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| Ubuntu MATE on 17" Apple MacBook Pro A1297 |
In this post:
- Recommended Additional Hardware Items
- Booting Ubuntu MATE Linux on MacBook Pro from USB
- Configuring Trackpad Gestures
- White Screen on Rebooting after installing Linux
- MacBook Pro Linux Fan Speed Control
- Mount Mac OS X APFS File System on Linux for MacBook Pro
- Notes on taking image backup and restoring dual-boot Mac OS X and Ubuntu storage:
- Zeroing out free space for better disk image compression (smaller backup size)
- Zero Out Free Space on MacOS X APFS and Unused Disk Partitions
- Zero Out Free Space on Linux ext4 Disk Partitions
- Taking Clonezilla Live Disk Image Backup
- Restoring from Clonezilla Live Disk Image Backup
- What to do if the EFI boot table is corrupted resulting in unbootable system
My old faithful MacBook Pro 17" model 8,3 (A1297) with Intel Core i7 4-core 2.4 GHz processor and recently-upgraded 16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD storage continues to perform spectacularly with OS X High Sierra.
However, long curious about Linux on MacBook Pro, I re-partitioned the SSD and installed Ubuntu MATE 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) in a dual-boot configuration with rEFInd as boot-manager. The basic steps of installing Linux alongside Mac OS X are discussed with great detail in numerous posts in the world-wide web. Instead of repeating all of that, this post attempts to consolidate some notes and actual terminal sessions I captured during getting the Trackpad, backlit keyboard lights and fan speed control to work, and backup and restoration of the dual-boot disk image.
No information in this post is new or original; I followed the path laid by others who have lent significant time and effort to get all this working. My goal is to simply consolidate all the information I found useful in one place so that I do not have to go searching again if I have to ever re-do these.
While at it, I grabbed an OS X Catalina wallpaper for the Ubuntu MATE desktop, as you can see in the first screenshot at the top.
Recommended Additional Hardware Items
I used the following two items of hardware for the installation. Most people who want to install Linux everywhere are likely to already have these lying around.
1) You will need to connect to the internet when installing Linux on your MacBook Pro to fetch proprietary drivers and updates. The built-in MacBook Pro wifi adapter will not work without the proprietary drive that is available online. To get out of this catch-22 situation, either plug in a physical Ethernet network cable (yes, the A1297 has a gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port and three USB 2.0 ports among its many ports and connectors, and a Superdrive dual-layer DVD writer too for that matter), or do what I did - get a cheap USB wifi adapter with Realtek chipset that Linux is very comfortable with. These are easily found for under $10 at Amazon.
2) You will need a USB mouse till you get trackpad gestures to work (instructions below). I used a cheap USB wireless / cordless mouse that was lying around.
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| All three USB ports taken: mini USB wifi adapter with Realtek chipset, cordless USB mouse dongle and Linux boot USB stick |
Booting Ubuntu MATE Linux on 17" MacBook Pro from USB
I partitioned the 1 TB SSD into three partitions:
- 250 GB for MacOS X APFS
- 250 GB for Linux ext4 (Ubuntu Mate 18.04)
- 500 GB Unused space formatted as exFAT file system
Here is what my SSD partitions look like.
After you have partitioned the storage and installed rEFInd, boot from your newly etched Ubuntu MATE bootable USB stick and choose "Install Ubuntu MATE". After a brief but sinister-looking period of white screen (be patient), the usual Linux bootup text will start scrolling by.
Then it will get stuck.
Power-cycle and start again, but this time use grub to edit the kernel parameters in the boot command line to add the three parameters:
noapic noacpi nomodeset
Press F10 to boot with the above Kernel boot parameters, and you will boot successfully right into the Ubuntu MATE installer. Happy installing!
Configuring Trackpad Gestures
Thanks to Thanh Tran's "Making the best of MacBook Air touchpad on Ubuntu: A guide to mtrack driver and make use of the multi-touch touchpad on Linux", I am able to use trackpad gestures to operate the MATE user interface. Tap-to-select, two-finger right-click and scroll, three-finger move/resize and all the basic gestures work with the mtrack software. Advanced gestures also work with additional xbindkeys and xdotool configurations, and the dispad tool helps with accidental taps on the trackpad while typing on the keyboard. Here is the full list of supported MacBook Pro trackpad gestures on Ubuntu Linux from Tran's post:
- Left mouse click with one finger tap; right mouse with two fingers tap; middle mouse with three fingers tap
- Scroll with two fingers (both horizontal & vertical)
- Drag with three fingers
- Swipe left and right with 4 fingers will simulate mouse button number 9 & 8. This means I can navigate back and forth in browsers and many applications
- 4 finger swipe up: switch to next workspace
- 4 finger swipe down: switch to previous workspace
- While holding ctrl, 4 finger swipe up: Move active window to next workspace
- While holding ctrl, 4 finger swipe down: Move active window to previous workspace
- Pinch scaling down (move 2 fingers closer): trigger ctrl and - combination, which is zoom out in browsers and reduce font size in some apps
- Pinch scaling up (move 2 fingers away): trigger ctrl and = combination, which is zoom in in browsers and enlarge font size in some apps
White Screen on Rebooting after installing Linux
You may get stuck at a white screen when you reboot the first time time after installing Linux. The reason seems to be Linux installation somehow confusing rEFInd boot loader.
The solution is to power the MacBook Pro off and back on again holding down the Option key as soon as the audible chime starts playing. This will allow you to boot from "Macintosh HD" into Mac OS X. You can then reinstall rEFInd. When you restart again, you should see the rEFInd boot devices screen. From this point onwards, every time you reboot you should be able to boot into Linux or Mac OS X using the rEFInd boot loader.
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| Mac OS X and Linux on MacBook Pro rEFInd boot loader operating system selection screen |
Here is the terminal session from installing mtrack, dispad, xbindkeys and xdotool.
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| ### | |
| # Terminal session log: | |
| # Configuring Trackpad Gestures for Linux Ubuntu Mate on Apple MacBook Pro 17" | |
| # See https://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/2020/02/install-and-dual-boot-linux-on-17-inch_17.html | |
| ### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade | |
| [sudo] password for localuser: | |
| ... | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo lshw | |
| ... | |
| macbookpro17inch | |
| description: Notebook | |
| product: MacBookPro8,3 (System SKU#) | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| version: 1.0 | |
| serial: C02GW4HFDV11 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp vsyscall32 | |
| configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=MacBook Pro sku=System SKU# uuid=9DEBA8BD-B3AD-7650-810B-5DF111A94EF9 | |
| *-core | |
| description: Motherboard | |
| product: Mac-942459F5819B171B | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| version: MacBookPro8,3 | |
| serial: C0215060087DYL5AD | |
| slot: Part Component | |
| *-cpu:0 | |
| description: CPU | |
| product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| vendor: Intel Corp. | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: cpu@0 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 959MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 4 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:1 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: 5 | |
| bus info: cpu@1 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 847MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 7 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 8 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 9 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 6 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:2 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: a | |
| bus info: cpu@2 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: c | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: d | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: e | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: b | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:3 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: f | |
| bus info: cpu@3 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 11 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 12 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 13 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:3 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 10 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:4 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: 14 | |
| bus info: cpu@4 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 16 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 17 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 18 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:4 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 15 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:5 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: 19 | |
| bus info: cpu@5 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 1b | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 1c | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 1d | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:5 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 1a | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:6 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: 1e | |
| bus info: cpu@6 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 20 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 21 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 22 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:6 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 1f | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cpu:7 | |
| description: CPU | |
| vendor: Intel(R) Corporation | |
| physical id: 23 | |
| bus info: cpu@7 | |
| version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz | |
| slot: U2E1 | |
| size: 798MHz | |
| capacity: 3500MHz | |
| capabilities: cpufreq | |
| *-cache:0 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 25 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-cache:1 | |
| description: L2 cache | |
| physical id: 26 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 256KiB | |
| capacity: 256KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=2 | |
| *-cache:2 | |
| description: L3 cache | |
| physical id: 27 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 6KiB | |
| capacity: 6KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction | |
| configuration: level=3 | |
| *-cache:7 | |
| description: L1 cache | |
| physical id: 24 | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| size: 32KiB | |
| capacity: 32KiB | |
| capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back | |
| configuration: level=1 | |
| *-memory | |
| description: System Memory | |
| physical id: 28 | |
| slot: System board or motherboard | |
| size: 16GiB | |
| *-bank:0 | |
| description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) | |
| product: HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB | |
| vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| serial: 0x067BE827 | |
| slot: DIMM0 | |
| size: 8GiB | |
| clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns) | |
| *-bank:1 | |
| description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) | |
| product: HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB | |
| vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| serial: 0x062BE7CF | |
| slot: DIMM0 | |
| size: 8GiB | |
| clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns) | |
| *-firmware | |
| description: BIOS | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 2e | |
| version: 87.0.0.0.0 | |
| date: 06/13/2019 | |
| size: 1MiB | |
| capacity: 8128KiB | |
| capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect acpi ieee1394boot smartbattery netboot | |
| *-pci | |
| description: Host bridge | |
| product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 100 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 | |
| version: 09 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| *-pci:0 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 | |
| version: 09 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:24 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:b0800000-b08fffff ioport:90000000(size=268435456) | |
| *-display | |
| description: VGA compatible controller | |
| product: Whistler [Radeon HD 6730M/6770M/7690M XT] | |
| vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom | |
| configuration: driver=radeon latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:50 memory:90000000-9fffffff memory:b0800000-b081ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:b0820000-b083ffff | |
| *-multimedia | |
| description: Audio device | |
| product: Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series] | |
| vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] | |
| physical id: 0.1 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:53 memory:b0840000-b0843fff | |
| *-pci:1 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1.1 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1 | |
| version: 09 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:25 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:b0a00000-b4efffff ioport:b8f00000(size=67108864) | |
| *-pci | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:30 memory:b0a00000-b0efffff ioport:b8f00000(size=12582912) | |
| *-pci:0 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:31 memory:b0c00000-b0cfffff | |
| *-generic | |
| description: System peripheral | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=thunderbolt latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:17 memory:b0c00000-b0c3ffff memory:b0c40000-b0c40fff | |
| *-pci:1 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:06:03.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:16 memory:b0b00000-b0bfffff ioport:b8f00000(size=2097152) | |
| *-pci:2 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 4 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:06:04.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:17 memory:b0d00000-b0dfffff ioport:b9100000(size=2097152) | |
| *-pci:3 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 5 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:06:05.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:18 memory:b0e00000-b0efffff ioport:b9300000(size=2097152) | |
| *-pci:4 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: CV82524 Thunderbolt Controller [Light Ridge 4C 2010] | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 6 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0 | |
| version: 00 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:19 memory:b0a00000-b0afffff ioport:b9500000(size=2097152) | |
| *-display | |
| description: VGA compatible controller | |
| product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 | |
| version: 09 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:51 memory:b0000000-b03fffff memory:a0000000-afffffff ioport:3000(size=64) | |
| *-communication | |
| description: Communication controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 16 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0 | |
| version: 04 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:52 memory:b0907100-b090710f | |
| *-usb:0 | |
| description: USB controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #5 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1a | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:21 ioport:3120(size=32) | |
| *-usbhost | |
| product: UHCI Host Controller | |
| vendor: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic uhci_hcd | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@3 | |
| logical name: usb3 | |
| version: 5.03 | |
| capabilities: usb-1.10 | |
| configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:1 | |
| description: USB controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1a.7 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:23 memory:b0906c00-b0906fff | |
| *-usbhost | |
| product: EHCI Host Controller | |
| vendor: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic ehci_hcd | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@1 | |
| logical name: usb1 | |
| version: 5.03 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:0 | |
| description: USB hub | |
| product: USB 2.0 Hub | |
| vendor: Standard Microsystems Corp. | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@1:1 | |
| version: b.b3 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=hub maxpower=2mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:0 | |
| description: USB hub | |
| product: BRCM2070 Hub | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@1:1.1 | |
| version: 1.00 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=hub maxpower=94mA slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb | |
| description: Bluetooth wireless interface | |
| product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| bus info: usb@1:1.1.3 | |
| version: 0.42 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 bluetooth | |
| configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:1 | |
| description: Keyboard | |
| product: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: usb@1:1.2 | |
| version: 1.18 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=bcm5974 maxpower=40mA speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:1 | |
| description: Video | |
| product: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) | |
| vendor: Apple Inc. | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: usb@1:2 | |
| version: 5.16 | |
| serial: CC2B2F00P1DGFLL0 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-multimedia | |
| description: Audio device | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1b | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:54 memory:b0900000-b0903fff | |
| *-pci:2 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1c | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 | |
| version: b5 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:26 memory:b0700000-b07fffff ioport:b0400000(size=1048576) | |
| *-network | |
| description: Ethernet interface | |
| product: NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe | |
| vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 | |
| logical name: enp2s0 | |
| version: 10 | |
| serial: 3c:07:54:2b:42:66 | |
| capacity: 1Gbit/s | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation | |
| configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.137 firmware=57765-v1.37 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair | |
| resources: irq:16 memory:b0400000-b040ffff memory:b0410000-b041ffff | |
| *-pci:3 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1c.1 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 | |
| version: b5 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:27 memory:b0600000-b06fffff | |
| *-network | |
| description: Wireless interface | |
| product: BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n | |
| vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 | |
| logical name: wlp3s0 | |
| version: 02 | |
| serial: 68:a8:6d:39:ad:64 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless | |
| configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 | |
| resources: irq:17 memory:b0600000-b0603fff | |
| *-pci:4 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1c.2 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2 | |
| version: b5 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:28 memory:b0500000-b05fffff | |
| *-firewire | |
| description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) | |
| product: FW643 [TrueFire] PCIe 1394b Controller | |
| vendor: LSI Corporation | |
| physical id: 0 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 | |
| version: 08 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm msi pciexpress ohci bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:49 memory:b0500000-b0500fff | |
| *-pci:5 | |
| description: PCI bridge | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1c.3 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3 | |
| version: b5 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=pcieport | |
| resources: irq:29 ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:b4f00000-b8efffff ioport:bcf00000(size=67108864) | |
| *-usb:2 | |
| description: USB controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller #1 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1d | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:19 ioport:30c0(size=32) | |
| *-usbhost | |
| product: UHCI Host Controller | |
| vendor: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic uhci_hcd | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@4 | |
| logical name: usb4 | |
| version: 5.03 | |
| capabilities: usb-1.10 | |
| configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:3 | |
| description: USB controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1d.7 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:22 memory:b0906800-b0906bff | |
| *-usbhost | |
| product: EHCI Host Controller | |
| vendor: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic ehci_hcd | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@2 | |
| logical name: usb2 | |
| version: 5.03 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-usb | |
| description: USB hub | |
| product: USB 2.0 Hub | |
| vendor: Standard Microsystems Corp. | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@2:1 | |
| version: b.b3 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=hub maxpower=2mA slots=3 speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:0 | |
| description: Human interface device | |
| product: IR Receiver | |
| vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: usb@2:1.1 | |
| version: 0.16 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:1 | |
| description: Mouse | |
| product: 2.4G Mouse | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: usb@2:1.2 | |
| version: 2.00 | |
| capabilities: usb-1.10 | |
| configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s | |
| *-usb:2 | |
| description: Generic USB device | |
| product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter | |
| vendor: Realtek | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| bus info: usb@2:1.3 | |
| version: 2.00 | |
| serial: 00e04c000001 | |
| capabilities: usb-2.00 | |
| configuration: driver=rtl8192cu maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s | |
| *-isa | |
| description: ISA bridge | |
| product: HM65 Express Chipset LPC Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1f | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:0 | |
| *-storage | |
| description: SATA controller | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Mobile SATA AHCI Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1f.2 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 32 bits | |
| clock: 66MHz | |
| capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list | |
| configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 | |
| resources: irq:48 ioport:3148(size=8) ioport:315c(size=4) ioport:3140(size=8) ioport:3158(size=4) ioport:3060(size=32) memory:b0906000-b09067ff | |
| *-serial UNCLAIMED | |
| description: SMBus | |
| product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller | |
| vendor: Intel Corporation | |
| physical id: 1f.3 | |
| bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 | |
| version: 05 | |
| width: 64 bits | |
| clock: 33MHz | |
| configuration: latency=0 | |
| resources: memory:b0907000-b09070ff ioport:efa0(size=32) | |
| *-scsi:0 | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| logical name: scsi0 | |
| capabilities: emulated | |
| *-disk | |
| description: ATA Disk | |
| product: Samsung SSD 840 | |
| physical id: 0.0.0 | |
| bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 | |
| logical name: /dev/sda | |
| version: BB6Q | |
| serial: S1D9NSAF522121T | |
| size: 931GiB (1TB) | |
| capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos | |
| configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 | |
| *-volume:0 UNCLAIMED | |
| description: EFI GPT partition | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 | |
| capacity: 200MiB | |
| capabilities: primary nofs | |
| *-volume:1 | |
| description: Non-FS data partition | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 | |
| logical name: /dev/sda2 | |
| capacity: 232GiB | |
| capabilities: primary bootable nofs | |
| *-volume:2 | |
| description: EXT4 volume | |
| vendor: Linux | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3 | |
| logical name: /dev/sda3 | |
| logical name: / | |
| version: 1.0 | |
| serial: c86537d8-3cdb-46bd-b1c7-6dac65801a08 | |
| size: 232GiB | |
| capacity: 232GiB | |
| capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized | |
| configuration: created=2020-02-13 10:10:47 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2020-02-13 12:42:25 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2020-02-13 12:42:26 state=mounted | |
| *-volume:3 | |
| description: Non-FS data partition | |
| physical id: 4 | |
| bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4 | |
| logical name: /dev/sda4 | |
| capacity: 465GiB | |
| capabilities: primary nofs | |
| *-scsi:1 | |
| physical id: 3 | |
| logical name: scsi1 | |
| capabilities: emulated | |
| *-cdrom | |
| description: DVD writer | |
| product: DVDRW GS31N | |
| vendor: HL-DT-ST | |
| physical id: 0.0.0 | |
| bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 | |
| logical name: /dev/cdrom | |
| logical name: /dev/cdrw | |
| logical name: /dev/dvd | |
| logical name: /dev/dvdrw | |
| logical name: /dev/sr0 | |
| version: TA17 | |
| capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r | |
| configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open | |
| *-battery | |
| product: Unknown | |
| vendor: Unknown | |
| physical id: 1 | |
| version: Unknown | |
| serial: Unknown | |
| slot: Unknown | |
| *-network | |
| description: Wireless interface | |
| physical id: 2 | |
| bus info: usb@2:1.3 | |
| logical name: wlx000f00bf03d7 | |
| serial: 00:0f:00:bf:03:d7 | |
| capabilities: ethernet physical wireless | |
| configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192cu driverversion=5.3.0-28-generic firmware=N/A ip=172.20.42.198 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo apt install build-essential git pkg-config libmtd dev-dev mtdev-tools xserver-xorg-dev xutils-dev | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ ########## Compile and install mtrack driver ########## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ mkdir mtrack.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ cd mtrack.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build$ pwd | |
| /home/localuser/mtrack.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build$ https://github.com/p2rkw/xf86-input-mtrack | |
| Cloning into 'xf86-input-mtrack'... | |
| remote: Enumerating objects: 1944, done. | |
| ... | |
| Resolving deltas: 100% (1266/1266) | |
| Resolving deltas: 100% (1266/1266), done. | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build$ cd xf86-input-mtrack | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ ./configure --with-xorg | |
| g-module-dir=/usr/lib/xorg/modules | |
| checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c | |
| checking whether build environment is sane... yes | |
| checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p | |
| ... | |
| config.status: creating config.h | |
| config.status: executing depfiles commands | |
| config.status: executing libtool commands | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ sudo make | |
| make all-am | |
| make[1]: Entering directory '/home/localuser/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack' | |
| CC src/capabilities.lo | |
| CC src/gestures.lo | |
| CC src/hwstate.lo | |
| CC src/mconfig.lo | |
| CC src/mtouch.lo | |
| CC src/mtstate.lo | |
| CC src/trig.lo | |
| CC driver/mtrack.lo | |
| CC driver/mprops.lo | |
| CCLD mtrack_drv.la | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-capabilities.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-gestures.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-hwstate.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-mconfig.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-mtouch.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-mtstate.o | |
| CC src/mtrack_test-trig.o | |
| CC tools/mtrack_test-mtrack-test.o | |
| CCLD mtrack-test | |
| make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/localuser/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack' | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ sudo make install | |
| make[1]: Entering directory '/home/localuser/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack' | |
| make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. | |
| /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input' | |
| /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c mtrack_drv.la '/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input' | |
| libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/mtrack_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mtrack_drv.so | |
| libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/mtrack_drv.lai /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mtrack_drv.la | |
| libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| Libraries have been installed in: | |
| /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input | |
| If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries | |
| in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and | |
| specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR' | |
| flag during linking and do at least one of the following: | |
| - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable | |
| during execution | |
| - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable | |
| during linking | |
| - use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag | |
| - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf' | |
| See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for | |
| more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages. | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/localuser/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack' | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ sudo vi /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mtrack.conf | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ ls /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mtrack.conf | |
| /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mtrack.conf | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mtrack.conf | |
| /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ ########## Configure the new touchpad driver ####### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ sudo vi /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mtrack.conf | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ cat /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mtrack.conf | |
| # Install mtrack driver 0.5.0++ | |
| # Save this file to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mtrack.conf | |
| # This config is specialized for MacBook Air 2012 (5,2) | |
| Section "InputClass" | |
| MatchIsTouchpad "on" | |
| Identifier "Touchpads" | |
| MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" | |
| Driver "mtrack" | |
| # The faster you move, the more distance pointer will travel, using "polynomial" profile | |
| Option "AccelerationProfile" "2" | |
| # Tweak cursor movement speed with this | |
| Option "Sensitivity" "0.10" | |
| # Pressure at which a finger is detected as a touch | |
| Option "FingerHigh" "5" | |
| # Pressure at which a finger is detected as a release | |
| Option "FingerLow" "5" | |
| # I often use thumb to press down the physical button, so let's not ignore it | |
| Option "IgnoreThumb" "false" | |
| Option "ThumbRatio" "70" | |
| Option "ThumbSize" "25" | |
| # Ignore palm, with palm takes up to 30% of your touch pad | |
| Option "IgnorePalm" "true" | |
| Option "PalmSize" "30" | |
| # Trigger mouse button when tap: 1 finger - left click, 2 finger - right click, 3 - middle click | |
| Option "TapButton1" "1" | |
| Option "TapButton2" "3" | |
| Option "TapButton3" "2" | |
| Option "TapButton4" "0" | |
| Option "ClickTime" "25" | |
| # Disable tap-to-drag, we're using three finger drag instead | |
| Option "TapDragEnable" "false" | |
| # While touching the touch pad with # fingers, press the touchpad physical click button | |
| Option "ClickFinger1" "1" | |
| Option "ClickFinger2" "3" | |
| Option "ClickFinger3" "2" | |
| Option "ButtonMoveEmulate" "false" | |
| Option "ButtonIntegrated" "true" | |
| # The momentum after scroll fingers released | |
| Option "ScrollCoastDuration" "300" | |
| Option "ScrollCoastEnableSpeed" ".1" | |
| # Natural scrolling with two fingers | |
| Option "ScrollSmooth" "true" | |
| Option "ScrollUpButton" "5" | |
| Option "ScrollDownButton" "4" | |
| Option "ScrollLeftButton" "7" | |
| Option "ScrollRightButton" "6" | |
| # Tweak scroll sensitivity with ScrollDistance, don't touch ScrollSensitivity | |
| Option "ScrollDistance" "250" | |
| Option "ScrollClickTime" "10" | |
| # Three finger drag | |
| Option "SwipeDistance" "1" | |
| Option "SwipeLeftButton" "1" | |
| Option "SwipeRightButton" "1" | |
| Option "SwipeUpButton" "1" | |
| Option "SwipeDownButton" "1" | |
| Option "SwipeClickTime" "0" | |
| Option "SwipeSensitivity" "1500" | |
| # Four finger swipe, 8 & 9 are for browsers navigating back and forth respectively | |
| Option "Swipe4LeftButton" "9" | |
| Option "Swipe4RightButton" "8" | |
| # Mouse button >= 10 are not used by Xorg, so we'll map them with xbindkeys and xdotool later | |
| Option "Swipe4UpButton" "11" | |
| Option "Swipe4DownButton" "10" | |
| # Mouse buttons triggered by 2-finger pinching gesture | |
| Option "ScaleDistance" "300" | |
| Option "ScaleUpButton" "12" | |
| Option "ScaleDownButton" "13" | |
| # Mouse buttons trigger by 2-finger rotating gesture, disabled to enhance the pinch gesture | |
| Option "RotateLeftButton" "0" | |
| Option "RotateRightButton" "0" | |
| EndSection | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ sudo adduser "`whoami` input | |
| Adding user `localuser' to group `input' ... | |
| Adding user localuser to group input | |
| Done. | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/mtrack.build/xf86-input-mtrack$ ########## Disable touchpad while typing with dispad ########## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo apt install libconfuse-dev libxi-dev | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| Reading package lists... 100% | |
| Reading package lists... Done | |
| Building dependency tree... 0% | |
| Building dependency tree... 0% | |
| Building dependency tree... 50% | |
| Building dependency tree... 50% | |
| Building dependency tree | |
| Reading state information... 0% | |
| Reading state information... 0% | |
| Reading state information... Done | |
| The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: | |
| libegl1-mesa libxatracker2 libxvmc1 x11-apps x11-session-utils xfonts-base | |
| xfonts-encodings xfonts-scalable xfonts-utils xinit xinput xserver-common | |
| xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-all-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-ati-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-qxl-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-video-radeon-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-vesa-hwe-18.04 | |
| xserver-xorg-video-vmware-hwe-18.04 | |
| Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. | |
| The following additional packages will be installed: | |
| libconfuse-doc libxext-dev libxfixes-dev x11proto-fixes-dev | |
| Suggested packages: | |
| libxext-doc | |
| The following NEW packages will be installed: | |
| libconfuse-dev libconfuse-doc libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxi-dev | |
| x11proto-fixes-dev | |
| 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. | |
| Need to get 459 kB of archives. | |
| After this operation, 2,237 kB of additional disk space will be used. | |
| Do you want to continue? [Y/n] | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ pwd | |
| /home/localuser | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ mkdir dispad.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ cd dispad.build/ | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build$ git clone https://github.com/BlueDragonX/dispad.git | |
| Cloning into 'dispad'... | |
| remote: Enumerating objects: 244, done. | |
| Receiving objects: 0% (1/244) | |
| Receiving objects: 1% (3/244) | |
| ... | |
| Receiving objects: 100% (244/244), 135.94 KiB | 1.89 MiB/s, done. | |
| Resolving deltas: 0% (0/143) | |
| ... | |
| Resolving deltas: 100% (143/143), done. | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build$ cd dispad | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ########## compile the daemon ########## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ./configure | |
| checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c | |
| checking whether build environment is sane... yes | |
| ... | |
| configure: creating ./config.status | |
| config.status: creating Makefile | |
| config.status: creating src/Makefile | |
| config.status: executing depfiles commands | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch: ~/dispad.build/dispad | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ make | |
| Making all in src | |
| make[1]: Entering directory '/home/localuser/dispad.build/dispad/src' | |
| gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"dispad\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"dispad\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.1\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"dispad\ 0.1\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"dispad\" -DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DHAVE_LIBXI=1 -DHAVE_LIBX11=1 -DHAVE_LIBCONFUSE=1 -I. -I../include/ -g -O2 -MT conf.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/conf.Tpo -c -o conf.o conf.c | |
| ... | |
| make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/localuser/dispad.build/dispad' | |
| make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/localuser/dispad.build/dispad' | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ dispad | |
| [I] using config file: /home/localuser/.dispad | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ vi ~/.dispad | |
| ... | |
| "~/.dispad" 24 lines, 576 characters written | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ cat ~/.dispad | |
| # default dispad config file | |
| # name of the property used to enable/disable the trackpad | |
| property = "Trackpad Disable Input" | |
| # the value used to enable the trackpad | |
| enable = 0 | |
| # the value used to disable the trackpad | |
| disable = 1 | |
| # whether or not modifier keys disable the trackpad | |
| modifiers = false | |
| # how long (in ms) to sleep between keyboard polls | |
| #poll = 100 | |
| poll = 48 | |
| # how long (in ms) to disable the trackpad after a keystroke | |
| #delay = 1000 | |
| delay = 500 | |
| # create a pid file at the given location; not created if left commented | |
| #pidfile = "/home/localuser/.dispad.pid" | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ######## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ## DO THIS NOW - this log does not show the following GUI activity | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ######## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ## To Start dispad automatically every time we log in | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ## go to Activities, search and open Startup Applications | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ## Add new entry, with name as dispad, command as /usr/local/bin/d | |
| dispad and with an optional comment to remind you what it does. | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ######## | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ # Add more gestures with xbindkeys & xdotool | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ sudo apt install xbindkeys xdotool | |
| [sudo] password for localuser: | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| ... | |
| Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... | |
| Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu2.1) ... | |
| Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ ##### xbind has been automatically added to Startup Applications, no need to add manually! | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ vi ~/.xbindkeysrc | |
| ... | |
| "~/.xbindkeysrc" [New File] 24 lines, 407 characters written | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ cat ~/.xbindkeysrc | |
| # Next Workspace | |
| "xdotool key super+Page_Down" | |
| b:11 | |
| # Move Next Workspace | |
| "xdotool key --clearmodifiers super+shift+Page_Down" | |
| Control + b:11 + release | |
| # Previous Workspace | |
| "xdotool key super+Page_Up" | |
| b:10 | |
| # Move Previous Workspace | |
| "xdotool key --clearmodifiers super+shift+Page_Up" | |
| Control + b:10 + release | |
| # Zoom in | |
| "xdotool key ctrl+21" | |
| b:12 | |
| # Zoom out | |
| "xdotool key ctrl+20" | |
| b:13 | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/dispad.build/dispad$ cd | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ # Reboot | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sync;sync;sync | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo reboot |
MacBook Pro Linux Fan Speed Control
The Fanny notification center widget and menu bar application for Mac OS X tells me the fans of my MacBook Pro run mostly around the minimum speed of 2,000 RPM with the CPU and GPU temperatures hovering in the 50 - 60 degrees Celsius range after a couple of hours of use.
 |
| Fanny on Mac OS X reports Fan with and CPU and GPU temperatures at real-time |
When booted into Ubuntu MATE Linux, it appears the fans run at their maximum speed all the time even when not really needed. A dynamic fan speed control based on thermal sensors like that built into OS X is needed.
The solution is to simply install the daemon called "macfanctld" using the package of the same name from the usual Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Bionic Beaver repositories. No further configuration is necessary after the installation.
$ sudo apt-get install macfanctld
$ systemctl status macfanctld
You can examine the log file at /var/log/macfanctl.log. If you wish you can of course tweak the default configuration file /etc/macfanctl.conf. Here is my (default) configuration file.
$ cat /etc/macfanctl.conf
# Config file for macfanctl daemon
#
# Note: 0 < temp_X_floor < temp_X_ceiling
# 0 < fan_min < 6200
fan_min: 2000
temp_avg_floor: 45
temp_avg_ceiling: 55
temp_TC0P_floor: 50
temp_TC0P_ceiling: 58
temp_TG0P_floor: 50
temp_TG0P_ceiling: 58
# Add sensors to be excluded here, separated by space, i.e.
# exclude: 1 7
# will disable reading of sensors temp1_input and temp7_input.
exclude:
# log_level values:
# 0: Startup / Exit logging only
# 1: Basic temp / fan logging
# 2: Log all sensors
log_level: 0
Here is what my /var/log/macfanctl.log:
$ cat /var/log/macfanctl.log
Using parameters:
temp_avg_floor: 45
temp_avg_ceiling: 55
temp_TC0P_floor: 50
temp_TC0P_ceiling: 58
temp_TG0P_floor: 50
temp_TG0P_ceiling: 58
fan_min: 2000
log_level: 0
Found applesmc at /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768
Found 2 fans.
Found 29 sensors:
1: TB0T - Battery TS_MAX Temp
2: TB1T - Battery TS1 Temp
3: TB2T - Battery TS2 Temp
4: TC0C - ?
5: TC0D - CPU 0 Die Temp
6: TC0E - ?
7: TC0F - ?
8: TC0J - ?
9: TC0P - CPU 0 Proximity Temp
10: TC1C - ?
11: TC2C - ?
12: TC3C - ?
13: TC4C - ?
14: TCGC - ?
15: TCSA - ?
16: TCTD - ?
17: TG0D - GPU Die - Digital
18: TG0P - GPU 0 Proximity Temp
19: THSP - ?
20: TM0S - ?
21: TMBS - ?
22: TP0P - ?
23: TPCD - ?
24: TW0P - ?
25: Th1H - ?
26: Th2H - Right Fin Stack Proximity Temp
27: Tm0P - Battery Charger Proximity Temp
28: Ts0P - Palm Rest Temp
29: Ts0S - ?
As you can see, Apple's designers put in an impressive number of temperature sensors for great thermal management. I particularly like the Palm Rest temperature sensor. assuming Palm Rest is empty aluminum surface on the two sides of the trackpad.
Mount MacOS X APFS File System Partition on Linux for MacBook Pro
Apple introduced their Apple File System (APFS) with macOS High Sierra, replacing the aging HPS+ file system. To access the APFS file system from Ubuntu Mate Linux, I followed Alistair Ross' instructions at How to mount macOS APFS disk volumes in Linux with minor modifications (e.g. bilding from source in a directory under my home directory instead of /tmp and using a mount-point right under root instead of /mnt since I keep /mnt free for other mounts.
Once it's done, I can see my OS X files under a "Users" directory under "root":
$ ls -l /macos-partition/
total 0
drw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 12 19:04 private-dir
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28 Feb 2 00:42 root
Here is the installation log.
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| ### | |
| # Terminal session log: | |
| # Mounting MacOS X APFS partition on Linux Ubuntu Mate on Apple MacBook Pro 17" | |
| # See https://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/2020/02/install-and-dual-boot-linux-on-17-inch_17.html | |
| ### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ # MOUNT THE MAC OS X APFS PARTITION ON UBUNTU ON MACBOOK PRO | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo apt-get update | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade | |
| ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ mkdir apfs-fuse.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~$ cd apfs-fuse.build/ | |
| /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build$ git clone https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse.git | |
| Cloning into 'apfs-fuse'... | |
| remote: Enumerating objects: 803, done. | |
| Receiving objects: 0% (1/803) | |
| Receiving objects: 1% (9/803) | |
| ... | |
| Resolving deltas: 100% (533/533), done. | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build$ cd apfs-fuse | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse$ git submodule init | |
| Submodule '3rdparty/lzfse' (https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse.git) registered for path '3rdparty/lzfse' | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse$ git submodule update | |
| Cloning into '/home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/3rdparty/lzfse'... | |
| Submodule path '3rdparty/lzfse': checked out 'e634ca58b4821d9f3d560cdc6df5dec02ffc93fd' | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse$ mkdir build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse$ cd build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ cmake .. | |
| Command 'cmake' not found, but can be installed with: | |
| sudo apt install cmake | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo apt install cmake | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| ... | |
| After this operation, 25.5 MB of additional disk space will be used. | |
| Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y | |
| ... | |
| Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... | |
| Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ cmake .. | |
| -- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.4.0 | |
| -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.4.0 | |
| -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc | |
| -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works | |
| -- Detecting C compiler ABI info | |
| -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done | |
| -- Detecting C compile features | |
| -- Detecting C compile features - done | |
| -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ | |
| -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works | |
| -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info | |
| -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done | |
| -- Detecting CXX compile features | |
| -- Detecting CXX compile features - done | |
| -- Configuring done | |
| -- Generating done | |
| -- Build files have been written to: /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ make | |
| Scanning dependencies of target lzfse | |
| [ 2%] | |
| Building C object CMakeFiles/lzfse.dir/3rdparty/lzfse/src/lzfse_decode.c.o | |
| ... | |
| Building CXX object CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/ApfsLib/Util.cpp.o | |
| /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/ApfsLib/Util.cpp:37:10: | |
| fatal error: | |
| bzlib.h: No such file or directory | |
| #include <bzlib.h> | |
| compilation terminated. | |
| CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/build.make:734: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/ApfsLib/Util.cpp.o' failed | |
| make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/ApfsLib/Util.cpp.o] Error 1 | |
| CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/all' failed | |
| make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/apfs.dir/all] Error 2 | |
| Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed | |
| make: *** [all] Error 2 | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo apt-get install libbz2-1.0 libbz2-dev libbz2-ocaml libbz2-ocaml-dev | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| ... | |
| Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... | |
| W: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo-dev_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb: Automatically disabled Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth due to incorrect response from server/proxy. (man 5 apt.conf) | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo apt install fuse libfuse-dev libicu-dev bzip2 libbz2-dev cmake clang git libattr1-dev | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| Reading package lists... 100% | |
| ... | |
| http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-7/libobjc-7-dev_7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1_amd64.deb: Automatically disabled Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth due to incorrect response from server/proxy. (man 5 apt.conf) | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ make clean | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ make | |
| [ 2%] | |
| Building C object CMakeFiles/lzfse.dir/3rdparty/lzfse/src/lzfse_decode.c.o | |
| ... | |
| [K/home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/apfsfuse/ApfsFuse.cpp:31:10: | |
| fatal error: fuse3/fuse.h: No such file or directory | |
| #include <fuse3/fuse.h> | |
| compilation terminated. | |
| CMakeFiles/apfs-fuse.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/apfs-fuse.dir/apfsfuse/ApfsFuse.cpp.o' failed | |
| make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/apfs-fuse.dir/apfsfuse/ApfsFuse.cpp.o] Error 1 | |
| CMakeFiles/Makefile2:143: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/apfs-fuse.dir/all' failed | |
| make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/apfs-fuse.dir/all] Error 2 | |
| Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed | |
| make: *** [all] Error 2 | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ cmake .. | |
| -- Configuring done | |
| -- Generating done | |
| -- Build files have been written to: /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ccmake . | |
| Command 'ccmake' not found, but can be installed with: | |
| sudo apt install cmake-curses-gui | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo apt install cmake-curses-gui | |
| Reading package lists... 0% | |
| ... | |
| [####################################################################..............] | |
| Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... | |
| ##### | |
| ## Now we run ccmake to disable FUSE 3 library and use FUSE 2 library instead | |
| #### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ccmake . | |
| ##### | |
| ## AT this point, curses-based ccmake launches. Do the following: | |
| ## - Navigate to USE_FUSE3, and if it is not set to OFF, hit enter | |
| ## - Press c to configure | |
| ## - Press g to generate Makefile and exit ccmake | |
| ## | |
| ## Ref: response by Simon Gander (sgan81) at https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse/issues/87 | |
| #### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ make clean | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ make | |
| [ 2%] | |
| Building C object CMakeFiles/lzfse.dir/3rdparty/lzfse/src/lzfse_decode.c.o | |
| In file included from | |
| /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/3rdparty/lzfse/src/lzfse_internal.h:30:0 | |
| from | |
| /home/localuser/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/3rdparty/lzfse/src/lzfse_decode.c:25 | |
| ... | |
| ... | |
| Linking CXX executable apfsutil | |
| [100%] Built target apfsutil | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ls -lrt | |
| total 2396 | |
| -rw-rw-r-- 1 localuser localuser 3116 Feb 13 13:57 cmake_install.cmake | |
| -rw-rw-r-- 1 localuser localuser 15954 Feb 13 14:04 CMakeCache.txt | |
| -rw-rw-r-- 1 localuser localuser 47562 Feb 13 14:04 Makefile | |
| -rw-rw-r-- 1 localuser localuser 58358 Feb 13 14:04 liblzfse.a | |
| -rw-rw-r-- 1 localuser localuser 655208 Feb 13 14:05 libapfs.a | |
| -rwxrwxr-x 1 localuser localuser 410992 Feb 13 14:05 mapfs-dump | |
| -rwxrwxr-x 1 localuser localuser 443648 Feb 13 14:05 mapfs-fuse | |
| -rwxrwxr-x 1 localuser localuser 397960 Feb 13 14:05 mapfs-dump-quick | |
| -rwxrwxr-x 1 localuser localuser 397488 Feb 13 14:05 mapfsutil | |
| drwxrwxr-x 10 localuser localuser 4096 Feb 13 14:05 CMakeFiles | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo cp apfs-* /usr/local/bin | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo cp apfsutil /usr/local/bin | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo fdisk -l | |
| ... | |
| ... | |
| Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors | |
| Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes | |
| Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes | |
| I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes | |
| Disklabel type: gpt | |
| Disk identifier: 084E7565-6EF5-4A47-98B6-CABDA6CA8B4D | |
| Device Start End Sectors Size Type | |
| /dev/sda1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System | |
| /dev/sda2 409640 488688511 488278872 232.8G unknown | |
| /dev/sda3 488688512 976967383 488278872 232.8G Linux filesystem | |
| /dev/sda4 976967384 1953525127 976557744 465.7G unknown | |
| ##### | |
| ## The Mac OS X APFS partition is /dev/sda2 | |
| ## I know this because I have only two 250GB partitions, and /dev/sda2 is of Type "unknown". | |
| ##### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo mkdir /macos-filesystem # This is the mount-point for the APFS partition | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo apfs-fuse -o ro,allow_other /dev/sda2 /macos-filesystem # Run a mount command for testing | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ mount | |
| sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) | |
| ... | |
| /dev/sda2 on /macos-filesystem type fuse (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other) | |
| # Mount is successful | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ls -l /macos-filesystem/root/Users/localuser | |
| total 0 | |
| drwx------ 1 502 dialout 2 Feb 1 03:02 Applications | |
| ... | |
| ... | |
| drwxr-xr-x 1 502 dialout 2 Feb 1 02:05 Public | |
| # Unmount it | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo fusermount -u /macos-filesystem | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sync | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ # "Making it stick" | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/apfs-fuse /usr/sbin/mount.apfs | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo vi /etc/fstab | |
| ##### | |
| ## Now add the following line at the bottom: | |
| ## mount.apfs#/dev/sda2 /macos-filesystem fuse ro,noexec,userr,allow_other 0 0 | |
| ##### | |
| ##### | |
| ## Test mount from /etc/fstab | |
| ##### | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ sudo mount -a | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ mount | |
| sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) | |
| ... | |
| /dev/sda3 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) | |
| ... | |
| /dev/sda2 on /macos-filesystem type fuse (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other) | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ls -l /macos-filesystem/ | |
| total 0 | |
| drw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 13 10:42 private-dir | |
| drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28 Feb 2 00:42 root | |
| localuser@macbookpro17inch:~/apfs-fuse.build/apfs-fuse/build$ ls -l /macos-filesystem/root/Users/localuser/ | |
| total 0 | |
| drwx------ 1 502 dialout 2 Feb 1 03:02 Applications | |
| ... | |
| drwxr-xr-x 1 502 dialout 2 Feb 1 02:05 Public | |
Notes on taking image backup and restoring dual-boot Mac OS X and Ubuntu storage
I use Clonezilla for taking disk image backups of all of my systems at SANYALnet Labs.
Zeroing out free space for better disk image compression (smaller backup size)
It is necessary to zero out unused hard disk / SSD storage space to minimize Clonezilla image backup sizes. For my MacBook pro, I have three partitions that I have to zerofree.
The first partition in blue is the MacOS X APFS partition. The second partition in pink is my Linux ext4 partition. The third partition in orange is an unused empty partition for future use which I formatted to exFAT for now.
Zero Out Free Space on MacOS X APFS and Unused Disk Partitions
The Disk Utility command-line tool included with MacOS X is capable of wiping unused disk space by writing zeroes. To identify the partition names to run the tool on, simply do a:
$ ls -l /Volumes
total 256
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 Feb 15 16:47 Macintosh HD -> /
drwxrwxrwx 1 localuser staff 131072 Jan 1 1980 unused
$ diskutil secureErase freespace 0 /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
$ diskutil secureErase freespace 0 /Volumes/unused
Zero Out Free Space on Linux ext4 Partition
#!/bin/bash
# ---
# zerofree.sh (Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on Apple MacBook Pro 17")
#
# Zeroes Out Unused Disk Space for subsequent image backup
# To execute: ./zerofree.sh
#
# Supratim Sanyal - supratim at riseup dot net
# See http://supratim-sanyal.blogspot.com/2016/12/zero-out-free-disk-space-on-virtual.html
# ---
cd /tmp/
cat /dev/zero > zero.delete-me
sync;sync;sync
#
rm -fv zero.delete-me
sync;sync;sync
exit 0
Taking Clonezilla Live Disk Image Backup
I use a 2 TB external USB hard disk as Clonezilla disk image repository on which a 500 MB partition has bootable Clonezilla Live. The remaining 1.95 TB space is in a 2nd NTFS partition used to save the disk images after booting from Clonezilla Live from the first partition.
When preparing your Clonezilla USB boot disk, make sure you download the AMD64 version of Ubuntu-based Clonezilla Live. This is required to support the uEFI boot architecture used by modern Apple Macintoshes. If you are unfamiliar with Clonezilla, instructions for preparing a Clonezilla Live USB boot disk are available here.
As of this post, I am using the Disco release of Clonezilla Live AMD64 Alternate Ubuntu edition.
Insert the external Clonezilla USB boot disk, and power the MacBook Pro on. As soon as you hear the chime, hold down the Option (alt) key. Then use the MacBook Pro's boot device selection screen to boot from uEFI partition on the USB drive. Nothing will seem to happen for a little while but Clonezilla Live will eventually boot and start (patience!).
Follow the Clonezilla Live menu system to create a whole-disk image backup on the other bigger partition of the external USB disk. Since Clonezilla does not understand the APFS file system yet, it will take a raw backup of the entire partition. Clonezilla will, however, handle the ext4 and exFAT partitions correctly. Since we zeroed out unused space on all partitions, the backup size will pretty much be the smallest you can get (it is in the range of 64 GB total for my three partitions, but obviously it depends on how much data you actually have).
When backup is complete, use the Clonezilla Live prompt to power the computer off and remove USB storage devices. You can power the MacBook Pro back up at this point and boot into either Linux or MacOS X as you wish usung rEFInd boot manager.
Restoring from Clonezilla Live Disk Image Backup
This is where things get tricky if you are not careful.
On attempting a disk restore operation from the disk image using Beginner Mode settings, Clonezilla Live realized there is an ext4 partition, assumed a Linux system and left me with a unbootable computer. It turns out Clonezilla Live does funky things to the GPT (GUID Partition Table) like generating a initrd, write an MBR and, worst of all, change the GUID of my MacOS X partition to FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF.
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| Bad Corrupted GPT after CloneZilla Live Disk Restore in Beginner Mode with default options |
Luckily, my MacBook Pro's symptoms were close enough to the issue discussed here for the solution to work.
To avoid such a situation, choose the Expert Mode of operation of Clonezilla Live when restoring the image backup, and make sure:
(A) the following checkbox is checked:
[*] Do not update syslinux-related files after restoring
(B) the following checkbox is not checked:
[ ] Write MBR (512 B) again after image is restored
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| CloneZilla Live expert mode parameters for restore operation (Source: CloneZilla official documentation) |
What to do if the EFI boot table is corrupted resulting in unbootable system
If, due to a faulty Clonezilla Live disk restore operation, the system becomes non-bootable, this post at stackexchange answered by klanomath and edited by David Anderson will rescue you. I am reproducing the information from there below, just in case the original post disappears. My MacOS X partition (disk0s2) is the same as that post, so no adjustment was needed there. But I did have to adjust the Start and Size numbers based on my 250 GB partitions which are different from the post. The steps below are to be performed with the MacBook Pro in Internet Recovery Mode activated by holding down Command (⌘), Option (alt) and R keys at the power-on chime.
The proper GUID of APFS partitions is 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC.
To get your APFS partition back remove partition disk0s2 and restore it with the proper type:
Open in the menubar > Utilities > Terminal
get some details:
diskutil list #below I assume the disk identifier of the internal disk is disk0
gpt -r show disk0
Unmount disk0:
diskutil umountDisk disk0
remove and restore the 2nd partition:
gpt remove -i 2 disk0
diskutil umountDisk disk0
gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 372637568 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0
verify disk and partition:
diskutil list
diskutil verifyDisk disk0
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2
Your Mac should be able to boot despite the MBR.
If you want (or have) to restore the pMBR because the MBR is stubborn/blocks the modification of the partition table do the following:
get all disk details:
diskutil list #below I assume the disk identifier of the internal disk is disk0
gpt -r show disk0
replace the GUID partition table:
diskutil umountDisk disk0
gpt destroy disk0
gpt create -f disk0
re-add all previous partitions visible in the last gpt -r show disk0 output:
gpt add -i 1 -b 40 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B disk0
gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 372637568 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0
gpt add -i 3 -b 373047208 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0
gpt add -i 4 ...
gpt add -i 5 ...
If you get a resource busy error after one of the steps, just unmount disk0 again with
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0
Finally verify disk and partitions:
diskutil list
diskutil verifyDisk disk0
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s1
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2
diskutil verifyVolume disk0s3
#disk0s4 & disk0s5 can't be verified with the default macOS tools because the latter is a Linux swap and the former a Linux partition, probably with ext4
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