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Model	SUSE Linux Release	Hardware Support				Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Other
iMac G3 (New World)	openSUSE v11.0/PPC					everything works with 11.0 Beta3 though boot loader forgets to include OS-X
PowerMac 9600/300 Sonnet G4/700/1M	openSUSE v10.2/PPC					ATI Radeon 7000/32MB/PCI, Onboard Sound, Onboard Ethernet, Adaptec 19160 PCI SCSI
PowerPC G5 / Dual, 2GHz	openSUSE v10.3/PPC					ATI Radeon 9600/128MB/AGP, Onboard Sound, Onboard Ethernet, Bluetooth, Infrared
iMac 24" Core2Duo 2.8GHZ	openSUSE v10.3/x86	(fglrx)				ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro/512MB/PCIe, Onboard Sound, Onboard Ethernet/WLAN, Bluetooth, Infrared, iSight Webcam

Legend:

Works to some extent

Does not work

Not Tested

Not Applicable

iMac G3 "New World" Blue & White 1999 with OSL 11.0

Installation

Boot loader omits OS-X if present, this must be added manually by editing lilo.conf to append something like:

other=/dev/hda123 label=Mac_OS-X

- dont forget to run lilo again

iMac 24" Aluminium 10.3

Installation

GRUB fails to install before the initial reboot. Simply reboot and use the rEFIt "Partion Sync Tool". Then start from the openSUSE DVD, choose "Installation" again. In the installer choose option "Other... > Boot installed system" and continue with the remaining installation. The first thing you have to do is to repeat the boot loader installation in the system and set "Boot from Root Partition" and unset any checkboxes from the "Boot Loader Options" such as "Install into primary boot partition" and "Write MBR". This will install GRUB correctly for refit to recognize it. If that fails, reboot, sync with rEFIT again, boot installed system using DVD, once booted directly do the GRUB setup.

Sound

Chip is supported. If you can not hear sound and have the latest iMac you'll require a patch: Fix ALSA sound output for the iMac7,1 models

Network

Ethernet works (sky2) but WLAN (Broadcom 4328, pciid 14e4:4328) is yet unsupported by bcm43xx. Ndiswrapper works using the Windows drivers.

Graphics

For full 3D features you need the latest fglrx driver from ATI for the Radeon HD 2600 Pro. Add that repository in Yast using "Community Repositories" and install the latest driver. Then use "sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx" and adjust the 1960x1200 resolution.

Mac OSX Partition

If you have a dual-boot system with a Mac OSX partition which is interesting regarding further Apple firmware upgrades, you can acces it from openSUSE like this:

# mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /mnt/

Add a fstab entry to mount it permantently and create some directory such as "/macosx/" as a mountpoint.

iSight

The "uvcvideo" driver supports the webcam. Make sure to copy the file "AppleUSBVideoSupport" into /lib/firmware/. You can find it on Mac OSX in the following directory:

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport"

After you are done you probably want to have fun with the webcam so you should install Cheese (openSUSE 10.3 1-click-install).

Display

The backlight is on full brightness and annoyingly burning. The following backlight Code seems to work despite being for Macbook Pro Santa Rose laptops.