Comment 15 for bug 546393

I know the below writen information is not 100% related to the orignal bug but still very relevant

..to give people hope on enjoying Ubuntu 10.04 on their MacBookPro (5,2)

I write this in the case the final 10.04 release CD would still not work.
Then there still would be a path to 10.04 via upgrading a fully working 9.10

On Karmic 9.10, I'm a happy camper now since,

* Wifi via restricted STA drivers works well
* Videocard Nvidia Driver 185.x works well, albeit restricted *<:o)
* Magic Mouse Basic works, needs tweaking, had no time yet. See
http://github.com/entrope/linux-magicmouse
* Bluetooth thus also works... ;)
* Sound works well, I've adjusted the Ubuntu wiki instructions
* iSight camera, a quick test showed picture, for testing I instaled
  cheese (sudo apt-get install cheese)

The related page for all of this Karmic goodness is
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro5-1_5-2/Karmic

BTW this helpful guy with great SEO links for EFI boot issues
http://www.rickycampbell.com/booting-windows-linux-and-osx-on-your-mac-without-using-grublilo-to-boot-windows/

Now I will see if we can upgrade to Lucid Lynx 10.04 Beta 1, a bold move...

So far, the original bug remains...well... bugging us. Cannot install Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 Beta 1 direct booted from CD on latest Modern MAC Powerbook Pro 5,2 :-( IMHO indeed critical.