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frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

You can read/write ext4 by using MacFUSE and its ext3 driver.

Thanks T-u-N-i-X, as always, macfuse to the rescue. Have you tried it? Does it work well? I don't want to mess up my filesystem !

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Yea-Yea

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Finally managed to install arch.  Works great, extremely fast, faster than I expected.  I have one concern though.
When I was configuring it I did pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils to install the latest nvidia driver and the utilities.  However, Im not sure if it got installed because I dont have 3D acceleration and when I try to access the nvidia xserver settings it tells me that I am not running the nvidia driver and it tells me to edit the X configuration file, (run nvidia-xconfig).  When I do that in the terminal it gives me this error,

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

WARNING: No Screen specified, constructing implicit screen section.

WARNING: No Layout specified, constructing implicit layout section using screen
         "Default Screen".

WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new
         CorePointer section.

WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
         using the first mouse device.

WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new
         CoreKeyboard section.

WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
         using the first keyboard device.

ERROR: Unable to write to directory '/etc/X11'.

Dont know whats going on....

frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

run it as root:
su
enter your password
nvidia-xconfig

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Yea-Yea

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

That's what I did.  I entered sudo nvidia-xconfig and I got that error.
EDIT- for some reason after reboot it works.  I am trying to setup my external display.  The nvidia x server settings detects my display, but when I press apply it stays in no signal.  How can i configure it?

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frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

You're out of my territory there. Try to google it around or start a new forum thread. Good luck.

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Yea-Yea

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Haha il try solving this one on my own. thanks anyways, you were very helpful!

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Anyone having problems with thier fans with the newest kernel?  I swear they are not working right, with temps hovering above 70C and fans still running at 2000 rpms.  I can set the speed manually, but changing the fan1_min and fan2_min values does absolutely nothing.

Running MBP 5,2.  Here is the relevant dmesg:

applesmc: Apple MacBook Pro 5 detected:
applesmc:  - Model with accelerometer
applesmc:  - Model with light sensors and backlight
applesmc:  - Model with 20 temperature sensors
applesmc: device successfully initialized (0xe0, 0x00).
applesmc: device successfully initialized.
applesmc: 2 fans found.
input: applesmc as /devices/platform/applesmc.768/input/input11
applesmc: driver successfully loaded.
applesmc: light sensor data length set to 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 4
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 4
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 4
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 4
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 4
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1

Those wait status messages just keep coming.

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frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Haven't upgraded yet, but I got similar messages, if it can help.
Also running MBP5,2 (17 inches).

applesmc: Apple MacBook Pro 5 detected:
applesmc:  - Model with accelerometer
applesmc:  - Model with light sensors and backlight
applesmc:  - Model with 20 temperature sensors
applesmc: device has already been initialized (0xe0, 0x00).
applesmc: device successfully initialized.
applesmc: 2 fans found.
input: applesmc as /devices/platform/applesmc.768/input/input6
applesmc: driver successfully loaded.
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 1
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 0
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 15
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 15
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 14
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 15
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 11
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10
applesmc: wait status failed: 4 != 10

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litemotiv

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

no problems so far on MBP5,5 with kernel 2.6.32.9-1

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

What are your temps sitting at?  I know that this can't be running right with the temps that high.

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frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

idle/low activity (cpu<10%), average temp ~ 50 degrees, max (within the 20 sensors) ~ 58 degrees, fans @ 1600rpms

high cpu load (max), max temp (within the 20 sensors) ~ 85degrees, fans @ 4 to 5000rpm

Edit: note that I have a home brewed fan control.

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litemotiv

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

i don't have sensors available atm so i can't exactly tell, but the case and airflow is cool and i don't hear the fan running..

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litemotiv

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

some more questions from my side (just got a mbp yesterday )

- touchpad works fine for me with the default synaptics driver (including multitouch etc.), but i can't figure out how to select multiple lines of text. a single line works by clicking and dragging left/right, but moving up and down doesn't. does anyone have any ideas or maybe a .fdi file with sane defaults?

- bcm4322: i have a 5ghz wireless-N router on channel 44, i can see the channel after installing crda but not my access point. any ideas..?

edit: managed to fix both

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frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

[2010-01-03 00:12] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.21-1 -> 1.0.22-1)
[2010-01-05 09:34] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.22-1 -> 1.0.22-2)

I don't know which one of these fixed the issue, but the long standing sound problem seems to be fixed:
1) jack plug is now detected and properly cut sound to the internal MBP speakers
2) Master volume now controls (also) the headphones/jack

yeeha :-)

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industrie13

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Hi, I'd like to use Arch with with my lower end NVidia 9400M instead of the 9600GT.
From what I understand, therefore I have to install Arch using the EFI boot method instead of the emulated MBR Apple uses for Bootcamp.

I remember there was a tutorial how to boot into Arch via EFI (without rEFIt), but doesn't find it anymore. Anyone has a link at hand?

frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Google is your friend. I've never found any documentation on efi booting in arch, and I've used some ubuntu posts/guides. Here they are:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBo … 5-2/Jaunty
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=995704
http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook
http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnEFI
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=141333

I've spent hours trying to make it work, without success. The boot would hang atfter loading the kernel and the initrd. Can you please report on your progress? Thanks.

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darktears

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Hello here,

I'm a Macbook pro 5,3 user (June 2009 15" model) and i'm running Archlinux. So far so good everything works except one little thing : the microphone. In fact it is working but at a very low level. If i use KWave sound editor i can hear me but i really need to scream at my computer. In skype i simply hear anything. When i was running my old MSI laptop i used to have a mic boost thing in alsamixer but apparently it's not there anymore. Anyone here as the same issue?

As a side note if i plug an external webcam with a integrated mic everything works at normal level.

My modeprobe.conf contains (because it seems to be the same cirrus logic chip as the 5,5):
options snd_hda_intel model=mbp55

I'm not running the "pulseaudio" thing so it should simplify the problem.

Thanks for your help.

Last edited by darktears (2010-03-15 09:22:55)

frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

the mic boost option should still be there.
preference -> volume control -> preference button, select what you want to appear in volume control.
jut so you know, in my case, the internal microphone input volume is actually controlled by "recording" capture and digital.

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darktears

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

the mic boost option should still be there.
preference -> volume control -> preference button, select what you want to appear in volume control.
jut so you know, in my case, the internal microphone input volume is actually controlled by "recording" capture and digital.

Well, it's not there even in alsamixer.

I'm using KMix, i have added all the channels so it's a perfect "duplicate" of alsamixer. But still no digital, neither mic boost i just have "capture" activated and volume max.

Do you have a MacBookPro 5,3?

frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

I have a MBP5,2 (mid 2009).

poliahu:~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b3)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0a98 (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller (rev b1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW643 PCI Express1394b Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 07)

I am also using

options snd_hda_intel model=mbp55

and alsamixer:

Hope that help. I use gnome, so I wouldn't know about kmix settings.

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darktears

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

You seems to have an ALC889A chip...Me i'm running a Cirrus Logic CS4206.

frigaut

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

ah, well, out of luck then. May be someone else here can help you. Otherwise, fill a bug with alsa, and wait some weeks/months. They were good in fixing my card drivers (as I posted a few post above, everything works now for me), so eventually yours will be fixed too :-) In the meantime, external mic !

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

some more questions from my side (just got a mbp yesterday )

- touchpad works fine for me with the default synaptics driver (including multitouch etc.), but i can't figure out how to select multiple lines of text. a single line works by clicking and dragging left/right, but moving up and down doesn't. does anyone have any ideas or maybe a .fdi file with sane defaults?

- bcm4322: i have a 5ghz wireless-N router on channel 44, i can see the channel after installing crda but not my access point. any ideas..?

edit: managed to fix both

Interested in your fix for the first problem.

I still don't have a real touchpad feeling as OSX gives me. In OSX you can tap and hold with your thumb and than with another finger move the cursor to anywhere in the screen. In linux I have to 'click - hold - move while clicked' all with one finger. Two finger scrolling and three finger-tapping all works, but moving a window to another location or selecting multiple lines of text in a document is a pain...

THX!

litemotiv

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Interested in your fix for the first problem.

I still don't have a real touchpad feeling as OSX gives me. In OSX you can tap and hold with your thumb and than with another finger move the cursor to anywhere in the screen. In linux I have to 'click - hold - move while clicked' all with one finger. Two finger scrolling and three finger-tapping all works, but moving a window to another location or selecting multiple lines of text in a document is a pain...

THX!

at the moment i'm using these hal settings:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
  <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
   <match key="info.product" contains="bcm5974">
   <merge key="appledevice" type="bool">true</merge>
   </match>

   <match key="appledevice" bool="true">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">1</merge>

        <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerLow" type="string">40</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerHigh" type="string">70</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger1" type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger2" type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger3" type="string">2</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge>

        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">false</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">false</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">0</merge>

        <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.5</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">2.5</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.AccelFactor" type="string">0.15</merge>

        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmDetect" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmMinWidth" type="string">25</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmMinZ" type="string">250</merge>
   </match>
  </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>

which has single finger double tap to initiate drag

while it's still one finger to drag, i think it works pretty well and it gets 'normal' quite fast. also, in my experience using the middle finger works best for an accurate drag.

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litemotiv

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Re: MacBook Aluminum

Anyone having problems with thier fans with the newest kernel?  I swear they are not working right, with temps hovering above 70C and fans still running at 2000 rpms.  I can set the speed manually, but changing the fan1_min and fan2_min values does absolutely nothing.Those wait status messages just keep coming.

i'm trying out kernel26zen-git 2.6.33, same problem there. did you figure out what the cause was earlier?

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