Re: [Tails-testers] MacBook support

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Autore: intrigeri
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To: tails-testers, Mario Costa
Oggetto: Re: [Tails-testers] MacBook support
Hi Mario,

Mario Costa via Tails-testers:
> I’m reading that the developers are interested in feedback regarding
> Mac computers with Tails version 4.0.


Indeed, we are!

> I have a 2019 MacBook Air Retina. Until Tails 3.16, I needed to disable Secure Boot in order to start Tails successfully. However, it is known that the Linux kernel didn’t have keyboard and trackpad drivers for newer Macs, so I couldn’t use any input method.


> With Tails 4.0-rc1 I read that Linux kernel 5.3.2 is included. Since kernel 5.3, drivers for newer Macs’ keyboards and trackpads should be included, so I figured I’d give version 4.0 a try.


Thanks!

> However, Tails doesn’t boot successfully and hangs with this message:
> [    4.051399] thunderbolt 0000:05:00.0: ICM firmware is in wrong mode: 15


Interesting! Please retry, adding this option to the boot options:

modprobe.blacklist=thunderbolt

… and report back. Thanks in advance :)

Cheers,
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intrigeri