[mythtv-users] OT: Q: MacBook with nVidia 9400M and VDPAU

[Steven Adeff]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 12 February 2010 05:43, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all!
>>
>> I'm looking at getting a used MacBook 13", one of the more recent
>> models with the nVidia 9400M graphics chipset. My intention is to have
>> it to play around in OSX with, but I'd also like to have a linux
>> partition. So my question is to those here that have a MacBook(or Pro)
>> with the 9400M:
>
> I do ..
>
>>
>> How is your experience running linux on this machine? Does VDPAU work
>> properly for the purposes of MythTV? Are there any other hardware
>> concerns with the MacBooks of this generation while running linux on
>> it?
>
> Works perfectly, I can even do Advanced 2X on 1080i content for some reasons..
>
> Use Ubuntu on it...
>
> There are a few various stuff to do to get the hardware to work
> properly, like the keyboard backlight etc...
> There is also one issue that when doing a reboot, it will lock the mac
> and it requires a hard reboot (hold the power button a few seconds).
> But this may have been fixed lately.
> I mainly run linux in a VM, rarely booting ubuntu natively..
>
> To boot the linux partition, use a tool called rEFIt

awesome, thanks for the info, think it's time to get a new toy.


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