MacMini 1,1 and Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the first Generation MacHardware (release date: late 2006) when using Ubuntu 10.04, codename.
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)
Bluetooth
Wireless (AirPort)
Plymouth (Pretty Grub)
(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
Works out of box! As usual, if you want to listen to mp3's or really... use your sound you will need to install proprietary codecs with:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Suspend Hibernate
Suspend works out of box, hibernate does not appear to be supported
Desktop Effects
Working out of box after installing compiz, but you will want to install "fusion Icon" as well to use options like:
- Loose Binding
- Indirect rendering
Otherwise performance is kind of choppy.
Bluetooth
Works out of box
Wireless
Works out of box
Plymouth (Pretty Grub)
As with many other systems, the Mac Mini has some trouble here. I followed this guide to get it to work, but in case that link breaks here is a summary:
sudo apt-get install v86d hwinfo
sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
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From there, you should get a list of resolutions that you can support, pick the one that you want (I went with 1024x1280-24)
Edit /etc/grub/default with:
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sudo gedit /etc/grub/defaultFind and change the relevant lines to:
... GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1366x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap" ... GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768
Save it
Execute these commands:
sudo echo "uvesafb mode_option=1366x768-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap">> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules sudo echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash sudo update-grub2 sudo update-initramfs -u
Then reboot and test!
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