Macbook Pro

synss · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:11 am Post subject:

For the keyboard not working in grub (or only 10% of the times), it got solved here at the last firmware update.

dreadhead · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

Akkara · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:45 am Post subject:

Any reports good or bad on upgrading a macbook with an existing Gentoo install to Leopard? Does the linux side still boot correctly after the upgrade? Are there any special steps to be taken that make life easier?

brullonulla · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:

Update. I've repartitioned using the graphical live cd GParted 0.3.4-10 to use parted more easily.

For who is interested: the GParted livecd (Gentoo-based by the way!) booted successfully, only little annoyance it didn't recognize the touchpad. Hotplugging an USB mouse works perfectly.

Rebooted, synced with rEFIt, it seems to work. OS X seems happily unaffected.
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Olivia · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Poland

Hi
I am trying to install Gentoo on my MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16 Radeon X1600. I have triple boot with rEFIt(Leopard, Linux and Vista). Firstly I had Debian but I want Gentoo now.

What's the best way of installing it? Neither on liveDVD nor liveCD X start (some errors and it asks if I want see them).

dreadhead · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject:

There is no use for X when installing gentoo...

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if you need to browse the installation handbook during installation on the same machine you could use links2
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tetonedge · n00b Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 9

I was wondering if anybody has suspend to ram working with the new kernel 2.6.23 and the newest ati drivers and if so how? Thanks

Also je_fro i was curiouss how to use your overlay when someone already has ati-drivers installed, it won't emerge your version, just wants to rebuild the current one. Thanks

Olivia · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Poland

Hm I managed to start X. But when I am trying the installer i get:

dreadhead · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject:

Do you haave synchronized your partitioning scheme with rEFIt after partitioning in MacOSX?

btw. I'd suggest using parted. It's just better than fdisk on macs.
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Olivia · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Poland

You mean update MBR table?

When my mac started up i choosed refit partitiong tool, and it updated mbr.

stardotstar · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject:

cocide · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 1

So I have noticed that sound in a v3 doesn't work, figured it would be good to mention that I put a fedora 8 live disk in last night out of curiosity and the sound had full support. fedora 8 is using pulseaudio, and it is mentioned to work in gentoo, unfortunately I have not been too successful yet, but any help would be great.

also, i have not been able to start pommed:
andy@Aura ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/pommed start
* Loading ALSA modules ...
* Loading: snd-card-0 ... [ ok ]
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... [ ok ]
* Loading: snd-seq ... [ ok ]
* Restoring Mixer Levels ... [ ok ]
* Starting D-BUS system messagebus ... [ ok ]
* Running pommed daemon ... [ !! ]
andy@Aura ~ $

has anyone else had this problem or know any solution?
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MacBook Pro v3
2.4Ghz/250GB hdd/4GB ram
10.5/Gentoo 2.6.23-r1/XP Pro

gringo · Advocate Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Posts: 3793

@cocide : alsa works here, update to a recent kernel if you didnt already. Apparently alsa starts correctly in your output, check if its not somehting like muted speakers and such.
For v3 youll need at least pommed v. 1.8 iirc.

@dreadhead : im somewhat confused in what refers the remote control.
I finnally got it to work with lirc and also want to try out the patch you posted in the wiki, i have it loaded but dont know what interface uses this ? How do you make it work using this driver ?

TIA
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dreadhead · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: PulseAudio

brullonulla · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

What are the correct x86 32 bit CFLAGS for the newest MacBook Pro Santa Rosa? -march=nocona?
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dreadhead · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject:

brullonulla · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks! Now (sorry for the continuous requests) what I really would love is a working kernel config for that thing...

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dreadhead · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:55 am Post subject:

brullonulla · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:41 am Post subject:

Yes, I've seen the configs in the wiki. However many of them are outdated or refer to MBPs different from my one (ATI card vs NVIDIA,etc.), other apparently leave out important things as wireless, others still are for x86-64 systems. I'm not that good in tweaking kernel configuration (although I usually compile my kernel by myself, I'm always doing it with some anxiety...) so I'd like to hear from someone that confirms a fully working system. Thank you a lot, dreadhead -I will download vanilla-sources and using it. Btw, are vanilla-sources better than gentoo-sources, for the MBP, or it was just your personal choice / are you using mactel patches?

Are mactel patches / mactel-sources still necessary or latest kernels can be made to work without them?

Broadcasting to others: Having a 2.6.23 config for the MBP Santa Rosa latest generation, fully working, anyone?

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dreadhead · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

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brullonulla · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject:

genmich · Apprentice Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 196

Is there a way to set the back-light while/after grub is starting?

brullonulla · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject:

dreadhead, I have two kernel-related questions for you:

1)it seems I can't play sound with your kernel.

I emerged alsa-drivers (it seemed alsa drivers weren't compiled in), run alsaconf, unmuted etc. ...it SEEMS to play but I hear no sound. I tried with unstable alsa-drivers, and alsa-lib refuses to compile. Do I have to recompile the kernel or there is some easy solution just under my nose that I can't see?
edit: I tried alsa-9999, compiling alsa drivers in the kernel, every conceivable muting/unmuting, /etc/modules.d/alsa options. Only result, now I have a red light coming out of my headphone jack (which is silent). What should I do?

2)How do you manage suspend to ram? I tried the s2ram and klaptopdaemon. s2ram --force puts me in black screen after resume. klaptopdaemon SEEMS to manage suspend correctly, only to get kernel oopses and random segfaults later.
edit: s2ram -f -p -m seems to work. Wireless dies however

I'm asking to you because I'm using your .config/kernel combination and I want to know from you before attemping to patch/recompile kernels. Thanks!

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brullonulla · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:

Bump.
No idea for the audio?
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