Hello everyone, I have successfully installed Fedora 43 GNOME on my mid-2015 MacBook Pro 11.5. Specifically, my Mac is the version with maxed i7, dedicated AMD R9 2gb dGPU and Intel iGPU.
I wanted to ask how and, above all, if you have solved the problems related to the AMD R9 graphics card when mac returning from sleep mode.
To make it work better, I have already done the following:
Installed rEFInd with the fix for switching GPUs for non-Apple OSes by activating spoof_osx 10.9;
Entered the following strings in Grub DEFAULT CMDLINE: intel_iommu=igfx_off radeon.runpm=0 radeon.dpm=0
Installed the FacetimeHD 720p webcam drivers
Used the gpu-switch script
Everything works as it should, except when coming out of sleep mode, the DE seems to go crazy (for example, after opening flatpak apps such as AnyType i see flickering) and the fans go at max rpm… the only way to unlock it is to force a restart using keyboard power button.
Another small problem (but I think it depends on GNOME) is that I can’t save the screen brightness setting after a reboot (it returns to about 10% and I have to set it manually every time I turn it on).
Thanks, but the link you gave me is for other newer MacBooks manufactured since 2016. Mine is a 2015 model 11.5.
Anyway, I’m reading various discussions and experiences, and it seems that Ubuntu derivatives don’t have the problems I’m encountering and that the least recommended distro is Fedora, which is a real shame because I really like it.
Exactly, as I’d mentioned above. I’ve only shared the link hoping there might be specific h/w components that are there in your MBP as well.
Needing a force restart after waking up the system from sleep can be really annoying indeed.
There are a few editions of Macs spanning over 5-7 years that indeed don’t work as expected with Fedora, but with the existing limited resources I’d say the efforts won’t be directed to fix these, given the shift in Macs to Apple Silicon (for which the Fedora Asahi project exists).
Discussion!