On my MBP early 2011 (Mbp 8,2), Ubuntu and MX have long been replaced with Fedora 36. Will post from that machine after the current, ongoing update finishes, @manuel …
Ok now, here’s my
inxi -Fza
System:
Kernel: 6.0.9-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.37-36.fc36
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd6,gpt5)/vmlinuz-6.0.9-200.fc36.x86_64
root=UUID=6bfa545c-b27b-44f9-bbd6-a8791d4bffef ro rootflags=subvol=root
rhgb quiet
Desktop: GNOME v: 42.6 tk: GTK v: 3.24.35 wm: gnome-shell dm: 1: GDM
v: 42.0 2: LightDM v: 1.32.0 note: stopped Distro: Fedora release 36
(Thirty Six)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro8,2 v: 1.0
serial: Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-94245A3940C91C80
serial:
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-94245A3940C91C80 v: MacBookPro8,2
serial: UEFI: Apple v: 87.0.0.0.0 date: 06/13/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.2 Wh (81.4%) condition: 45.7/75.2 Wh (60.7%)
volts: 12.2 min: 10.9 model: IFIXIT bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 22
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-2635QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 931 high: 1454 min/max: 800/2900 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 947 2: 1052 3: 1454
4: 800 5: 800 6: 798 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 32001
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 process: Intel 32nm
built: 2011 ports: active: none off: LVDS-2 empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] vendor: Apple
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen
process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6760 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8509 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: r600 gpu: i915,radeon display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x277mm (17.48x10.91")
s-diag: 523mm (20.6")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS pos: primary model: Apple Color LCD
built: 2009 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129 gamma: 1.2
size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15") diag: 390mm (15.4") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1680x1050 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: LVDS-2 mapped: LVDS-1-2 note: disabled model: Apple Color LCD
built: 2009 res: 1680x1050 dpi: 129 gamma: 1.2 size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15")
diag: 390mm (15.4") ratio: 16:10 modes: 1680x1050
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.1.7 renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 /
6.0.9-200.fc36.x86_64 LLVM 14.0.0) compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6450 / 7450/8450/8490 OEM R5
230/235/235X OEM] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aa98 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.9-200.fc36.x86_64 running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.60 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:16b4 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0f0 state: down mac:
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme
driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4331 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-1.1.3:8 chip-ID: 05ac:821a class-ID: fe01
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 894.25 GiB used: 87.53 GiB (9.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT960BX500SSD1
size: 894.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: rev: R022 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 95.3 GiB size: 95.3 GiB (100.00%) used: 35.09 GiB (36.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%)
used: 264.5 MiB (27.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 600 MiB (100.00%)
used: 34.7 MiB (5.8%) fs: hfsplus dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
ID-4: /home raw-size: 95.3 GiB size: 95.3 GiB (100.00%)
used: 35.09 GiB (36.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.83 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 330 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 1.4 GiB (18.3%)
Init: systemd v: 250 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A
note: see --rpm tools: dnf,yum pm: flatpak pkgs: 22 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.9
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.23
If you wish for anything else, please let me know. This installation keeps running since this last June '22 without any issues. Even had Fedora Rawhide running for some weeks, before returning back to Fedora 36 by an OS downgrade.
The only thing I remember of the initial install I had to do was installing the broadcom-wl package, to get my wifi working. All else keeps running OOTB on Fedora 36. No TLPUI needed, only mbpfan configured against too much overheating by only defining minimum fan speeds (3500RPM for both, left and right fan seems to suffice even under load).
I still have Rawhide running on my old iMac (2009) and it works ok there. Even though that machine is more troublesome in comparison to the MBP, due to more hw limitations.
What might be of some relevance here, to the OP might be this part-snippet from my inxi -Fza above:
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: r600 gpu: i915,radeon display-ID: :1 screens: 1
This seems to show that Fedora is able to ignore the internal graphics by itself, and simply use the dedicated one? Correct me, if I’m wrong here, please @manuel.
Internal:
Intel HD Graphics 3000, 384 MB shared
Dedicated:
AMD Radeon HD 6490M, 256 MB
