[PPC] iMac G5 Wireless Keyboard Fails to Pair
Just install Lubuntu 16.04 PowerPC on an iMac G5. In Bluetooth Devices it sees Apple Wireless Keyboard but keeps failing to pair. Is there a special way to pair that I don't know off?
View Article[PPC] Need Mesa 8.0.5 Driver [Wrong colors with Mesa]
Wrong colors with Mesa I am running Lubuntu PowerPC on an iMac G5 and getting wrong colors in OpenGL wit the latest Mesa driver. Others of found that Mesa 8.0.5 driver fixes the colors on PowerPC....
View ArticleImac Mid 2007 (7,1) no suspend or brightness control
I am running Ubuntu 17.10 LVM 64 bit as a single EFI boot on my mid 2007 Imac. In general Ubuntu runs great on this set up. The only roadblock has been that I need to use nomodeset as a kernel option...
View ArticleUbuntu from external SSD not booting on MacBook Pro 13" 2017
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an external SSD. Due to less number of ports, I decided to install Ubuntu in my external SSD using my iMac. It is working fine there. But when I plug in the same SSD...
View Article2009 Mac Pro - won't wake from Hibernate. Can this be fixed?
I have a 2009 Mac Pro, dual "nehalem" 16GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 video card. The machine hibernates/sleeps just fine, and when I'm ready to wake or de-hibernate it, I can hear the fans rev up,...
View ArticleMac/Ubuntu dual boot stuck in rEFIt screen
Hi! I have recently installed dual-boot Ubuntu (16.04)/Mac on my MacBook Pro. Recently I started having an issue: After longer sessions in Ubuntu the laptop is stuck on the rEFIt screen when booting...
View Article[SOLVED] Re: lubuntu 16.04 64 bit on macbook 3,1: boot problem after...
Hi, I have a problem with the installation of lubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit on a macbook 3,1 late 2007. I already installed the same operating system into a different notebook of the same series without any...
View ArticleApple Keyboard and F Keys?
I experimented with LXDE and found a keyboard assigner that gave/restored F key functionality, including things like controlling audio volume. Now that I'm back in Cinnamon, I see no such ability. Is...
View ArticleUbuntu Boot Fail. What to do?
I gracefully powered down my machine after shutting down software, then booted up minutes later, to receive what I assume is some kind of fail message, below. Can anyone advise how I can make my...
View Article[ubuntu] USB flash drive Ubuntu install not showing up in rEFInd on Mac?
I installed Ubuntu on a USB flash drive. It looks like the installed finished properly (though it did get frozen at the "Please remove your install device" screen.) Now I try to boot from this install...
View Article[ubuntu] MacBook NVMe SSD Issue
I have a 2015 Macbook with an integrated 256gig SSD that has stopped working apparently due to the failing SSD. I've been able to boot into a live USB thumb drive in an attempt to try to get the failed...
View ArticleHow to boot from installer on thumbdrive?
I still have the USB installer I used to install ubuntu onto a Mac of mine. Is there a procedure to get the computer to boot to that usb installer? I tried by inserting the stick into the machine, then...
View ArticleBoot failure impasse. What to do?
The other day, I was working on my ubuntu machine, everything fine. I needed to power down. Moments later, I tried to power up and only got a warning that lvmetad could not be found. I've done about 20...
View Article16.04 LTS on MacBookPro11,3 - Reboot fails but shutdown + manual boot works
Hi, MacBookPro11,3 here (8 x Core i7 @ 2.5 GHz w/ 16 GB RAM), with only 16.04 LTS installed (I wiped out MacOS). No ReFIT installed. I cold boot fine: grub kicks in and the rest loads up. However, if I...
View Article[ubuntu] '06 MacPro 1,1 ubuntu version?
I'm kinda new to linux. I've used mint on an old laptop. My ex-boss gave me his '06 MacPro 1,1, (stock X5150 stock vid card, 16gig ram) with a cinema display. I'm playing around making it into a linux...
View ArticleHow to disable usb1 and 2 in EFI getting "usb drawing too much current"
I have a 2006 Mac Pro 1.1 that I am trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on. I has always given me the five pop-up messages "A USB device is drawing too much power and has been disabled" at startup, I...
View Article[xubuntu] first time linux on iMac 8.1
Hello, I Installed Xubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) just yesterday on my Intel core 2 duo iMac 8.1 (2GB RAM). and it is my first time seriously trying Linux. Months ago I tried Ubuntu and it was a miserable...
View ArticleNo boot: Grub demished cannot fix with boot-repair
Hi, I am running ubuntu 17.10 on my iMac. Went perfect. Unfortunately, by mistake I've deleted grub or grub2, I think, I'm not sure what happend. The iUbuntu-pc doesn't start anymore. I wanted to fix...
View Article[ubuntu_studio] grub install failure
I am trying to install Ubuntu Studio along side OS X on an older mac mini (core 2 duo) to be used as a dedicated DAW in a home studio. I want to keep the OSX for convenience in managing music files on...
View ArticleRe: ubuntu 17.10 - no wi-fi adapter found
Came across this thread while looking for a solution to the same problem on my mid 2009 macbook pro. lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net returns : 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79...
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