Hi,
I like elive - and just about everything works on my MacBook 2,1 (second version, late 2006 release).
I have installed elive on disk, and set final configuration to automatic.
I am not new to Linux, per-se, having a lot of experience with RedHat/Fedora and (open)SuSE. I AM completely new to Debian.
A few comments and fixes:
1 - Booting
elive has a beautiful cd boot, but after disk installation, I get an ugly red lilo screen and text booting. What happened there?
2 - Login
If you select e16 at login, you correctly get the error message after which you are returned to the login screen. What does NOT happen is having the login session revert back to e17 (although entrance shows e17 selected).
3 - Power Management
Disconnecting power from the laptop doesn't dim the display. Also, there seems to be a bug in monitoring the battery. At times it works, other times I get a low battery error - and the battery is full. Don't rightly know if this is a firmware issue.....
4 - Bluetooth
It's a safe bet that MacBook users might have a bluetooth Mighty Mouse. To use mine, I did the following:
edit /etc/default/bluetooth
HIDD_ENABLED=1
restart bluetooth /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
scan for devices:
hcitool scan
(should show address and name of devices. You may need to switch off, on the Mighty Mouse)
edit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
passkey "0000";
(added at the bottom of the file)
device <ID_OF_BLUETOOTH_DEVICE> {
name "<NAME_OF_DEVICE>";
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}
reboot system. Don't know why, but restarting services just didn't do the trick.
#> 'hcitool scan' to make sure you can see the mouse.
#> hidd --search
Mighty mouse now working! Happiness!
Now I have to figure out why scrolling left/right actually maps to down/up.......
xev shows left scroll is button 5 and right is button 4. Scrolling up and down is not detected.... hmmmm
that's all for now.
Sean
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2007 02:11AM by sean.