Re: [Mactel-linux-users] status for Macbook Pro 17" unibody

[mike d. <fl...@po...>]

Hey,

Thanks for your reply.

> I am running Debian (Lenny) on an unibody MacBook (amd64 kernel):
> I have observed the first two points, as concerns the third point
> I do not see what is meant.

MacBook Pro models have two graphic cards one can supposedely switch
between: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT for graphical power, NVIDIA GeForce
9400M for regular use and longer battery life.

So far, it seems like it is impossible to do the switch within
GNU/Linux, because this would require booting in EFI mode (which might
not have been achieved on Aluminium models - can anyone say?) while the
proprietary NVIDIA driver relies on BIOS mode from what I understood.

Some people here have been trying to switch GPUs within rEFIt, without
success as of now: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1076879

> I have noticed other issues:
> - the ethernet card seems not fully supported;

Oh my. Can you explain a bit further? I totally depend on a working
Ethernet card myself, so this could be really critical...

> - the NVIDIA linux driver is not yet fully working (but better support
> seems according to some comment on the NVIDIA discussion list).

Are you talking about the libre driver (nouveau [1]) or the proprietary
driver provided by NVIDIA? In any case, can you elaborate a bit more?

> I have not yet tried seriously to play with the sound and the camera.

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

[1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/

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mike dentifrice <fl...@po...>