I used preupgrade to updgrade Fedora from 12 to 13.
After the process, I had to resync the partition in refit to be able to boot Linux.
I rebuilded the needed packages for nvidia and the broadcom wireless card.
I needed also to do some modifications to be able to use the integrated iSight webcam:
1. download the apple firmware :
wget http://www.i-nz.net/files/projects/linux-kernel/isight/against-revision-140/firmware/AppleUSBVideoSupport
then extract it (using the Fedora 12 package isight-firmware-tools) :
[root@delvaux ~]# su -c "ift-extract --apple-driver AppleUSBVideoSupport"
after this operation it should be working for most of the macbook pro, but not for this model, another change is needed.
first find the idProduct number:
[fred@delvaux Desktop]$ lsusb -v | grep iSight -B 3 | grep idProduct idProduct 0x8507
and mofify the file /etc/udev/rules.d/isight.rules with the returned value :
[root@delvaux rules.d]# cat isight.rules
ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="05ac", SYSFS{idProduct}=="8507", RUN+="/usr/lib64/udev/ift-load --firmware /lib/firmware/isight.fw"
How to install fedora fc13 on macbook pro 13″?
Please tell me all the detail step coz I’m newbe here,..
Thx
you need to install refit and then install fedora as usual, you will find some extra info on my previous post here : http://www.lefred.be/?q=node/109
Hi!
You mentioned you got the wireless card working.
Could you tell me how to do that? Where can I find any info?
I got fedora working on my macbook pro. It’s neat!
Thanks!
Hi Daniel,
you must install kmod-wl to be able to use the wireless card.
the latest module in installed from rpmfusion-nonfree-updates repository.
Name : kmod-wl Arch : x86_64 Version : 5.60.48.36 Release : 2.fc14.2 Size : 0.0 Repo : installed From repo : rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Summary : Metapackage which tracks in wl kernel module for newest kernel URL : http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php License : Redistributable, no modification permitted Description : This is a meta-package without payload which sole purpose is to require the : wl kernel module(s) for the newest kernel. : to make sure you get it together with a new kernel.Hi,
how is the battery reacting to Fedora? Did you notice an evident shortened life?
Do you know if fedora recognize the video output (to projector or screens)?
Thanks
salvo
all is nice, battery and suspend on close works fine (a bit less smooth then macosx)
for the video output you need to use nvidia-settings and it works fine !
Heya,
Thanks for this post, it worked absolutely fine on my late ’09 MBP. I didn’t even have to go the extra mile you had to.
Good day! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering if you knew where
I could get a captcha plugin for my comment form?
I’m using the same blog platform as yours and I’m having trouble finding one?
Thanks a lot!