[ubuntu] Long term Wi-fi Woes on 12.10 MacBookPro
Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a MacBookPro (8,2 I believe) with a Broadcom 4331 chip. Although I cannot remember the exact date, I am pretty sure that after the 12.10 upgrade (which was a clean...
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hello, i got a macbook pro 9,1 (mid 2012) and plan on finally switching from osx as main system and windows for games, to ubuntu as main one and osx just for firmware updates. how would i do that,...
View Article[ubuntu] Touchpad Clicking too sensitive on MBP (mid-2011) on 12.04
First of all, I love Ubuntu on my triple-booted Mac (8,2)! It looks real slick and I can virtually do anything I need to. However, there is a mouse problem that has plagued me for about a year now. The...
View Article[ubuntu] isight not loading on boot, 2,1 12.04
Hey all. The last thing keeping me rebooting to osx, I thought I had fixed, and I've had it running, but seem to not get it to load on some boots. I've successfully installed isight using the...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.04 on a B&W G3
I have successfully installed Precise Pangolin - Desktop Version - on a B&W G3. I installed from the Alternate CD as I could not figure out how to get the Live CD to work on this machine. Initially...
View Article[PPC] lubuntu 12.10 not working at all on ppc g5
Eeverytime I tried to install lubuntu 12.10 on my g5 dual 2ghz ppc is the same...first with the alternate it will just boot to several errors and stall on black (to solve I have to bott from leopard...
View Article[PPC] lubuntu 12.10 black screen terminal only on mac g5
I have the two releases, the desktop and the alternate for lubuntu 12.10 ppc . I have a g5 1gb ram with: Chipset Model: GeForce 6600 Type: Display Bus: PCIe Slot: SLOT-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM...
View Article[PPC] 12.04.2 LTS on iBook G4, FTP or SSL Fails. Worked on 10.04
Minimum install of 12.04 LTS on iBook. The setup is two 12.04 computers (PPC and amd64) on a private network where vsftpd is on amd64. I have read many threads of people who have had issues with vsftpd...
View Article[ubuntu] How to test webcam in Macbook Pro 4,1
This is a post on my solution to help others. I was wondering how to test the webcam in my latest install of 12.04 on my 4,1 macbook pro. I started searching any built in apps from the install and...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu on a MBP 8 1
Hey guys so I am running into some problems installing ubuntu on my macbook pro so let me run down the following information for you: Macbook Pro 8 1 with rEFInd installed At one point I had ubuntu...
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[ubuntu] Fresh SSD partion implimentation
Over the past few months I've learned enough to be dangerous with Ubuntu. My 2008/2009 MacBook Air hard drive crashed, I installed a new SSD, and begun setting up this machine to support my personal...
View Article[all variants] External monitor blanks out for a few seconds when attached to...
Hi, I have a Macbook pro that is hooked up to a 37" HDTV using a HDMI cable to the DVI port on the TV. This worked fine in Linux Mint 9, however once I upgraded to Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon) a few weeks...
View Article[ubuntu] Difficulty Booting Windows 7 With Triple Boot (Mountain Lion/Windows...
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu and Linux as a whole, so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but I've been trying to fix this for a few hours now with little luck, so I thought I'd post and see if...
View Article[ubuntu] Macbook Pro Live CD problem!
I have been trying to make a live cd of 12.10 for the past 2 days, i have downloaded the 32bit, 64bit, and the mac64bit versions and everytime my computer tells me the there is not mountable file. so i...
View Article[lubuntu] iLamp (iMac G4) ubuntu 12.10 video problems
Hello, gang - Downloaded the Lubuntu 12.10 Alternate ISO; installed it (successfully, I think) on the following iLamp (iMac G4) system: - 700MHz, 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD. Was previously running OS X 10.4....
View Article[ubuntu] Synchronizing Jailbroken iPhone 4S (iOS 6.1.2) On Ubuntu (12.10)...
Greetings all. I am here with Ubuntu 12.10 (loving it) and a jailbroken iPhone 4S on iOS 6.1.2. I am using banshee 2.6.0 to organize my music. (I also use puddletag for heavy tagging buzinezz, but that...
View Article[ubuntu] MacBookPro 9,2 and Ubuntu 12.10, dualboot wifi troubles - BUG?
I am dualbooting ubuntu 12.10 64 bit and OS X. I followed the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro9-2/Quantal to get the wireless card working. Everything went fine. I have...
View Article[lubuntu] Lubuntu 12.04 Install on PPC G4 533mhz with Nvidia Geoforce...
Hi, I'm new to Ubuntu but have successfully installed 12.04 on PC VAIO Laptop and PowerMac3,4 G4 PPC Dual 533mhz. It's worth noting that I had no issues with the PC install but the G4 has been very...
View Article[PPC] help installing ubuntu 12.04 over mac ppc G5 (early 2006)
First off, any help will be appreciated. I'm a totally newbie and I will be trying to install ubuntu 12.04 precise on my g5 dual 2.0GHZ 256mb nvidia gt6600 with two HD (one with leopard and the other...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 install via alternate method but after reboot i got...
Hi, i am not sure for now how to solve it. The installation of Ubuntu 12.04 went without error messages and the bootloader install via yaboot went ok (no errors were reported). But if i reboot the...
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