Finally, after trying various Linux-distributions that did not run on this MacBook (Ubuntu, Linux Mint an Fedora) Manjaro did the trick. However, the WiFi-adapter is not found. These are the network adapters (wired internet works just fine):
I installed the broadcom-wl-dkms package, that I hoped would solve these issues (according to …some… other source). But still no luck. Thanks for any help resolving this, and thanks for making a distribution that works (so far) on an old MacBook. I’ve tried a couple of other distros that didn’t work.
Thanks for the help. I tried installing the package using the instructions here:
(can’t include links in my posts, it says, reformatting a bit)
wiki. manjaro. org/ index.php / Arch_User_Repository
This is what I get:
pamac search -a b43-firmware ✔ 12s
** Message: 10:26:56.053: aur_plugin.vala:317: downloading AUR data
Failed to read AUR data from /var/tmp/pamac/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz : Error opening file /var/tmp/pamac/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz: No such file or directory
You need to enable AUR support in pamac-manager GUI first:
Open “Add/Remove software” >> click the 3 dots >> pick ‘Preferences’ >> pick ‘Third Party’ tab >> Enable AUR support.
Then open “Add/Remove software”, search for b43-firmware, hit install.
Sorry for not reading everything beforehand. I’m getting tired of this trying-to-run-linux-on-a-mac. I think I’ve been trying this for about 10-12 hours now.
I got this working now. I had to uninstall the broadcom-wl-dkms-package (can’t remember exactly why I installed it in the first place) to make it work.
Thanks for the help. This MacBook seems to work like a charm running Manjaro now.