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GlenJ

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Registered: 2026-01-17

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Carbon RC3 - Install in on macbookair 2017

Carbon RC3 with a few tweeks is working great on my macbookair 2017 with 8 gb memory.

macbookair 2017 - Carbon RC3 - fix broken devices
Wifi, Trackpad
Boot live usb
Plugin usb mouse as bluetooth and trackpad are not working yet
Plugin dongle for WiFi - RealTek works
Run Installer

Reboot

For Broadcom WiFI
sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt install broadcom-sta-dkms
sudo modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac
sudo modprobe wl
WiFi dongle can be unplugged
reconnect WiFi with now working broadcom driver

For Trackpad:
this fixes cursor movement
    modprobe -r bcm5974
    modprobe bcm5974

this fixes tap to click
edit ~/.config/bunsen/autostart
change comments on synclient to this

## Configure touchpad. See 'man synaptics' for more info.
## (Now might be using libinput instead of synaptics.)
##synclient VertEdgeScroll=0 VertTwoFingerScroll=1 HorizEdgeScroll=0 TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2 PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=4 PalmMinZ=100
## simpler alternative:
synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 HorizEdgeScroll=1 VertTwoFingerScroll=1 TapButton1=1

For bluetooth:
sudo apt install bunsen-meta-bluetooth

for webcam:
google search reveals a fix  for Boron but it works for Carbon as well.  I'm not allowed to link to this