The g4 ibook dual usb came in a number of different processor speeds, and with two screen sizes. Last year i bought a belkin f5d6050 usb adapter on ebay. My only gripe with running ubuntu on my ibook is that the airport drivers for linux dont support wpa. To check if a framebuffer is built in look at the config files in the boot directory. How to set up wireless networking with ubuntu on a g4 powerbook. 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. Debian user forums view topic ibook g4 wifi problems. I am looking for a compatible operating system that is not very expensive.
G4 battery in ibook 600, troubleshooting powerbook g4 fw 800. Identify your network card and install the firmware packages needed for the operating system to use it. How to install driver for motorola syn1114a sdcard adapter. There is a linux distribution that has been around since 1998 called yellow dog linux. So i have been searching craigslist and ebay for any good deals on ibooks. G4 battery in ibook 600, troubleshooting powerbook g4 fw 800, mce multi drive, jaguar vs. Debian user forums view topic cant get wireless to work. Macbooks include a wireless card, which varies from model to model. If your video driver doesnt use kms, or if it is broken for you then you can. I have ubuntu on my toshiba tecra and it works great. To install this, ill need to extract the firmware from a windows driver. Does anyone have recommendations for an adapter that uses wpa security. Debian user forums view topic cant get wireless to.
Like the previous g3 model, the apple ibook g4 is an attractive notebook. Running an old version of osx leopard in 20 just doesnt make sense. For reasons not worth explaining, i cannot physically plug the computer into the network. In your opinion, what is the best linux distro for an ibook g4. There are a number of components in the ibook g4 12 800 mhz1. 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 finally got my wireless card working in powerbook g4 aluminum 1. How to set up wireless networking with ubuntu on a g4. Jun 10, 2009 revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux. If the computer has stopped responding, try these steps, in order, until the computer responds. Apple ibook g4 yellow dog linux fixstars solutions. I was excited to bring it home to begin the job of getting linux to run on it.
Ive got debian etch installed on my 15 powerbook g4 1. You can then install the driver and firmware you need after the installation is. In addition, apple increased the speed of the g4 processor from 1ghz to 1. With usb wifi, you can avoid the cost of an old outdated airport card, and use new wireless n speeds and wpa2 security. Missing packages on debian ibook g4 powerpc no wireless drivers hello, lately, ive been having an issue when my ibook g4 didnt recognise my airport extreme card during a netinstall of debian and ended up not installing basic packages like gedit, libre office, and synaptic. That includes all imacs, ibooks, g4 systems, blue colored g3 systems, and.
Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. Of course the things that does not work on linux e. So i have been wanting another powerpc machine to some more testing of different linux distros on. I recently installed debian wheezy onto an old ibook g4 i bought second hand. Feb 10, 20 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 command that should make sure you have a working ibook and albook g4 fan in linux is. It depends on a deviceindependent implementation of the 802. My experiences with running linux on my ibook g4 debian installation introduction. 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. Or perhaps a linux that is more suited to the ibook g4. The wired connection didnt work, so running the commands was meaningless. Ibook g4 will not detect any wireless net apple community. On initialization, the driver must download the firmware to the airport extreme card. Ive got debian etch installed on my 15 powerbook g41.
When i boot powerbook g4 displays the grey screen and the apple logo and goes no further. All of the other wireless and wired clients on the network dont have any dhcp issues though, meaning the ibook is at fault. The new ibook g4 can now hold up to twice as much fast ddr memory for even greater performance. Broadcom, that makes the wifi chipset for the airport, only releases x86 nonfree drivers for linux.
The option key is the one that has option written on it. Making a usb wifi device work an a powerpc debian computer. If you run linux on a apple laptop or notebook please contribute your experience. Both the stock airport extreme card and built in wired ethernet nic only manage to get a generic 169 range self assigned ip, which doesnt work. This is my first time working with ubuntu or linux, so please be patient. Member since mar 11, 2015 posts 57 your macs specs ibook g4 1. Thank you for helping us maintain cnet s great community. Now read all the furom everywhere it say for most situations, a restart is sufficient. Sep 21, 2016 for example, as of lubuntu and ubuntu mate 16.
Feb 12, 20 today im going to explain how to set up wireless networking on g4 powerbook running ubuntu. The ibook g4 is a rugged notebook, well suited for students and home users who want a small, affordable mac notebook. Restart the mac and right when you hear the boooong sound aka, the macintosh startup chime, hold down commandoptionpr at the same time. Hello, i just pulled a hard drive out of my ibook g4 with a 1064 mhz processor and put it into an ibook with a 1. Anybody have any ideas how to get the wireless working. Battery appears to hold a charge but is not guaranteed. The line targeted entrylevel, consumer and education markets, with lower specifications and prices than the powerbook, apples higherend line of laptop computers. I managed to snag an old powerbook g4 from the scrap heap.
Unfortunatly, the ubuntu kernel doesnt seem to include the bcm43xx driver i need to make the wireless work. Apple g4 ibooks and aluminum powerbooks come with broadcom chips. So now you need the driver from your mac os x installation. But, im having trouble getting my airport extreme card to connect to any wireless signal.
Install macos first, because it will erase a gnulinux installation. I recently discovered that the driver uses wep encryption, and most places use the more secure wpa. Im not all that techsavvie when it comes to linux, so ill list what i know here and hope that helps. Users of the r300 driver radeon 9550 and 9700 cards, for example must overcome a mesa bug to get 3d working. What are the compatible operating systems with apple ibook g4. Missing packages on debian ibook g4 powerpc no wireless. But in looking online, that didnt seem to work well for ibook g4. Therefore, any architecture or platform to which the linux kernel, libc, gcc, etc. Shaun, ive tried like 3 or 4 wireless usb adapters for my debian 7 and they either dont work at all or glitch badly. My primary motivation for this port was being able to use wireless connections on my powerbook 12 with an asus wl167g under debian. To get a list of current hardware, in which you should be able to spot your wireless card and see what chipset it uses, open up a terminal and as root type. My ibook g4 cant seem to get a valid ip address from my router.
Broadcom supposedly is now producing an open source driver but i think the hardware it supports is limited to new hardware. On a powerbook g4 a18 1,67 ghz 15 late 2005 the above instructions didnt work out of the box. G4 battery in ibook 600, troubleshooting powerbook g4 fw. Hello, lately, ive been having an issue when my ibook g4 didnt recognise my airport extreme card during a netinstall of debian and ended up not installing basic packages like gedit, libre office, and synaptic. Linux on the ibook i tried the ubuntu live cd on my ibook, and it seems that suspend works very much better than on fedora where it doesnt work at all. My experiences with running linux on my ibook g4 debian. Feb 15, 2008 the command key is the one with the apple and cloverleaf symbols on it. Today im going to explain how to set up wireless networking on g4 powerbook running ubuntu. We need to merge them in this wiki, with updated info. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech news. Look also to fedora, using it on my ibook g4 and everithing is beautiful and leading edge. For devices with a bcm4306 revision 3, bcm4311, bcm4318, bcm4321 or bcm4322 chip, install firmwareb43installer.
Audio functions with all known systems with the release of ydl v4. Missing packages on debian ibook g4 powerpc no wireless drivers. Ibook g4 will not detect any wireless networks hello, i just pulled a hard drive out of my ibook g4 with a 1064 mhz processor and put it into an ibook with a 1. After the installation, i have completely updated my software to. Wireless networking is in general supported as well and a growing number of. Although the b43 driver is open source, a proprietary piece of. Free wireless driver for atheros works out of box in 2. I used the finnix ppc rescue iso, dumped with dd to the usb key. Apr 19, 2004 the new ibook g4 lineup includes support for advanced wireless connectivity with airport extreme 54 mbps 802. Enjoy wireless connectivity with the airport extreme 802. Now i would like to configure it with my home wifi network, i have encountered the issues. For example, to check the status of the radeon framebuffer use the command. Iirc the only readily available modern chipset for usb wifi devices among officially supported adapters on linux is atheros9170 and even it doesnt work for me due to wpasupplicant failures.