From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LdHoQ-0002FJ-KC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0D62E035C; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA02DE035C for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67DF064B41 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.424 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.424 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.175, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Z29MSm7-nRvi for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15DFB6484E for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LdHo7-0004r8-Bd for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:15 +0000 Received: from 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com ([67.220.10.117]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:15 +0000 Received: from grante by 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:15 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on Intel Mac Mini? Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200902272016.12921.peritus@rajking.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-220-10-117.usiwireless.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) Sender: news 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 X-Archives-Salt: cb055916-82a2-40f0-85df-941ac518f3fc X-Archives-Hash: deca6a9bb5f73a941b5f391c44036871 On 2009-02-28, Robert J. King wrote: > It is done often. Writing this on an 24" Intel iMac running > Gentoo w/ kde. Just a few gotchas that I ran into: > > 1. The 2008.0 livecd's version of grub doesn't have the Mac > partition patch. Simple update of portage and then grub > fixes this. Do the livecds now use grub? I thought they used syslinux. Maybe I'm thinking of a different livecd. > 2. Nvidia binary drivers seem to have a bug that will turn > off the screen everytime you either close X11 or switch to > a VC. The screen comes back on when you go back to X by > CTRL+Fn unless you have shutdown X11. If that is the > case, then you have to restart it by typing blindly or > ssh'ing in from another machine. I haven't found a fix > for this yet. Not sure if this pertains to the mac mini > they might be using ATI. The Minis now use an Intel GMA 950. Linux driver support is supposed to be pretty good. Not sure if it includes XvMC or not, but a 1.8GHz core2 duo should be able to handle ATSC HD playback without it. > Good info at: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Apple_Macbook_Pro > > If you plan on installing to the hard drive I recommend > keeping a small OSX partition (for firmware updates and stuff > from apple) and using rEFIt as a boot manager. > http://refit.sourceforge.net This is how I have it set up and > its working well. The first choice would be USB or network. I'd like to shut down the hard-drive. -- Grant