Wondering if anybody has any experience with how the 3,1 models (Mid 2007) support 11.10? I know the support base says it's supported up to 10.10, but I'm not willing to tread into unfamiliar waters (as I'd like the newest release), considering I've decided to single boot just Ubuntu. :)And I'd like ...
Alright, I have had the past few days off due to inclement weather which has allowed me time to try and create a Ubuntu 10.10 Live USB for my MacBook Pro 3,1. I thought surely this has already been done, and it was as simple as burning the ISO to a partition on a thumb drive (USB SD or uSD card). We ...
Ok so I am open to suggestions and comments. I know there are a lot of questions so just answer what you are able if you happen to read through this. Here's the situation,I've got a macbook pro 3,1 that will not boot - period. I am guessing its a kernal panic somewhere caused by a faulty piece of ha ...
I have an MacBook Pro 3,1 running Karmic ( 9.10 ) 64bit. The kernel is 2.6.32 patched to use the BFS scheduler. I am having issues with the touchpad and the keyboard. On occasion they stop working. It is possible that I have damaged hardware. However I would like to see if any other users report sim ...
I have Ubuntu 9.10 (upgraded from 9.04) on a 17" Macbook Pro(3,1) with rEFIt. I have been doing software development professionally on it for the past ~ 8 months and have been using Karmic on it for the past month. Go Ubuntu in the workplace!!Last night I had a kernel upgrade come across the up ...
I'm running Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro 3,1 for almost two years (since Hardy). It's been a great experience, with the installation of Jaunty being the smoothest of the three releases I've installed. Until the beginning of this month. After installing updates (a.o. Linux kernel 2.6.28-13-generic) on Ju ...
I have a Macbook pro 3,1 with ubuntu 9.04 upgraded from 8.10 (upgraded from 8.04). I have some problems (F keys not behaving as i like, touchpad little buggy, volumes not always coming back after "mute", some software not working properly) and I was thinking of switching to ext4 and/or to ...
I have installed ubuntu 8.10 intrepid as per this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro3-1/Intrepid on my macbook pro 3,1. I have managed to get the f1 / f2 keys working with backlight by installing mbp_nvidia_bl but cannot get the keyboard backlight running.According to the guide I fol ...
Hello. I'm new to ubuntu, I've just installed it on a macbook pro 3.1, and for the most part it's working. I have a few issues though.I cannot get the LCD brighten/display keys to work. I've followed this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro3-1/Intrepid#Keyboard%20functions%20(Brightne ...
maybe anybody know why brightness controls do not work on macbook pro 7.1 using 11.04 natty ubuntu version?I have also install: Nvidia accelerated graphics drivers.I have done everything like written here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Natty#Screenbut still it does not help.Kind ...
Hi, I wanted to use my MacBook Pro 3,1 with a bluetooth-connected GPS device (Holux GPSlim 236) for OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org)ing. So I discovered my built-in bluetooth doesn't work.-I tryied adding a new device but in the list nothing appeared (Gps was in pairing mode)-so I set th ...
I know karmic is still in beta, but I'm wondering if anyone else has issues with the VT terminals (accessed through ctrl-alt-f1/f2/f3 etc). In jaunty, I get a terminal fine on my macbook pro 3.1, but in karmic beta, the graphics is garbled and I can't see anything. ...
The keyboard backlight for my Macbook Pro 3.1 does not work when I try adjusting it via the hotkey.. The keyboard backlight is supported however and works! if I manually write to a particular file.echo 255 | sudo tee -a /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightnessI want to file a bug about this but ...
In the past I haven't had much luck with installing versions of Ubuntu, there's always been something missing. This time round, 11.04 seemed like it'd fit the bill.I installed it in the correct way and everything was working fine over several reboots. Then I noticed that my wifi password was contain ...
Macbook pro 7.1 (maverik)triple boot using rEFIT-Ubuntu 11.10-Leopard-Win7HI ALL!!!i recently installed ubuntu 11.10 on my macbook (new installation from cd), all perfect, but by mistake, i've installed GRUB into the default partition instead of the linux one. this gives me some little issuehere is ...
I was just wondering if the next version of Ubuntu (11.10) will have the drivers needed to get Ubuntu running on the newer MacBook Pro hardware. (USB live disk in combination with the DVD - so that when the DVD stops working during installation, the USB disk is used.) Actually I also tried Maverick ...
Since installation of Ubuntu 11.10 rkhunter reports me these 2 warnings, not being able to whitelist them. Anyone has the same problem?Warning: Hidden ports found:Port number: 35822Warning: Hidden file found: /dev/.initramfs: symbolic link to `/run/initramfs'The hidden port warning changes everytime ...
all, I got one of the first Macbook pro, 5,1.So far I have the webcam(out of box), basic graphics acceleration of the integrated gpu,wireless, my work stuff(cisco vpn, sip client...ect).I got the sound card and speakers to play music, but it comes out all messed up(like someone is blending it.)I can ...
I tried to install Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro 5,1 today. I had problems before, so I 0'd out my drive, reinstalled OS X, installed rEFIt, partitioned my HD, erased the windows partition with the disk utility, and got all the way to the installation. However, when I choose Advanced Options towards the ...
Good morningI have installed ubuntu 11.10 (64) on a new macbook air, and run the post-install-script successfully as suggested in the wiki.Now (and not from the "day one", but about two/three days later the installation) my macbook air's fan never stops. From the login moment (just from th ...
I googled xen and found some articles about Linux including a bunch of tools and depends for xen - natively in the 3.0 kernel this past July.I have it to understand that Ubuntu 11.10 uses the 3.0 Linux kernel.....So, why aren't there any howto's or talk about it here in this forum? It's six months l ...
This one is for everyone who liked gNatty and who wants an even more stable system than gNatty.This is an customized version of Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Shell inside of it.Download:Will be here tonight.Screenshot:Click here for Screenshot (http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4849/screenshotat20111021143 ...
I'm wondering if anyone with a v.3,1 Macbook Pro has encountered any problems upgrading from 7.10 --> 8.04. ...
I installed the bleeding edge drivers using a guide I was referred to from the wiki, when I was having intermittent wifi connections. It worked well for about two days, but now it's just as intermittent as before, and it works just fine in OSX and on other machines, so I'm thinking I need to change ...
I need to configure my macbook pro santa rosa after a fresh ubuntu 9.04 install. but the only instructions page i could find was https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro3-1/Jaunty, where there is not much information. Where can I find a full documentation like this https://help.ubuntu.com/commun ...
I'm trying to get Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my Macbook Pro.It's good that my wifi card is automatically detected, but it is just really weak. It doesn't pick up wifi networks that I can get under OS X. I don't have full time access to a wired connection because I live in a shared house. Ubuntu doesn' ...
I recently upgraded to 8.10 from 8.04 on my mbp 3,1. I did it through the update manager. Now whenever I start it up nothing opens. Ubuntu starts up fine but when I try to open anything the window comes up but nothing appears in the window, its blank. Also, whenever I shut down lines start running d ...
I had previously installed ubuntu to mess around with, and managed to bork the sound pretty badly and was advised to just reinstall and start fresh. Since the new version just came out i decided to just wipe the partition and download the installation CD. I had followed the guide from the macbook pr ...
everybody, I desperatly need help:-I had an ubuntu 8.10 on my macbookpro 3.1, at installing time I had issues, but I managed to make the touchpad work trough manual editing of Xorg.conf-I updated to 9.04-Right click by two finger tapping ceased to work-I tried everything (reenabiling my manual editi ...
I have a macbook pro santa rosa (3.1) with the atheros AR5418 wireless adapter. I can connect occasionally but only occasionally, and have no idea how to diagnose my problem. Here are the details: I have the ath9k driver installed, and theinterface wlan0 enabled. Clicking on knetworkmanager shows a ...
all. Thinking about installing ubuntu on my macbook pro as my main OS, but was curious about battery life. Anyone have any experience with this specific model or something close to it? I have a 15" 2.4Ghz 256MB 8600M GT version. I'm looking for something close to 3.5 hours (that's what I get in ...
Running a late 2007 model MBP (3,1) and can't get sound to work. Wiki says sound should be working out of the box.I've loaded different kernels with the same result.I've checked alsamixer and made sure nothing was on mute.I've tried reinstalling alsa but it created a big mess of things so I reformat ...
When I first installed ubuntu on my MacBook pro I had sound but now I have no sound at all. Can someone please help me? Tell me what command I need to run for more information and I will do it.Thanks in advance.SOLVED! I had mute on... ...
I just updated from Hardy to Intrepid via dist-upgrade. All went well so far, however I experienced some problems with the touchpad.The Kernel module is loaded (appletouch) but the xserver is ignoring my configuration. I had a very sophisticated InputDevice section for the xorg.conf, but all setting ...
I have been unable to install the madwifi from the pre-r3403 tars. I was unable to find the 3403 snapshot from the madwifi, and used 3402. Also, I get many errors after execution of make and sudo make install.I'm using the x64 version of Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro 2.2 Santa Rosa C2D. In the Hardware T ...
Has anyone tried to upgrade lucid to maverick on a macbook pro?Any issues to consider before upgrading?I just got my macbook running lucid well, not sure if I should risk the upgrade... ...
As described here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir2-1/Karmic) I've got Ubuntu 9.10 running on my Macbook Air 2,1 but the only things that don't work are the speaker and the built-in microphone. I can get sound using the line out though. I am mainly looking for a way to get my microphone ...
I am a new and very inexpert ubuntu user and now I'm having a big problem it seems I can't solve alone. I decided to upgrade my old macbook pro from ubuntu 10.10 to the latest version but during the installation something went wrong and my mac freezed. I restarted it and it appeared the log in page ...
Hi. I have never liked Unity, i always used the Ubuntu classic theme. When i upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10, i realized that was a big mistake, cause I can't see how to switch back to classic. And now Unity is laggy. Is there any way i can get rid of unity and install Gnome 3? ...
there. I've looked everywhere, but the little info I found on what the actual command Nautilus uses for its "Write to Disc..." context menu option for ISO disc images is outdated. nautilus-cd-burner no longer does this, apparently, so I am at a loss, and would like to change the default op ...
I've been searching the forums for a solution to this problem, but haven't been able to find something that works.I'm trying to print from my mac to a pc that has ubuntu 8.10 desktop. My printer is connected to the ubuntu pc and is able to printout a test page from localhost:631 on the ubuntu pc. In ...
I plan on getting a macbookpro 17" once it ships and loading dualboot mac osx and ubuntu 8.10 on it. I assume I'll run into a few issues with 8.10, maybe things with the trackpad etc. Is wifi the same as others?Then I'll virtualbox from ubuntu 64bit a 64bit windows install, either Xp or a beta ...
It has been a long time since I've explored the world of Ubuntu, and now I'm back. I am tryin to dual-boot Snow Leopard and Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS on my MacBook Pro 5,1. Ubuntu installed fine, and if I hold the Option key at start up, I can access Grub2 to get to Ubuntu. When I start the MacBook Pro, rE ...
I'm cleaning from the Macbook Pro 7.1 Ubuntu 10.04 wiki (http://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Lucid) some text related to Ubuntu 10.10 - both systems were in the same wiki, don't know why -.I need a quick help from 64 bits users of any of both systems.I want you to tell me if runningcat /p ...
Hope this is the correct place to post my experience, I installed on my Macbook pro 7.1 ubuntu Lucid Lynx following the instructions given in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/LucidI have been able to install and fix most of the issues but I'm worried about what sensors show me:applesm ...
On my Macbook Pro 2,1 with 8.10 and latest ath9k(from compat-wireless) driver, I am unable to connect to a WPA2 secured network after resuming from suspend. However, removing the ath9k module and enabling it again seems to work fine.Also, in my /etc/default/acpi-support, I have specified ath9k to be ...
I updated to jaunty yesterday and want to report on wifi problems. running newer atheros chips with ubuntu was always difficult but IMO intrepid and ath9k solved these kind of issues more or less. surprisingly they are back in jaunty (rc1) now. my connection is very weak which especially affects sur ...
I tried installing Ubuntu using rEFIt and repartitioning and so on, but it broke so many things and resulted in me having to wipe my hard drive and start again from an old image of my hard drive. In the end I gave up.It occurred to me I could use wubi, so I booted into Windows I installed with boot ...
all, first all, this is a regular macbook not PRO, and i am running 64bit ubuntu, I need help getting the broadcom 4328 in my macbook working, i tried the info page, the one about the santa rosa macbook, I can get the card to work no matter how hard i try, Ndiswrapper dosent like me:( please help ...
kids, I've written a script that takes a brand new fresh installation of Ubuntu and configures everything for you. It installs smcfancontrol, a script written very wonderfully by joushou (over at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1102465&highlight=smcfancontrol) to be a bit more strict ab ...