AppleMacBookPro_15in_2.00GHz
Contact: RyanBetts, ["Tas50"]
- Brand: Apple
Make : MacBook Pro
- Model: 15 inch
Website: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
Current Issues
Release automatically tries to install GRUB to the MBR and fails. Needs to install to the linux root partition. Uses an ATI x1600 video card and Xorg 7.1 has composite enabled by default, disabling the 3D in the fglrx driver. Known ALSA issue with external speakers. Patch available from http://www.mactel-linux.org. Some function keys are not bound by default to their intended action.
System Info
bios-version: MBP11.88Z.0055.B03.0604071512 system-manufacturer:Apple Computer, Inc. system-product-name:MacBookPro1,1 system-version:1.0
Hardware details
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in Dapper (current stable)? |
in Edgy Beta 1 |
in Feisty 3 |
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Installation works? |
Untested |
Partial, fails at grub install |
Partial, freezes but there are workarounds |
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Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Dapper (ancient stable)? |
in Edgy Beta 1? |
in Feisty 3 |
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Screen |
Untested |
Yes |
Grainy, inaccurate colours |
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Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Partial, fglrx driver needed for full resolution |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
Partial, needs fglrx driver and disable composite in Xorg |
Yes with fglrx with composite disabled |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
No |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Yes |
No |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
No |
No |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
No. Screen stays on |
Yes |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Partial, not external speakers, only headphone jack |
Both headphone jack and speakers work but slightly crackly/distorted sound and no sound suspend (battery drain) |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes but slightly crackly/distorted |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
Untsted |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
No |
Yes |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
Macbook has infra-red?? |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
No |
Partial: With synaptics driver |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
No |
With synapic driver |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
Untested |
No |
With mouseemu, but unreliable |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Additional Hardware |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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iSight |
Untested |
Untested |
Required firmware loading from OSX partition |
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Apple Remote |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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|| in Dapper (current stable)? || in Edgy Beta 1 || In Feisty 4
+ F1 |
Brightness Down |
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Untested |
No |
With pommed |
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+ F2 |
Brightness Up |
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Untested |
No |
With pommed |
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+ F3 |
Sound Mute |
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Untested |
Ok |
Yes, requires small config change |
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+ F4 |
Sound Down |
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Untested |
Ok |
Yes |
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+ F5 |
Sound Up |
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Untested |
Ok |
Yes |
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+ F6 |
Num Lock |
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Untested |
Ok |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
Mirror Video |
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Untested |
No |
Untested |
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+ F8 |
Keyboard backlight off |
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Untested |
No |
No |
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+ F9 |
Keyboard backlight down |
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Untested |
No |
No |
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+ F10 |
Keyboad backlight up |
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Untested |
No |
No |
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Notes
Hackeron: I switched back to OSX from Feisty 3 for 2 major reasons that no one seems to mention: # The colours are off and the display is grainy, can't do graphics work and everyhing looks uglier and inaccurate. # Sound quality is BAD - not as noticeable with cheap headphones or internal speakers, but plugging into external speakers, there is very noticeable distortion in the high end which isn't there on OSX. A couple of less important but noteworthy problems: # Touchpad very uncomfortable to use, mouseemu is awful and stop pommed (screen brightness keys) from working. # 2 hours battery life because of poor power management and suspend doesn't work.
RyanBetts: I needed to install the smp kernel from the repos and it works fine. Except for some of the known issues with this laptop that have user supplied patches, Edgy Eft works basically flawlessly. Since I use rEFIt, the bootloader needs to be installed to the linux root partion (sda3 for me), but in order to do that I needed to reboot after the bootloader install fails and update the partition using the rEFIt menu. After that I had to use the "rescue" mode and install lilo manually. Other than that everything else is Ubuntu ready 