Questions tagged [macintosh]

Macintosh hardware made by Apple.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
-1 votes
2 answers
56 views

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
Shanmukh Cherukumilli's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
44 views

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 ...
user76333's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
61 views

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 ...
stacky noob stackerson's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
30 views

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 ...
Alex's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
0 answers
21 views

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 ...
nick.nick_1's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
64 views

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 ...
Hellow2's user avatar
  • 21
0 votes
1 answer
32 views

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,...
Mathew Nelson's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
67 views

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 ...
Rahn's user avatar
  • 245
0 votes
0 answers
125 views

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: [...
benman's user avatar
  • 11
0 votes
0 answers
26 views

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 ...
David Garcia's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
125 views

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 ...
DudlyDog's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
262 views

"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 <<< $(find . -type f 2>/dev/null) } function do_something{ echo file:$@...
Brian Holsen's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
13 views

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. ...
shortspider's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
732 views

"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/...
Edward Guzman's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
74 views

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 ...
dividabledove's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
356 views

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-...
Timur's user avatar
  • 11
0 votes
1 answer
144 views

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 ...
Ercross's user avatar
  • 119
1 vote
1 answer
3k views

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 ...
Ercross's user avatar
  • 119
-1 votes
1 answer
130 views

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.
New to linux's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
549 views

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 ...
Dr-Bracket's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
321 views

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, ...
Time4Tea's user avatar
  • 2,298
0 votes
0 answers
69 views

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?
User12547645's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
137 views

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....
JohnGoutbeck's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
59 views

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 ...
Razero's user avatar
  • 101
0 votes
0 answers
248 views

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 ...
Andrey's user avatar
  • 129
0 votes
0 answers
212 views

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 ...
clem2k's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
0 answers
32 views

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 ...
Globe's user avatar
  • 141
2 votes
0 answers
25 views

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 ...
Globe's user avatar
  • 141
1 vote
1 answer
170 views

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/...
Pierre ALBARÈDE's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
94 views

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 ...
jeremy_rutman's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
34 views

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 ...
granttes's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
33 views

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 ...
Matt Groth's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
137 views

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 ...
cipricus's user avatar
  • 1,386
2 votes
0 answers
452 views

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 ...
DarkTrick's user avatar
  • 311
2 votes
1 answer
836 views

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)...
Rafaó's user avatar
  • 121
1 vote
0 answers
97 views

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 ...
Marcin Ganckowski's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
469 views

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 ...
Lolis4TheWin's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
529 views

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 ...
Can Sürmeli's user avatar
0 votes
2 answers
163 views

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/...
charrsky's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
304 views

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
Manuel Dominguez Becerra's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
81 views

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 ...
neoserdes's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
322 views

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 ...
PaweX3's user avatar
  • 11
0 votes
4 answers
574 views

>= 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 ...
Lucy's user avatar
  • 1
1 vote
2 answers
608 views

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 ...
cheshire's user avatar
  • 157
1 vote
1 answer
144 views

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, ...
William Randall's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

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 ...
Adriaan's user avatar
  • 51
0 votes
0 answers
100 views

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 ...
Time4Tea's user avatar
  • 2,298
1 vote
2 answers
2k views

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 ...
Patrick's user avatar
  • 15
0 votes
0 answers
49 views

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.
Muddu Prasad's user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
309 views

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-...
Simon Baldwin's user avatar

1
2 3 4 5
10