For details about installing go here: MacBookAir2-1/Precise (link to MacBookAir2-1/Karmic is dead)

General

• Lucid LiveCD boots fine without any specific boot parameters.
• Lucid runs much faster out of the box than Karmic
• Touchpad seems to work better

Video

• Resolution is incorrect (not 1280x800) with default binary hardware drivers.
• Download the latest binary driver from the nvidia website and
• External displays work with Nvidia's 'x server settings' tool (under the system/administration menu).

Sound

• Speaker works with Alsa version 1.0.22 (the version you get when you update Lucid), by adding the following line at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:
  • options snd-hda-intel model=mb5

• Speaker works with Alsa version 1.0.23. The instructions to install are found there: http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2010/05/02/upgrade-alsa-1-0-23-on-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/ Line-out works after adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:

  • options snd-hda-intel model=mba21
• Be sure to set the volume in the alsamixer
  • Start 'alsamixer' on a commandline and make sure no channel is muted (press 'M') and navigate with the keys. Set the volume with the keys as well.
• Microphone (still) doesn't work

Touchpad

• Works without modification

Apple keys

• Volume works

• Display brightness and keyboard backlight work (incl. auto-adjust), but requires you to add the Mactel PPA and install pommed and additional packages from there. Reboot after installation/upgrade.

Network

• Works (both wifi-G and wifi-N)