On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Kwpolska wrote:

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, bjschuma@gmail.com wrote:

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Does anybody know what I'm missing?

A BRAIN?! You get an awesome Unix OS with your device, so USE IT. Seriously, I never understood people who ever think of using a non-OS-X OS as your primary OS on a Mac.

Hi, Brainless software engineer here. I'm using Arch on an iMac 27" + 27" Cinema Display at work and I couldn't be happier. Sure, it took an extra 15 minutes to set it up (compared to a PC) but it's quite worth it. If you are not capable (or willing to) answer a technical question, please refrain from sending these "how dare you do something I don't approve of!" messages. Thanks. @Bryan: I tried setting this up with EFI but it simply wouldn't work so I tried using legacy boot mode + grub-legacy and it all went perfectly.

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On 01/17/2013 03:22 PM, Arvid Warnecke wrote:

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 07:03:18PM +0200, D. Can Celasun wrote:

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, bjschuma@gmail.com wrote:

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Does anybody know what I'm missing? @Bryan: I tried setting this up with EFI but it simply wouldn't work so I tried using legacy boot mode + grub-legacy and it all went

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Kwpolska wrote: perfectly.

I don't know if this is the only solution to the problem, but I have use the legacy stuff here, too.

I used the legacy stuff until last week, when I had to send in the laptop to get the screen fixed. I figured I would try the pure-EFI boot and see if I could get it working this time. I updated the "Macbook Pro 8,1 / 8,2 / 8,3" wiki page with the grub config changes I had to do, so hopefully this is the last time it's an issue! - Bryan

Cheers, Arvid

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, D. Can Celasun wrote:

Hi,

Brainless software engineer here. I'm using Arch on an iMac 27" + 27" Cinema Display at work and I couldn't be happier. Sure, it took an extra 15 minutes to set it up (compared to a PC)

A bit OT here. D.: is there any remarkable difference worth noting between running Arch on PC and on a Mac? I'm thinking in something like heat or some part of the HW not being fully supported like the keyboard or anything else. There's no doubt Apple products stands out because the excellent hardware, one of the main reasons one would argue to install GNU/Linux on them, but as I never tried this and I'm a bit reluctant to mess with HW glitches I would love to hear from an archer running his system on Mac. Regards.

On 01/18/2013 01:50 PM, Martín Cigorraga wrote:

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, D. Can Celasun wrote:

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Hi,

Brainless software engineer here. I'm using Arch on an iMac 27" + 27" Cinema Display at work and I couldn't be happier. Sure, it took an extra 15 minutes to set it up (compared to a PC)

A bit OT here. D.: is there any remarkable difference worth noting between running Arch on PC and on a Mac? I'm thinking in something like heat or some part of the HW not being fully supported like the keyboard or anything else. There's no doubt Apple products stands out because the excellent hardware, one of the main reasons one would argue to install GNU/Linux on them, but as I never tried this and I'm a bit reluctant to mess with HW glitches I would love to hear from an archer running his system on Mac.

Regards.

When I first got this one in October 2011 the wireless card wasn't yet supported in the latest kernel, so I tried to keep up with the rc releases for a couple of months. I don't usually have a problem working the processor with kernel compiles and virtual machines, so I have noticed a bit of heat (I actually assume that's what caused a screen problem last week). It seems to be running 10 - 15 C cooler now... I don't know if switching to grub-efi from grub-legacy has anything to do with that. - Bryan

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 05:54:34PM +0100, Kwpolska wrote:

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, bjschuma@gmail.com wrote:

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Does anybody know what I'm missing?

A BRAIN?! You get an awesome Unix OS with your device, so USE IT. Seriously, I never understood people who ever think of using a non-OS-X OS as your primary OS on a Mac.

Because OS X is not about the developers anymore. My father uses OS X. He is the target user now, not me. I can try to install everything I need next to the outdated crap Apple delivers or I get rid of the OS and install a Linux I can make jump through every hoop I want it to. :D But sorry, I have no idea about the original problem. I have the feeling that I might have been run into that too, but I don't know what I did about it. :( Best regards, Arvid -- [ Arvid Warnecke ][ arvid (at) nostalgix (dot) org ] [ IRC/OPN: "madhatter" ][ http://www.nostalgix.org ] ---[ ThreePiO was right: Let the Wookiee win. ]---