I first had to enable the v4l and v4l2 use flags and recompile, but once done the webcam should display with the following command: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 20 -vo x11 Then it’s a simple task to extract the relevant firmware ift-extract -apple-driver AppleUSBVideoSupportĤ.) It’s possible to immediately test if everything is working via mplayer. It can be found at System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport I had to build the HFS and HFS+ kernel modules, but I was able to easily grab this file. Fortunately I have my original OS X installation on an external hard drive.
#Install gentoo to usb mac os x#
This requires the firmware file from Mac OS X itself. I unmasked version 1.6.ģ.) Extract the firmware file.
#Install gentoo to usb install#
I built it as a module.Ģ.) Unmask and install media-video/isight-firmware-tools. The only option required is CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS. A few steps there are apparently redundant for the newer models, here’s what I did:ġ.) Enable kernel support. The webcam section of the Macbook Pro Gentoo wiki page instructions were all I had to follow. With minimal work I was able to get everything running quickly. I didn’t see much use even enabling support for the built in camera until I learned there is a google chat plugin that allows you to do video chatting over gmail. I actually went through all the initial setup steps, maybe I didn’t even need to go that far, and just lower the volume immediately. So I was able to boot into OS X once just to mute the volume. Fortunately, I had my untouched OS X install on the original hard drive, and it is possible to boot from an external hard drive via USB. Apparently the only way to turn this off is to boot into OS X and set the volume to 0. Thusfar, every time I boot or reboot (quite often when testing kernel things!) my laptop has made the infamous startup chime. Initially I was running into issues with wicd asking for a password each time I logged into KDE, but adding wicd to the default runlevel fixed that, and now my computer will automatically connect to wifi networks on startup (assuming of course there is no ethernet connection and there is an unsecured or previously configured wireless network nearby). I installed wicd and everything worked fine. The one catch is that in addition to the CONFIG_B43 and CONFIG_B43_PHY_HT kernel options to actually enable the drivers, CONFIG_BCMA is required as well.Īfter this, wifi worked great, although 802.11n support does not yet exist.
#Install gentoo to usb driver#
Firmware has to be downloaded and installed, but fortunately the instructions at the b43 driver page work perfectly. I am now running linux 3.3, so support for the BCM4331 chip is included by default in the linux kernel. I actually spent quite a bit of time fiddling with wifi to get it working, when in reality it was quite simple. Since last time I’ve made steady progress on various fronts.
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