Comments on: Liberating Macbook Pro http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/ nerdy things Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: wordpress at oblios-cap » More on the UbuntuBook Pro http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-10086 wordpress at oblios-cap » More on the UbuntuBook Pro Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:06:45 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-10086 [...] been relying on kahvipapu.com and help.ubuntu.com to get the job done. Some things are as easy as advertised. Others I [...] […] been relying on kahvipapu.com and help.ubuntu.com to get the job done. Some things are as easy as advertised. Others I […]

]]> By: th http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5912 th Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:33:45 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5912 Ati drivers work fine after you enable them from System > Administration > Restricted drivers manager. Only thing to keep in mind Compiz does not work without xserver-xgl with these drivers and enabling XGL will cause opengl games to break. This will, however, be fixed with Hardy as it includes newer ati drivers. For wireless I followed Ubuntu's Wiki. Works perfectly without encryption, sometimes problematic with encryption but usually works if you hit /etc/init.d/networking restart a few times. Ati drivers work fine after you enable them from System > Administration > Restricted drivers manager.

Only thing to keep in mind Compiz does not work without xserver-xgl with these drivers and enabling XGL will cause opengl games to break.

This will, however, be fixed with Hardy as it includes newer ati drivers.

For wireless I followed Ubuntu’s Wiki. Works perfectly without encryption, sometimes problematic with encryption but usually works if you hit /etc/init.d/networking restart a few times.

]]> By: Karthik http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5909 Karthik Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:13:53 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5909 Hi TH Thanks! I tried working on it again last night till 1 am :) and managed to install Ubuntu 7.10 on my MBP. Now getting the wireless and ATI drivers is getting touch. The Ubuntu Wiki did not fully help me solve the problem. Any tips or anything specific to keep in mind? Thanks! Hi TH

Thanks!

I tried working on it again last night till 1 am :) and managed to install Ubuntu 7.10 on my MBP.

Now getting the wireless and ATI drivers is getting touch. The Ubuntu Wiki did not fully help me solve the problem. Any tips or anything specific to keep in mind?

Thanks!

]]> By: th http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5898 th Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:26:10 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5898 @Alric: maybe 15 minutes or so? Not long anyway. @Karthik: I have no idea about bootcamp, never seen it, never used it. And can't get it anyway since it's Leopard-only. I simply used partitioning tool from livecd, System > Administration > Partition editor and resized the hfs+ partition smaller. For empty space I created a single ext3 partition. Nothing more. @Alric: maybe 15 minutes or so? Not long anyway.

@Karthik:

I have no idea about bootcamp, never seen it, never used it. And can’t get it anyway since it’s Leopard-only.

I simply used partitioning tool from livecd, System > Administration > Partition editor and resized the hfs+ partition smaller. For empty space I created a single ext3 partition. Nothing more.

]]> By: Alric http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5893 Alric Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:42:43 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5893 Hi How long did the resize via the partition editor take? Thanks Hi

How long did the resize via the partition editor take?

Thanks

]]> By: Karthik http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5890 Karthik Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:38:41 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-5890 Hey TH I now have Leopard on my MBP (2.16 GHz model, the one before the santa rosa chipset). I have been trying to install Ubuntu on my MBP but till now, I have not managed even to partition the HDD. I choose a partition and after hitting Apply, Boot camp asks me to reboot etc. But I don't see the partition once I boot up, although my HDD is 20GB less than 111.47 GB. I remember using the Beta version of Boot camp when using Tiger and I was able to partition and rEFIT used to show 2 harddrives with the respective partitions. Now, I used a command on the Ubuntu Wiki to partition via terminal and now though my HDD is 111GB total, I now see a Free space of 147GB!!! I rebooted twice and I still see the same. Can you please give me some details on how to partition using boot camp and / or what to choose while partitioning using the live Ubuntu CD? Thanks Hey TH

I now have Leopard on my MBP (2.16 GHz model, the one before the santa rosa chipset). I have been trying to install Ubuntu on my MBP but till now, I have not managed even to partition the HDD. I choose a partition and after hitting Apply, Boot camp asks me to reboot etc. But I don’t see the partition once I boot up, although my HDD is 20GB less than 111.47 GB. I remember using the Beta version of Boot camp when using Tiger and I was able to partition and rEFIT used to show 2 harddrives with the respective partitions.

Now, I used a command on the Ubuntu Wiki to partition via terminal and now though my HDD is 111GB total, I now see a Free space of 147GB!!! I rebooted twice and I still see the same.

Can you please give me some details on how to partition using boot camp and / or what to choose while partitioning using the live Ubuntu CD?

Thanks

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]]> By: Francesco http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-4710 Francesco Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:21:00 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-4710 Ubuntu documentation and wiki are very good, but you can also find great documentation in the Gentoo wiki: http://gentoo-wiki.com/ Its HowTo's and its guides can be used for other distributions too, though they usually require a deeper knowledge of your GNU/Linux box Ubuntu documentation and wiki are very good, but you can also find great documentation in the Gentoo wiki: http://gentoo-wiki.com/
Its HowTo’s and its guides can be used for other distributions too, though they usually require a deeper knowledge of your GNU/Linux box

]]> By: th http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-4694 th Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:05:50 +0000 http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/12/29/liberating-macbook-pro/#comment-4694 Can you <i>really</i>? Could you point me to 1/2 priced Core2Duo laptop from Dell which is equally featured and as thin, quiet and good-looking as Macbook Pro, with backlighted keyboard, n-class wlan, builtin bluetooth, good gfx card and such? So far I haven't managed to find such laptop. I know you can buy some market-Acers for 500$ but I wouldn't accept that crap even for free. Sometimes you just get what you pay for (though Thinkpads are nice). Can you really?

Could you point me to 1/2 priced Core2Duo laptop from Dell which is equally featured and as thin, quiet and good-looking as Macbook Pro, with backlighted keyboard, n-class wlan, builtin bluetooth, good gfx card and such? So far I haven’t managed to find such laptop.

I know you can buy some market-Acers for 500$ but I wouldn’t accept that crap even for free.

Sometimes you just get what you pay for (though Thinkpads are nice).

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