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Ubuntu on a Penryn MacBook Pro
If you are searching for installation instructions for Ubuntu, check the [http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro main MacBook Pro wiki article].
Preface
This Wiki article has been written to help those with 4th generation "Penryn" MacBook Pro laptops (originally released February 2008.) There are a number of significant differences between the hardware configurations of these and the older versions.
Hardware Changes
There are 3 main differences between the Penryn MacBook Pros and their older siblings.
The Laptops have an updated version of the Broadcom Wireless Card. To get it working, a Windows XP driver is required from the MacBook Pro installation disk, as well as ndiswrapper to get the driver working under Linux. The original HowTo detailing the installation process was written by amonsul and is available in [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=735846 this Ubuntu Forum thread].
The Trackpad on the newer laptops now offers multi-touch support. As yet Ubuntu does not support the new Trackpads very well. However, there is a project underway, called touchd, to implement multi-touch functionality. More information is available from the [http://touchd.sourceforge.net/ touchd Sourceforge page].
Finally, the Fn key does not work upon installation of Hardy. This has yet to be fixed in the Ubuntu kernel but a solid workaround has been developed by _alex_, as outlined in [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4984452&postcount=18 this Ubuntu Forums thread].
Installing the Broadcom Wireless Driver
1. Install ndiswrapper with Synaptic Package Manager
2. Find the file, broadcomxpinstaller.exe, on the Mac installation CD, and copy it to a folder on your computer.
3. Unzip the Broadcom drivers
4. Install the wireless driver:
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf sudo ndiswrapper -l sudo ndiswrapper -m sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
5. Open Boot-time modules file
sudo gedit /etc/modules
6. Add ndiswrapper to the bottom of the file so it loads on boot
If you are running Ubuntu version 8.04 (Hardy Heron), please also perform the following 4 steps.
7. Create file /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper
8. Add the following text to the file
### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: ndiswrapper # Required-Start: # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: enable to load ndiswrapper # Description: enable to load ndiswrapper ### END INIT INFO rmmod ohci_hcd rmmod ssb rmmod ndiswrapper modprobe ndiswrapper modprobe ssb modprobe ohci_hcd
9. Set file access permissions
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper
10. Create a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper to /etc/rc2.d/S99ndiswrapper
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper /etc/rc2.d/S99ndiswrapper
Reboot your computer and your wireless should now be working.
Fixing the Fn Key
1. Open the modprobe.d options file for editing
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
2. Add the following line to the bottom of the file
options usbhid quirks=0x05ac:0x0230:0x00000800,0x05ac:0x0231:0x00004800,0x05ac:0x0232:0x00000800
3. Reboot your computer and try using the Fn+Backspace keys to delete something.
4. Pommed should now work when properly installed via Synaptic Package Manager.