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| + | ====== 13" MacBook Pro (7,1) ====== | ||
| + | I have a 13" MacBook Pro (7,1). You can find out which MacBook you have by running the following command under Ubuntu. | ||
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| + | sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name | ||
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| + | ===== Ubuntu Documentation ===== | ||
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| + | If you have the MacBook Pro 7,1 you'll also want to look at the [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Oneiric|official Ubuntu documentation]] for the Macbook pro. | ||
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| + | ===== Video ===== | ||
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| + | This MacBook has an nVidia GeForce 320M GPU. You can install the latest version of the nVidia driver under Ubunto 11.10 Oneiric using the following commands. | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates | ||
| + | sudo apt-get update | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install nvidia-current | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | This adds the ubuntu-x-swap PPA and installs the newest version from there. | ||
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| + | <box 100% round> | ||
| + | Note: I also installed the NVIDIA drivers from the binary package provided by NVIDIA directly. They work about the same and didn't solve dual monitor resolution problems that I have (with some displays in conference rooms, for example). | ||
| + | </box> | ||
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| + | I cannot boot kernels after 3.0.13 using this method. ActionParsnip on the #ubuntu IRC channel suggested that I uninstall nvidia-current and remove this unsupported PPA. Then boot the new kernel and install the supported one. I may try that and then reinstall everything if it doesn't work. It's probably time for a clean install anyway. | ||