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Install Gentoo on MacBookPro(MD318)
Now I have installed the Gentoo on my MBP succesfully,I need to record some issues that I have solved.
lspci
localhost ~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #5 (rev 05) 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series] 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6000 Series] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) 02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader (rev 10) 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02) 04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW643 PCI Express 1394b Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 08)
Wireless card
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
Thought I have followed the directions of the kernel document,but it still can't find the wireless card,after the google search ,it must enable the following options for the kernel
Device Drivers->Broadcom specific AMBA-> < *> BCMA Support [*] Support for BCMA on PCI-host bus
And you can find the firmware in the
ls /lib/firmware/b43/
ALSA Sound card
Add the hda-intel to /etc/make.conf
ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel"
And config the kernel options fo intel hda,after these I think it should work well,but wtf,it is no sound.I almost use alsa-mixer to set all the values to the largest,but useless.
Then one day,I use the System→Volume Control,I found some settings are set to mute,that is the problem,after correct,it works well,so strange.
ALSA Settings
Refer to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
emerge alsa-utils rc-update add alsasound boot gpasswd -a <username> audio
aticonfig
When I upgrade the kernel to 3.3.8,it can't startx correctly,after google search,need do the aticonfig to generate the /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
aticonfig --initial
Reference
http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/2012/jun/gentoo-linux-on-the-macbook-pro-82-late-2011
Touchpad:The touchpad works flawlessly with xf86-input-mtrack.
http://dentifrice.poivron.org/laptops/macbookpro8,2/
emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-mtrack
Append section to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputClass" MatchIsTouchpad "true" Identifier "Touchpads" Driver "mtrack" EndSection
.Xmodmap
pjq@localhost ~ $ cat .Xmodmap pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 7 6 8 9 10 11 12
Fix boot after reinstall Mac OS X
1.Of course,first should install rEFIt,and sync the MBR partition list. 2.Fix the grub command,it is really strange,after the new install of Mac OS X,the sda5 has been changed to sda4:
splashimage=(hd0,3)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Gentoo Linux root (hd0,3) root=/dev/sda4 /boot/kernel-3.3.8 root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/kernel-3.3.8 root=/dev/sda4 title Gentoo Linux root (hd0,4) root=/dev/sda5 /boot/kernel-3.3.8 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/kernel-3.3.8 root=/dev/sda5
And the fstab also need update:
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/sda4 / ext4 noatime 0 0 #/dev/sda4 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda3 /home ext4 noatime 0 1 #/dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0