"Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it." -- Richard Dawkins
With regard to turning off 'tap-to-click' when using the xf86-input driver
The tap to click option is turned on by default an not accessible as an option; you have to recompile the driver with the option turned off. This has been reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/688246
I haven't tried recompiling yet, but will likely do so in the next few days.
"Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it." -- Richard Dawkins
I forgot to say i'm running natty, not maverick, if that matters. The intel driver for X in maverick could very well be the reason for the freezes, since it's not really mature enough for the intel hd 3000 in sandy bridge. If you're running natty though, i'll bet the USB network adapter is the cause for the freezes though, if the RAM checks out (which it prolly does if the apple techs ran hardware tests on the macbook).
- "though It seems that I know that I know, what I would like to see Is the I that sees me, when I know that I know that I know" / Alan Watts
"Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it." -- Richard Dawkins
Just pure speculation on my part, of course, but it stands to reason that if you've got a combo that's unstable (mbp+linux+usb), and you eliminate the factors that are generally known not to cause hard freezes (mbp+linux, based on the assumption that the mbp hardware checks out, that is), the usb network adpater stands as the most probable cause IMHO.
Personally, i have run other distros than natty on my macbook, and they work great as well. No hard freezes.
If i were you, i'd pull it out for a day or two, and see what happens. I myself use the wired connection, since the built in wireless doesn't work yet.
- "though It seems that I know that I know, what I would like to see Is the I that sees me, when I know that I know that I know" / Alan Watts
"Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it." -- Richard Dawkins
Hi,
I've installed Ubuntu (Maverick) as a dual-boot on a macbook ro 8,2. I'ts too bad that there is no support for this wireless network card yet (is there?), but I was trying to get a sitecom usb adapter (WL-608) working in the meantime, using ndiswrapper. Problem is, I can't find an aproppriate .inf and .sys file. The last version I could find was WL-352 here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...m=Senao+3054MP
If anyone could help me with it I'd be very grateful.
I have a MacBook Pro 7,1.
I've been having similar problems, but I did find a collection of fixes for them.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Natty
The wireless fix listed on this page worked for me, as did some of the others. I managed to break my screen brightness adjustment, still not sure how. I also am having trouble with my trackpad, especially dragging things.
Hope this helps!
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