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MacBook Pro 5,1 and 5,2 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the 5th Generation MacBook Pro (release date: late 2008, early 2009) when using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).

You can find out what model you have by typing at the terminal:

This should either return MacBookPro5,1 or MacBookPro5,2. If not, this page is not really so well suited for your situation. If you have a MacBook Pro, but a different hardware revision, please go to the MacBook Pro start page. If you have a different Intel CPU-based Macintosh product, go to the Mactel Community Help Pages to find the right wiki.

Overview

Anything not mentioned here probably already works out of the box. If not, please refer to the Ubuntu Apple Users forum.

• Feature	Support status
  Sensors (temps & fans)
  Suspend & Hibernate
  Reboot
  Desktop Effects (Compiz)
  HFS+ (only read)
  CD/DVD Writing
  Bluetooth
  Screen brightness adjustment
  Keyboard functions (Brightness, volume, etc)
  Sound
  Microphone
  External Monitor
  Wireless (AirPort)
  Trackpad
  Webcam/iSight
  Apple Remote Control

(works out-of-the-box)
(works, with remarks)
(needs manual install)
(won't work)
(not yet documented)

Basic Installation Instructions

Common things about installing and maintaining Ubuntu on Intel-based Macs: Intel CPU-based Macintosh Generic Installation Instructions, but remember that rEFIT supports this MacBook only from 0.12. For 64Bit Ubuntu use rEFITt 0.14 or higher. Info rmation about rEFIt can be found at http://refit.sourceforge.net/

Package Support for Intel Macs

Install the modules from the MactelSupportTeam/PPA. Lucid Lynx have in the Kernel 2.6.32 all that need you to make work fine your MacBook Pro 5,1, but to Make work the buttons for keyboard backlight just add this PPA:

Install:

• pommed (Make work the buttons for keyboard backlight)

If you want to install them:

Boot/GRUB/Plymouth

Boot was nice the first boot for me, but the resolution went back to 640x480 right after. Follow these instructions to get GRUB and Plymouth back http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/

Just don't forget to fill in the resolution you want (typicaly: 1440x900)

Reboot

Confirmed working out of the box.

Suspend & Hibernate

Suspend is working out of the box, way faster than on Karmic.

Hibernate is pretty slow, possibly slower than boot up.

Wireless

STA drivers in the non-free Hardware drivers can be installed. You will need a wired Internet connection to do this. Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers. Select the Broadcom STA options and click enable.

Many people confirmed having a lot of disconnections with the latest version of network manager. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340

It can be fixed using volanin's ppa: http://ppa.launchpad.net/volanin/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager/

DON'T INCLUDE THIS PPA IN YOUR APT, ONLY DOWNLOAD NETWORK MANAGER AND DEPENDECIES There is conflicts with the other packages he maintains

STA drivers of ubuntu 11.04 works very well on 10.04 and resolve this issue. You can download it here:http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/bcmwl-kernel-source

Sensors

To enable all these sensors:

• One motion sensor
  

• Ambient light sensor
  

• One fan sensor
  

• 16 temperature sensors
  

You have to edit /etc/modules:

And add at the end:

After a reboot (or modprobing the modules), they will be recognized. You can verify this by using

Output should be something like:

Unfortunately, none of the sensors have correct names. There is a legacy description suitable for other MacBook's at the old mactel-linux site with an (incorrect) sample sensors.conf at this mactel 2007 mail thread.

Add this to your sensors.conf or sensors3.conf file to provide context for some of the temperature sensors (this was generated on a MBP 5,2):

Keyboard functions

Almost all keyboard functions work out of the box. The only exceptions I could find are the LED Backlighting controls and the Expose and Dashboard keys.

In order to have Ubuntu correctly recognize the keyboard backlight function, you have to install the module pommed from the Mactel PPA repository; to do so, run:

Bluetooth

Pairing works out of the box. Beyond that, not tested.

If you have issues with Bluetooth, try to reset it with:

If you want:

• send file: launch Applications>Accessories>Bluetooth (bluetooth-applet)

• receive file: set name and visibility with System>Preferences>Bluetooth (bluetooth-property) and launch Applications>Accessories>Bluetooth File Sharing (gnome-obex-server)

Remember that the system service Bluetooth device manager (bluetoothd) must be running in the background.

Note: Did not succeed to connect two computers or to browse a device yet!

Trackpad

Left-click, right-click (two finger)use and basic trackpad work out of the box. To enable two finger scrolling and tap to click:

• System>Preferences>Mouse>Touchpad

Desktop Effects (Compiz)

You must enable the a non-free graphics driver to use Compiz. Go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and choose the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 190). It works on MacBook Pro, you will have to reboot after install.

External Monitor

Using Xinerama

WARNING This section was copy pasted, use with caution, not tested

Note: this work on Jaunty with ndivia-settings but with glitches: compiz doesn't work and I couldn't move the mouse cursor from one screen to another.

Using the restricted nvidia driver >= 177.80, one can set up a dual head configuration and make full use of an external display. An example xorg.conf configuration of a working dual head setup using Xinerama (separate X sessions for each display) is shown below.

* Note that in the following example the external LCD is rotated (counterclockwise) left.

Note: NVidia splash-logo is disabled due to the Option "NoLogo" entries as seen in the above example

Using TwinView

Make sure to have the monitor plugged in before you boot the laptop, because the screen detection might not work correctly otherwise. With the binary NVidia driver installed, go to System -> Preferences -> Display. You will be redirected to nvidia-settings, which can also be found directly under System -> Administration -> NVidia X Server Settings. In the X Server Display Configuration, click on detect displays, then click on your external display, configure button -> TwinView -> Apply changes.

If the external monitor's display looks heavily corrupted in colours and refresh (and you've made a supported resolution and refresh rate is selected), check under GPU-{number} -> DFP-{number} - {external monitor} and switch off the "Force Full GPU Scaling".

Here is a dual head configuration using the restricted nvidia driver (version >= 177.82). The xorg.conf file was generated by nvidia-settings and was tested with a ViewSonic VA1912wb (19" widescreen) LCD at 1440x900, above the MacBook screen. The desktop size is 1440x1700; Xinerama is not used. It may be possible to use this configuration with an external LCD with a different resolution by modifying the "+900" in the Option "metamodes" line to match the height (in pixels) of the desired monitor.

The xorg.conf file, with input device sections omitted, follows:

Sound

Works out the box

Microphone

Works out of the box. You will need to increase the microphone input volume:

• System>Preferences>Sound>Input

Remote Control

Coming soon

Screen brightness adjustment

Works out of the box. See keyboard for changing the default operation of the function keys.

Known issues

Increase minimum fan speed

To increase the minimum fan speed, you must first have activated the internal sensors. Then you can run this command:

(replace X by the fan number, usually 1 to 2.) This will make the fan run at least 3000rpm, still allowing the hardware to spin up under heavier load. Also, this setting change won't last when you restart.

To make it last, place this file in /etc/init.d/applesmc_fan

and enable it:

Set Graphics Card to Powersave Mode

Both of the following settings belong in the Device section of your Xorg file, located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

If you would like to constantly enable powersave mode, add:

If you would like powersave only when using the battery, use this instead.

Note that, although users have experienced drops of several degrees C, using this option will lower performance for graphics-intensive applications.

Enable laptop-mode

Some users have reported power savings from enabling laptop mode. To do so, make sure laptop-mode-tools is enabled

Disable UUID in Grub

There have been several cases where, early in the boot process, Grub throws up a message that says: "Gave up waiting for root device"; it also says that it will start a Linux shell, but nothing happens. This leaves the computer stuck at this stage, no matter how long one waits.

Note that this is an intermittent issue; it is entirely possible that a MacBook Pro would boot correctly any number of times, then turn up this error. Furthermore, it is possible to type "reboot" and have the machine boot properly on the next reboot (or after 5 or 10 such attempts).

There is an easy way to avoid this issue; there are 4 steps to follow:

• 1.- While logged into Lucid, in the Terminal application, type the following:
  • sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
  2.- Uncomment the line that reads:
  • GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
  3.- Save and Close 4.- Run the following command:

CategoryMac

CategoryMac

This page aims to describe the steps needed, to fully enable all features of the 5.2 White Macbook (release date: early 2009) when using Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid. You can check here if you own this model: on wikipedia, on apple.com

You can find out what model you have in OSX, System Profiler

If you have a different model, please go https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook and find the right wiki.

Overview

Anything not mentioned here probably already works out of the box. If not, please refer to the Ubuntu Apple Users forum.

• Feature	Support status
  Sound
  Suspend
  Hibernate
  Shutdown
  ACPI, power management, etc
  Shell/CTRL-ALT-Fn
  Reboot
  Desktop Effects (Compiz)
  Keyboard functions (Brightness,volume,...)
  CD/DVD Writing
  Bluetooth
  External Monitor
  Wireless (AirPort)
  iSight
  Touchpad (appletouch)
  Apple Remote Control
  Firewire

(works out-of-the-box)
(works perfectly, but needs a little job)
(works, with remarks)
(won't work - please post if you have hints)
(not yet documented - please post if you can test)

Basic Installation Instructions

Common things about installing and maintaining Ubuntu on Intel-based Macs: Intel CPU-based Macintosh Generic Installation Instructions

Wireless (AirPort)

To enable wireless you need to install the restricted Broadcom STA driver. Open System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and choose Broadcom Sta.

Desktop Effects (Compiz)

You probably want to enable the proprietary graphics driver. Go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and choose the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (latest version).

Touchpad

thanks to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=10;att=0;bug=576456

You should disable the mouse plugin in gnome-settings-daemon, since gnome-control-center can't handle every possible touchpad setting via gnome-mouse-properties. Open a terminal and type

Then, create this file: /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi

If you want you can change these settings in order to reach your preferred config. Check man synaptics to find all options and tuning.

Keyboard functions

Volume Up, Volume Down, Volume Mute, Eject will work out-of-the-box.

Adjusting the screen brightness works out of the box with the default free graphics driver. But when you install the restricted NVIDIA graphics driver, it won't work.

There is a repository https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support/+archive/ppa with the package nvidia-bl-dkms, but this don't work for me.

ACPI, power management, etc

..now writing..

Shell/CTRL-ALT-Fn

Switching to shell with CTRL-ALT-Fn will work only with defaults free graphics driver. With NVIDIA proprietary drivers this won't work. If anyone has a solution, please post.

External Monitor

Works fine with proprietary NVIDIA graphics driver, you just need to configure it with the nvidia-settings tool - no reboot is needed. You can find it in System -> Administration.

Sound and Headphones

I get these working only with some settings in file /etc/modprobe.d/options - you may need to create it.

If you use this, you get poor sound quality but headphones working (you need to reboot)

If you don't want to reboot, you can:

• close all audio applications
• unload the module snd-hda-intel typing a couple of times in a terminal

• and than reload the module with this command

If you want good audio quality but NO headphones working, you can instead use this in the same file as above, and than reboot - or if you don't want, you can do as before:

Microphone

The internal microphone works with both settings as in the section above.

Suspend/Hibernate

Suspend works out of the box. Hibernate won't work. If someone has some hints, please post :).

Remote Control

You have to install gnome-lirc-properties from repositories, and configure it following the wizard, choosing Apple Mac Mini IR Receiver with Custom remote control. Then go in System -> Preferences -> Infrared Remote Control, unlock the window, choose autodetect and select the IR receiver. Now you can test it: in the bottom of the window, you can see if you remote control works.

Then change the file /etc/lircd.conf.gnome into this:

Now, create and make executable two files in your home directory-I created them in the "script" directory: they will let you adjust audio volume from shell: script/volume_up

script/volume_down

This two scripts are useful to control your audio level from the shell or in a script. If they don't work because you have some esoteric configs, maybe you can adjust them on line 3 - take a look at the output of the command

in line beginning with "set-sink-volume" and adjust line 3 accordling.

Now, you have to create a file like this (this is my own config, you can change it according to your preferences) in your home directory: .lircrc

and last add and enable the command "irexec --daemon" in System -> Preferences -> Session Properties (gnome-session-properties, from shell) - this will run irexec every time you log in into your home session and execute your favourite commands when you press something on your remote control.

With this .lircrc file:

• Pressing Play/Menu will start rhythmbox, if it is not already running
• Pressing vol+/vol- will change system volume
• Pressing Play will play/pause playback, if rhythmbox is running
• Pressing forward/backward will change song, if rhythmbox is running
• Pressing menu will rate with two stars the current song, if rhythmbox is running

You can change it as you prefere.

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Product pro Angie Mecham expands users’ vision of how to use Lucidchart in her webinar on mastering the basics. Whether you’re a product manager mapping customer user flows, an HR manager building an org chart, or an engineer diagramming your AWS architecture, Angie shares tons of tips and tricks for creating, collaborating on, and consuming diagrams in Lucidchart.

During the webinar, she gives five hacks for working more efficiently in Lucidchart. In case you missed them, we’ve got a quick recap here. But remember that, in order to become a product pro like Angie, you’ll want to watch the full webinar.

Hack #1: Navigate across the canvas

Like Angie says in the webinar, this is the most important tip. Think of how much time you’ll save by zooming in and out in an instant or going from one end of your diagram to the other without having to rely on the scroll bars.

On a laptop, use your trackpad to move and zoom as you would on a touchscreen––two fingers to scroll and pinching to zoom. If you’re on a desktop or a laptop with a mouse, press and hold the spacebar to change the cursor to a little hand. You can then use the little hand to drag the canvas in any direction with your mouse. Use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Lucidchart also works with many common keyboard shortcuts, like Command (or Control) C for copying and Command (or Control) V for pasting. To find all the shortcuts, go to “Help” in the menu bar of your Lucidchart document, and select “Hotkey Reference” to see the full list.

Hack #2: Edit your whole diagram at once

Don’t waste time formatting your diagram shape by shape. For example, you have a process diagram, but one of the boxes isn’t quite large enough for the text. You don’t want that single box to be larger than all the others, and you also don’t want to spend your afternoon resizing every single box. 

Simply click the shape and go to “Select” in the menu bar. Go to “Shapes with Same” and then select “Shape Type” or one of the other options to select a particular set of shapes in your diagram. From this point, you can resize all the shapes to match so that your diagram looks neat and professional.

This hack doesn’t just work for resizing shapes—try it out to also change shape, text, and line styles or color all at once.

Hack #3: Stay in control with revision history

When you have a whole team working on a document, your diagram is bound to be changing rapidly. Thanks to revision history, you’re in control of your document even when you’ve invited others to collaborate.

By selecting the clock icon in the dock to the right of the canvas, you can access every single revision made to the document. When you click on a timestamp and the corresponding name, you’ll see what your document looked like at that point in time. 

If your colleagues have gone a little too crazy and you need to get back to that selected diagram state, click the blue “Restore” button to revert your document back. 

If you’re just curious about the direction a document has taken, click the black “New from revision” button to create a new document from any desired revision point so you can compare two diagrams side by side and decide which you prefer.

Hack #4: Share via URL

Sometimes you need to share documents with people who don’t have a Lucidchart account. When you open the “Share” menu, select “Publish,” and then “Generate Link.” You now have a live URL anyone can use to view a document without signing into Lucidchart.

Anyone with the URL can navigate all the pages of the document and bookmark the URL for future use. The best part is that whenever you make a change in Lucidchart, changes are live for those using the URL even before they refresh the page. This hack is an easy way to keep everyone involved and in the loop even while your document is constantly changing.

Hack #5: Draw a perfect line

It may sound simple, but Angie gets a lot of questions on how to draw a line not connected to any boxes. Good news—this is the easiest hack of the bunch. Just press “L” on your keyboard, and then format your line as needed.

But what about getting a line between shapes to behave just the right way? If you hover over any shape, you’ll see little red dots all around it. Pull a line from one of those dots and then extend it to the next shape until you see a blue halo appear. This is now a smart line, meaning that it will automatically readjust and reposition if you rearrange the shapes.

Another trick for drawing the perfect line is to hold Shift as you draw your line to keep it absolutely straight every time.

Now you’ve got the scoop on Angie’s top hacks, it’s time to implement them. Remember to go watch the full video for more tips on customizing shapes, commenting, using integrations, and more. And stay tuned for future live trainings!

Jump into Lucidchart and try these tips for yourself.