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FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:29:54 +0200

einstiien> MacBookPro3,1 are Santa Rosa chipset based ones, the previous revision. Current revision (Perynn based one) is only 4 month old (released on february 2008), and product code is MacBookPro4,1 and FreeBSD does not work on it :)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - einstiien

einstiien — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:44:04 +0200

I'm sorry I should have been more specific about my hardware. My Laptop is about 7 months old I believe it's the santa rosa chip but I'm not entirely sure. In system profilier it says:

MacBook Pro3,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 Ghz

I haven't seen anything on running freebsd on the latest MB Pros, this page is actually the most information I found at all.

@Miki:
The problem with NDIS is that you cant put the card into monitor mode for using applications like airodump.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Miki

Miki — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:09:37 +0200

I was able to get the Atheros AR5008 wifi card working through NDIS:

http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.p...

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:14:59 +0200

einstiien> Did you try to boot FreeBSD from a Perynn based MacBook Pro (the last revision) ? Mine is unable to access to installer, the laptop freezes just after disks detection (the last step of dmesg). It seems it can't enable the second core of the CPU.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - einstiien

einstiien — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:23:15 +0200

Another note:

I was able to get the Atheros AR5008 wifi card working as well by using the driver located here:

http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_...

Just unzip it into /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/ath

and recompile the kernel.

Again this was done with FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE

Any questions,
erick@beerngolf.com

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - einstiien

einstiien — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:07:47 +0200

For those of you trying to get FreeBSD to run on the MB pro's with the 88E8058 ethernet chipset a simple change to the module source will allow the driver to work with your card.

In /usr/src/sys/dev/msk/if_mskreg.h:
add this line:

define DEVICEID_MRVL_436A 0x436A

In /usr/src/sys/dev/msk/if_msk.c
On line 165 the definition of the struct msk_products starts. If you go down to lines 206 and 207 you will see the info for the 88E8056 Card. Duplicate those two lines and chage the DEVICEID_MRVL_4364 to DEVICEID_MRVL_436A and change the description to 88E8058.

cd /usr/src/sys/modules/msk
make
make install
reboot

This was done with FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE

If you have any questions just send me an email
erick@beerngolf.com

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Josh

Josh — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:18:22 +0200

For the record, the version of the Synaptics drivers in ports (CURRENT) does _not_ work for MacBooks because it lacks the proper drivers for using the MacBook's USB trackpad.

I have, however, come up with what I think is a better method for right-clicking. The following will allow you to use control + click to right-click as in Mac OS. It will also allow you to use alt + click for a middle-click.

First you have to download and compile the xvkbd source (the version in ports is outdated, I'm going to work on fixing that). Then simply add this to you .xbindkeysrc:

      "xvkbd -text '\m3'"
             Control + b:1

      "xvkbd -text '\m2'"
             Mod4 + b:1

That should do the trick.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Chris Reaume

Chris Reaume — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:00:19 +0200

Thanks Arnaud for a great how-to!

One question though: Has anyone got the external DVI port working with X? I'm just itching to get it up on my cinema display, but nothing I've tried in the Xorg.conf has worked for me.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Simon Iden

Simon Iden — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:38:42 +0100

The touchpad works out-of-the-box with Xorg synaptics driver!

A small HOWTO:
1. ./usr/port/x11-driver/synaptics/make install clean
OR portinstall synaptics
2. Add this to your xorg.conf file!
Remember to load the synaptics driver, in the
section "Module" add the following:

     Load "synaptics"

Replace section "InputDevice with:

   Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
   Driver          "synaptics"
   Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
   Option          "Device"                "/dev/ums0"
   Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
   Option          "SHMConfig"             "true"
   Option          "LeftEdge"              "100"
   Option          "RightEdge"             "1120"
   Option          "TopEdge"               "50"
   Option          "BottomEdge"            "310"
   Option          "FingerLow"             "25"
   Option          "FingerHigh"            "30"
   Option          "VertScrollDelta"       "20"
   Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "50"
   Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.79"
   Option          "MaxSpeed"              "0.88"
   Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.0015"
   #    Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "0"
   EndSection

Thank you for a wonderful guide.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:51:16 +0100

I also encounter geometry error at the partitioning stage, but ignoring them does not prevent me to continue installation. Installation fails you encounter may come from another issue.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Josh

Josh — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:12:01 +0100

Sigh, actually nevermind. The geometry it provides me is the same one that the installer guesses and which fails...

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Josh

Josh — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:00:58 +0100

Oops, my mistake. A simple fdisk on my MacBook from OS X gives me my harddrive geometry. :)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Josh

Josh — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:53:23 +0100

Great readme! Very simple and easy to follow.

I am encountering a problem, however, when attempting to install on my MacBood CD. When at the partitioning stage I'm running into the disk geometry error. If I ignore it and attempt to continue with the installation it fails and occasionally hoses my partition map. I'll admit I'm a newbie when it comes to BSD and I've never had to deal with disk geometries in OS X or Linux in the past, so I really have no idea how to fix it, but from the sound of things all I really need to do is tell it what the correct geometry is.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem so that I can install FreeBSD on my MacBook?

Merci beaucoup.

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - benoit

benoit — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:14:49 +0100

moi je viens de l'envoyer à apple france pour refaire la face avant où le contact de fermeture m'a abimé le plastique. Mais j'ai aussi demandé s'il pouvait faire quelque chose pour le probléme de fissure aux mêmes endroits que sur les photos de ce site.

Je vous tiendrais au courant

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - R.

R. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:43:06 +0100

Well, that's it, I tried with the console when I was installing last weekend, but no eject command yet :( I'll Install base system and then apps...

Thnx for your quick answer, Arnaud

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:27:41 +0100

Yes, it's a problem with CD install : the eject button is software mapped to the eject mechanism, and the installer does not provide this mapping. You may check if switching to F4 console allow you the eject command. If not, you won't have any choice left and install FreeBSD and its applications from network or just install FreeBSD from CD, and install applications later.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - R.

R. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:46:26 +0100

Hi, Arnaud, great HOWTO, really impressive...

I'm a great fan of FreeBSD, is secure, fast, and a beautiful OS from any point of view. I've been trying to install it on my Core 2 duo Macbook, I've trying to do a "no return" install, I mean only FeeBsd, no dual boot, but I've got this lame problem: I Couldn't get to finish the installation, because I couldn't eject the cd's when Installer asked me to do (3 cd's distro, no DVD install as far as I know)...

pls help....

greetings from Chile

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:13:32 +0100

As said on BSDForums (message #13), and into this how-to, the driver to use is if_msk and not if_myk (this one is the closed source driver from Marvell). Nevertheless, the “88E8058” chipset may not be supported by if_msk.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Andrej

Andrej — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:47:14 +0100

Hi,

thanks for the nice information here.

Yet, I have some strange problems with FreeBSD and MacBook that are not adressed here. If you want to, have a look here:

http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/sho...

Greets,
Andrej

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:48:42 +0100

About WIFI driver, I never used ndis wrapper, then I won't be able to help you.
About GMA X3100, it may be X.org which does not support this chipset, but it may also be FreeBSD DRM driver too. You should look to FreeBSD and X.org man pages to check about support.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:24:30 +0100

Arnaud, i have already install 7.0-release on my macbook. my WiFi adapter with broadcom chipset still not working, now i want to buy a supported usb adapter (i think about Linksys WUSB54GP supporeted by ural driver). on 6.3-release i tryed to use windows broadcom driver converted by NDIS, but after converting and load driver into kernel, i can't scan for available networks (i used "ifconfig list scan" command). When i try to load converted windows driver in 7.0-release, the system halted, and show me a error message. And about X... i configure the xorg by xorgconfig, like you wrote (i choose i810 driver and etc.), but when i start X, the system shows me a message, thats 'no screens found'. maybe X11R6 don't have driver for GMA X3100???

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Segnale007

Segnale007 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:28:20 +0100

I have installed PC-BSD 1.4.1 on my macbook 2,1 core 2 duo, it is same than FreeBSD 6.3 PRERELEASE .. I have setted up X, mouse, and ethernet, everything working well on it except the wireless card . my wireless card is an Atheros AR5008 .. the native atheros driver if_ath.ko doesn't work with this card, and I need to use the binary driver of windows with ndis.. The problem is, I don't succeed to find it .. Someone can help me to find it ?? Thanks ..

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:24:23 +0100

[rmz] : if you can't configure a wireless LAN, you may have the possibility to burn disc1, disc2 and disc3 images, then set your optical drive as source instead of an FTP server.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:40:38 +0100

I have no idea. I generally use “dmesg | more” to look at boot messages.

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:11:18 +0100

Je n'ai jamais essayé de le faire passer en garantie. Je me suis dit qu'il n'était pas utile de l'immobiliser pour si peu alors que c'est ma machine de travail.

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - benjamin gayout

benjamin gayout — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:09:13 +0100

j'ai le même probléme avec mon macbook qui a juste 1 moi!!!! Avez-vous réussi à le faire passer en garantie?

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:52:38 +0100

Arnaud, what combination of keys on apple keyboard is used as 'scroll lock', for view detected devices

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:10:36 +0100

It's not a Windows support forum, thanks…

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Ahmad Reshad

Ahmad Reshad — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:05:58 +0100

I have got lots of nessesary staff in my memory stick and i want to use the stick in my Office PC which is restricted by administrator law. So can anybody help me out that i may be able to open my stick in a restricted user account.. it might have a trick to open stick in a restricted user acount.. thanks

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:59:31 +0100

I have FBSD 6.3, maybe in this release it works...however, i will be trying. Because, it will very bad if i can't configure wireless lan

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:42:55 +0100

With FreeBSD 6.2, it was not possible to configure WLAN from sysinstall (the adapter was detected, but it was not possible to choose any network). I'm waiting for FreeBSD 7.0 to update this how-to.

If you have a Core 2 Duo MacBook, you may not be able to use the embeded WLAN adapter because I don't think there is a driver for the Broadcom chipset (First gen MacBook, with Core Duo processors used an Atheros chispet with available drivers).

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:40:25 +0100

Thanks, and one more question. How i can configure a wireless lan it's possible to do from sysinstall

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:27:23 +0100

You have to press and hold ‘alt’ key until you get the boot menu. If you don't have any CD-ROM visible, you may check the following :

- You must have the last firmware upgrade for your MacBook
- You may try to burn an Ubuntu CD-ROM and check if you can boot on it.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:34:13 +0100

Maybe i should press and hold 'alt' key, not simulationly

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [rmz]

[rmz] — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:45:59 +0100

May somebody help me, please. I burn FreeBSD 6.3 iso disk1 on a blank CD, then i reboot computer and simulationly press "alt" key, but all that i can boot, it's "MacOS HD", nothing CD-ROM

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:16:04 +0100

With MacOS X 10.4.x : you may be able to burn a disc with drivers when you start BootCamp Assistant.

With MacOS X 10.5.x : MacOS X install DVD contains Windows' drivers.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Ahmad Reshad

Ahmad Reshad — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:24:53 +0100

Hello everybody,
Please anybody write me a link that i would be able to download Macbook drivers... i really need it.. thanks

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:16:24 +0100

Yes, it works : take a look at : http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacboo...

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [RMZ]

[RMZ] — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:04:58 +0100

and one more question about the CD eject button, it works normally without MacOS?

Once again, many thanks for the help

Best regards

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:42:48 +0100

If you remove MacOS slice, it should be possible to use all disk space (except for the first 200MB partition dedicated to EFI) for FreeBSD. EFI BIOS emulation should be able to detect and boot from FreeBSD partition, but I think you'll have to leave “Alt” key pressed while booting your MacBook in order to detect and select FreeBSD disk.

About Windows bootable disk, I don't have any idea of what it will detect or not.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [RMZ]

[RMZ] — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:06:29 +0100

I want to uninstall MacOS first, because i want that the slice of FreeBSD used a full volume of hard drive. And interesting...if insert a bootable disk with windows (for example), did setup show an unknown partition of MacOS, or It can not be started??

P.S.

Sorry, for my bad english, and thank's for the help...you won`t believe, I have not found any discussion on russian sites about installation freeBSD on macbook

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:23:37 +0100

I think it's possible, but I didn't tried. You may try at your own risk :)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - [RMZ]

[RMZ] — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:53:59 +0100

Hi, i want to ask about freeBSD, may i delete a MacOS, after installing FreeBSD??

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Ahmad Reshad

Ahmad Reshad — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:32:13 +0100

I have got an Apple Macbook and few days back i installed Windows XP in it. After the installation the sound, VGA, Lan and all other components doesnt work and needs for the relevant driver and unfortunately i have lost the drivers. So can any body help me how to download the sound and VGA drivers for my macbook??? thanks

FreeBSD sur MacBook (modèles Core Duo et Core 2 Duo) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:57:39 +0100

Bonjour,

Pour le problème de pilote msk sour FreeBSD 7.0, il y a peut-être une solution ici : http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacboo... (en tout cas, il semblerait que le contrôleur soit au moins supporté a minima)

Quand à mon dernier essai de FreeBSD 7.0, il remonte à l'époque ou il n'était pas encore entré en beta, et l'installeur plantait dès le lancement.

Ce billet sera mis à jour pour la version 7.0 (pas la 6.3) quand elle sera disponible en RELEASE.

FreeBSD sur MacBook (modèles Core Duo et Core 2 Duo) - druidez

druidez — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:48:32 +0100

Bonjour,

J'ai un core 2 duo.
J'ai essayer Freebsd 7 et le pilote "msk0" qui est censer supporter la carte ne marche pas :( Le pilote proprio marvell est pour la 6.2 et pas encore de pilote pour le wifi.

Tu as une astuce pour utiliser freebsd 7 sur un core 2 duo macbook ?
Le pilote msk0 marche pour toi ?

Merci d'avance. Vivement l'update de ton poste pour la 6.3/7

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Jens

Jens — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:42:16 +0100

Many Thanks, your HOWTO was a great help!

Here is another interesting website: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacboo...

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:30:05 +0100

I don't know. Maybe FreeBSD 7.0 will detect this chipset.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - minanube

minanube — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:20:01 +0100

can freeBSD detec GPU X 3100 on new macbook santa rosa

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Juan José del Río

Juan José del Río — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:08:38 +0100

I have been able to make MacBook's touchpad work on X (it works perfectly in console mode).

To make it work in X.org , change your mouse section in your xorg.conf so it contains:

Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:29:40 +0200

Core 2 Duo and AMD processors share the same instruction set for 32 bits and 64 bit instructions. If you want to use 64 bit, it may be useful to use a AMD64 build (but it won't be covered by this how-to).

For 32 bit installation, using an i386 build is needed for both Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Chascon

Chascon — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:22:45 +0200

Actually the core2duo is AMD based while the Intel Duo Core (Yonah) apparently not.

Chascon

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Chascon

Chascon — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:04:35 +0200

You really should be using an AMD build as the it seems all MacBook Pro Intel chips are really AMDs. They use the AMD instruction set. Read a little on it at http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_instal...

This might take care of the occasional hard reboots you mention.
Chascon

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Kim

Kim — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:18:31 +0200

Sound: I can confirm snd_RELENG_6_yyyymmdd_xxx_vpc.diff.gz compiles and works (I use 20070712_281_vpc).

FreeBSD sur MacBook (modèles Core Duo et Core 2 Duo) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:48:31 +0200

Je ferai l'essai quand je remettrai à jour ce tuto pour FreeBSD 6.3 ou 7.0, selon le premier à sortir.

En tout cas, merci pour la piste de recherche.

FreeBSD sur MacBook (modèles Core Duo et Core 2 Duo) - Olivier

Olivier — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:57:28 +0200

Au niveau du son, les pilotes FreeBSD sont rarement très avancés... je suis curieux de savoir ce que ça donne sur ce MacBook si tu te passes de snd_hda.ko et que tu installes plutôt audio/oss ? (http://www.freshports.org/audio/oss...)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:09:16 +0200

For you sound issues, you may try with “snd_RELENG_6_yyyymmdd_xxx_vpc.diff.gz” patches, which seems to replaces lowlatency drivers.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Kim

Kim — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:30:31 +0200

Great post: thanks. Happily using FreeBSD on my MacBook now.

About audio: it seems like snd_RELENG_6_20070522_172_lowlatency.diff (the diffs are now in old/) results in kernel compilation errors... There is also a set of precompiled modules in lowlatency/, but that did not work for me. End result is I do not have sound as of now.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:45:07 +0200

about fan : I had never hear fans with MacOS X, and could not hear them with FreeBSD. I suppose they are correctly handled.

about microphone : see previous comments, I didn't have tested microphones and plan to do it soon. I just have to reinstall FreeBSD.

about kubuntu : I think you may use your kubuntu partitions to install FreeBSD : just remove them then create a new FreeBSD slice. You may still use rEFIt as it “see” FreeBSD partitions.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - vandetta

vandetta — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:31:46 +0200

Good, your info does give me a lot of info dude!
I installed kUbuntu in my MacBook and I look foward to install BSD in it. Just I am curious about fan in MacBook, does BSD handle fan correctly?
And how about microphone, and if I from kUbuntu, how to re-install BSD, can I keep on using rEFIt, or I need to re-partition my Mac?

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:46:29 +0200

I didn't test the microphone as I had completely forgotten its existence. I'll test it as soon as possible, then update this how-to.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - garden

garden — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:22:57 +0200

Uhm... the microphone works?

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:22:02 +0200

Vous pouvez essayer gratuitement World of Warcraft ici pendant 10 jours : http://teaser.wow-europe.com/index_... Il faut juste attendre que tout revienne en ordre.

Essai de World of Warcraft - laurent

laurent — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:58:22 +0200

moi je veux juste tester world of warcraft avant de l acheter mais je cherche ou je pourait gratuitement faire un essaie

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:38:34 +0200

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to help you, as I can't reproduce the issue. Maybe a problem with FreeBSD boot loader, rEfit and the partition scheme.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - adriano

adriano — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:26:40 +0200

Ok, all the updates are installed on my mac!!!
I have also a partition, where I had my Debian and rEfit for the boot...
About the ditribution, I tried firstly with the 6.2-RELEASE!!! (the one that blocks on the boot loader!)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:39:51 +0200

I've just downloaded and tried 200704 snapshots for FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and 7.0-CURRENT.

FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE : I get no issue and can get to the installer. Did you install all firmware updates for your MacBook ?

FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT : The panic you get at boot is covered into “FreeBSD use, and detailed setup” section of this post. You just have to press power button when you get the "ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE Apple00>” line. Then the MacBook can boot to the installer, which core dump while probing devices. 7.0-CURRENT is unusable now.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:54:45 +0200

I'm sorry, but I just use a plain 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD CD :)

About FreeBSD 6.2 : Could you try with a 6.2-RELEASE instead of a 6.2-STABLE ?

About FreeBSD 7.0 : I didn't try with this version, then I don't know if it works or not. But you may try to start without ACPI to check if you can get to the installer.

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Adriano

Adriano — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:31:59 +0200

Ok, but can I have your freebsd cd/dvd??? :(
I downloaded the 6.2 stable and the boot loader doesn't start at all
Then I tried with the latest snapshot (7.0), ok at least it boots, but during the probing test (at the beginning of the install process) the debugger starts...
...there's a kernel panic telling me "Going nowhere without my init!"
Quite nice!!!
I was forgotten also that the default configuration (Always the latest 7.0 snapshot) doesn't run because of the ACPI...

p.s.: I am using a macbook core duo! White, 2.0 Ghz...

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:26 +0200

I have specified it, look for "KERNCONF=MYCOMPUTER" within chapter related to world rebuild :)

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - maple

maple — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:31:01 +0200

you may want to specify that you need to have 'KERNCONF=KERNELCONFIGFILE" to make sure and rebuild the correct kernel

Great job

FreeBSD on MacBook (Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models) - sim

sim — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:13:16 +0200

Fantastic HOWTO! I don't have a MacBook but seeing this article makes me more confident about choosing one as my next laptop. :)

Essai de l'Apple MacBook 13,3" Core Duo 2 GHz - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:23:18 +0200

Bonjour,

Concernant la consommation réelle, j'espère bien la mesurer un jour à l'aide d'un wattmètre, mais il ne me manque plus que cet instrument :)

Essai de l'Apple MacBook 13,3" Core Duo 2 GHz - JPA46

JPA46 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:17:01 +0200

Très intéressant votre commentaire sur le Macbook, ça peut permettre de tenter l'essai en toute quiétude plus que que tout le blabla d'Apple sur son site où l'on ne croit même plus aux commentaires des commerciaux tant ils sont faux !!! Apple peut vous faire des conditions décentes pour la peine que vous vous êtes donnée !
La seule chose reste l'échauffement qui me paraît aussi un peu important mais il y a une solution qui serait de réaliser avec des petits ventilateurs en courant continu 12 V un dessous extra-plat de la même surface que l'ordi fonctionnant sur l'alim d'une prise USB et placer les ou le ventilo sous la partie la plus chaude. Il ne faut pas rêver, la vitesse croissant de la machine, il faut bien augmenter la consommation et l'effet Joule suit bien sûr. Donc il ne faut pas compter sur les miracles pour refroidir la bête, il faut aussi se prendre par la main et si on peut réduir la température de 20 °C dans la machine par ce biais, c'est la durée de vie qui en bénéficiera, car chaque composant a des palliers de température à partir desquels sa durée de vie monte ou tombe dans des rapports très importants de l'ordre de x 10. Rien est linéaire avec la température.
Ce que j'aurais aimé savoir c'est la vrai consommation de la machine en fonctionnement, ramenée à un courant électrique en ampères mesurés par un ampèremètre sur la batterie , à la limite sur le secteur . On ne voit jamais cette info que les des 40, 50, 60 Wh qui ne veulent pas dire grand'chose réellement. Il est vrai qu'entre des informaticiens et des commercaiux que sont tous ces marchands de rêve, il n'y a plus de place pour le pauvre mécanicien de l'électronique !
Merci pour vos commentaires.

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:50:45 +0200

Aucune idée, il vaut mieux voir avec un Apple Center qui saura mieux vous renseigner que moi.

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - Clement

Clement — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:24:22 +0200

J'ai exactement le meme probleme, je vient de le remarquer. Est ce que ce defaut passe sous garantie ?

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - fp

fp — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:46:20 +0100

moi je viens de remarquer une petite fissure, par contre aucun pb d'extinction ou de chaleur...sauf un mauvais contact sur la touche "o"

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:11:36 +0100

Pour si peu, je vais attendre un peu pour voir si ça s'aggrave ou non. De toute manière, la garantie cours jusqu'en juillet 2007 (et je refuse de lâcher le tiers du prix de la machine pour une extension à trois ans).

MacBook 1ère génération : une série à problèmes ? - Madsnail

Madsnail — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:45:51 +0100

C'est un ordinateur génial, mais la liste des défauts commence à être sérieusement longue...
Alors ? Retour SAV ?

[ping] FreeBSD sur MacBook (modèles Core Duo et Core 2 Duo) - Gribouille skrisss

Gribouille *skrisss* — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:55:58 +0100

Mouarf, ca sent le coding tout

Par contre, j'ai été fantasmé sur les MacBooks, ce sont des petites beautés! J'ai été faire un tour pour voir si ils étaient "potentiellement" compatible avec Unix(freeBSD)/Linux(Gentoo/Debian)...

Essai de l'Apple MacBook 13,3" Core Duo 2 GHz - chile

chile — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:52:28 +0200

. cepandant j ai encore l doute si l intense chaleur de mon macbook, n aura pas des consequences sur l duree de vie de la machine. mais bon il me reste 11 mois de garantie donc a la faire chauffer on vera bien ce que ce passe merci pour les infos

Essai de l'Apple MacBook 13,3" Core Duo 2 GHz - Keysia

Keysia — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:01:10 +0200

Merci pour tous ces commentaires hyper enrichissants, j'ai passé commande il y a quelques jours et j'avais besoin de me rassurer, c'est chose faite!!! MERCI ENCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a +

Essai de l'Apple MacBook 13,3" Core Duo 2 GHz - zigo

zigo — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:14:07 +0200

il a l'air pas mal ce portable :-) allez, je me lance dans les macs !!

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:27:02 +0200

Si mes souvenirs sont bons, l'iBook 1.33 GHz était fourni avec une carte graphique un peu meilleure que la Radeon 9200 du mien. Ça sera mieux, mais je ne pense pas que ce soit transcendant non plus.

Essai de World of Warcraft - ouanig

ouanig — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:24:16 +0200

Ce jeu a l'air super mais é ce que ça fonctionnerait mieu avec un ibook 1.33gh ? , parce que je compte m'en achetait un !!

Essai de World of Warcraft - c encore moi

c encore moi — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:59:26 +0100

ouhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh c trop forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt sa dechire

Essai de World of Warcraft - zarkhatchouc

zarkhatchouc — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:58:38 +0100

c la total et les graphiques sont trop......ahhhhh je n arrive pas a exprimer

Essai de World of Warcraft - zarkhatchouc

zarkhatchouc — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:57:25 +0100

les pers sont trop bien fait

Essai de World of Warcraft - dadoo

dadoo — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:15:17 +0200

wow se tro de la balle

Mes précieuses... - xorq

xorq — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:30:23 +0100

Ce n'est de posseder ou d'avoir posseder de nombreuses machines qui font de quelqu'un un Geek mais d'arriver a les citer de mémoire oui par contre ;o)

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:53:48 +0100

Il y a un lien dans la section "graphisme" du test vers la configuration de l'iBook :)

Essai de World of Warcraft - Kaneda

Kaneda — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:29:28 +0100

Salut à toi camarade d' iBook :)

Je suis ravis d'avoir un petit "test" de WoW sur iBook, ça me donnera une idée car je compte m'y mettre un peu. Bon, j'avoue avoir 2 pc aussi dont 1 qui va passer très prochainement à 1 Go de ram et qui a déjà une Radeon 9600 Pro 128 Mo donc forcément, ça devrait être nettement plus beau sur ce Paicai que sur l'iBook ;)
Cependant, j'aurai bien voulu connaître ta configuration exacte, lors de ce petit essaie de WOW. Surtout le processeur et la Ram :)
Merci par avance :)

Bonne continuation pour ce blog, ma fois, fort sympathique :)

Essai de World of Warcraft - Palo

Palo — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:44:52 +0100

les livrets Panini étaient bien gratuit à une époque... (fin des années 70, c'est sûr mais ça n'a pas duré)

Essai de World of Warcraft - Julien Bordet

Julien Bordet — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:55:56 +0100

Ok, merci beaucoup !

Je pense que les performances graphiques plus que correctes, bien que évidemment loin d'être parfaites, ne suffiront pas à m'empêcher de "switcher" ;)

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:24:51 +0100

Voila, ils sont disponibles en pièces jointes du billet.
Désolé pour le mode fenêtré, mais la capture d'écran pour WoW, c'est la touche F13, et mon clavier s'arrête à F12.

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:10:45 +0100

Je te fais le screenshot ce soir, là je suis au taff, ça ne va pas être possible

Essai de World of Warcraft - Julien Bordet

Julien Bordet — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:05:19 +0100

Pour ma bascule totale, j'attend encore la confirmation que jouer à WoW est réaliste avec un ibook. Un petit screenshot pour voir ce que ça donne avec le tien ?

Sinon, entièrement d'accord sur le mode de facturation. Je préfèrerai aussi un jeu gratuit et un abonnement payant. Le truc, c'est qu'ils ne voudraient alors pas intégrer un mois de connexion gratuit comme c'est le cas aujourd'hui. Et ça poserait problème, dans la mesure où c'est aussi un facteur de diffusion du jeu.

Soit dit en passant, pour ceux qui jouent à la bêta, l'achat du jeu se résume à l'acquisition de la clé de connexion, puisque le client est déjà installé...

On pourrait alors imaginer à la rigueur que l'achat de la boite ne coûterait que le prix d'un mois d'abonnement...

Essai de World of Warcraft - David Latapie

David Latapie — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:05:05 +0100

Bon, ma mémoire doit défailler. Ou alors, ils étaient gratuits dans le Gers (je n'y crois pas).

Essai de World of Warcraft - David Latapie

David Latapie — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:25:35 +0100

Et merci pour Planeshift, que je ne connaissais pas ! Ça a l'air très intéressant.

Essai de World of Warcraft - Arnaud Boudou

Arnaud Boudou — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:11:02 +0100

Aussi loin que remontent mes souvenirs (Football 1984 au CP), le livret était payant, de même que les pochettes d'autocollants

Essai de World of Warcraft - David Latapie

David Latapie — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:07:26 +0100

La troisième solution était celle utilisé par les livrets Panini (tu sais, les images autocollantes quand on avait dix ans).

Depuis, ils ont rendu le livret payant aussi.