From ca082f322ecb46a79c459ccc1d6b760712f7ce9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mpodroid Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 00:48:48 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] Minor updates and warning --- troubleshooting/macbook-troubleshooting.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/troubleshooting/macbook-troubleshooting.md b/troubleshooting/macbook-troubleshooting.md index a3d471c2..e59c1648 100644 --- a/troubleshooting/macbook-troubleshooting.md +++ b/troubleshooting/macbook-troubleshooting.md @@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ In this section, I explain how I installed Qubes 3.2 on a MacBook Pro Retina 201 Good news: the relevant stuff works. Bad news: still some minor issue to investigate. +For the time being, my setup is just for testing purposes and help to bypass some blocking issues: do not use it in production or on machine where security is a concern! +I hope to improve it as soon as possible. + During my nigths trying to get Qubes OS working, I faced tow main and blocking issues: * no boot, due to empty xen.cfg file * system freeze, due to Broadcom BCM43602 wifi card @@ -178,11 +181,10 @@ Download and prepare a USB with Qubes 3.2 You can install Qubes using BIOS or UEFI: * BIOS/CSM/Legacy: I have not been able to install using legagy, but I did not spent a lot of time on it. - * power on the macbook pressing Option button - * GRUB menu appears, with option to test media & install, install, troubleshoot and rescue - * whatever option I choose, I have a quick flash and back to the menu +* UEFI plain: grub menu appears, but any gave me a quick flash and returned the main menu. I can boot it manually fixing the grub.cfg file, adding commands linuexefi and initrdefi, pointing proper files in /efi/boot. After boot, I end up with not root file system. * UEFI, using rEFInd: I have been successful, despite some issues to be fixed manually, after installation completion - * download [rEFInd] ZIP file, unzip it and run installer + * download [rEFInd] refind-bin-0.10.4.zip: this file is not signed, so decide if you trust it or not. SHA1 sum is 3d69c23b7d338419e5559a93cd6ae3ec66323b1e + * unzip it and run installer, which install rEFIind on the internal SSD * if installation fails due to SIP, reboot in recovery mode, open a terminal and issue command ~~~ crsutil disable @@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ chrooot /mnt/sysimage default=4.4.14-11.pvops.qubes.x868_64 [4.4.14-11.pvops.qubes.x868_64] -options=loglvl=all +options=loglvl=all dom0_mem=min:1024M dom0_mem=max:4096M kernel=vmlinuz-4.4.14-11.pvops.qubes.x86_64 ramdisk=initramfs-4.4.14-11.pvops.qubes.x86_64.img ~~~ @@ -275,8 +277,11 @@ Everything should now be ok, Qubes OS boots using EFI and you will get the last ### 6. Fix pulseaudio, which locks CPU freezing the system often for 20 seconds My macbook has frequent freezes. Looking at journalctl output I saw that pulseaudio locks CPU for 20 seconds, very often. -The quickest workaround, is to open a dom0 terminal, as root and edit /etc/pulse/client.conf and adding "autospawn = no" -Then, as normal user, issue command "pulseaudio --kill" + +You can fix this issue, killing audio support with this quick workaround: +* open a dom0 terminal, as root and edit /etc/pulse/client.conf +* add "autospawn = no" +* Then, as normal user, issue command "pulseaudio --kill" ### 7. Fix system freezes due to Broadcom BCM43602