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 7C81C1391DB for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:41:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 766C1E0D0F; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pyrimidin.rz.uni-konstanz.de (pyrimidin.rz.uni-konstanz.de [134.34.240.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30DBEE0CEA for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nkongsamba.rz.uni-konstanz.de ([134.34.240.62]) by unitis.rz.uni-konstanz.de with ESMTP; 21 Mar 2014 12:41:22 +0000 Received: from [8.13.2.161] (unknown [141.70.82.221]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: michael.vetter) by nkongsamba.rz.uni-konstanz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2D307A0051 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:41:22 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <532C3372.6060706@uni-konstanz.de> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:41:22 +0100 From: Michael Vetter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacbookPro Retina Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030704090006030602090000" X-Archives-Salt: cba9b7c1-47a1-450f-a463-82652ddb44c3 X-Archives-Hash: 623d80633e1152fa00d9f5d0e00420e8 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030704090006030602090000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Since a few weeks I am using Gentoo Linux. I have used Debian for something like 12 years and now decided to switch. So far I really enjoy the learning experience with Gentoo. Up to know I have it only installed on an old Notebook, to play around with it. However I use it way too seldom and thus want to install it on my main machine which is MacbookPro Retina. I read the Gentoo wiki article and several blog posts, however some instructions heavily differ, and I am not sure if the wiki is up to date. There seem to be minor problems but maybe they already have been fixed. No idea whether battery life, backlight usage, wifi and such things work properly. And I have heart that the high resolution causes some problems, but I dont understand why exactly. I would very much appreciate if someone could explain the _why_ to me :-) So I wonder if someone here has some experience, and could tell me what works and what doesn't. Furthermore I would greatly appreciate all kinds of advice and hints before I try to install it myself, maybe someone even can share his kernel config and other important config files which will make the Macbook usable. As a start for me to customize it more to my needs. Finally some information about my model. Name: MacbookPro Retina 15 inch mid 2012 Identifier: MacBookPro10,1 Model Number: A1398 Intel i7 dmesg: http://bpaste.net/show/xjfOdm8fRiL4QRNFw2pO/ lsmod: http://bpaste.net/show/6zwQsWDpRPkO2pJyaF5K/ lspci: http://bpaste.net/show/gik2ckJL3EiE7T2hGraO/ lsusb: http://bpaste.net/show/xTPd9BScPXlWOdKl7jcU/ Maybe I should add that I use a USB-To-Ethernet adapter from CableMatters which uses ASIX AX88179. I already booted succesfully with SystemRescueCD, from which I read lsmod and the other commands. Afterwards I installed refind UEFI bootloader, since many people seem to use it, but I am not sure whether it's better than Grub. And I have heard that because it's UEFI I need to use GPT partition tables. My primary goal is to get Gentoo running on this machine, so I can use it everyday and learn more about it on the go. However I also would appreciate every background information about configuring it, what problems can occur and why, to understand the whole matter. Thanks in advance regards Michael PS: I might not be able to check mails (and thus reply) until next Tuesday.. --------------030704090006030602090000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello,

Since a few weeks I am using Gentoo Linux.
I have used Debian for something like 12 years and now decided to switch. So far I really enjoy the learning experience with Gentoo.

Up to know I have it only installed on an old Notebook, to play around with it.
However I use it way too seldom and thus want to install it on my main machine which is MacbookPro Retina.

I read the Gentoo wiki article and several blog posts, however some instructions heavily differ, and I am not sure if the wiki is up to date. There seem to be minor problems but maybe they already have been fixed.

No idea whether battery life, backlight usage, wifi and such things work properly. And I have heart that the high resolution causes some problems, but I dont understand why exactly. I would very much appreciate if someone could explain the _why_ to me :-)

So I wonder if someone here has some experience, and could tell me what works and what doesn't.
Furthermore I would greatly appreciate all kinds of advice and hints before I try to install it myself, maybe someone even can share his kernel config and other important config files which will make the Macbook usable. As a start for me to customize it more to my needs.

Finally some information about my model.

Name: MacbookPro Retina 15 inch mid 2012
Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Model Number: A1398
Intel i7

dmesg: http://bpaste.net/show/xjfOdm8fRiL4QRNFw2pO/
lsmod: http://bpaste.net/show/6zwQsWDpRPkO2pJyaF5K/
lspci: http://bpaste.net/show/gik2ckJL3EiE7T2hGraO/
lsusb: http://bpaste.net/show/xTPd9BScPXlWOdKl7jcU/

Maybe I should add that I use a USB-To-Ethernet adapter from CableMatters which uses ASIX AX88179.

I already booted succesfully with SystemRescueCD, from which I read lsmod and the other commands. Afterwards I installed refind UEFI bootloader, since many people seem to use it, but I am not sure whether it's better than Grub.
And I have heard that because it's UEFI I need to use GPT partition tables.

My primary goal is to get Gentoo running on this machine, so I can use it everyday and learn more about it on the go. However I also would appreciate every background information about configuring it, what problems can occur and why, to understand the whole matter.

Thanks in advance
regards

Michael

PS: I might not be able to check mails (and thus reply) until next Tuesday..
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