Leaving steps to re provision a MacBook Pro 14,1 in the future for me :P
Download Manjaro Linux
https://manjaro.org/download/
I am using Gnome version x86
Burn iso image to usb drive
There are various tools to help with this. I won't go into details that is a blog in it self.
Boot Mac via drive
- Insert drive
- Reboot machine
- Hold option key to get boot menu
- Select drive
- Manjaro boot screen will load, chose the default option to boot with open source drivers
Getting WiFi working
Open a terminal and execute this command, wlp2s0 and 31 might differ per machine. Likely a smaller number will have a greater success.
iw dev wlp2s0 set txpower fixed 31
Then connect to WiFi
Install
Choose to install, and follow steps for installation. Once complete reboot.
Post Install
auto fix WiFi
I created a simple systemd unit file and saved it to /etc/systemd/system/wifi-txpower.service
[Unit]
Description=Set WiFi txpower on boot
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/iw dev wlp2s0 set txpower fixed 31
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Test the service
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/wifi-txpower.service
systemctl daemon-reloadsystemctl start wifi-txpowerjournalctl -exfu wifi-txpower
If everything is good go ahead enable the service and reboot and verify that WiFi works on reboot
systemd enable wifi-txtpower
reboot
- Most of the time it works just fine, if not toggle wifi on and off and you should be good.
fix sound
I followed this repo here https://github.com/davidjo/snd_hda_macbookpro because my sound card was the same.
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Cirrus Logic CS8409/CS42L83
Codec: Intel Kabylake HDMI
pacman -S gcc linux-headers make patch wget
yay -Syu snd-hda-macbookpro-dkms-git
Then reboot
Set keyboard backlighting
- Install
brighnessctl
sudo pacman -Syu brightnessctl
- List devices
brightnessctl --list
Device 'spi::kbd_backlight' of class 'leds':
Current brightness: 255 (100%)
Max brightness: 255
- Set desired brightness
brightnessctl --device='spi::kbd_backlight' s 100%
I didn't dive into getting the touchbar working, it seems that I need to do much more work than this. I am fine without it as I map CAPS to ESC anyway.
Happy Hacking!
Top comments (1)
Would love some guide on handling suspend