MacBookPro 3,1 and Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the 3rd Generation MacBookPro (release date: late 2007) when using Ubuntu 10.10, codename Maverick Meerkat.
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 & Kwin)
HFS+
Keyboard layout
Keyboard functions (Brightness,volume,...)
CD/DVD Writing
Bluetooth
External Monitor
Wireless (AirPort)
iSight
Touchpad (appletouch)
Mic
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
Also, both Ubuntu and Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat CD's do not boot properly. If you install 10.04 and then do an online upgrade, you will have a system with only the issues described below.
Sound
A little hack has to be edited to hear something.
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
scroll down to search snd-hda-intel, add model=mbp3 like this:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N model=mbp3
and save and reboot.
Suspend & Hibernate
If your screen remains blank when waking from sleep then you may need to install the proprietary NVIDIA graphics card driver. This can be done by going to Hardware Drivers in the Administration menu.
Keyboard functions (Brightness,volume,...)
By default functions keys are usable with the fn key. That means that when using F1 you get Brightness down and if you want F1 you should use simultaneously fn and F1.
If you want to get the opposite (functions keys first) you should pass an option to hid-apple module:
echo "options hid-apple fnmode=2" | sudo tee/etc/modprobe.d/hid-apple.conf sudo update-initramfs -u -v -k `uname -r`
Keyboard brightness is not managed out of the box this way. If you want that feature you need to install pommed package and configure it as needed:
sudo apt-get install pommed gksudo gedit /etc/pommed.conf
To keep the configuration the same as that mentioned above, be sure to change
fnmode=1
to be
fnmode=2
Also a reboot may be required.
Touchpad
The touchpad works out of the box in the following way:
- Button 1 (left) is clicked when you click on the button just under the touchpad,
- Button 2 (middle) is clicked when three fingers are on the touchpad and you click on button 1,
- Button 3 (right) is clicked when two fingers are on the touchpad and you click on button 1,
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