Introduction

This page is dedicated to installing Kubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet on a MacBookPro9,2.

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 appropriate wiki.

Overview

(works out-of-the-box) (Needs manual configuration) (Doesn't work) (Not yet documented)

Wireless

Power Management

Unfortunately, with the proprietary bcmwl driver, Power Management is turned on by default. In theory, having power management on reduces power consumption, nominally lowers internal computer temperature, nominally lowers electricity costs, etc. However, vendor implementations of this tend to not be perfect. Hence, it is recommended to disable this via a terminal:

sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off

The following procedure does not work in persisting this change through a reboot:* sudo nano /etc/pm/power.d/wireless

/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 power off

sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/wireless

Restart.

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