MacBook Pro 5,1 and 5,2 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the 5th Generation MacBook Pro (release date: late 2008, early 2009) when using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).
You can find out what model you have by typing at the terminal:
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
This should either return MacBookPro5,1 or MacBookPro5,2. If not, this page is not really so well suited for your situation. If you have a MacBook Pro, but a different hardware revision, please go to the MacBook Pro start page. If you have a different Intel CPU-based Macintosh product, go to the Mactel Community Help Pages to 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
Sensors (temps & fans)
Suspend & Hibernate
Reboot
Desktop Effects (Compiz)
HFS+ (only read)
CD/DVD Writing
Bluetooth
Screen brightness adjustment
Keyboard functions (Brightness, volume, etc)
Sound
Microphone
External Monitor
Wireless (AirPort)
Trackpad
Webcam/iSight
Apple Remote Control
(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, but remember that rEFIT supports this MacBook only from 0.12. For 64Bit Ubuntu use rEFITt 0.14 or higher. Info rmation about rEFIt can be found at http://refit.sourceforge.net/
Package Support for Intel Macs
Install the modules from the MactelSupportTeam/PPA. Lucid Lynx have in the Kernel 2.6.32 all that need you to make work fine your MacBook Pro 5,1, but to Make work the buttons for keyboard backlight just add this PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mactel-support
Install:
- pommed (Make work the buttons for keyboard backlight)
If you want to install them:
sudo apt-get install pommed
Boot/GRUB/Plymouth
Boot was nice the first boot for me, but the resolution went back to 640x480 right after. Follow these instructions to get GRUB and Plymouth back http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/
Just don't forget to fill in the resolution you want (typicaly: 1440x900)
Reboot
Confirmed working out of the box.
Suspend & Hibernate
Suspend is working out of the box, way faster than on Karmic.
Hibernate is pretty slow, possibly slower than boot up.
Wireless
STA drivers in the non-free Hardware drivers can be installed. You will need a wired Internet connection to do this. Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers. Select the Broadcom STA options and click enable.
Many people confirmed having a lot of disconnections with the latest version of network manager. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340
It can be fixed using volanin's ppa: http://ppa.launchpad.net/volanin/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager/
DON'T INCLUDE THIS PPA IN YOUR APT, ONLY DOWNLOAD NETWORK MANAGER AND DEPENDECIES There is conflicts with the other packages he maintains
STA drivers of ubuntu 11.04 works very well on 10.04 and resolve this issue. You can download it here:http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/bcmwl-kernel-source
Sensors
To enable all these sensors:
One motion sensor
Ambient light sensor
One fan sensor
16 temperature sensors
You have to edit /etc/modules:
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
And add at the end:
coretemp applesmc
After a reboot (or modprobing the modules), they will be recognized. You can verify this by using
dmesg | grep apple
Output should be something like:
[ 975.586518] applesmc: Apple MacBook Pro 5 detected: [ 975.586522] applesmc: - Model with accelerometer [ 975.586524] applesmc: - Model with light sensors and backlight [ 975.586526] applesmc: - Model with 20 temperature sensors [ 975.587187] applesmc: device has already been initialized (0xe0, 0x00). [ 975.587189] applesmc: device successfully initialized. [ 975.588120] applesmc: 2 fans found. [ 975.590446] input: applesmc as /devices/platform/applesmc.768/input/input10 [ 975.594503] applesmc: driver successfully loaded.
Unfortunately, none of the sensors have correct names. There is a legacy description suitable for other MacBook's at the old mactel-linux site with an (incorrect) sample sensors.conf at this mactel 2007 mail thread.
Add this to your sensors.conf or sensors3.conf file to provide context for some of the temperature sensors (this was generated on a MBP 5,2):
chip "applesmc-isa-0300"
label "temp1" "TB0T Enclosure Bottom 0"
label "temp2" "TB1T Enclosure Bottom 1"
label "temp3" "TB2T Enclosure Bottom 2"
label "temp4" "TB3T Enclosure Bottom 3"
label "temp5" "TC0D CPU Diode"
label "temp6" "TC0F CPU ???"
label "temp7" "TC0P CPU Pin"
label "temp8" "TG0D GPU Diode"
label "temp9" "TG0F GPU ???"
label "temp10" "TG0H GPU Heatsink"
label "temp11" "TG0P GPU Pin"
label "temp12" "TG0T GPU Transistor"
label "temp13" "TG1H GPU 2 Heatsink"
label "temp14" "TN0D Northbridge Diode"
label "temp15" "TN0P Northbridge Pin"
label "temp16" "TTF0 Unknown"
label "temp17" "Th2H Heatsink 2"
label "temp18" "Tm0P Memory Controller"
label "temp19" "Ts0P PCI Express Slot Pin"
label "temp20" "Ts0S PCI Express Slot (unk)"
label "fan1" "Left Fan"
label "fan2" "Right Fan"
chip "coretemp-isa-0000"
label temp1 "Core0"
chip "coretemp-isa-0001"
label temp1 "Core1"
Keyboard functions
Almost all keyboard functions work out of the box. The only exceptions I could find are the LED Backlighting controls and the Expose and Dashboard keys.
In order to have Ubuntu correctly recognize the keyboard backlight function, you have to install the module pommed from the Mactel PPA repository; to do so, run:
sudo apt-get install pommed
Bluetooth
Pairing works out of the box. Beyond that, not tested.
If you have issues with Bluetooth, try to reset it with:
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset
If you want:
send file: launch Applications > Accessories > Bluetooth (bluetooth-applet)
receive file: set name and visibility with System > Preferences > Bluetooth (bluetooth-property) and launch Applications > Accessories > Bluetooth File Sharing (gnome-obex-server)
Remember that the system service Bluetooth device manager (bluetoothd) must be running in the background.
Note: Did not succeed to connect two computers or to browse a device yet!
Trackpad
Left-click, right-click (two finger)use and basic trackpad work out of the box. To enable two finger scrolling and tap to click:
System > Preferences > Mouse > Touchpad
Desktop Effects (Compiz)
You must enable the a non-free graphics driver to use Compiz. Go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and choose the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 190). It works on MacBook Pro, you will have to reboot after install.
External Monitor
Using Xinerama
WARNING This section was copy pasted, use with caution, not tested
Note: this work on Jaunty with ndivia-settings but with glitches: compiz doesn't work and I couldn't move the mouse cursor from one screen to another.
Using the restricted nvidia driver >= 177.80, one can set up a dual head configuration and make full use of an external display. An example xorg.conf configuration of a working dual head setup using Xinerama (separate X sessions for each display) is shown below.
* Note that in the following example the external LCD is rotated (counterclockwise) left.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" Below "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Apple Color LCD"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "(Some model name here which is detected automatically)"
HorizSync 31.0 - 65.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 61.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo"
# Option "RandRRotation" "on"
# Option "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9300M"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9400M"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
Option "NoLogo"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
# Option "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
Option "NoLogo"
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSectionNote: NVidia splash-logo is disabled due to the Option "NoLogo" entries as seen in the above example
Using TwinView
Make sure to have the monitor plugged in before you boot the laptop, because the screen detection might not work correctly otherwise. With the binary NVidia driver installed, go to System -> Preferences -> Display. You will be redirected to nvidia-settings, which can also be found directly under System -> Administration -> NVidia X Server Settings. In the X Server Display Configuration, click on detect displays, then click on your external display, configure button -> TwinView -> Apply changes.
If the external monitor's display looks heavily corrupted in colours and refresh (and you've made a supported resolution and refresh rate is selected), check under GPU-{number} -> DFP-{number} - {external monitor} and switch off the "Force Full GPU Scaling".
Here is a dual head configuration using the restricted nvidia driver (version >= 177.82). The xorg.conf file was generated by nvidia-settings and was tested with a ViewSonic VA1912wb (19" widescreen) LCD at 1440x900, above the MacBook screen. The desktop size is 1440x1700; Xinerama is not used. It may be possible to use this configuration with an external LCD with a different resolution by modifying the "+900" in the Option "metamodes" line to match the height (in pixels) of the desired monitor.
The xorg.conf file, with input device sections omitted, follows:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Apple"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9400M"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+900, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Sound
Works out the box
Microphone
Works out of the box. You will need to increase the microphone input volume:
System > Preferences > Sound > Input
Remote Control
Coming soon
Screen brightness adjustment
Works out of the box. See keyboard for changing the default operation of the function keys.
Known issues
Increase minimum fan speed
To increase the minimum fan speed, you must first have activated the internal sensors. Then you can run this command:
echo 3000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fanX_min
(replace X by the fan number, usually 1 to 2.) This will make the fan run at least 3000rpm, still allowing the hardware to spin up under heavier load. Also, this setting change won't last when you restart.
To make it last, place this file in /etc/init.d/applesmc_fan
#!/bin/bash echo 3000 | tee /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_min echo 3000 | tee /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_min
and enable it:
sudo update-rc.d applesmc_fan defaults 55
Set Graphics Card to Powersave Mode
Both of the following settings belong in the Device section of your Xorg file, located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
If you would like to constantly enable powersave mode, add:
Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2222; PowerMizerDefault=0x3"
If you would like powersave only when using the battery, use this instead.
Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2233; PowerMizerDefault=0x3"
Note that, although users have experienced drops of several degrees C, using this option will lower performance for graphics-intensive applications.
Enable laptop-mode
Some users have reported power savings from enabling laptop mode. To do so, make sure laptop-mode-tools is enabled
sudo aptitude install laptop-mode-tools
Disable UUID in Grub
There have been several cases where, early in the boot process, Grub throws up a message that says: "Gave up waiting for root device"; it also says that it will start a Linux shell, but nothing happens. This leaves the computer stuck at this stage, no matter how long one waits.
Note that this is an intermittent issue; it is entirely possible that a MacBook Pro would boot correctly any number of times, then turn up this error. Furthermore, it is possible to type "reboot" and have the machine boot properly on the next reboot (or after 5 or 10 such attempts).
There is an easy way to avoid this issue; there are 4 steps to follow:
- 1.- While logged into Lucid, in the Terminal application, type the following:
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
sudo update-grub
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