To sum up for newcomers The patch of #54 allows to boot in EFI mode without any special grub option and it just works. If you boot in legac bios mode, you still need the "nosmp" option to boot.
I'm not quite sure about the simplest way to install (k)ubuntu direclty in EFI mode. It would be nice if someone could update the wiki to explain that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197451 Title: Ubuntu fails to properly boot on Macbook Air 2013 6,1 & 6,2 Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Triaged Bug description: Ubuntu fails to properly boot on Macbook Air 2013 6,1 Ubuntu fails to boot the 13.10 live image from usb without specifying acpi-off as a boot parameter. After installation is complete the boot process hangs at a purple screen. Booting into recovery mode shows that the process stops at the following: smpboot: Booting Node 0, #1 I've tried 12.04.2, 13.04, and 13.10. I've also tried booting with kernel ver 3.9.8-030908-generic and the result is the same. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.10.0-2-generic 3.10.0-2.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 2885 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2885 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. CasperVersion: 1.335 Date: Wed Jul 3 15:31:42 2013 IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130703) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir6,1 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash acpi=off BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.10.0-2-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.10.0-2-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.110 RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBA61.88Z.0099.B00.1305241529 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookAir6,1 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA61.88Z.0099.B00.1305241529:bd05/24/2013:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir6,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-35C1E88140C3E6CF:rvrMacBookAir6,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-35C1E88140C3E6CF: dmi.product.name: MacBookAir6,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1197451/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
