From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3B51381F3 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F83FE0DDC; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:03:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF33DE0B8E for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:03:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from marcec ([178.25.242.3]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MTTKZ-1VcZPW1ouN-00SPzR for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:03:25 +0200 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:03:18 +0200 From: Marc Joliet To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: installing Gentoo on a 2007 Macbook Message-ID: <20130820170318.513b14d1@marcec> In-Reply-To: <1376954363.4196.11747561.676F3AC5@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20130820001508.2d6ec87b@marcec> <1376954363.4196.11747561.676F3AC5@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/VDp_SDRUjZ2xXBfsIh6Mmba"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:pB7Xdegp/p+y/cabZqB5t5wjGU/yYb3QbRW8RMnS7I77+0lpS1W QHCdXXx+MlwEF7eSDqWkLUTHLbYTyzmFgRr00aHLJEjVL3qAJvbnQ2tZszMjs5MqTHOxz5x hmYes0LQh29+cz3tqMGMcLHz2Wm1/KxRh2158v+rDnYfvDyvEUC+Aqse0d18QSfKO47bh1k glyI72XMmXpjUpZ9lx9Kg== X-Archives-Salt: 714a464b-a811-4661-974e-75a411babd8f X-Archives-Hash: 1b3263201e01636526c7f277230ee463 --Sig_/VDp_SDRUjZ2xXBfsIh6Mmba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:19:23 +0200 schrieb "Marc A. Kastner" : > I used Linux on a couple of different MacBooks. Usually I had the best > experience not using rEFInd as an intermediate layer, but as the EFI > boot loader loading the kernel file directly. My setup is based on the > ArchLinux Wiki article about it. Every time you update your kernel, you > just need to copy the vmlinuz to your EFI partition in the right folder. >=20 > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/EFI_stub_kernel > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders#Using_rEFInd I tried using an EFI stub kernel, but the firmware does not seem to pick it up. I suspect I will have to try blessing it again, but after rebooting into the OS X 10.7 DVD yet again, it didn't find the SSD *again*. So I will get = to work on other things and try it again later tonight. I mean, when you can't even install OS X on the hardware it's supposed to r= un on... well, by now I'm just tired of trying to get it to work. > When using EFI mode, I had a couple of problems, which I haven't had in > BIOS mode. Depending on your model, it might not be possible to use > brightness settings of your graphics card or using the integrated > graphics card (if your model has a discrete one) anymore. Are you talking about modern systems with two graphics cards? I read that u= sing BIOS compatibility mode there is problematic for battery life because then = the firmware will only expose the larger graphics card. > Another hint for Linux on MBP: For Wifi, you should use the broadcom-sta > Version 6.x which is still masked in portage. Older versions had a lot > of latency, performance and disconnect issues on my systems.=20 I will remember that, once I actually get the damn thing to boot. --=20 Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup --Sig_/VDp_SDRUjZ2xXBfsIh6Mmba Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIThTsACgkQBsMBz3L8+WPdAACfdWt7WAE67BWupifhufDoj7xe Mi4An2JMM1mEVrtWYR21cAROX55beN0f =Onhs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VDp_SDRUjZ2xXBfsIh6Mmba--