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.

IconsPage/terminal.png You can find out, what model you have by typing at the terminal:

sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name


Overview

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

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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)

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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

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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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MacBook2-1/Lucid (last edited 2013-12-14 02:26:08 by knome)