[arch-general] MBP 8, 2: Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

[D. Can Celasun]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/17/2013 03:22 PM, Arvid Warnecke wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 07:03:18PM +0200, D. Can Celasun wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Kwpolska <kwpolska at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, bjschuma at gmail.com <bjschuma at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>> 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
>

Good to hear it's working. Though I can't afford that much downtime at
work to try and see if it works on the iMac as well.

If anyone has experience with the "iMac (2011 or later) + Linux + EFI"
combination, I would love to hear about it.

Cheers,
Can


>> Cheers,
>> Arvid
>>
>