Ubuntu 16.04 on a MacBook Pro 1,1 - need to boot twice
Hi everybody, I have experiencing a strange problem with my good old MacBook Pro 1,1 (CoreDuo, 32bits) on which I have installed Ubuntu 16.04. Every time I do a cold boot, the process goes normally...
View Article[ubuntu_studio] Ardour installation - insufficient resource
I just reinstalled Ubuntu Studio 16.04 on my Mac Pro desktop. I plan to install the latest version of Ardour. I remember previously that I got an error message on the Ardour installation that said...
View ArticlePost install black screen with blinking cursor. (Dual-boot on 2010 Macbook)
Trying to work on my first dual boot computer and attempting to make it work on an older Macbook I have. I was working through the guides here: https://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how...inux-on-a-mac/...
View Article[SOLVED] Macbook touchpad and keyboard don't work in software but ok in Bios
Macbook touchpad and keyboard don't work in software but ok in Bios and on liveusb It was probably either an update, I recently rebooted after one, or some people said booting with a usb device in can...
View ArticleCannot start single-finger movements on bottom part of trackpad
Since upgrading to Xubuntu 16.04 on my MacBook Pro 9,1, it's like the title says. But the bottom part of the trackpad still seems responsive to two-finger scrolling, and to movements that started above...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu on 2015 rMBP (11,5)
I'm trying to get Ubuntu 16.04 working on my MacBook Pro. The main issue I run into is, what seems to me, a lack of support for the discrete graphics - Radeon M370X Mac Edition. I get graphical...
View Articlecontrol-click mapped to two functions
I am running OSX sierra on a macbook pro with ubuntu 14.04 as a guest. In my guest system, control-click has been mapped as both a secondary click (right click) and as the way to choose non-sequential...
View Article[ubuntu] lightdm switches to lower resolution on boot
I have a problem on my 15 inch 2015 macbook pro. The lightdm login resolution looks awful. The strange thing is....for a split second when lightdm starts the resolution is perfect....but then it...
View Articlemacbook 5,2 ubuntu 16.04 screen dimming
ive been trying for about a month to figure out how to get my keyboard dim controls to dim the screen when i do them nothing happens. i had this working befor i swaped out the old hdd for a ssd and...
View Article[ubuntu] 16.10 - wifi connects, no internet , have tried all in this forum
Hi, I am a beginner user in Linux. I did a clean install of ubuntu 16.10 as dual boot on my 2008 MacBook Pro 4.1. Everything works except for wifi. Ethernet works fine, wifi connects but I get no...
View ArticleLubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit on Macbook 3,1: very slow boot of the OS
Hi, I recently installed lubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit on a Macbook 3,1, but I'm experimenting a very slow boot of the OS. I searched on the web about how to analyse such booting services and other stuff. I...
View ArticleUbuntu on a Mac Mini 2,1 (2007) for a Linux-novice?
Hello, I'm completely new to Linux, Ubuntu and this forum and would like some advice. I've been on OSX since 2009, first on a (new) 2007 Mac Mini (2,1)* and since a few years on a (used) 2007 MBP...
View ArticlePowerPC G5 Quad nVidia 6600 Xubuntu
Hi guys.I'm kinda new to all this Ubuntu thing.So,i got my hands on 2 PPC G5's.One is a 1.8gHz single cpu,blah blah(not that important).The second one is the G5 quad with 4gb ram and an nVidia 6600...
View ArticleYaboot problem on G5 powerpc Ubuntu Mate 16.04
I have upgraded to Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on my PowerPC (ppc) G5 Powermac. This is great, and I plan to use it as my primary operating system, but I still need easy access to OSX 10.5 Leopard. I can still...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu LTS (problems with GRUB install)
Hello, Im attempted to re-install Ubuntu LTS 16.04 on my PC. Ive reinstalled before but suddenly im getting this error window that says: Unable to Install GRUB in /dev/sda Exucuting...
View Article[ubuntu] Boot from USB --- MacBook Pro 5,4
NOVICE LEVEL HELP NEEDED Hi New to Ubunutu Forum, Can you help me boot Ubuntu from a USB on my MacBook Pro (hardware 5,4) from around 2010? It was originally bought as a refurb in mid-2010. I am using...
View Article[ubuntu] How to get OpenCL on Mac Pro (6,1 late 2013) with Ubuntu 17.04?
Hi all: With the newly released amdgpu driver, I'd like to install 17.04 server on a headless Mac Pro (6,1 late 2013, 64GB RAM with AMD D700 6GB x 2). I have managed to boot successfully into the...
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[lubuntu] Netatalk Permission Issues
Hi, I've been having issues with Netatalk related to permissions. Background: I am currently running Lubuntu 16.04 on an iBook G3 with 256mb of RAM. So far I haven't had any problems with the machine's...
View ArticleBurning iso image with finder.
I'm facing problems with ubuntu-gnome-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso as well. On my Mac OS machine I'm not able to open the iso with the disk utility app. If I burn the iso image with finder (right-click on...
View Article[ubuntu] How to make a ubuntu live usb bootable on a Mac in Ubuntu?
Hi, I would like to make a live Ubuntu usb for my friend. But it turns out that live Linux usbs created with the usual ways don't work on Mac (I never had a Mac so didn't know that) From google you...
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