Re: [Tails-testers] Apple MacBook Air testing

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Tails list for early testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] Apple MacBook Air testing
hi,

spriver wrote (12 Mar 2016 16:35:35 GMT) :
> today we had the opportunity to test two MacBook models by Apple:
> Apple MacBook Air 6,2 "Core i5-4250U" 1.3 13" (Mid-2013) (A1466)


Thanks!

> -shutdown does not work properly (via the menu and plugging the USB
> stick of while running): the shutdown process gets stuck after the kexec
> message


https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/#fails-to-shutdown

> -Wi-Fi is not working (Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network
> Adapter rev03), on the Debian website
> (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBookAir/6-2) is
> written that the package "broadcom-sta-dkms" is needed.


> We tried to
> install, also the kernel headers, and managed to load the module "wl",
> but still the network card won't get detected. The wifi card is also
> built in into other Mac Books and computers by other vendors, so maybe
> this driver should be included into Tails?


No, it's proprietary:
https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/#broadcom-sta-dkms

(and even when loaded, that driver often fails when spoofing MAC)

> The rest seems to work fine, wired network is possible and there were no
> graphical issues.


Cool!

Cheers!
--
intrigeri