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== 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.

MacBookPro 3,1 and Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic koala)

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 9.10, codename Karmic Koala.

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 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

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.

Keyboard layout

Bug 408397 which appears in Karmic was not fixed. Left command key is mapped to Mod4 modifier key which render it unusable in some application (emacs, gedit, etc.).

A patch is available. You can even fixed it radically with the following command:

echo clear mod4 | xmodmap -

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:

sudo echo options hid-apple fnmode=2 >/etc/modprobe.d/hid-apple.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u -v -k `uname -r`

Keyboard brightness is not managed out of the box. If you want that feature you need to install pommed package and configure it as needed:

sudo apt-get install pommed
sudo gedit /etc/pommed.conf

Wireless (AirPort)

Bug 278190 (concerning flakiness of ath9k) and Bug 333730 (concerning unstability of wireless connection) are still not fixed in Karmic: wireless (wpa) works but goes down very frequently.

The only fix I have found (installing linux-backports-modules and using wicd instead of NetworkManager), which worked on Jaunty but not on Karmic, is described in comments 35.

A definitive way to fix them (using bleeding edge compat-wireless) is described in comments 33 of bug 333730.

Touchpad

As on Jaunty you should remove mouseemu package:

sudo apt-get --purge remove mouseemu

Then you need to go to System - Settings - Mouse / Touchpad (and not item System - Settings - Touchpad) to activate click with fingers on touchpad functions:

  • 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,

Unfortunately this behavior is not the same as on Jaunty (button 2 was with 2 fingers, and button 3 with 3 fingers as on MacOS X).

I do not know how to revert to classical (MacOS X one) behavior.


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Please update this page, if you have figured out anything, that is not mentioned here!




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MacBookPro3-1/Maverick (last edited 2013-12-14 10:05:34 by knome)