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#1 2011-10-01 03:43:33

groundnuty
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Registered: 2010-11-16
Posts: 17

Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

Hey,
I've been trying to setup arch on 8.1 macbook pro for few days.

Things that refuse to cooperate are:

wireless Broadcom 4331 rev2
I tried installing newest b43 driver but with present kernel module simply wont load, apart from that no ideas
in kernel 3.2 it is supposed to work.

multitouch
tried all what wiki has to offer no use.

multimedia keys:
regardless of value in sudo tee /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode
all the keys are seen as F1...F12 and Fn button seems to have no effect.

if anyone has working 8.* mac with any of above things I would appreciate some advice - I myself am out of ideas ;(

Xorg log: http://pastie.org/2620551
dmesg: http://pastebin.com/PWvJ2paQ
lspci -k  : http://pastie.org/2620557

bottom line is that guys from ubuntu seems to have most of the stuff working so I guess it is possible:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro8-1/Natty
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1695746

Last edited by groundnuty (2011-10-01 05:00:08)

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#2 2011-10-01 19:03:13

groundnuty
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Registered: 2010-11-16
Posts: 17

Re: Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

as far as multitouch goes: today I succesfully forced X to load each of the drivers:
mtrack
synaptics
multitouch

I commended out all the edevd rules:

#Section "InputClass"
#       Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
#        MatchIsPointer "on"
#       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
#        Driver "evdev"
#EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event6"
        #MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Apple_Inc._Apple_Internal_Keyboard___Trackpad-event-kbd"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

#Section "InputClass"
#        Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
#        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
#        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
#        Driver "evdev"
#EndSection

#Section "InputClass"
#        Identifier "evdev tablet catchall"
#        MatchIsTablet "on"
#        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
#        Driver "evdev"
#EndSection

#Section "InputClass"
#        Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
#        MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
#        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
#        Driver "evdev"
#EndSection

and tried every driver. Explicit pointing to mouse input event (example):

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Multitouch Touchpad"
    Driver "multitouch"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event8"
    #MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Apple_Inc._Apple_Internal_Keyboard___Trackpad-event-mouse"
EndSection

mtrack and multitouch were loaded without any errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (X log with mtrack  http://pastie.org/2623298)
synaptics reported the same error as described here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=995301

in the end the trackpad did not work at all with any of those drivers.

When I uncomment all edevd the trackpad is detected as pointer what sounds similar to this problem https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103953.
With edevd only thing that works is "moving" the pointer and the left click.

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#3 2011-10-17 09:06:16

hb
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From: Germany
Registered: 2008-02-02
Posts: 13
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Re: Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

Hey, I got wifi to work with this instructions:
http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c705283/arc … index.html

you don't need to compile the fwcutter though, just use the standard package (same version...)

it works with the stock kernel, although i had to reboot and manually set up the connection in networkmanager...

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#4 2011-10-19 17:38:17

groundnuty
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Registered: 2010-11-16
Posts: 17

Re: Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

@hb thx for response

In the end managed to get everything working including wifi. Its my first linux-laptop so I have no previous experience, but wifi seems to be working a bit better on osx. On linux it looses ranger more often.

Now I'm working to get mouseemu + pommed to work with each other in console....

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#5 2011-12-04 20:00:00

crack2mann
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Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

i have the same macbook pro 8.1, i have everything working but the touchpad allows me to only left click!!! @Member did you find a fix for it yet? anybody?!!! By the way, @Member, your wireless will do better with this driver at http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c705283/arc … index.html

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#6 2011-12-05 07:05:12

JackH79
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Registered: 2009-06-18
Posts: 663
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Re: Macbook pro 8.1 no wireless, multimedia keys, multitouch

Obsolete

Last edited by JackH79 (2011-12-05 07:21:26)

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