MacBook 2,1 and Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the 2nd Generation MacBook 2,1 (release date: late 2006, mid 2007) when using Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx.

You can find out, what model you have by typing at the terminal:

sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name

• If you have a different model, please go here and find the right wiki.

Overview

Anything not mentioned here probably already works out of the box. If not, please refer to the Ubuntu Apple Users forum.

• Feature	Support status
  Sound
  Suspend & Hibernate
  Desktop Effects (Compiz)
  HFS+
  Keyboard functions (Brightness,volume,...)
  CD/DVD Writing
  Bluetooth
  External Monitor
  Wireless (AirPort)
  iSight
  Touchpad (appletouch)
  Mic
  Apple USB 56K Modem
  Apple Remote Control
  Firewire

(works out-of-the-box)
(works, with remarks)
(needs manual install)
(won't work)
(not yet documented)

Basic Installation Instructions

Common things about installing and maintaining Ubuntu on Intel-based Macs: Intel CPU-based Macintosh Generic Installation Instructions

External Speakers

External speakers don't work by default because they are muted.

Install gnome-alsamixer

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

Open the mixer from Applications > Sound & Video > GNOME ALSA Mixer and unmute the speaker in the third column.

Wireless (AirPort)

Suspend/Hibernate/Power Management

You might find that upower crashes. The fix is to add 'upower' as a Startup Application command.

This affects Suspend/Hibernate functionality in that the computer will not recognize that the battery has reached a critically low level, ignoring any Suspend or Hibernate rule set in the Power Management Preferences.

iSight

Follow AppleiSight.

Touchpad (appletouch)

Out of the box, 2 finger tap does right click (contextual menu), and 3 finger tap does a middle click. To have left-middle-right clicks with 1-2-3 finger tap, install synclient, and reorder the allocation:

     synclient   TapButton2=2   TapButton3=3
     synclient ClickFinger2=2 ClickFinger3=3

Apple Remote Control

Works out of the box. Treat like macmini.

    sudo apt-get install lirc
    #test with
    irw

NB the keycodes are very different from what you find in forum threads on the web! ie MENU and not KEY_MENU. So keep this in mind when writing your .lircrc

Bluetooth

Bluetooth seems to work. After pairing a GPS mouse, you might have to check this page (in german) to make the binding stick: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/gpsd#Probleme-mit-Bluetooth-GPS-Maeusen

External Monitor

Function Keys

Microphone

Just unmute it.

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