Installation crashes on the new early 2009 White Macbooks

[sistoviejo]

When you try to boot the live CD, it crashes right after you select the option "Try ubuntu without changing your computer".
To avoid the crash instead of selecting that option, press F6 twice and mark the option "acpi=off". Then Press ESC and Enter to boot.

[cyberdork33]

When you try to boot the live CD, it crashes right after you select the option "Try ubuntu without changing your computer".
To avoid the crash instead of selecting that option, press F6 twice and mark the option "acpi=off". Then Press ESC and Enter to boot.

can you get the hardware version ID from your machine as indicated here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSuppor...are%20revision

[bazzwaa]

I had the same issue, I corrected it by re-installing mac os(I had successfully copied ubuntu image onto drive). I ran the firmware updates, then I used boot camp and reefit and got no errors with a freshly downloaded and burned copy of ubuntu(incase there was some sort of update that helped, this step may be completely unnecessary, but it seemed to help.)


no longer does my ubuntu boot cd crash upon loading. The problem I believe is actually corrected under the efi update.

anyways, hope this helps you.

I have a macbook pro 5,1 aluminum uni-body.

[sistoviejo]

I had the same issue, I corrected it by re-installing mac os(I had successfully copied ubuntu image onto drive). I ran the firmware updates, then I used boot camp and reefit and got no errors with a freshly downloaded and burned copy of ubuntu(incase there was some sort of update that helped, this step may be completely unnecessary, but it seemed to help.)


no longer does my ubuntu boot cd crash upon loading. The problem I believe is actually corrected under the efi update.

anyways, hope this helps you.

I have a macbook pro 5,1 aluminum uni-body.

Sorry, I didn't see your message before.
Just wanted to say that I updated my firmware last week, so that might not be the issue.

[sturuko]

other issuses:
-grub&lilo does not work
-grub-pc (v. 1.95, from intrepid or from jaunty debs) freezes if i try to change the boot kernel in the grub boot menù or if i hit any button on the keyboard
-instead, it works fine with the svn-compiled version

can someone confirm these things?

[cyberdork33]

other issuses:
-grub&lilo does not work
-grub-pc (v. 1.95, from intrepid or from jaunty debs) freezes if i try to change the boot kernel in the grub boot menù or if i hit any button on the keyboard
-instead, it works fine with the svn-compiled version

can someone confirm these things?

the grub2 sources were just heavily patched for Macs recently. The svn version has these fixes now. You would probably have the same problems on other Macs with v1.95

See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=995704

[sistoviejo]

can you get the hardware version ID from your machine as indicated here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSuppor...are%20revision

I get this: MacBook5,2
As I mentioned in the title, it's an early 2009 White MacBook.

A few other issues I had:
- Apparently sound doesn't work out of the box.
- When you try to shutdown it down, the computer stays On with a blank screen.

[cyberdork33]

As I mentioned in the title, it's an early 2009 White MacBook.

that doesn't necessarily mean anything... the version number does...

A few other issues I had:
- Apparently sound doesn't work out of the box.
- When you try to shutdown it down, the computer stays On with a blank screen.

These both sound similar to the MacBook5,1. I would check out that documentation.

[josephdaniel]

I have exactly the same problem with the macbook white. It's the one with the following specs:
Core2duo 2Ghz 3MB cache FSB 1066Mhz
2GB ram
nVidia 9400M

Hardware Version output:
hw.model: MacBook5,2

I tried the procedure listed in the original post but it doesn't work on my macbook.

I tried ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and i386 cds and it always failed to boot neither with acpi=off


I hope I can get ubuntu running on my macbook.

Thanks for your help.

Joseph

[sistoviejo]

I have exactly the same problem with the macbook white. It's the one with the following specs:
Core2duo 2Ghz 3MB cache FSB 1066Mhz
2GB ram
nVidia 9400M

Hardware Version output:
hw.model: MacBook5,2

I tried the procedure listed in the original post but it doesn't work on my macbook.

I tried ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and i386 cds and it always failed to boot neither with acpi=off


I hope I can get ubuntu running on my macbook.

Thanks for your help.

Joseph

I was trying to write that on the boot line but it didn't work for me.
Afterwards I tried pressing F6 twice and a little menu popped up.
There I was able to tick the "acpi=off" option.