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Hey all, I installed Arch onto my old Macbook (an Intel model from 2017, with a touchbar) and so far I've been able to get almost everything working. Namely, I've got the wifi and audio working after neither worked on the fresh install. The last thing that still doesn't work is the touchbar, the long touchscreen display above the keyboard. I would really like to get this working, as there is no physical esc key, volume control, or brightness control without it; but nothing I have tried has worked so far.
Does anyone have any knowledge about how I can get this working? I would appreciate any help, and I can provide any more info if needed. Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Hooks (2025-10-09 20:07:06)
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In case anyone has this problem in the future, I was able to get it working! Here is what I did:
First, changed my Kernel to LTS (6.12)
Then I downloaded and ran make on https://github.com/Heratiki/macbook12-spi-driver.git (has to be specifically Heratiki's branch)
I had to manually copy the .ko files into my /usr/lib/modules/6.12.51-1-lts/updates/dkms/ folder
And I changed the modules line in mkinitcpio.conf to
MODULES=(applespi intel_lpss_pci spi_pxa2xx_platform apple_ib_tb) Then, I rebooted and the touchbar worked!
Hope this helps someone later!
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