Samsung NC10 UK revision, Updates / Installation / Modding etc, stuff will be here Options

[cloud9]

bummer that...just downloading from Safari, no problem apparent with my otherwise stable system.
I will redownload everything from Firefox and report back.

I'm in business! Firefox allowed me to specify "binary file" in its save dialog. I guess the blame is on Safari interpreting the bytestream in .rar files as text?

[horner]

nscxp: there is win osx linux support for the touch screen, drivers are there for all 3 os, so it should work just fine, however i dont have any hands on experience just yet... will see...

horner: read the post#1 carefully next time... go to bike town / update / samsung nc10 files link / touchpadfix is there! make sure you read the post#1 carefully

Thanks for the reply Mysticus.

Sorry, I had seen the trackpad plist fix but didnt see there was a full install as well. I can confirm it has successfully re-instated my trackpad preference pane. I dont suppose there is any possibility of enabling the trackpad scroll just yet?

Anyway, thanks for your work. I have managed to get OS X installed with the minimum of problems.

[ Mysticus C*]

Thanks for the reply Mysticus.

Sorry, I had seen the trackpad plist fix but didnt see there was a full install as well. I can confirm it has successfully re-instated my trackpad preference pane. I dont suppose there is any possibility of enabling the trackpad scroll just yet?

Anyway, thanks for your work. I have managed to get OS X installed with the minimum of problems.

there is a beta driver lying around, which allows some of the functions, but i never tried it myself, didnt even need either... just search the topics for alps beta driver... and scrolling...

[horner]

there is a beta driver lying around, which allows some of the functions, but i never tried it myself, didnt even need either... just search the topics for alps beta driver... and scrolling...

Cool ill give that a go. I just find that when browsing the web it helps having that vertical trackpad scroll available to you - saves me mousing over to the scrollbars!

[BeyondtheTech]

Hey guys, great job in getting OS X to run on the NC10. I just bought mine, but I'm a bit confused - the blog post on Wired (here) makes no mention that the ethernet port doesn't work in his list of cons, and the compatibility chart (here) says it does work.

Is it a futzy tweak, or a different build that got theirs running? Did they not really test that? Are the UK and US versions that different? Is someone misinformed?

And, what's up with the search feature on this site? I did a search for NC10 and it comes up empty. ?!

[toc70]

Hey guys, great job in getting OS X to run on the NC10. I just bought mine, but I'm a bit confused - the blog post on Wired (here) makes no mention that the ethernet port doesn't work in his list of cons, and the compatibility chart (here) says it does work.

Is it a futzy tweak, or a different build that got theirs running? Did they not really test that? Are the UK and US versions that different? Is someone misinformed?

And, what's up with the search feature on this site? I did a search for NC10 and it comes up empty. ?!

Wired table is wrong.
Ethernet LAN port doesn't work in MacOSX as there are no drivers (yet?).
Search feature on this forum works very bad... often doesn't work at all... don't know why.
Bye!

[ Mysticus C*]

beyondthe tech: that information is wrong, there is no working driver yet! for the lan.

nscxp: dont pm me for those kind of questions. My guide is purely native installations. When did i mention installation through Virtual Machines? Stop it pls. You ask for help, and i give you direction, and now you are not only wasting my time, but also getting annoying using PM, post it here maybe someone knows answer they will answer u. I m not your personal customer service.

others who trying to search forum: use google. keywords are important. use whatever keyword u wanna search and add insanelymac at the end, google search the forum for you!

Search box example: Samsung NC10 Insanelymac

[NSCXP2005]

Sorry about that mate.

I will do it nativally.

sorry again.

NSCXP2005

[abirch]

I just picked up an Apple Wireless Keyboard, which works flawlessly on the Mac OSX side of my NC10, but I can't get it to hook up to the Windows XP. If anyone out there is successfully using one of these in XP, can you share with us how you did it?

Thanks!

[Vinze]

Well.. It doesn't work on my NC10.
Installation runs without any problems and I selected the nc10 package(s).
But when I restart the Samsung after the installation it shows the Apple logo for 2 sec and then it reboots. I've enabled EDB in the bios, and installed it with an external dvd player.
Anyone who knows how to fix this?

P.S: I used this ISO: NC10_JaS.OSx86.10.5.6.Mysticus (this is the final image when you upgrade JaS 10.5.4 with ppf)

[ Mysticus C*]

Well.. It doesn't work on my NC10.
Installation runs without any problems and I selected the nc10 package(s).
But when I restart the Samsung after the installation it shows the Apple logo for 2 sec and then it reboots. I've enabled EDB in the bios, and installed it with an external dvd player.
Anyone who knows how to fix this?

P.S: I used this ISO: NC10_JaS.OSx86.10.5.6.Mysticus (this is the final image when you upgrade JaS 10.5.4 with ppf)

have you checked the md5 of the final iso? also please double check the EDB setting! you may have enabled it but if you dont save it b4 you quit bios, it will not mean anytg...

also you are the only one so far if you enabled edb and it still reboots constantly... so it sounds like download error? or user error? somewhere...

[Vinze]

have you checked the md5 of the final iso? also please double check the EDB setting! you may have enabled it but if you dont save it b4 you quit bios, it will not mean anytg...

also you are the only one so far if you enabled edb and it still reboots constantly... so it sounds like download error? or user error? somewhere...

Yes I've checked it more than once, took the download from demonoid and this is my MD5 hash:

Which is exactly the same as the original one.
Some more nfo:
Bios version: 04CA
Fujitsu Harddrive
1GB of Ram

Also, when starting without the dvd I get the message: boot1:error
My harddrive is completely formatted and the only partition is the one with OSX.
To get to the Apple bootscreen I have to connect the dvd drive, let it boot and don't press any button. But after that it reboots when you see the white screen and the Apple logo.

Maybe my harddrive is broken or something like that, but it doesn't make sense because XP/Vista/7 and Linux all run fine.

Edit: Now i'm going to try what it does if I install WinXP first, then make the non-formatted partition and install OSX again. Maybe I got the error because I created an empty partition with a linux live cd (Linux Mint). Or maybe OSX something from the mbr of Windows?

[ Mysticus C*]

Yes I've checked it more than once, took the download from demonoid and this is my MD5 hash:

Which is exactly the same as the original one.
Some more nfo:
Bios version: 04CA
Fujitsu Harddrive
1GB of Ram

Also, when starting without the dvd I get the message: boot1:error
My harddrive is completely formatted and the only partition is the one with OSX.
To get to the Apple bootscreen I have to connect the dvd drive, let it boot and don't press any button. But after that it reboots when you see the white screen and the Apple logo.

Maybe my harddrive is broken or something like that, but it doesn't make sense because XP/Vista/7 and Linux all run fine.

Edit: Now i'm going to try what it does if I install WinXP first, then make the non-formatted partition and install OSX again. Maybe I got the error because I created an empty partition with a linux live cd (Linux Mint). Or maybe OSX something from the mbr of Windows?

why dont you just use OSX disk utility to format the hdd instead of linux or stg else, if you are only gonna install osx on it and nothing else...

[Vinze]

Woooohh, IT'S WORKING!
What did I do?
First I deleted all my partitions to begin with a clean harddisk.
Then I booted the XP setup, created my ntfs partition and installed XP.
After the installation I made a new unformatted partition and did a reboot.
Then I loaded the OSX setup and installed it again, to bad, still reboots at startup.
But I was able to get to the chameleon bootmenu, and used the command -v
This did the trick and let me boot into OSX!
Now after several reboots it still works, also without -v
Don't have a clue why it didn't work before, but hell, it works now!

Thanks Mysticus!

*Going to Ebay in search for an wireless N airport compatible card*

[ Mysticus C*]

Woooohh, IT'S WORKING!
What did I do?
First I deleted all my partitions to begin with a clean harddisk.
Then I booted the XP setup, created my ntfs partition and installed XP.
After the installation I made a new unformatted partition and did a reboot.
Then I loaded the OSX setup and installed it again, to bad, still reboots at startup.
But I was able to get to the chameleon bootmenu, and used the command -v
This did the trick and let me boot into OSX!
Now after several reboots it still works, also without -v
Don't have a clue why it didn't work before, but hell, it works now!

Thanks Mysticus!

*Going to Ebay in search for an wireless N airport compatible card*

did you update your bios or it came with 04ca? it may be a glitch for edb setting in bios, restarting constantly is sign of edb setting not on!... however if you are able to boot now, that is fine... first time reboot after install will/may have boot problem, but going into f4 menu and coming back out resolves it, later you should not have the problem anymore...

[rukawa11]

crap.. i think this is a problem with boot.ini? i'm not sure but i installed windows 7 and deleted the 5gb ddmac os x install partition and now when i choose os x at startup. the screen just says h and stops. do i have to delete the mac partition and reinstall it? i cant stop messing up haha

[The Thinker]

I installed 10.5.6 iso with an external usb dvd driver, applied all the fixes and it works fine. I like Leopard but I have a question:
I have notice that many windows are too large and it is impossible to resize them, example if you go in "Spaces/spaces preferences" the window is very big wit no green button (+) and you can't click near the bottom right corner to resize it 'cause it is an off-screen window.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance

[toc70]

I installed 10.5.6 iso with an external usb dvd driver, applied all the fixes and it works fine. I like Leopard but I have a question:
I have notice that many windows are too large and it is impossible to resize them, example if you go in "Spaces/spaces preferences" the window is very big wit no green button (+) and you can't click near the bottom right corner to resize it 'cause it is an off-screen window.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance

That's what I'm also trying to solve...
So far I only have two partial solutions, as unfortunately I don't have an external monitor:
- sometimes, just to read the content of windows/dialogs that don't fit into the screen: F9 (Expose' All Windows)
- in some cases, to click buttons that are below the bottom of the screen: hide menu bar with this application (http://www.eternalstorms.at/utilities/presentyourapps/index.html); you just recover about 20 pixels, but sometimes it's enough to drag the window up and click the buttons on the bottom of the dialog (like in Skype prefs, if I remember correctly).
- NOTE: some applications don't behave very nicely when you hide the menu bar (in these cases, I hide the menu bar, setup prefs, and then unhide the menu bar).

Any other ideas?
Ciao!

[ Mysticus C*]

for resolution, there is a funky way of temporary solution (i got it from somewhere which i dont remember now, but it is in my notes ). but warning taht it may cause some program menus/fonts to act strange at times... varies program to program!

Open Finder / Applications / Utilities / Terminal.app

In terminal,

type

(i dont know if sudo su is needed or not as i have not tried this yet myself )

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.8 this will give you 1280x750

You have to logout and login again for changes to take effect and this to work!

Example usages!
defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.7 this will give you 1462x857
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below this may not be suggested as things will be painfully not readable!!!
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defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.6 this will give you 1680x1000

defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.5 this will give you 2048x1200

defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.4 this will give you 2560x1500 (i dont know if the gm950 supports this resolution and further more?)

[Smoothie_92]

Hi, got my NC10 couple a days ago, and since then i've experimented with different os.

But my problem is that when i install things (or only Huawei's Mobile Partner) the application dosen't show in Applications.

I start the installer, type in my password, and finally, the installer says that the installation was a success.

So far so good, but when i try to locate the app in Applications, i can't find it!

Anyone noticed a similar problem?

//Smoothie