1.1   2007-05-05 install ubuntu 7.04 on mac pro

• install bootcamp under macos and shrink the macos parition
• install rEFIt (mac disk image) under macos
• insert the linux disc and reboot (grub showed no problem and was installed on the linux partition, instead of the MBR)

1.2   2007-05-09 make linux default over mac os

1. boot into mac os
2. modify /efi/refit/refit.conf and uncomment '#legacyfirst'

2.1   2007-05-03 lisight is linux driver for apple's isight

1. download from http://lisight.sourceforge.net/

2. untar and unzip

3. install the linux source code package, un-tar

4. cd linux source directory

5. patch the kernel via:

   patch -p 1 < /path/to/lisight/lisight-kernel.patch
   

6. export full ieee1394 api, (add following to .config or enable it through make menuconfig). lisight.ko needs symbol ieee1394_bus_type to be exported in the kernel):

   CONFIG_IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API=y
   

7. compile the kernel and replace the old ieee1394 modules:

   make menuconfig
   make(to get the module version and dependency for lisight.ko)
   cp drivers/ieee1394/*.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.x/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/
   

8. back to the directory of lisight

9. modify Makefile to add (note: after those ifndef's to overwrite them)

   KDIR = /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20
   KSRCDIR = /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20
   

10. add following to lisight.c (because several macros were moved to this header file):

    #include "ieee1394_kernel/ieee1394_hotplug.h"
    

11. compile lisight:

    make
    

12. copy the module to the kernel library:

    cp lisight.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/misc/
    depmod -a
    

2.2   2007-05-05 a few links for the other way to get iSight to work (for USB device)

• http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/MacBook/iSight
• http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook

2.3   2007-05-06 forget all about stuff above for iSight

1. modprobe v4l1-compat v4l2-common
2. change read/write permission rights for /dev/raw1394 and /dev/video1394/0
3. install coriander and start to capture images. click "Services", Click "ISO Control - START" if it's not pushed down.
4. to get Ekiga to work under linux, install package, libpt-plugins-dc (ieee 1394 DC support)

3.1   2008-03-03 sound works

It's probably just the internal speakers that don't work. After i plugged a sound box into the rear jack, the sound starts to flow.

According to http://gentoo-wiki.com/MacPro, the headphone jack on the front panel still doesn't work, but the rear jack does.

There's no jack for microphone in mac pro. There's a jack near the headphone with a weird sign. Probably it needs the microphone within the isight.