{"id":7,"date":"2008-04-03T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mihosoft.eu\/?p=7"},"modified":"2013-02-07T22:57:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T21:57:03","slug":"opensuse-10-3-on-macbook-santa-rosa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mihosoft.eu\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"openSUSE 10.3 on Macbook (Santa Rosa)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article I will describe the difficulties you might have with installing openSUSE 10.3 on the new MacBook (Santa Rosa, bought on March, 2008) and guide you through the process of compiling a custom kernel that will support all the hardware. For wifi you need ndiswrapper<\/strong>. Installing openSUSE works fine. But there are some issues with the default kernel, i.e. sound does not work. Therefore it is necessary to install a new kernel.<\/p>\n\n

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Installing necessary development tools (copied from: here<\/a>)<\/h2>\nOpen YaST<\/strong> and go to Software Management<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

\"yast-01\"<\/p>\n\n

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Now select “Patterns” from the “Filter” drop-down selector (top left).<\/p>\n\n

\"yast-02\"<\/p>\n\n

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Make sure you have checked ALL of these:\n

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  • Base Development<\/li>\n
  • KDE Development<\/li>\n
  • C\/C++ Development<\/li>\n
  • Linux Kernel Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nAlso locate and install the main Xorg\/X11 Development packages such as xorg-x11-devel.<\/p>\n\n

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    Downloading kernel and some additional dependencies<\/h2>\nOpen a terminal, create an “installs” directory and download kernel-2.6.24 and some dependencies:\n
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    mkdir -p installs\/customkernel\ncd installs\/custom<\/em>kernel\nwget http:\/\/www.kernel.org\/pub\/linux\/kernel\/v2.6\/linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2\nwget https:\/\/mihosoft.eu\/Media\/files\/howtos\/opensuseon<\/em>macbook\/kernel2.6.24<\/em>deps.tar.bz2<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
    After downloading the kernel and the dependency archive you have to extract them by typing:\n
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    tar xvjf *.bz2\nmv linux-2.6.24 kernel_2.6.24_deps\/<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
    <\/h3>\n
    Patching the kernel and installing dependencies<\/h2>\nNow it is time to install the rpm packages:\n
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    cd kernel_2.6.24_deps\nsudo rpm -Uhv *.rpm<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
    If everything went well you can proceed with patching the kernel. We will first copy the bootsplash patch into the kernel directory and then copy the kernel to \/usr\/src and then start with the mactel patches:\n
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    cp bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.21.diff linux-2.6.24\nsu\ncp -r linux-2.6.24 \/usr\/src\ncd \/usr\/src\nrm linux\nln -s \/usr\/src\/linux-2.6.24 linux\ncd linux\npatch -p1 < bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.21.diff\nexit\ncd mactel-patches-2.6.24\nsudo .\/apply \/usr\/src\/linux<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
    Now you have a fully patched kernel! The only thing that’s left is to actually build the kernel.<\/p>\n\n
     \n
    Building and installing the kernel<\/h2>\nWe start by copying a customized config file. You don’t have to do any manual configuration!\n
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    sudo cp config \/usr\/src\/linux\/.config<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
    After that the annoying part is over and it’s getting a bit more exciting:) Now we start compiling and installing the kernel. Be aware that this may take some time (several minutes):\n
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    su\ncd \/usr\/src\/linux\nmake && make modulesinstall && make<\/em>install<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
    It’s over! The kernel has been created and installed. Usually even the boot menu entries have been created (but better check that). So everything you have to do is to reboot:<\/p>\n\n
    \"alt\"<\/p>\n\n
     <\/p>\n\n
    You should have full hardware support now!<\/p>\n\n
    Have fun!<\/p>\n\n
    [comments disabled due to technical difficulties]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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