Wired Ethernet on Mac Mini with ubuntu 16.04 not working
I installed 16.04 as a double boot on my 2011 Mac Mini and all seemed to work - until I tried to connect to my network (wired and wireless). I got the message that the connection is established after...
View ArticleUsing Wake On Lan with Ubuntu 16.04 and MacBook 2007
Hi, I want to use my old MacBook from 2007 as a Plex media server. As Plex only supports Mac Os Mountain Lion or newer and my MacBook only supports Mac Os up to Lion I've installed the most recent...
View ArticleWifi, bluetooth keyboard, and magicmouse don't work with native install of 16.04
My machine is a late 2013 iMac 27". Specs are Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz with 4 cores, 24 GB RAM (customized). Wifi, bluetooth keyboard, and magicmouse don't work with native install of Ubuntu Linux 16.04....
View Article[ubuntu_mate] macfanctrl v mate-sensors-applet for heat/fan control ????
I have MATE installed on a MBPro and I followed instructions posted here on setting up "macfanctrl" . . . but the fans seem to blow louder and more frequently even with it compared to OSX 10.9. I...
View Article[ubuntu_mate] MacBookPro6,2 - how to blacklist Intel video and use only Nvidia
Hi, I have a 2010-ish MacBookPro6,2, which has hybrid Intel/Nvidia graphics. Switching does not work - it black-screens if I enable the Nvida driver, so I have to use Nouveau, but Nouveau runs the GPU...
View Article[PPC] some one lucky with sheepshaver ?
hi guys some one was lucky to have sheepshaver running on lastest distros? plz let me know note : host have to be a PowerPC
View ArticleInstallation Scenario: Linux on esternal HD, GRUB on Mac HD
I have what I think to be a unusual scenario. I'm installing Linux on my Macbook Pro 7,1. My current setup is that my internal HD contains ONLY MacOS, and the external HD is where I installed Linux. I...
View Article[ubuntu] Wifi connect on dual-boot laptop fails in Ubuntu, but not Mac OS X
I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 on a MacBook 13" (on which I also dual-boot Mac OS X 10.7.5). This laptop has a Broadcom wireless card: "Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller" according to Mac...
View ArticleLooking for Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop amd64+mac
I have a Mac Pro Quad Core 2.0 Original from 2006. It has EFI 32-bit and requires 32-bit booting. The system contains 64-bit Intel Xeon 5130 CPUs. When I use Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus), desktop+amd64...
View ArticleIntel IMAC 20" 2006 ANYTHING but OSX Tried almost EVERYTHING
Hello all and thanks in advance. I am not an expert but I have been running linux for 8+ years. I was given a 20" imac that was built in late 2006. It is intel and has a working osx snow leopard on it,...
View Article[ubuntu] Can't Create PArtitions when installing to MacBook Pro
When attempting an install on a MacBook Pro from a live usb drive, it fails when creating the partitions. I get: errno=-32 It seems to delete any existing partitions just fine, but won't create them....
View Articleboot to uefi shell to fix bios boot option
Hi everyone. I don't know if I'm in the correct section but is there a possibility to boot to a uefi shell using ubuntu and fix my boot options? I want to bring back the USB and HDD boot options. Right...
View ArticleWired Ethernet on Mac Mini with ubuntu 16.04 not working
I installed 16.04 as a double boot on my 2011 Mac Mini and all seemed to work - until I tried to connect to my network (wired and wireless). I got the message that the connection is established after...
View ArticleUsing Wake On Lan with Ubuntu 16.04 and MacBook 2007
Hi, I want to use my old MacBook from 2007 as a Plex media server. As Plex only supports Mac Os Mountain Lion or newer and my MacBook only supports Mac Os up to Lion I've installed the most recent...
View ArticleWifi, bluetooth keyboard, and magicmouse don't work with native install of 16.04
My machine is a late 2013 iMac 27". Specs are Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz with 4 cores, 24 GB RAM (customized). Wifi, bluetooth keyboard, and magicmouse don't work with native install of Ubuntu Linux 16.04....
View Article[ubuntu_mate] macfanctrl v mate-sensors-applet for heat/fan control ????
I have MATE installed on a MBPro and I followed instructions posted here on setting up "macfanctrl" . . . but the fans seem to blow louder and more frequently even with it compared to OSX 10.9. I...
View Article[ubuntu_mate] MacBookPro6,2 - how to blacklist Intel video and use only Nvidia
Hi, I have a 2010-ish MacBookPro6,2, which has hybrid Intel/Nvidia graphics. Switching does not work - it black-screens if I enable the Nvida driver, so I have to use Nouveau, but Nouveau runs the GPU...
View Article[PPC] some one lucky with sheepshaver ?
hi guys some one was lucky to have sheepshaver running on lastest distros? plz let me know note : host have to be a PowerPC
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[lubuntu] Ubuntu 16.04 freezes; dual monitor setup on iMac
Ever since upgrading from Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04, I have experienced a lot freezes. These are freezes I could not recover from with ctrl-alt-F1; I had to hard reboot. The freezes occur almost daily,...
View ArticleFan control
Hi, I installed 14.04 back around October 2015 on my mid-2009 iMac and noticed fans were pretty loud. At the time, I found some tips online about quieting them; they'd always run loud during boot, but...
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