Getting Macbook Pro (4,1) Penryn touchpad to work on Fedora 9

The driver is at: http://web.comhem.se/rydberg/Bits/. Follow the directions to compile, and install.

Now, the 'options usbhid quirks' did not work on Fedora 9, at least not for me. There was some discussion about the fact that usbhid not being compiled as module in Fedora... So, the work around is:

On your /etc/rc.local add:

echo -n "7-2:1.2" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind
modprobe bcm5974

7-2:1.2 is the device id of your trackpad, and this will unbind usbhid from taking over it so the device allowing bcm5974 to work.


PS - This relates to my instructions on how to get Fedora 9 running on a Macbook Pro (4,1).

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Thanks BoA

I have no idea if Bank of America read my blog or something, but the online banking now works on Linux x86_64 browsers. :-)

Flashblocker for Opera

Flashblocker for Opera 9.X. It seems to work pretty well on Linux so far.

ndiswrapper + macbook pro + latest NetworkManager = problem

For the past 2 weeks or so, I've started experiencing a lot of freezes on my Macbook Pro while running Fedora 9. After some investigation, I've found out there is some sort of bug on NetworkManager that makes the CPU lock up when using ndiswrapper.

The workaround (for now) was to disable NetworkManager:

chkconfig NetworkManager off
service NetworkManager stop

And, use system-config-network to set up my wireless (well, at least if you want it done via GUI).

I've just filed a bug with Fedora's Bugzilla about it.

PS - This is an update to my Fedora on Macbook Pro post.

Sorry about the Twitter pop-up

During the last few days I've had a popup on this blog asking for twitter authentication... I apologize about that. It was a double mistake from my part:

1. Protecting my twitter profile (which required users with account on twitter to see my status).
2. Forgetting twitter's badge (javascript based) on this blog.

It should be resolved now.

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