<Rejected>Hi, I need some suggest for Install Salix on MBP

[zw963]

Hi, everyone, I am a Slacker.

I want to change to Salix tomorrow, first I will change my HP notebook. It should be painless...

I use Mac MBP 15 retina for a while, It so so hard to use... I want to change Mac OS X to Salix too.

Anyone, can give me some suggestion for install Salix on Mac ? Thanks.

[mimosa]

welcome to Salix

See especially the third post here:

http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5162

and check out the Salix Startup Guide on EFI boot:

http://guide.salixos.org

Please let us know how you get on!

[zw963]

Thank you~

If tomorrow have time, I will try it. When I done or have trouble, I will give some feedback.

[zw963]

Hi, everyone, I tried to install salix in my mbp, with following step ...

1. in Mac, install rEFIt
2. release 100 G free space for install linux.
3. reboot to boot menu, select Partition tool from rEFIt, update partition table.
4. boot from cd, install Salix use EXT4 (when installing, screen is messed up, anyone, I still installed it)
5. reboot, can not found linux partition... when enter Partition tool, have some error message:
Status: GPT partition of type 'Unkown' found, will not touch this disk.
Error: Not Found returned from gptsync.efi

Anyone can help me? Thanks.

[zw963]

Additional information:
I have no install LILO, is this correctly?

[zw963]

I have startup Linux now, fonts is very small, and screen huaping. (same as when install salix)

So, it seem like can not used too.

[gapan]

I have never installed salix in a mac, so I don't really know, but you probably do need lilo installed to start salix.

As to your problem with the fonts, you can always change the dpi or the screen resolution. Maybe you need proprietary drivers for your macbook. And I have no idea what "screen huaping" means.

[zw963]

Thanks. I have install LILO, it start now, But screen display is not correctly.
What I means `huaping' is `screen mess', it maybe monitor drivers things.
So , I install salix use VirtualBox now, It still one problem, I can not display UNICODE chars in my XFCE Terminal (PS1),
(one rectangle in it some number), but in slackware, it display OK(I setting LANG to UTF8 already).

[zw963]

Hi, another problem??

I have define some function, name end with '?', for example:
function IS_PIPE?
{
....
}

those function, in bash 4.2, Slackware 14.1, it worked, But when in Salix, when login in to system, it logout immediately.
with some /etc/gdm/Xsession error, ` PIPE.sh: line 11: `IS_PIPE?' not a valid identifier'. But, if I rename .profile to .profile.bak
login into system, retry source ~/.profile.bak, it worked now. Why exist this situation ? before login, default shell is not bash ??

Thanks.

[zw963]

Hi, When I rename all functions with ? or !, It can show UNICODE on terminal correctly.

I still not understood, why Xsession is not let my login in when functions name is not standardized.