Tuesday 25 September 2012

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal on MacBook Pro 8,1

Quick Notes

  1. Used this live DVD
  2. Hold 'option' key when restarting or turning on
  3. Select 'windows' CD/DVD (wait a while for Mac EFI to 'see' CD/DVD)
  4. I tried both 'install beside OS-X' and custom (to make a separate home partition)
  5. No wireless after install. Not sure what exactly worked but I updated and installed these packages and rebooted:
  • b43-fwcutter
  • linux-firmware
  • linux-firmware-nonfree
  • firmware-b43-lpphy-installer

EFI Stuff

Later I did this:
  • Uninstalled grub-pc, grub-pc-bin etc. and installed grub-efi
No need for rEFIt or rEFInd unless you want them.

I'd use rEFInd now and ignore rEFIt.

What works

  • Right speaker
  • Wireless
  • Ethernet
  • Keyboard backlight, F5/F6 keys, and OSD
  • Display brightness, F1/F2 keys, and OSD
  • Volume control, F10/F11/F12 keys, and OSD
  • Lid close and sleep
  • Lid open and wake
  • Display (using i915 I think)
  • Touchpad

What does not work

  • Left speaker is soft
  • Bluetooth