I have a Gigabyte Brix Pro () with G.Skill 16 GB DDR3-1866 Kit (F3-1866C10D-16GRSL, Ripjaws) and a Mushkin Atlas Deluxe (MKNSSDAT240GB-DX) 240GB SSD currently running Ubuntu 14.04 (dualboot with Arch Linux). With 14.04 everything works out-of-the box, older Ubuntu versions encountered (disk)problems during installation (file corruption). My Brix Pro has an Intel Iris Pro 5200 GPU, Gigabyte has also announced an Brix Gaming which is AMD-based (). The Brix-based Steambox will, IMHO, most-likely have a Nvidia GPU. Re: Gigabyte BRIX with (Debian) Linux. From: Catalin Soare References: Gigabyte BRIX with (Debian) Linux. From: Catalin Soare Prev by Date: Re: Installing an Alternative Init? Next by Date: Re: Installing an Alternative Init? Previous by thread: Re: Gigabyte BRIX with (Debian) Linux. I decided to install the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system on the BRIX to see how well it is supported by Linux. To be exact, I downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 14.04.1 LTS and copied it on a USB stick. I briefly had a look around the BIOS of the BRIX. The Gigabyte Brix GB-BXi7H-5500 has got me. (But in the end I won). The problem is crazy graphics display when trying to use any of the desktop live installs, making Linux apparently un-installable. Looking for a distro that might work on the Gigabyte BRIX we just picked up. Intel would be proactive and introduce the necessary changes to linux? Yes, Intel has the driver, but you do not expect an older driver to work on. Jun 10, 2015 - I installed Linux Mint 18 and the performance was good, but the device freezes. Dec 22 2018 - This project has been successful in terms of installing macOS Mojave 10.14 and currently is functioning well (with huge thanks to for his help and patience) - all known issues have been addressed. The attached files are up to date as of Dec 22 2018. If you use the instructions in this post remember to update kexts as appropriate if there are newer versions. Kext Updater is useful for doing that. This post is updated as a result of lessons learnt during the course of the project e.g. When administrators create iViews, pages and systems, when portal applications are uploaded, when user's personalize the portal -- all this information is stored in the PCD. Sap enterprise portal. The bios settings supersede the settings stated in one of the early posts in the thread. The BRIX performs well and has a fairly close to a Mac Mini 2012 i5 Overview of Items Currently working and any known issues. Machine boots and operates macOS Mojave Audio works 4k display works Sleep works Ethernet works Wifi works - having removed original m.2 Wifi/BT module and replaced with BCM94352Z BT/Wifi m.2 module Bluetooth works - having removed original m.2 Wifi/BT module and replaced with BCM94352Z BT/Wifi m.2 module FaceTime and Messages work Airdrop works Handoff works Sleepwatcher and a script to unmount USB drives at sleep resolves an issue with USB HDD's on the Front USB3.1 USB-C and USB-A ports not unmounting correctly at sleep. Foals total life forever rar. The same functionality can be achieved using Jettison app. Currently one minor outstanding issue - if Wake for Network Access and Power Nap are enabled it breaks the fix for the front ports not unmounting correctly at sleep. The workarounds are 1) not enable Wake for Network Access and Power Nap or if these two options are required 2) not to leave USB HDD's attached to the front ports or 3) put up with the incorrect unmount messages. BIOS Settings used with BIOS F10 Kexts, SSDT's used and config.plist used to achieve functionality below. INSTRUCTIONS 1) Prepare Bios for macOS installation as per the attached screenshots 2a) Create Unibeast Mojave installer 2b) When Unibeast finishes creating the installer it will mount the EFI partition, open this and edit EFI/Clover/config.plist so that SMBIOS > ProductName is iMac18,1 instead of iMac14,2. Save the config.plist. (Use a plist editor to do this I use PlistEditPro which you can download free). 3) Boot the Brix using modified Installer (I recommend having just the one drive installed in the BRIX at this point). 4) Follow standard Unibeast instructions and install macOS Mojave. 5) On completion of OS install, install latest version of clover to the newly created Mojave system drive. 6) Ensure EFI partition of system drive is mounted 7a) Apply files from this guide as follows 7b) Copy config.plist to /EFI/Clover and replace existing file 7c) Copy the SSDT's to /EFI/Clover/ACPI/patched 7d) Copy all drivers to /EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI 7e) Copy all kexts to desktop and install correctly to Library/Extensions using kextbeast. Link to Sleepwatcher Instructions this is to address issues with Front USB ports which are not on XHC14 and therefore not fixed by using the SSDT-UIAC. NOTES Remember either copy the required files from this post to a USB stick or use an ethernet connection to connect and download from here as the WIFI will not work until the necessary kexts are applied. Remember these instructions and kexts are based on using the BCM94352Z BT/Wifi m.2 module This post was the original that started this thread as a result of me buying a Kaby Lake 7th Gen Gigabyte BRIX S (BKi3HA-7100) and doing a search which revealed no instance of anyone having posted a guide. This thread will be used to get the Brix working and hopefully will provide insight to others attempting the same. It is hoped that on achieving max functionality this Brix will be added to Rehabman's excellent build repository. So far I have 1. Created a standard UniBeast USB install stick 2. Set optimised defaults in the Brix Bios 3. Enabled CSM Support in the Bios and set storage to Legacy. Disabled VT-d 5. Set BIOS to boot from M.2 drive as default I have then tried booting but can't get past the Apple Logo I tried enabling USB injection and Ownership fix on Clover boot (saw that in another thread) but that made no difference. I am wondering if I need to set a FakeCPUID for this processor after all (I had thought Kaby Lake CPU's were now native for macOS). I just found an old post of yours from a little over a year ago regarding the exact model of Brix I am using and wonder what is different now since the arrival of WhateverGreen in its current format to the advice you gave @j4s0n in. I have opened the config.plist on my USB installer and edited the config list as suggested in that post but I have latest versions of LILU.kext and WhateverGreen.kext in my Kexts/Other folder as opposed to the ones referred to in that post. Gigabyte Brix Linux Drivers Windows 10I See that you recommended using 'config.plist/Devices/FakeID/IntelGFX=native-id (eg. 0x59128086)' and 'config.plist/Graphics/ig-platform-id=0x59120000' So I loaded Clover from the install stick and selected Options Graphics Injector - from there I saw that Card Device ID was 5916 so I took the USB installer to one of my other machines and edited the config.plist using PlistEditPro as follows config.plist/Devices/FakeID/IntelGFX=0x59168086 config.plist/Graphics/ig-platform-id=0x59160000 When I try and boot the installer on the BRIX I get to the Apple Logo and it stops - booting with -v tells me it stops after End RandomSeed. Am attaching the config.plist file in a zip. I just found an old post of yours from a little over a year ago regarding the exact model of Brix I am using and wonder what is different now since the arrival of WhateverGreen in its current format to the advice you gave @j4s0n in. I have opened the config.plist on my USB installer and edited the config list as suggested in that post but I have latest versions of LILU.kext and WhateverGreen.kext in my Kexts/Other folder as opposed to the ones referred to in that post. I See that you recommended using 'config.plist/Devices/FakeID/IntelGFX=native-id (eg. 0x59128086)' and 'config.plist/Graphics/ig-platform-id=0x59120000' So I loaded Clover from the install stick and selected Options Graphics Injector - from there I saw that Card Device ID was 5916 so I took the USB installer to one of my other machines and edited the config.plist using PlistEditPro as follows config.plist/Devices/FakeID/IntelGFX=0x59168086 config.plist/Graphics/ig-platform-id=0x59160000 When I try and boot the installer on the BRIX I get to the Apple Logo and it stops - booting with -v tells me it stops after End RandomSeed. Am attaching the config.plist file in a zip. I bought two different USB2 stick and have now tried them both I am still getting exactly the same error using the EFI Folder I attached in my previous message. So am fairly certain that the issue is not caused by the type of USB stick - I still suspect user error on my part. Did my EFI Folder and the config.plist in it look OK to you? Edited to add - I have installed Win 10 on the other drive in the BRIX just to make sure it is all working fine - no issues. I have also updated the bios to the latest version 10 for this BRIX. I bought two different USB2 stick and have now tried them both I am still getting exactly the same error using the EFI Folder I attached in my previous message. So am fairly certain that the issue is not caused by the type of USB stick - I still suspect user error on my part. Did my EFI Folder and the config.plist in it look OK to you? Edited to add - I have installed Win 10 on the other drive in the BRIX just to make sure it is all working fine - no issues. I have also updated the bios to the latest version 10 for this BRIX.
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