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  1. Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina (Model 10,1) - how to disable nVidia display adapter?

    nice to hear :)
    same here btw, ubuntu support for mbpr is getting really good, and i'm using xfce too.
    yesterday i also noticed the media keys for screen brightness finally work.

    i have to...
  2. Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina (Model 10,1) - how to disable nVidia display adapter?

    in 13.04, you have the possibility, in restricted drivers to choose the proprietary driver for the wifi chip, instead of using the b43-fwcutter method.

    since this method give me unreliable...
  3. Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina (Model 10,1) - how to disable nVidia display adapter?

    i finally succeed in getting the intel driver running :)
    now lspci report my two vga chips and X is running fine with i915.
    i still run ubuntu only. the solution was to use refind (on esp) instead...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu on new retina macbook : any experience ?

    daily build have kernel 3.8 since one week already.
    grab a new iso burn it to usb stick like this:


    sudo dd if=raring.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M

    replace "raring.iso" and "/dev/sdb" by...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu on new retina macbook : any experience ?

    thanks for the reply :)
    is there a place i could look at to get info about the state of the problem, so i could know when it gets fixed?
    how did you know this is still unsolved?
    i've read here and...
  6. Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina (Model 10,1) - how to disable nVidia display adapter?

    i did the boot-repair already.
    i think i don't have refit. (i booted ubntu installer from usb key, formated everything, and then installed ubuntu only)



    i deleted osx when i formated my ssd...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu on new retina macbook : any experience ?

    no, unfortunately, i've already read this thread, it's from there i took the xorg.conf.d/intel.conf file and most of the kernel options i've tryed.
    i see ppl are successful here and there on using...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu on new retina macbook : any experience ?

    thanks !
    i've read the guide but it doesn't explain how to have ubuntu using i915 (if this is indeed the right driver for the integrated intel chip) instead of just nouveau.

    as i said, lspci...
  9. Re: Macbook Pro 15" retina (Model 10,1) - how to disable nVidia display adapter?

    i've installed osx on an external usb drive (internal ssd drive contain only linux, no osx), i ran gfxcardstatus 2.2.1, selected integrated only, rebooted on ubuntu install iso from another usbstick...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu on new retina macbook : any experience ?

    i have trouble figuring how to use the intel integrated chip on my retina 15"..
    right now i'm using ubuntu 13.04 raring (dev), kernel 3.8.0-0-generic
    and lspci which used to show me before my two...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Bluetooth headphones stopped working.

    bluetooth headset used to work for me before.
    it stopped, after upgrading to 13.04 raring ringtail (dev branch) i think.
    now i've just found a solution here: ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: how to change default desktop ?

    *bump*

    so what are my options ?
    ~/.xinitrc or gdm are the only way on ubuntu ?
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    [ubuntu] Re: how to change default desktop ?

    that's exactly what i said i *do not want*
    i don't use no display manager at all. no xdm, gdm, kdm ..


    rather, i would like to find out where the default desktop to run from startx command is...
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    [ubuntu] how to change default desktop ?

    hi there,
    i would like to know how i can change my default destop environement..
    i don't use gdm at all, i don't want to. i prefer startx (i boot into terminal mode)
    also, i would like a global...
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    Re: gnome panel applet tutorial

    solved..
    it's --cflags --libs and not –cflags –libs :)
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    gnome panel applet tutorial

    hi there
    i'm trying to follow this tutorial here:
    wedevblog.com/gnome-panel-applet-part-1
    to learn making a gnome panel applet
    i have installed build-essential package as well as...
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