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Works like charm.

I created BOOT USB and that's it.

Total installation took 10 mins.

Also I am getting 7 hours battery!!!!

Shiva:)

MacbookAir 2,1 won't boot from reFIT.

Press the ALT key while booting and then select the CD.

It should boot.

Also after installation, everytime you have to select alt key while booting and...

Install gnome-alsamixer and ensure that all channels are unmuted and to its maximum.

That should work.

Shiva

Well.. Thanks for the help (I didn't get any).

Found out that I should not boot from refit. I hold ALT key while booting and select the windows HDD. When the grub is loaded i just choose the...

Hi,

I was able to successfully install 11.10 from livecd on MacbookAir 2,1.

However, it doesn't boot. It shows the grub screen and when I select the appropriate line it just reboots.

I have...

Just repeat the step in http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7627817&postcount=98

Post 98. It will work.

Shiva

After you follow #98, make sure that the volume sliders are up to maximum.

I found that they were muted and front speaker slider was at its lowest. Once I restored them to max everything was...

Try setting up pulseaudio and use that as input device from SKYPE. It works very well.

Shiva

Follow this post bit by bit and it should work.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7627817&postcount=98

Shiva

No.

Shiva

You uncheck "Allow skype to change mixer levels" In sound options. It will work.

Shiva

Hi,

I installed and configured pulseaudio and it rocks.

Also Skype 2.1 beta works excellent with PULSE!

Shiva

Try "sudo apt-get -f install"

Shiva

Dear All,

Anybody got MacbookPro5,5 mic working with skype.

It works with arecord and I am able to hear sound.

How do I make it work with SKYPE?

Regards,

Thank you. I was so silly putting this question. Now its resolved.

Shiva

I have a MacbookPro5,5 with 4GB RAM. However, in Jaunty with kernel 2.6.28-15 only 2.8 GB is getting detected

See the respective outputs.

shiva@shiva-laptop:/var/cache/apt/archives$ free -b
...

I got 1440x900 resolution for Macbookpro5,5 with nvidia 9400M.

However, I am getting only 1280x800 in Jaunty. I have the latest NVIDIA driver 190.xx.

Regards,

Shiva :confused:

Do you still need help? Contact me.

Shiva

I installed refit on my MACBOOK PRO 1,1.

Created an ext3 USB disk. I use this disk to install kubuntu intrepid.

Installed grub using the following command.

sudo grub-install...

USE WICD. Its GOD for roaming/static users.

Shiva