Questions tagged [macintosh]
Macintosh hardware made by Apple.
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Why is my terminal displaying my name and then another name after it [duplicate]
(base) shanmukhcherukumilli@Gavin-s-S23 ~ %
Who or what is "Gavin-s-S23"
Please let me know
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Trouble with Cursor Movement Using Ctrl + a and Ctrl + e in Asahi Linux KDE Plasma on MacBook Air M1
I'm currently using Asahi Linux on my MacBook Air M1 and I've encountered an issue that I can't seem to resolve. In my environment, specifically in applications like Firefox, I'm unable to move my ...
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Linux Distro for Old Macbook Air? [closed]
I just found my old Macbook Air from my university year (Mid-2013, Processor Intel Core i5 1.3, 4 GB Ram, 128 Flash Storage) and I want to change the os to a lightweight linux distro
I have a bit of ...
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Mac Cannot unmount Disk Images that are mounted from Samba Shares
I am on a Mac OS 12.6.8.
I have gotten Samba to work great with TimeMachine and general sharing of directories off the server which is running FreeBSD 13.2 with Samba Version 4.16.10.
The one issue I ...
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Install Qubes Os R4.1.2 on MacbookPro 2019 (i9) problem : BCMDHD_ExitBootService
I`m trying to install (Dualboot) Qubes on my MacbookPro 2019 i9 (with T2 Security Chip)
This is what I have done so far:
I downloaded the ISO file, verified it and flashed it to an USB stick. After ...
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MacBook Pro's audio doesn't work on a fresh Pop!_OS install
I have a MacBook Pro 16, and decided to install Pop!_OS on it.
Without any configuration, I just see a Dummy Output as output device:
Here is my most important system info:
OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS ...
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Atrun command in macos is not starting
I'm learning the 'at' command in macOS. However, my 'at' command jobs are getting scheduled but never executing. For example, when I run a simple command like echo "hello world" | at 9:30 AM,...
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couldn't install Debian on MacBook Pro 2013
I'm trying to install Debian on my MacBook Pro (late 2013):
prepare a bootable usb: $ sudo dd if=path_to/debian-live-12.0.0-amd64-xfce.iso of=/dev/sda
plug in usb drive and reboot MacBook:
The ...
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Problems with bluetooth firmware on Void Linux
I'm trying to set up Bluetooth on a Void Linux partition.
Trying to use bluetoothctl yields No default controller available.
sudo dmesg | egrep 'blue|firm' gives:
[ 2.034279] i915 0000:00:02.0: [...
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Error in partitionining SSD for RHEL 9.1 on MAC Mini 2010/12
Im trying to install RHEL 9.1 the ssd already had macOS and I messed it up, now I just want to install RHEL 9.1, partioning gives the following error.
Failed to find a suitable stage1 device: Apple ...
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Kill command refuses to work when using 'screen' utility what am I doing wrong?
Ctrl+a+k does nothing I've tried to get it to work but nothing happens no confirmation prompt shows at the bottom I looked up the file .screenrc and I'm considering changing the keys but I would like ...
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"read -r" builtin in bash script acts differently on Mac
I have this script:
#!/bin/bash
function main {
while read -r file; do
do_something "$file"
done <<< $(find . -type f 2>/dev/null)
}
function do_something{
echo file:$@...
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Display Drive on MacBook Running Debian Sid
I'm trying to revive a very old macbook (2011) by installing Debian Sid on it. The install completed fine but on start the system would hang. I eventually got around this by setting nomodeset in grub.
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"Unable to locate an executable" when trying to install Docker compose plugin
I try to install Docker compose plugin in terminal for Mac but always that I try to do it terminal give this error:
Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-20.jdk/...
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WiFi has disappeared on Lubuntu 20.04.6
I have been running Lubuntu on my old late 2008 Macbook successfully for a couple of years. This week, the WiFi has suddenly stopped working. Running lshw, lsusb and lspci shows no sign of the WiFi ...
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Chrome won't install on kali Linux through virtualization
I have a MacBook on M1 and using UTM virtualization I installed Kali. While installing Chrome using command: sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb , I got this error:
google-...
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Keyboard, trackpad, wifi and bluetooth not working after debian installed on macbook
I installed Debian bullseye on my MacBook Air 2020 Corei7 laptop. During and after installation, the keyboard, trackpad, WIFI, and bluetooth were not working. I followed this answer in an effort to ...
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Linux-headers-5.10.0-21-amd64 not found debian 11
I flashed a Debian image from debian official DVD amd64 into a live USB and installed it on a dual boot into my MacBook air 2020 intel core i7 following this tutorial. While installing, the FAT32 ...
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Can you use one Bootable USB Drive on two different OS devices?
When you install a distro on a usb can you run it on two different OS's like Mac and Windows without any issues on any device.
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What's the easiest way to run x86_64 applications on aarch (Arm)?
I'm currently running the Asahi (Linux on the M1 Macbook pro) beta with Arch Linux, but would like to run some x86/x86_64 binaries, and am wondering the best way to do that.
I saw this thread ...
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How to run udev rule before a certain module loads?
I am trying to get the nvidia GPU driver working on a Macbook Pro (running Arch Linux). According to the instructions here, some PCI registers need to be set before the nvidia module gets loaded, ...
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How to view the output of a running process in another bash session on mac?
I have a process running and I would like to know what it prints to stdout and stderr. On linux I would do
tail -f /proc/<pid>/fd/1
See here
How do I do this on macOS?
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Find duplicate IPs for different MACs
Using arp-scan to get a list of returned duplicate IP address. However, arp-scan will list duplicate IP with the same MAC address. I get a sorted output of asx.txt (shortened for brevity)
arp-scan 172....
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Recover from tg3 error
I have a Mac Mini Late 2014 with Debian installed on it that I use for home server.
Sometimes I get a tg3_stop_block timed out error on it which crashes the network adapter and I'm unable to connect ...
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Difference in zip functionality between linux and Mac
I just found this odd issue when building and testing a deployment pipeline on my Mac, and then running it in Linux. Assuming, I have this folder structure that I zip up before deploying to a target ...
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Installing Ubuntu on the NVMe flash drive of the April 2016 MacBook 12" (A1534)
First I must say I'm kind of a newbie with Ubuntu install on macbook, i've tried and succeeded installing it on an old macbook air, but i can't seem to succeed on this Macbook 12''
I've read Accessing ...
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Grub menu not recognizing ctrl button on boot
I need to install a graphics driver for Debian to boot properly on my mid-2011 iMac. To do that, I first need to boot without the graphics card, so I can be logged in. I found that I need to press e ...
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Trying to boot Debian on external HDD
I’ve installed Debian using a bootable usb 3 times now trying to make this work. The issue is that instead of booting into Debian the computer boots into a grub command line. When I use the command ...
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Booting on Firewire (IEEE1394) broken in Fedora
Something prevents booting on Firewire (IEEE1394) in Fedora 36 (kernel 5.19.6-200.fc36.x86_64).
Fedora hangs for long here:
The final output of the Dracut Emergency Shell:
I have the log /run/...
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Mystery of the missing disk space
I have about ~350Gb that I wanted to copy from server to a new local 1Tb external ssd I bought for the task. So I used rsync but the 1Tb disk ran out of space during the copy, which was odd. So I ...
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How can I mirror the output of my iMac's terminal to a physical terminal using serial?
I would like to mirror my iMac's termina onto my Lear Siegler ADM 5 terminal and control it from there. I have a usb to to DB25 cable attached to the extension port on the terminal, but just not sure ...
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How to `cp` with `--no-target-directory` on mac? [duplicate]
I want to use the default cp on my mac to copy a folder to another destination. I want it to overwrite the target. But if the target folder exists, cp copies the source into the target instead of ...
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Plasma power indicator/monitor doesn't read recharge until restart
Update: this is not limited to Fedora; see note at the end.
When the battery is down and I have to charge the indicator doesn't show the charging progress even when the full 100% is confirmed by the ...
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Keyboard: Remap macbook keys to match windows keyboard
Backgrund
Reference: This is the opposite of this question.
I installed Ubuntu on my Macbook. Unfortunately, the macbook has a very different keyboard layout than I am used to, in regard of function ...
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Which file(s) are being sourced while opening a terminal on Mac?
So there are these files, which are being known for keeping environmental variables, aliases, custom shell functions etc.:
.bash_profile
.bashrc
.zshrc
and after installing oh-my-zsh (which I'm using)...
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Black screen when booting Manjaro on a macbook
I have Manjaro installed next to MacOS, it worked just fine until I rebooted it with systemctl reboot, now when I try to boot I get a black screen (or red artifacts ocassionally). I made a video but ...
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Macos partition delete and merge
Macos montenery 12.3 - Air 2020
I ve tryed to install asahi linux from this: https://asahilinux.org/2022/03/asahi-linux-alpha-release/
I created a 70gb partition in the installer for it, but network ...
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Can't Change Screen Brightness on Fedora on iMac
I installed Fedora Linux 35 on my iMac(21.5", Late 2009). It is working fine except that I can't control screen brightness neither through my keyboard(Apple's own keyboard) shortcuts nor the ...
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How do I reference nvmeXnYpZ partitions?
I am trying to install NixOS on my MacBook following the manual (https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-installation-partitioning-formatting) and I am stuck at the partitioning/...
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Is it possible to easily switch between tabs and spaces in nano on MAC?
Is it possible to easily switch between tabs and spaces in nano on MAC. I have seen here how to do that but this doesn't work, maybe because I am working with a mac machine
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Mac can access Samba folder on CentOS but can't read anything
On Mac, used finder - go - connect to server to connect Mac to the Samba on CentOs.
I connect with Linux user name and password. Then the home directory appears. The issue is that all files show up ...
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iMac Debian 11 (Intel) - crackling sounds, poor quality sound
I've installed Debian on my iMac (from late 2013) which has Intel chipset. Currently I am trying to solve a sound problem, which probably was here since the system is installed. The sound can be ...
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>= unary operator expected or -eq integer expression expected
monterey2="12.0"
macOS=$(sw_vers -productVersion)
if [ "$macOS" >= "$monterey2" ] ; then
echo "Monterey"
else
echo "not Monterey"
fi
exit 0
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No Wifi after suspend - MacBook Pro Retina 2015
I am absolutely aware how many times this question has been asked, but I tried every possible solution I could find and could not solve this problem.
Wifi is working without any problems until I ...
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Prompt Expansion ZSH nested truncation
Currently, this is the format of my ZSH Prompt. I have been reading over https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html#Prompt-Expansion to further understand truncation in zsh prompts, ...
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Run Linux on iMac 2010 and use as external monitor ("Target Display" mode)?
Background:
I perfectly installed Linux (dual-boot) on an iMac 2010 a couple of years ago.
Recently I spent hours to figure out why the iMac was not running "Target Display" mode under ...
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Swap space not being used effectively
I am using Parabola Linux (variant of Arch) on a Macbook Pro laptop. I have 8 GB of RAM and 8 GB of swap space set up. As far as I can see, the swap space is enabled and working; however, it seems it ...
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glxgears gives Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual on one remote server but not on another
The problem: I ssh to two remote clusters. By running glxgears, on one cluster I can successfully visualize the rotating gears though with some warning messages (details below), but on the other one ...
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MAC Pair details with Conntrack Program
As conntrack displays the IP pairs detail. Is it possible to fetch MAC pairs per flow? Just similar to ovs-dpctl dump-flow in ovs environment.
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MacBook 4,1 running Linux Mint Freezes on shutdown
[ OK ] Reached target Final Step
[ OK ] Finished Power-Off.
[ OK ] Reached target Power-Off.
[27022.555948] sd-umoun[21227]: Failed to unmount /oldroot: device or resource busy
[27022.560980] sd-...
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