Hi, I am a mostly happy user of Gentoo Linux (under Bootcamp, x86_64, kernel 2.6.19 + mactel-patches-2.6.19 (revision 81), ATI proprietary drivers 8.30.3-r1) on a Macbook Pro C2D. My kernel config is available [1].
"Mostly happy" means of course that most things work as expected. Suspend to RAM in particular seems finally reliable since the recent upgrade to 2.6.19 (and the new set of mactel patches) three days ago, and the new pbbuttonsd [2] handles all the keys and adjustments just fine. Some things do not work to my liking (like everybody else I have relatively poor battery life, I could not yet find out how to make the external display work, and the Wlan is not yet supported by anything in a 64-bit environment). Anyway, I will come back with these problems later. Right now I am trying to seek tips and maybe a solution to my currently most annoying problem, namely battery information: My machine keeps forgetting about the battery: Battery information (in /proc/acpi/battery/) comes up fine on boot, stays fine for some hours (time varies) and then disappears (the battery is reported present but every related value is at zero). A reboot does not solve the issue, but booting into Mac OS and back into Gentoo does... for another couple of hours or thereabouts. Could this be a Bootcamp issue? I have read that Bootcamp is not necessary [3] on these machines but I am somehow hesitant to back Gentoo up and get rid of Bootcamp (lack of time) before asking whether this has any chance of solving things and whether anybody have stumbled on the same and found any solution, so here I am. At the very least, does somebody knows who is the culprit? Supposing now that I get rid of Bootcamp, one question is whether I get my battery information back (as asked between others above), but then another question is will this impact negatively anything now working (most significantly the proprietary ATI drivers and/or suspend to RAM). Advice for people who tried all of this is appreciated. Many thanks in advance for any information on the matter. Cheers, Stefan [1] http://turing.ubishops.ca/misc/config-2.6.19-mactel [2] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-521815.html [3] http://blog.technologeek.org/2006/11/26/34 -- If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
