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regarding Installation report: MacBook4,1 on Oct 2nd
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method:
Image version:
Date:
CD: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Lenny" - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST
Binary-1 20081002-09:05
Machine: MacBook4,1
Partitions:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 26 204819+ ee EFI GPT
/dev/sda2 26 16719 134086656 af Unknown
/dev/sda3 * 16735 18677 15597568 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 18693 19458 6139696 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [see below]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O, see below]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Keeping in mind http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook, the installation proceeded
unexpectedly well. The partitioning has been done in MacOS X (entirely, i.e.
resizing and creating, with the graphical disk utility). The triple boot
layout is managed with rEFIt (http://refit.sourceforge.net/).
During "partition hard drives" I just have labeled the linux partition
correctly. Right after debootstrap (IIRC) I created a swap file (more than four
partitions are not recommended for GPT/MBR mix).
*suggestion*: support swap files in the debian installer
Grub2 has been successfully installed in /dev/sda3. Before rebooting I had to
synchronize MBR and GPT with
chroot /target
aptitude install refit
/sbin/gptsync /dev/sda
This is the only thing that is really *missing* in the debian installer.
Final adjustments:
* install 'pommed' so that the apple laptop hotkeys are recognized
* add 'options snd-hda-intel model=mbp3' so that the sound chip is detected
* correct the xorg keyboard options (for anyone who is used to the mac layout):
Option "XkbModel" "macbook79"
Option "XkbOptions" "apple:badmap"
* install 'gsynaptics' and configure the touchpad according to
/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian.gz
this would be easier if a 'ServerLayout' section and the 'Input Device'
section for the touchpad are present by default (like in Ubuntu)
* install 'lm-sensors' and add chip driver 'coretemp' to '/etc/modules'
Have not tried yet:
* bluetooth
* camera
* external monitor
* infrared receiver
* microphone
* wireless network
* map 2nd and 3rd mouse button to the keyboard
* use apple/cmd key as ctrl (so that apple-q quits application like in MacOS X)
Cheers, Jens
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.
Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.
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