recently i figured i would share my process that i use getting this thing working. Download the latest drivers, firmware, and software for your hp probook 640 g4 notebook pc. Ive got debian etch installed on my 15 powerbook g41. The one thing leopard and tiger have over linux is coreplayer. The powerbook g4 uses a powerpc chip, which limits your choices a lot in addition to the limited system memory. The powerbook g4 runs on the riscbased powerpc g4 processor, designed by the aim appleibmmotorola development alliance and initially produced by motorola. The powerbook g4 is a series of notebook computers manufactured, marketed, and sold by apple computer, inc. The video cards are suspected to be manufactured by. My wifes powerbook suddenly lost the ability to get a dhcp address from my wifi router netgear n in mixed mode, runs ddwrt.
I thought i would share my experiences trying to get my powerbook g4 to work with wifi. Find wireless, wifi, bluetooth driver and optimize your system with drivers and updates. Como resolver o problema do wifi do notebook hp probook. Has anyone had success with running linux on g4 powerbook. The powerbook g4 the last professional apple notebook series to use the powerpc processor shipped from 2001 until 2006.
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