Closed chithanh closed 3 months ago
When booting the T2 Linux Ubuntu image (24.04, kernel 6.9.5-1-t2-noble) on a MacBook Pro 16,2 the touchbar stays dark, doesn't accept input, and
appletbdrm
is not loaded. Loading theappletbdrm
module manually makes no difference. It appears that the driver either does not include the correct hardware ID for the touch bar, or that the device is somehow hidden from the USB subsystem.
Did you install tiny-dfr
?
Yes, tiny-dfr-0.3.0-1-noble
is installed, but it does not find the dri node, presumably because appletbdrm
didn't create it (card0
is the Intel iGPU).
$ sudo tiny-dfr
thread 'main' panicked at src/main.rs:518:43:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: No touchbar device found, attempted: [
/dev/dri/card0: Device or resource busy (os error 16)
]
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
$ ls -l /dev/dri/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Aug 2 14:32 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 226, 0 Aug 2 14:50 card0
crw-rw----+ 1 root render 226, 128 Aug 2 14:50 renderD128
Yes,
tiny-dfr-0.3.0-1-noble
is installed, but it does not find the dri node, presumably becauseappletbdrm
didn't create it (card0
is the Intel iGPU).$ sudo tiny-dfr thread 'main' panicked at src/main.rs:518:43: called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: No touchbar device found, attempted: [ /dev/dri/card0: Device or resource busy (os error 16) ] note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace $ ls -l /dev/dri/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Aug 2 14:32 by-path crw-rw----+ 1 root video 226, 0 Aug 2 14:50 card0 crw-rw----+ 1 root render 226, 128 Aug 2 14:50 renderD128
If you run sudo touchbar --switch
and restart you Mac, does it still work?
Btw, if you are running sudo tiny-dfr
, you have to first disable the systemd service (sudo systemctl disable --now tiny-dfr
), else it will show the error.
The systemd tiny-dfr.service
fails to start anyway and tiny-dfr
is not running according to ps aux
. I am trying touchbar --switch
next.
As I am booting the LiveUSB image, it didn't make a difference. With some tinkering (blacklisting apple_bce
at boot, then loading apple_ibridge
, apple_touchbar
, and apple_bce
in that order), the touchbar still does not work and I got the following output:
[ 343.119515] usb 5-6: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=8302, bcdDevice= 2.01
[ 343.119521] usb 5-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 343.119523] usb 5-6: Product: Touch Bar Display
[ 343.119524] usb 5-6: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[ 343.119525] usb 5-6: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000
[ 343.126671] input: Apple Inc. Touch Bar Display as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:e6:00.1/apple-bce/apple-bce/bce-vhci/usb5/5-6/5-6:1.0/0003:05AC:8302.000A/input/input15
[ 343.127695] bce-vhci: [00] URB failed: 3
[ 343.186492] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8302.000A: input: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Display] on usb-bce-vhci-6/input0
[ 343.186886] bce_vhci_reset_device 7
[ 343.318367] usb 5-7: new high-speed USB device number 8 using apple-bce
[ 343.318372] bce_vhci_enable_device
[ 343.318859] bce_vhci_cmd_device_create 7 -> 7
[ 343.321240] bce_vhci_reset_device 7
[ 343.321242] bce-vhci: Not implemented: wait for pending output requests
[ 343.450478] bce_vhci_enable_device
[ 343.478207] usb 5-7: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=8102, bcdDevice= 2.01
[ 343.478219] usb 5-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 343.478223] usb 5-7: Product: Touch Bar Backlight
[ 343.478227] usb 5-7: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[ 343.478230] usb 5-7: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000
[ 343.487572] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8102.000B: : USB HID v1.01 Device [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Backlight] on usb-bce-vhci-7/input0
[ 343.569235] hid-apple-magic-backlight 0003:05AC:8102.000C: hiddev6,hidraw9: USB HID v1.01 Device [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Backlight] on usb-bce-vhci-7/input1
[ 348.742551] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8302.000A: tb: Failed to set touch bar mode to 2 (-110)
If necessary, I can see if I can locate another USB drive to make a proper install to. But if I am not mistaken, appletbdrm
still needs to bind to the hardware and create a /dev/dri
node before the touchbar can work.
As I am booting the LiveUSB image, it didn't make a difference. With some tinkering (blacklisting
apple_bce
at boot, then loadingapple_ibridge
,apple_touchbar
, andapple_bce
in that order), the touchbar still does not work and I got the following output:[ 343.119515] usb 5-6: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=8302, bcdDevice= 2.01 [ 343.119521] usb 5-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 343.119523] usb 5-6: Product: Touch Bar Display [ 343.119524] usb 5-6: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. [ 343.119525] usb 5-6: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000 [ 343.126671] input: Apple Inc. Touch Bar Display as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:e6:00.1/apple-bce/apple-bce/bce-vhci/usb5/5-6/5-6:1.0/0003:05AC:8302.000A/input/input15 [ 343.127695] bce-vhci: [00] URB failed: 3 [ 343.186492] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8302.000A: input: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Display] on usb-bce-vhci-6/input0 [ 343.186886] bce_vhci_reset_device 7 [ 343.318367] usb 5-7: new high-speed USB device number 8 using apple-bce [ 343.318372] bce_vhci_enable_device [ 343.318859] bce_vhci_cmd_device_create 7 -> 7 [ 343.321240] bce_vhci_reset_device 7 [ 343.321242] bce-vhci: Not implemented: wait for pending output requests [ 343.450478] bce_vhci_enable_device [ 343.478207] usb 5-7: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=8102, bcdDevice= 2.01 [ 343.478219] usb 5-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 343.478223] usb 5-7: Product: Touch Bar Backlight [ 343.478227] usb 5-7: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. [ 343.478230] usb 5-7: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000 [ 343.487572] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8102.000B: : USB HID v1.01 Device [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Backlight] on usb-bce-vhci-7/input0 [ 343.569235] hid-apple-magic-backlight 0003:05AC:8102.000C: hiddev6,hidraw9: USB HID v1.01 Device [Apple Inc. Touch Bar Backlight] on usb-bce-vhci-7/input1 [ 348.742551] apple-touchbar 0003:05AC:8302.000A: tb: Failed to set touch bar mode to 2 (-110)
If necessary, I can see if I can locate another USB drive to make a proper install to. But if I am not mistaken,
appletbdrm
still needs to bind to the hardware and create a/dev/dri
node before the touchbar can work.
Late loading of apple-bce is an extremely bad idea. This module should instead be loaded as soon as possible.
And didn't you do touchbar --switch
in a proper installation?
Why do you have hid-apple-magic-backlight
, this driver is no longer used. What ISO are you using? What drivers are you trying to install?
Talking about appletbdrm
, the driver is written perfectly. Touchbar on MacBooks have 2 modes: 1. Windows mode with the basic media controls and F keys and 2. The fancy macOS mode which makes it a second display.
By default the touchbar enters the Windows mode and is managed by hid-appletb-kbd
driver. Basically the driver is quite stripped off so Windows mode doesn't really exist now. To make it work in the macOS mode, we use a udev rule to bind it to the appletbdrm
driver and it is shipped with tiny-dfr.
I believe you are using some old iso, or there is something else wrong here.
touchbar --switch
blacklists all the touchbar drivers and installs another driver named apple-touchbar
. This is a fully fledged working driver for the Windows mode. It also disables the udev rule. If you are not getting this to work, there is something seriously wrong with your setup. Maybe you messed up something? Maybe you are doing something different from the standard ways?
And DO NOT message with apple-bce
. It's function is to expose your inbuilt USB devices which includes your touchbar, trackpad and keyboard.
I would appreciate the answers to these questions:
hid-apple-magic-backlight
come from?It would also be nice if you share your complete journalctl
Talking about
appletbdrm
, the driver is written perfectly.
But modinfo appletbdrm
says alias: usb:v05ACp8302d*dc*dsc*dp*ic10isc*ip*in*
which I understand means it is supposed to be loaded when such hardware is present and bind to it. But that doesn't happen.
What ISO are you using?
I'm using ubuntu-24.04-6.9.5-t2-noble.iso
from https://github.com/t2linux/T2-Ubuntu/releases which I realize is not the latest, but fairly recent. I will do all further tests with the very latest ISO.
Before installing tiny-dfr, did you try to follow some random guide to get the touchbar working?
No. I only ran modprobe appletbdrm
then apt update
then apt install tiny-dfr
.
After installing tiny-dfr, did you restart?
You mentioned live iso in an answer before. Do you know that you need a proper reboot which is possible in a persistent storage to make it effective?
With that ISO, there seems to be no persistent storage besides the system logs.
From where did hid-apple-magic-backlight come from?
I did not install it explicitly. It seems to be part of the apple-touchbar
driver which was built by touchbar --switch
.
Ok, when blacklisting the correct drivers then the touchbar works with apple-touchbar
, without a reboot.
journalctl
output after sudo apt update && sudo apt install tiny-dfr
journalctl (touchbar not working)
After booting with modprobe.blacklist=appletbdrm,hid_appletb_kbd,hid_appletb_bl
then sudo apt update && sudo apt install tiny-dfr
then sudo touchbar --switch
then sudo modprobe apple-ibridge && sudo modprobe apple-touchbar
(apple-ibridge
might be unnecessary)
then the touchbar works (in basic mode).
journalctl (touchbar working with apple-touchbar
)
I found the option for persistence, I had to add persistent
to kernel boot parameters, by default this was off.
With persistence and after reboot, the appletbdrm
driver now binds to interface 1 of USB device 05ac:8302
which it didn't do before, and the touchbar works.
If I blacklist appletbdrm
and load it manually after boot, then it will not work. Maybe a race condition?
In any case, I guess the issue can be closed now. There is probably no problem in appletbdrm
itself, as you wrote correctly in https://github.com/t2linux/T2-Ubuntu/issues/131#issuecomment-2265833845
I found the option for persistence, I had to add
persistent
to kernel boot parameters, by default this was off.With persistence and after reboot, the
appletbdrm
driver now binds to interface 1 of USB device05ac:8302
which it didn't do before, and the touchbar works.If I blacklist
appletbdrm
and load it manually after boot, then it will not work. Maybe a race condition?
Yes it's probably a race condition here. If you don't want persistent storage, you'll have to modify the iso to have tiny-dfr by default, so that the udev rule, which works only at boot becomes effective.
In any case, I guess the issue can be closed now. There is probably no problem in
appletbdrm
itself, as you wrote correctly in #131 (comment)
When booting the T2 Linux Ubuntu image (24.04, kernel 6.9.5-1-t2-noble) on a MacBook Pro 16,2 the touchbar stays dark, doesn't accept input, and
appletbdrm
is not loaded. Loading theappletbdrm
module manually makes no difference. It appears that the driver either does not include the correct hardware ID for the touch bar, or that the device is somehow hidden from the USB subsystem.dmesg lspci -nnk lsusb -v lsusb -v -t modinfo appletbdrm