Some problems with sound and wifi

[mezerik]

I can't get a sound out of my 4th generation mbp in ubuntu.
I followed all the steps in this wiki - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro

Seems a bit odd. Any ideas.

Also i can't seem to get my mbp to connect to my wireless network, i use a netgear router and i have installed and configured madwifi as described in the above wiki.

Still can't get the 2nd click to work either after editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and inputting this code to the Synaptics Touchpad section..


Option "MultiFingerButton" "2"

Any help much appreciated. :)

[cyberdork33]

the multi-finger clicking requires a patched synaptics driver.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790589

[mezerik]

Right, i'll give that a try.

Any ideas why i can't get madwifi to work or any sound from my mac book pro in ubuntu?

[theghostbelow]

I think and hopefully someone will correct me if I am wrong that the madwifi doesn't work with the penryn macbook pro's they in stead require a ndiswrapper work around which at least for me hasn't actually worked yet, as for sound I don't know sorry. but to make wifi work you can try to use the broadcom driver off of the bootcamp cd with ndiswrapper

[stueng]

I cover both the wireless and sound issues here http://www.lostpeg.co.uk/content/view/32/73/

yes you need to use ndiswrapper on the latest generation macbooks as they dont use an atheros card they use a broadcom one

[cyberdork33]

For MacBookPro4,1, the proper guide is here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro/Penryn


You are following the guide for 1st and 2nd gerneration MacBook Pros

[mezerik]

when i try to enter the code in terminal

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmw15.inf

i get this error

couldn't open bcmw15.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 219. :confused:

[cyberdork33]

when i try to enter the code in terminal

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmw15.infi get this error

couldn't open bcmw15.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 219. :confused:
that should be an l (lowercase L), not a 1.

Time for a cool linux tip: Tab Completion!

When you are typing out a file or folder name on the commndline, you can just type the beginning part of the name, and hit [TAB] then it will give the rest of the file for you. It will even make suggestions if there is more than one possible file.

so for your command, I might do, 'sudo ndiswrapper -i bcm[TAB]' and the system will complete the filename.

[mezerik]

Hmmmm tried a few combinations including the one you said. No luck...

http://i25.tinypic.com/24awwn9.png

i am trying to excecute the commands in section 4. Install the wireless driver on this page.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro/Penryn

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

I even tried copying and pasting the original commands from the page. :confused:

[cyberdork33]

Hmmmm tried a few combinations including the one you said. No luck...
I even tried copying and pasting the original commands from the page. :confused:The problem is that there is really a step missing in the wiki... you need to navigate in the terminal to where the inf file is, or use the complete path in place of bcmwl5.inf

[mezerik]

You little ripper! Sorted it now. Finally i can use ubuntu anywhere in the house. :)

Still i have the problem of no sound though. Did i follow the wrong wiki for that. I used the one here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro

Only thing i couldn't find though is mux and mux 1

I thought this may be a typo and also looked for mix and mix 1

No luck. Any ideas?

Thanks for all your help up to now mate, all i need is some sound and the rest is just a bonus, pretty happy to use osx but i need ubuntu for sop as it's not available for osx.

[cyberdork33]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro/SantaRosa#head-8532ccdc8bded528740751c13f4cfff271436c1d

[mezerik]

Thanks again mate, everything is working perfectly now :)