Builds a minimal Fedora image to run on Apple M1/M2 systems.
fedora package install:
dnf install mkosi arch-install-scripts systemd-container zip
note: qemu-user-static is also needed if building the image on a non-aarch64 system
note: until this PR is merged into the next mkosi release https://github.com/systemd/mkosi/pull/1264/commits
install mksoi from main:
python3 -m pip install --user git+https://github.com/systemd/mkosi.git
To install a prebuilt image: Make sure to update your macOS to version 12.3 or later, then just pull up a Terminal in macOS and paste in this command:
curl https://leifliddy.com/fedora.sh | sh
Notes:
- The root password is fedora
- On the first boot the
asahi-firstboot.servicewill run and will take around a minute to complete. - The Asahi Linux-related RPM's (and Source RPM's) used in this image can be found here:
https://leifliddy.com/asahi-linux/37/
All RPM's signed are signed by a GPG key. The repo config can be found here:
https://leifliddy.com/asahi-linux/asahi-linux.repo - The Fedora kernel config used is nearly identical to the kernel config used by the Asahi Linux project:
**only a few Fedora-specific modifications were made https://github.com/AsahiLinux/PKGBUILDs/blob/main/linux-asahi/config
Setting up wifi
NetworkManager is enabled by default.
To connect to a wireless network, use the following sytanx:
nmcli dev wifi connect network-ssid
an actual example:
nmcli dev wifi connect blacknet-ac password supersecretpassword
Wiping Linux
Bring up a Terminal in macOS and run the following Asahi Linux script:
curl -L https://alx.sh/wipe-linux | sh
You should definitely understand what this script does before running it.
You can find more info here:
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Partitioning-cheatsheet
Boot from USB device
Once Linux is installed on an M1 system, you can then boot a compatible usb drive via u-boot.
This project will create a bootable USB drive for M1 systems.
https://github.com/leifliddy/asahi-fedora-usb
Display and keyboard backlight
The light command can be used to adjust the screen and keyboard backlight
light -s sysfs/leds/kbd_backlight -S 10
light -s sysfs/backlight/apple-panel-bl -S 50
Fedora 37 release:
To upgrade from F36 --> F37 leifliddy#11
Known issues:
mesa-asahi libraries
If you have mesa version 1:23.0.0_pre20221207 or 1:23.0.0_pre20221209 installed
please see the following: leifliddy#8 (comment)
xorg-x11-server: There's currently a known issue that causes xorg to crash
Please copy the following config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/PKGBUILDs/blob/main/asahi-configs/30-modeset.conf
note: The following MR has been submitted for this:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/1021
Info on the offical Fedora effort to support Apple silicon:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Asahi