Fedora 14 x86_64 on new Macbook AIR - mostly success

Jurgen Kramer gtmkramer at xs4all.nl
Fri Nov 5 16:34:58 UTC 2010


On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 14:17 +0100, Jan Wildeboer wrote:
> Just a short report:
> 
> - Dualboot setup with rEFIt
> - Default install with nomodeset to avoid broken graphics (seems nv 
> driver doesn't like the M320 in the MBA)
> - Using USB Ethernet adaptor to have network - added rpmfusion
> - Installed kmod-wl (for the wireless card)
> - Installed kmod-nvidia
> - ran nvidia-xconfig as root
> 
> What works:
> 
> - Suspend/resume, no prob
> - Webcam Just Works (tested with cheese)
> - network works
> 
> What fails (partly)
> 
> - no sound
> - external monitor via Minidisplayport doesn't work OOTB, needs fiddling 
> with nvidia tool
> - Touchpad options are missing, only basic functions (no right-click, no 
> multi-touch)
> 
> So I would give it a 90% success ATM. Will file BZs on the #fails
> 
> Jan
> 
> -- 
Thanks for the heads up. I'm waiting for my mba to arrive and I will
subject it to F14 as well :-)
Do you get a proper `wifi-n` connection when using kmod-wl?

Jurgen



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