mactel-linux-devel

[Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Ludovic R. <lud...@gm...>]

Hello,

Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new iMac?
In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
- the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
- the wifi card (no model info available from the Apple web site)
- power/fan control

I guess the other hardware parts of the machine are standard and
should already be supported.

ATI does not provide a Linux driver for the HD 2600 PRO (only for
windows). That is not really a problem since I plan to use a free
software X.org driver. But I don't know if the avivo driver support
this particularly ATI card.

Regards,

-- 
  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau

Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Ludovic R. <lud...@gm...>]

Hello,

Since my request I made some progress.
I am using the default Debian kernel 2.6.22-2-amd64.

2007/8/28, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>:
> Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new iMac?
> In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
> - the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

The radeonhd free software driver does not yet support this card.
But the card is supported by the proprietary AMD driver version 8.42.3.

> - the wifi card (no model info available from the Apple web site)

Not supported AFAICT

> - power/fan control

Not needed.

> I guess the other hardware parts of the machine are standard and
> should already be supported.

The sound card is a
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)

But I only get sound in my  headphone and the level is very low. And
no sound at all from the speakers.

Works out of the box:
- Bluetooth
- Ethernet

Anybody is working on the support of this machine?

Bye

-- 
  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau

Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Ludovic R. <lud...@gm...>]

On Nov 16, 2007 6:00 PM, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...> wrote:
> 2007/8/28, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>:
> > Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new iMac?
> > In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
> > - the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
>
> The radeonhd free software driver does not yet support this card.
> But the card is supported by the proprietary AMD driver version 8.42.3.

The free software driver radeonhd [1] is now working correctly with
this machine (iMac alu 24", model MA878LL [2])

The flat panel is lying about its physical dimensions. So you must
have a xorg.conf file to correct it.
Mine is just:
Section "Monitor"
       Identifier "PANEL"
       DisplaySize 524 324
EndSection

I use PANEL as the monitor identifier since it is the connected
display detected by the driver:
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/digital disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/analog disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output PANEL connected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output TV_7PIN_DIN disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output PANEL using initial mode 1920x1200
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR 1.2 support enabled

See also [3].

> Anybody is working on the support of this machine?

Am I the only one on earth using this computer and GNU/Linux?
Or is this mailing list dead now?

Regards,

[1] http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd
[2] http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMac_Mid_2007.html
[3] http://lists.opensuse.org/radeonhd/2008-01/msg00185.html

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau

Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Soeren S. <mac...@nn...>]

On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 09:51 +0100, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007 6:00 PM, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > 2007/8/28, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>:
> > > Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new
> iMac?
> > > In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
> > > - the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
> >
> > The radeonhd free software driver does not yet support this card.
> > But the card is supported by the proprietary AMD driver version
> 8.42.3.
> 
> The free software driver radeonhd [1] is now working correctly with
> this machine (iMac alu 24", model MA878LL [2])
[...]
> > Anybody is working on the support of this machine?
> 
> Am I the only one on earth using this computer and GNU/Linux?
> Or is this mailing list dead now?

I guess as all apple specific stuff is now in the main kernel there is
no big pressure for people to join the ml anymore.

Maybe a list of rough edges that need fixing would be a start for a
revival :-)

Soeren

Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Pierre T. <ta...@gm...>]

Probably the new macbook air might give some more live to this mailing list..
We 'll need to provide some  links to distribution that can install
from net and usb-key.


On Jan 25, 2008 10:28 AM, Soeren Sonnenburg <mac...@nn...> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 09:51 +0100, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> > On Nov 16, 2007 6:00 PM, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>
> > wrote:
> > > 2007/8/28, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>:
> > > > Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new
> > iMac?
> > > > In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
> > > > - the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
> > >
> > > The radeonhd free software driver does not yet support this card.
> > > But the card is supported by the proprietary AMD driver version
> > 8.42.3.
> >
> > The free software driver radeonhd [1] is now working correctly with
> > this machine (iMac alu 24", model MA878LL [2])
> [...]
> > > Anybody is working on the support of this machine?
> >
> > Am I the only one on earth using this computer and GNU/Linux?
> > Or is this mailing list dead now?
>
> I guess as all apple specific stuff is now in the main kernel there is
> no big pressure for people to join the ml anymore.
>
> Maybe a list of rough edges that need fixing would be a start for a
> revival :-)
>
> Soeren
>
>
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-- 
Pierre