I came a bit closer to getting Lubuntu 16.04 running on the 3,1 MacBook
Pro
Thanks Fritz Hudnut for pointing me in the right directions in the Mac
maze.
I erased and re-installed the Macintosh HD with Snowleopard. And after
installing rEFIt and this time rEFIt recognises the Lubuntu install, and
GRUB, also loads. However GRUB appears to need some tweaking.
The situation is this:
When I boot the Lubuntu LiveUSB then i need to add nomodeset to the grub
command. Then the LiveUSB boots to the desktop.
But the GRUB that tries to boot Lubuntu looks like this:
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menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class
os $menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-simple-907d721b-5385-4af0-b565-29220ac4a6d7' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6
--hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6
907d721b-5385-4af0-b565-29220ac4a6d7
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
907d721b-5385-4af0-b565-29220ac4a6d7
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic.efi.signed
root=UUID=907d721b-5385-4af0-b565-29220ac4a6d7 ro quiet splash
$vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic
}
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What do I need to look at to make this work.
I suspect that it is the NVidia Radeon that needs the correct
instructions.
but i also see insmod ext2
What is that about? my Lubuntu is in a ext4 partition
I also compared with the Grub.cfg that Fritz has on his slightly newer
MacBook but that has different graphics hardware so i then still don't
know what to configure.
Also Grub tells me not to edit the file and to use grub-mkconfig. how
does that work?
How do i know what parameters need to be configured for the Radeon GFX?
I experimented a bit with GRUB by using the 'e' option to edit the boot
parameters but didn't yet accomplish a succesful boot.
What can i try?
And another very annoying thing is Apple single button touchpad, not
having a right button in Lubuntu that's quiet a challenge
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