Plover
Plover is a "Late 2013" MacBook Pro with Retina display. Model number A1502
The screen delaminated when it was about 2 years old, but it's still usable. I missed out on getting Apple to fix it for free.
When I had ArcGIS installer here I ran Parallels on Plover.
History
2023-03-26 -- Installed Elementary 7.1 still no WiFi but charge goes up to 100% now.
2022-12-20 -- Got the new TP-Link wifi going.
2022-12-10 -- It's now running Elementary OS, with 2 small problems. The charge indicator never goes above 61%, and Wifi driver.
Support for Mac OS upgrades stopped.
2019-??-?? -- I have Mojave on it now
2018-Jul-23 -- Removed ESRI software, personal license is now on Murre, developer license is history.
2016-Sep-02 -- Installed updates this morning and now it can't find any apps. See below
2016-Jan-16 -- I put El Capitan on it yesterday.
Software
sudo apt install build-essential emacs-nox vlc sudo apt install snapd snap install firefox
Install Docker Engine
This is so I can do building and testing without installing any more software. I have to install Docker so I don't have to install more... ha!
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg echo \ "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ "jammy stable" | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null apt update sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin sudo usermod -a -G docker bwilson
Log out and back in again and then test it with
docker run -it --rm debian bash
Broadcom (built-in) WiFi
WiFi - I failed to find the right magic to make the built-in WiFi work with Elementary OS. For a week I used an Alfa USB device which is bulky and slow. Then the new TP-Link arrived and I had to do the dance to make it work. I think it's faster anyway.
lspci -vnn | grep -i net shows the built-in interface, which I don't have working yet.
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) Subsystem: Apple Inc. BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [106b:0112] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at b0600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K] Memory at b0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [68] Vendor Specific Information: Len=44 <?> Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 3c-15-00-ff-ff-00-00-01 Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [1b0] Latency Tolerance Reporting Capabilities: [220] Resizable BAR <?> Kernel modules: bcma
Accordingly I need to install the "wl" driver, see https://wiki.debian.org/wl#Debian_7_.22Wheezy.22
Should be here since this is Ubuntu not Debian Wheezy. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl
The table there gives me "14e4:43a0 bcmwl-kernel-source bcmwl-kernel-source"
So I need to do the kernel thing. I dutifully installed the bcmwl-kernel-source package, it built the drivers, but they won't load because they say there is a symbol missing. Like this: "insmod: ERROR: could not insert module brcmsmac.ko: Unknown symbol in module"
Don't use insmod.... ooohhh.... !!! Use modprobe, like this,
modprobe -v brcmsmac insmod /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel/drivers/bcma/bcma.ko insmod /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel/lib/math/cordic.ko insmod /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko insmod /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
TP-Link AC1300 WiFi adapter
My card identifies as TP-Link AC1300 "Archer T3U Nano" (2357:012e)
The procedure to get it working changed when I installed Elementary 7 (Ubuntu Jammy). I found this solution https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/547276
I have to do this again every time the kernel gets upgraded.
sudo apt update sudo apt install git dkms linux-headers-`uname -r` cd ~/WiFiDrivers wget https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip cd RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver-master sudo make uninstall make clean make sudo make install sudo modprobe 88x2bu sudo reboot
Upon reboot, the green LED in the USB dongle started blinking. That was highly satisfying! And also, it works now.
Camera
As of Elementary 7, the built-in camera does not work; I use a USB when I need to Zoom. I use it less than once a month so it's not a big deal. I tried to fix the camera by following instructions here: https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd/wiki/Get-Started#devvideo-not-created I had trouble getting the driver to install in bcwc_pcie/, sudo make install gives me arch/x86/Makefile:142: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support
Clear DNS cache
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
Dual displays
Apple does a superlative job of supporting multiple displays, I can plug in 2 external monitors and get 3 total separate displays or I can use external mouse and keyboard working with the lid closed on the Mac.
- Plug in a cheap Firewire/Thunderbolt DVI adapter on the left side of Plover.
- Connect monitor #1 (Dell 20") to the adapter.
- Connect monitor #2 (Acer 23") to the DVI port on the right side of Plover
- Connect Plover to AC power and close the lid.
- Set the monitors to separate mode (not mirrored) using icon in Menu bar.
Use with either USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
Voila! 2 big screens. Cables running all over heck.
Update fail
Was able to log in using Julie's account. Trying this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7376445 I see "mdworker deny(1) file-read-data" errors in /var/log/system.log
This worked:
find /private/var/folders |grep com.apple.LaunchServices | grep csstore > /tmp/foo
Now delete each of those files.
for i in `cat /tmp/foo`; do sudo rm -f $i; done
And reboot. All should now be well. I wonder what those files do and how that guy figured out what to do.
Hardware details
Model Name: MacBook Pro, late 2013 model "A1502".
Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 (hyperthreaded so shows as 4 in Linux) L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 16 GB Boot ROM Version: MBP111.0138.B16 SMC Version (system): 2.16f68
APPLE SSD SM1024F:
Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,555,581,440 bytes) Model: APPLE SSD SM1024F Revision: UXM6JA1Q Serial Number: S1K6NYAF516200 Native Command Queuing: Yes Queue Depth: 32 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Medium Type: Solid State TRIM Support: Yes Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
