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

[darkgemini]

Mysticus, I run into a problem here. After I follow your post #248 to delete the AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext, I'm able to see the battery icon, but now my nc10 won't go to sleep when I close the lid anymore...anyway to fix this?

Beside, how can I make a donation? whenever I click on "Donate" on your side, it just take me to PayPal. Yes, I have a PayPal account..but how do I send money to you...

[RT91]

Mysticus, I run into a problem here. After I follow your post #248 to delete the AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext, I'm able to see the battery icon, but now my nc10 won't go to sleep when I close the lid anymore...anyway to fix this?

Beside, how can I make a donation? whenever I click on "Donate" on your side, it just take me to PayPal. Yes, I have a PayPal account..but how do I send money to you...

As far as i know you log into paypal and then it will come up with the amount you want to donate etc...Same as how ebay would do it i think

[ Mysticus C*]

Mysticus, I run into a problem here. After I follow your post #248 to delete the AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext, I'm able to see the battery icon, but now my nc10 won't go to sleep when I close the lid anymore...anyway to fix this?

Beside, how can I make a donation? whenever I click on "Donate" on your side, it just take me to PayPal. Yes, I have a PayPal account..but how do I send money to you...

you enter money amount you wanna donate into the box, press donate button, it will take you to paypal website, enter your login info, confirm sending, and send the donation...

I m still working on experimenting different things, and acpibatterymanager is one of the next things in the list to do...

unfortunately i cant do everything at once... slowly one by one...

dvd project is complete, and i ll provide the instructions/files tomorrow...

RT91: You are wrong mate, it is not official drivers that allows it, you need to use kismac program, change io80211 driver and still u need to overcome kernel panics... it is not stock drivers at all, process is painful. and it has been mentioned many times already... currently if you want peaceful wifi, get yourself a dw 1490 or 1500 series dell mini wifi card...

else you will need to wrestle with some drivers and kernel panics also will need patched driver all the time until official support comes...

[darkgemini]

Ok, I was able to make a donation. Have to turn off NoScript in my firefox to do it
About the sleep issue, take your time mate...you have done so much for us NC10 users...thank...right now I just have to use Fn + Esc to sleep and that's ok with me

[ Mysticus C*]

OK FINALLY i am making the dvd upgrade process available...


+ Before you begin, you need to download MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg combo update from apple (note that this file is inside the combo update dmg image, and you need to copy MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg file not the DMG image!) and place/copy the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg file to the root of your working partition
+ If you are upgrading an DVD ISO image, you need to put the original named JAS iso (JaS.OSx86.10.5.4.Client.Server.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.iso) to the root as well...
+ What is root? It is the top level of any partition... Better understand this way, like in windows, root is C:\ or D:\ or E:\ etc... C:\Windows is not a root! it is a sub folder... got it? Same in OSX open finder and drop the files to top level, not inside any folder...

There are two steps involved! And one option from each step is necessary... do not choose more that one option from step 2!

Step 1: Necessary project files... (this is excluding the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg official combo update from Apple so you need to download and put it in the root of your current working partition. Also if you are upgrading an ISO, you need to copy the iso to root as well as noted earlier)

Step 2: Upgrade... either an ISO or a DDMAC partition...

+ If you are upgrading ddmac partition, just choose the version of your ddmac image (jas or nc10 whichever you have)
+ If you are upgrading an ISO, you need to be careful! If there is a ddmac partition in the system made from the same iso, please first upgrade the ddmac partition, and re-run the installer again to upgrade the iso, else it will NOT WORK! I made it this way for future purposes, and to lessen the amount of work to be done to simplify the process...


Once the process is done, for ISO, it will upgrade the iso to 10.5.5 and change the ISO name and Mount/Volume names appropriately...
For the ddmac partition, it will upgrade the ddmac partition to 10.5.5 and change its volume name appropriately...

The process is fairly simple, but you need to put ISO and Combo update files to the root of the partition you booted! This part is the only catch!

Here is the Upgrade Package

i will edit the post #1 later... weekend is busy

enjoy and give feedback...

if you are not sure about any step or didnt understand some parts, please ask rather than bricking your system
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Thanx to A R, N T, C P for donations... Money will be spent in TouchScreen kit later and the instructions for HOW-TO do...

Cheers...

[Dust Mason]

Sorry to be the newbie who asks the super basic obvious question, but:
I'm confused as to what exactly this newest update package you've created for us is.

I understand that it updates the 10.5.4 install ISO image and/or partition to be a proper 10.5.5 install, and is in the form of a shell script to be run from an existing OS X install, is that correct?

If so, does this mean that to install a 10.5.5 system from scratch I should still be using your 10.5.4 PPF patch to the JaS ISO and then upgrade that once installed? If I don't have access to a running version of OS X with which to apply this newest package you've just posted, then I should be installing it as before?

I hope I was clear with the questions.

I also want to add my thanks for your hard work on this, Mysticus! The download of the JaS ISO has been slow, but almost done now so I'm excited to start... Your guide is wonderfully done.

[ Mysticus C*]

Sorry to be the newbie who asks the super basic obvious question, but:
I'm confused as to what exactly this newest update package you've created for us is.

I understand that it updates the 10.5.4 install ISO image and/or partition to be a proper 10.5.5 install, and is in the form of a shell script to be run from an existing OS X install, is that correct?

If so, does this mean that to install a 10.5.5 system from scratch I should still be using your 10.5.4 PPF patch to the JaS ISO and then upgrade that once installed? If I don't have access to a running version of OS X with which to apply this newest package you've just posted, then I should be installing it as before?

I hope I was clear with the questions.

I also want to add my thanks for your hard work on this, Mysticus! The download of the JaS ISO has been slow, but almost done now so I'm excited to start... Your guide is wonderfully done.

sorry for the confusion...

most people already have jas and/or patched jas (nc10 dvd) and most people installed it already..

this project was to give u flexibility for future... so in case if u needed to install it again, you will not start from 10.5.4 dvd and update to 10.5.5 again... it will give you an 10.5.5 system once installed... normally distros install 10.5.0 base and than update it to later versions using combo updates, same here... the process is done during installation, so you dont need to update it again after that...

it is to give people an option/flexibility for future installs on the same machine, or maybe who knows, your friends' machine...

so you will always have the latest version...

when 10.5.6 update comes out, i will make one for the 10.5.6

if you dont have the osx installed already, unfortunately i will not provide this upgrade as a PPF... which i explained before but here again it comes to a 1.5 gb ppf file!!! i dont feel like providing such a huge file... so only way to use this upgrade is to install jas or nc10... at the moment...

clear now?

[Lupin3d]

Hi misticus,
I own a Samsung NC10 and I've downloaded the Jas 1.0.5.4 iso ( it takes a looot of time to be downloaded ). I followed your instrunctions and now I've the new Samsung-NC10-10.5.5.iso image.
I want to know if I can use this iso to install osx also on other netbook ( like the asus eeepc or the acer one as well ). DVDupgrade.mpkg modify the "original" Jas iso only for the nc10 (installing his own driver) or in a more "general" way?

Regards

[G4-Flo]

Hey Misticus,

first: Guy, you're a genius! You have my full respect for your long and hard work on the NC10!

I've installed your package on my NC10 and it works almost like on a real mac.

I didn't install it by using an external DVD drive because I don't have one. I've used ddmac. The main issue using ddmac is, that if it's once installed and the first start ends with a blinking cursor, you will need a external drive or linux on a pendrive to set up an active partition. Well, I didn't have an external drive neither linux. But it's very simple to make your NC10 starting again - just press F4 after turning your NC10 on. After pressing F4, Samsung's recovery solution will start. You don't have to make any recovery. Just quit the application and restart your samsung - OS X or Windows will start yet correctly, that's it!

OK, now my NC10 had that issue that it starts into the "Welcome loop". I've solved that by booting up with -s and used some commands at the terminal. Now it works almost perfectly.

But there are some minor issues, I don't care if they are because of the way I've installed leopard or if they are normal. Here they are:

- NC10 is not going into sleep-mode if the lid is closed. It only turns the display off, but the fan and hdd are still working
- The Webcam is as it seems permantly working. I've recognized that, because the area around the webcam is always a bit warmer than the rest of the lid. Booting into windows, there is no difference...
- Webcam also is extremely slow if active
- The menues in leopard are not half-transparent, they are white.
- There is no way to adjust the brightness of the display

Ok, these issues are not really important, I just wanted to tell you. It's really amazing how fast and fluent it works on a non-mac ;-) Next days i will order a dell wifi-card in order to have network and internet.

Is there any chance to disable the webcam and change the powermanagement that the nc10 goes into full sleep mode if lid is closed?

Thanks for tips and help in advance (and sorry for my english again)

[ Mysticus C*]

Hey Misticus,

first: Guy, you're a genius! You have my full respect for your long and hard work on the NC10!

I've installed your package on my NC10 and it works almost like on a real mac.

I didn't install it by using an external DVD drive because I don't have one. I've used ddmac. The main issue using ddmac is, that if it's once installed and the first start ends with a blinking cursor, you will need a external drive or linux on a pendrive to set up an active partition. Well, I didn't have an external drive neither linux. But it's very simple to make your NC10 starting again - just press F4 after turning your NC10 on. After pressing F4, Samsung's recovery solution will start. You don't have to make any recovery. Just quit the application and restart your samsung - OS X or Windows will start yet correctly, that's it!

OK, now my NC10 had that issue that it starts into the "Welcome loop". I've solved that by booting up with -s and used some commands at the terminal. Now it works almost perfectly.

But there are some minor issues, I don't care if they are because of the way I've installed leopard or if they are normal. Here they are:

- NC10 is not going into sleep-mode if the lid is closed. It only turns the display off, but the fan and hdd are still working
- The Webcam is as it seems permantly working. I've recognized that, because the area around the webcam is always a bit warmer than the rest of the lid. Booting into windows, there is no difference...
- Webcam also is extremely slow if active
- The menues in leopard are not half-transparent, they are white.
- There is no way to adjust the brightness of the display

Ok, these issues are not really important, I just wanted to tell you. It's really amazing how fast and fluent it works on a non-mac ;-) Next days i will order a dell wifi-card in order to have network and internet.

Is there any chance to disable the webcam and change the powermanagement that the nc10 goes into full sleep mode if lid is closed?

Thanks for tips and help in advance (and sorry for my english again)

not just webcam is always on, bluetooth as well... they are connected to a usb port internally.... and no way to switch them off i guess...

sleep works perfectly only when on battery! when it is on power adapter, it continues feeding current to usb or listening to usb, and since bluetooth and cam is always on, it may be the reason why it is causing wake event, you can confirm this from terminal by doing: sudo dsmesg or using apps/utilities/console show all logs... see it youself, when power connected, sleep works but usb causes wake event! it is acpi-powermanagement issue either bcoz of driver or simply from mobo/bios maybe?

i have not played too much with the powermanagement yet, but i will check with the appleacpibatterymanager to see if it will have any effect, though it disables the battery icon and maybe the powermanagement, for some reason, but didnt fully test it yet as i should...

the menu? you mean top task bar? it should be transparent and if not, there is a setting for it somewhere in the system settings i think...

brightness adjustment is no go at the moment, those are acpi buttons specially assigned i think, in windows you can do it, but well it is designed for windows... well it is liveable i guess still...

for the powermanagement, i m not so sure i will be able to make changes to it...

for the loop, what commands have you run, explain a bit? because some german users have got this loop problem as well, i have no idea why but i only had that issue once on my desktop and i had already osx partitions with account in it, but dont really know what causes it, maybe driver? or bug from 10.5.4?...

anyways, can you do the upgrade procedure and reinstall again (use another partition you created for testing to install) to see if this loop going to happen again? i suggest doing wiping current install and make a reinstall, so that you wont have any created account... also in case when u press mac os x option, if it goes back instantly to same screen, press f8 very quickly to bring osx boot selections, it is because of timer issue boot.plist in the ddmaced image i think

[ Mysticus C*]

Update News: I tested the AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext along with vanilla pm bundle, it works, and battery shows up, time etc showed in power meter... i ll let you know with new installer for this... didnt test extensively, for sleep and other parts... but will do later...

[RT91]

yup I got that problem as i mentioned above i'll show you the pixs just to double confirm it



and


I'm off to sleep now have uni first thing tomorrow, but pm me the updated pff and i'll run it again and see how it goes tomorrow, cheers mate

I'm getting the same screen!!Just downloaded all the things you told me too and getting this...
I get the top one as i attempt o boot from dvd to install....

Any ideas?

BTW using the jas dvd

Also the screen when its loading darwin says: Error loading plist filelaoding
Or something bear that

[ Mysticus C*]

I'm getting the same screen!!Just downloaded all the things you told me too and getting this...
I get the top one as i attempt o boot from dvd to install....

Any ideas?

BTW using the jas dvd

Also the screen when its loading darwin says: Error loading plist filelaoding
Or something bear that

have you checked the guide page 54! bios settings? do the bios settings and report back... everyone seems to miss that apparently, i need to stick a note for it...

[RT91]

have you checked the guide page 54! bios settings? do the bios settings and report back... everyone seems to miss that apparently, i need to stick a note for it...

Went through the whole guide page by page..im chacking again now though
Any other things to checks?

Thanks for your quick reply

[ Mysticus C*]

Went through the whole guide page by page..im chacking again now though
Any other things to checks?

Thanks for your quick reply

for system to boot correctly, bios settings must be correct!

[RT91]

for system to boot correctly, bios settings must be correct!

Yep they are corret here what i get...







Thats in order of how they come ,bios is identical to yours

[ Mysticus C*]

Yep they are corret here what i get...

Thats in order of how they come ,bios is identical to yours

not that i dont beleive you, but please post your bios screen cap...

also which version are you installing? plain jas? or jas+ppf=nc10? forget it, i see your on nc10, but did u check the md5 of the jas iso and after ppf, nc10 md5??

also boot with -v flag to see what exact error you will get after bios check..

[RT91]

How do i check the md5??

[ Mysticus C*]

How do i check the md5??

your settings are correct, most likely a damaged dvd...

in windows, google a program called accuhash... once installed, use tools/hash calculater menu...

settings: hash type md5, encoding hexadecimal, browse the iso file, calculate, this will take a bit of time... 30-60 secs probably depending on your computer performance...

your original jas has md5: F7E82424D6EFB474950B361DB7840C91
and samsung ppf dvd: FD8FA6AF80F921E45CB9E21A81557780

if you still have the original jas dvd, check its md5 first, if it doesnt match, most likely it is damaged iso, and u further damaged the iso with ppf...

you can still try, -v Platform=OSX86

but i doubt it will work correctly, if it does, you can fix your iso using my upgrade dvd still i cant guarantee 100% it...

[RT91]

your settings are correct, most likely a damaged dvd...

in windows, google a program called accuhash... once installed, use tools/hash calculater menu...

settings: hash type md5, encoding hexadecimal, browse the iso file, calculate, this will take a bit of time... 30-60 secs probably depending on your computer performance...

your original jas has md5: F7E82424D6EFB474950B361DB7840C91
and samsung ppf dvd: FD8FA6AF80F921E45CB9E21A81557780


if you still have the original jas dvd, check its md5 first, if it doesnt match, most likely it is damaged iso, and u further damaged the iso with ppf...

you can still try, -v Platform=OSX86

but i doubt it will work correctly, if it does, you can fix your iso using my upgrade dvd still i cant guarantee 100% it...

Original Jas is matching up and just finishing reading the nc10 one

Oh and thats totally different!!
7670C36A3967EF0974C03C4723669DE5

How do i fix this?