PowerPC users - any happy experiences w/ F12?

Library Eye · #1 21st December 2009, 03:14 AM

Hi y'all.

I was thrilled that initial release of Fedora 10 (first I tried) worked so well on my PowerPC iMac, and at the help I was able to find here on the forum for problems I did have. However, since then it's been downhill. Sad. I had troubles galore with Fedora 11. Now I've installed Fedora 12 and I can't get my USB mouse or my wireless mouse to work even. Which means, I can't even use Fedora at all. Any PowerPC users left or am I delusional to try? If I can't get Fedora 12 to even allow use of a mouse on the last of the Mac PowerPC processors, I guess I oughta accept it and just run this thing in OS X till the hardware fails…

any PowerPC users out here having a better experience?

macemoneta · #2 21st December 2009, 05:25 AM

I have a G3 Powerbook Pismo and a G4 Powerbook, and both are running F12 without a problem, 24x7. They previously ran F11, also no problem. There were some xorg.conf adjustments needed for the ATI Rage 128 video, but everything else just worked. I'm not using any external mice though (just the touchpad).

Library Eye · #3 21st December 2009, 05:38 AM

Hmm, maybe my need for a peripheral is above and beyond what F12 can do. Keyboard works, though.

macemoneta · #4 21st December 2009, 05:51 AM

I just went to my junk box, pulled out a Logitech wireless (USB) mouse and plugged it into the Pismo. It worked immediately, no problem. Perhaps the problem is with your hardware?

Check the mice on another system, check the USB port with a thumb drive.

Library Eye · #5 21st December 2009, 06:02 AM

Thanks, that was very nice of you to check. Well, it sounds like a problem with Fedora & my model of computer, but not my hardware itself. I'm currently logged into OS X Tiger and both the wireless (Apple, originally shipped with this iMac) mouse and the wired (Rocketfish) mouse work. And in Fedora, I can plug my keyboard or any usb drive into any of the USB ports and they all work. But, not the wired mouse. And, alas, not the bluetooth mouse.

macemoneta · #6 21st December 2009, 06:16 AM

It sounds like the drivers for those mice are not available. I found this thread that sounds similar, which may help you if you don't want to change mice:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...onnect-576032/

Library Eye · #7 21st December 2009, 06:27 AM

Thanks! My Rocketfish is wired; it's my Apple mouse that's wireless. Maybe I'll get one of them or something to work soon, I'll keep looking for a solution.