Re: linux newbie needs a consultant

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Are you able to bring the 2 laptops to the next SLUG meeting?

Please back up any files you want to keep.

For the Nokia Booklet:

What is the output of 'lspci' and 'lsmod'?

lspci should show the model of the sound and wifi controller
lsmod shows the list of loaded drivers

Neither command requires root privileges to run.

For the MacBook Pro:

MacBook Pro appears to be an Intel Mac.

I strongly suspect it uses EFI firmware to boot and GPT disk
partitioning scheme.

EFI boots straight into the native processor mode.
Is this a 32-bit or 64-bit machine?
Your boot medium will need to be prepared for this.

It may also have a BIOS (which may or may not need to be enabled
depending on how you want the machine to boot).

You can test by inserting a Live DVD and holding down 'option' (alt)
while booting to display a boot menu. If an optical disk icon appears
which is misleadingly labelled 'Windows', then the BIOS is enabled. If
another optical disk icon also appears, with the correct label, then
the DVD supports booting in EFI mode (by selecting the one with the
correct label).

On 05/22/2014 11:39 AM, violet wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'd love to hire someone to help me resolve some linux issues that
> I haven't been able to manage on my own.
> 
> I have a Nokia Booklet running Mint 15. I have resolved GMA500
> Poulsbo problems, but I have not been able to resolve sound
> problems and networking problems. (I'd like to be able to fileshare
> with mac over the wifi.
> 
> I also would like to set up the pretty but aging MacBookPro to 
> dual-boot. There are a number of obstacles which I won't detail
> here but if someone has experience with dual-boot macs I would
> really appreciate your help!
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Violet


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