Comments on: Installing Feisty beta

By: Colin Watson

Colin Watson — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:45:25 +0000

I’ve released http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/custom/20070608-feisty-ps3/ which should fix the worst of the installation issues mentioned here with the final Ubuntu 7.04 release. Specifically, it fixes the bogus “newworld” warning (you really don’t need a newworld partition on PS3s - the warning was a leftover that shouldn’t have been there), the hang at 15% during installation (well, it works around that anyway), and the kboot.conf device naming problems.

With regard to the screen size problems: it is a bug, but trickier than it might seem to fix (I’ve tried in the past and not got very far) and probably not one we’ll deal with very urgently. However, I wouldn’t recommend running a desktop system on a PS3 unless you’re using HDMI anyway, as it’s going to be painful at low resolutions for reasons other than the installer. A trimmed-down server-type installation is probably more practical if you just want to use the PS3 as a compute node.

By: Singularity0821

Singularity0821 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:47:41 +0000

Thank you very much, guys! I followed your guides (Clutch and Jugi) and finally it worked. Partitioning Clutch’s way the installation just stopped and returned to the LiveCDs desktop. I’ve just used the automatic partitioning and confirmed the dialog asking me if I want to continue without a newworld partition (it’s only needed if you install it in Apple’s Bootstrap!) and then it worked!

By: Feisty Fawn is in da house yeah!! « Silent Corner

Feisty Fawn is in da house yeah!! « Silent Corner — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:12:45 +0000

[...] blog tentang PS3 tepatnya instalasi feisty di PS 3). Pada situs tersebut (psbuntu.com) tepatnya di sini, di salah satu tanggapan oleh Clutch ternyata ada proses sistem yang mengakibatkan instalasi [...]

By: Clutch

Clutch — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:32:38 +0000

Mario,
I haven’t ever heard of that problem. You might need to re-download and burn a new disk. Just make sure you burn the disk at your slowest speed to minimize errors. Also are you using winRAR to unpack the .iso and then burning the files or using something like Nero and selecting the option to burn an iso image? My first time burning an iso for install went horribly wrong because I unpacked the iso and then burrned the files and folders to a disk because I didn’t know any better, which messed up some of the files.

By: Mario Ortegon

Mario Ortegon — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:34:17 +0000

I followed Clutch’s advice and finally was able to get past the 15% mark and the filesystem detection step, only to stop again at 26% installing applications. I left it running the whole night. Any idea what could it be? any option I could turn on to find what the problem could be?

I also tried the alternate installation, but there was also an error while installing the application

By: Jugi

Jugi — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:49:05 +0000

I also managed to install ubuntu feisty on my PS3 with Clutchs advice. Advice for System monitor when you are killing processes: Paint all processes pressing down shift and kill all at the same time. Makes your life a bit easier. Also I did not create NewWorld partition at all. Killing obsolete processes made my install go past 15% mark.

Thank you…

By: DevMonkey

DevMonkey — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:11:09 +0000

I followed Clutch’s installation and it worked like a charm. For some reason, some of the processes starting up with the live-cd make the installer have a fit at the 15% mark.

Follow Clutch’s guide, and you’ll be able to get things installed just fine.

Kudos to Clutch!

By: FredTech

FredTech — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:22:49 +0000

Thanks for your detailed install info, Clutch! I will try to verify it and add it to the instructions page this weekend. If others have success using this procedure, please let us know.

By: Clutch

Clutch — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:53:31 +0000

It seems that a lot of people are having trouble with the feisty power pc install on the ps3. Mostly with 2 specific problems. 1) low screen resolution on the live cd, making it hard to continue since the bottom of the windows are below the bottom of the screen. 2) Even after getting past the low res issue it hangs at “15% checking file systems”.
Here is what I did(after much trial and error):
Downloaded Ubuntu feisty ppc .iso from: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PlayStation_3
Then burned the install disk at my lowest burn speed which was 4x.
Then I booted my ps3 and went to: System > system settings > install other OS with the install disk in the drive. I was then prompted to reboot the ps3(Yes or No). Once the live cd loaded(before clicking on the install icon) I opened System > Administration > Services and unchecked(disabled) everything but: CPU frequency manager, GDM, and System communication bus.
Then I went to System > Administration > System Monitor, selected the “Processes” tab, and killed any process that is would let me with: right click > kill process. Anything that is required will either restart or just not die. All of this gets you past the “15% checking file systems” hang. Then I double clicked the install icon and started the installation. The only tricky thing to this is knowing what is selected by default in each window. The first is language, and if you speak english will already be selected so don’t do anything but hit enter. Next is your time zone, if you have the res problem just hit enter at this screen since the time can be set later when you get everything set right. Next is the keyboard layout screen, again the default will work and if you need to change it, it can be done later so just hit enter. Then it will ask you about hdd partitioning. this is where it gets tricky because you have to select “manual” since automatic setup will cause a hang. Click on “manual” and then hit “Tab” exactly 3 times followed by enter(the “Tab” button will move you to the next selection on the window and since you can’t see the bottom of the window you need Tab to select next). The following screen will have 3 mount point selections, the top one needs to be set to “newworld” as the file system, to do this click on the top item and hit enter to open the options window. In the “Use as” area select “newworld” from the drop down menu and click ok. The second mount point needs to be changed to “/”, so click on the mount point and hit enter, in the options menu select “/” from the mount point drop down menu and click ok. On the second mount point that you just changed to “/” you also need to check the reformat box.(after each change a window will pop up saying “scanning drives” after it finishes the mount point window will go back to it’s default which is the “Next” button). Now hit enter to go to the next screen. The next screen will ask you to import settings from other systems but since none are found just hit enter to continue. Followed by the user screen. Just enter your name, it will default “your name” as the login name but all lower case. If you wish change the user name to whatever you want. Then enter and re-enter your password. At the bottom you will see “What is the name of your computer?”. This will be defaulted to “yourname”-desktop but you can’t see that, however since that option is there this time you will need to hit “Tab” 4 times after you enter your password and then hit enter. The last screen is just to confirm your install settings so hit enter and VIOLA! sit back and let it install. Once it installs the cd will eject and the system will reboot. After the reboot. Login and open a terminal by Applications > Accessories > Terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/kboot.conf , you will then be prompted for your password so enter it and hit Enter. Once the file loads look for an entry like this “linux=’/dev/hda1 ……etc. at the end of that line before the ” ‘ ” add “video=ps3fb:mode:#” where “#” is the correct number from the table at this site: http://ps3wiki.qj.net/index.php/PS3_Video_Mode (this site is also a How to on the video issue). Then save the file and close gedit. Now just reboot and the resolution will be fixed along with your new install of Ubuntu Feisty….. Enjoy!

By: Sander

Sander — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:45:09 +0000

@Juo,

when you are logged in into ubuntu you have the right to change the root password through system, administration, users and groups