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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MacBook Air (A1237) and Gentoo Linux
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:30:33
Message-Id: 526C3467.9050904@xunil.at
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] MacBook Air (A1237) and Gentoo Linux by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 Am 23.10.2013 10:09, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
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3 > Does anyone of you gentoo-users also run gentoo on such a hardware?
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5 Anyone?
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7 > my todos are (for now):
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9 > * I only got the harddisk detected via IDE/PATA (so it is hda and not
10 > sda now). It should be accessible via AHCI as well, but that didn't work
11 > yet (and I expect some more performance via AHCI).
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13 This still gives me some headaches, seems I currently run the hdd via
14 ancient IDE-modules (ide_generic). Compiled several new kernels without
15 success so far ... additionally complex by usage of EFI, labels in fstab
16 and you name it.
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18 OK, 3.11.5 isn't old anyway. Although I'd like to slim down my config
19 somehow (and optimize it, think NCQ).
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21 > * Sound via pulseaudio: not there yet ... no errors, devices displayed
22 > correctly, but no sound.
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24 not solved yet, wasn't and isn't first priority.
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26 > * suspend to ram in gnome: got to check that
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28 Disabled stuff in /etc/systemd/logind.conf.
29 Macbook suspends when I press powerbutton but not at lid-close.
30 hdd seems to start up immediately again ...
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32 > * right clicks with touchpad
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34 solved with a small shell-script.
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37 pommed works nice here after a small patching, controls keyboard
38 backlight and stuff. cool.
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40 So far the system is nice to use but a bit raw ...
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42 Greets, regards, Stefan