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

[JPUK]

Mysticus, thats why i specifically asked someone else to edit the guide. I dont expect you to be working on both.

Also, the BIOS settings are identical to mine. Ive done everything that was in the guide and site, including checksums on files. The issue only cropped up post combo update, i assumed it was an issue the "post update" installer not working right. If you can be more specific about a possible issue with my BIOS that would be nice, but i appreciate that youre busy.

[ Mysticus C*]

Mysticus, thats why i specifically asked someone else to edit the guide. I dont expect you to be working on both.

Also, the BIOS settings are identical to mine. Ive done everything that was in the guide and site, including checksums on files. The issue only cropped up post combo update, i assumed it was an issue the "post update" installer not working right. If you can be more specific about a possible issue with my BIOS that would be nice, but i appreciate that youre busy.

also which version are you using? jas original? or ppf applied jas aka nc10 dvd?

did you check bios settings and they are exactly the same? can you show a screen cap to confirm?

u installed official update? no restart, and run 1.2.0 package and chosen "nc10" and "update fix before restart"? right?


provide information someone can answer you accordingly...

[lil_shawn87]

okay now i got a problem I was at the installation and couldnt click on customise, the "special options" such as the nc10 pack, after installation i found out that at the boot up to mac it reboots automatically at the grey screen with teh apple :S i applyed the ppf patch and wonder what went wrong help?

[JPUK]

Ive installed the nc10 patched Jas ISO (NC10 DVD, as you say).

It booted up fine, ive got all the update files on the OSX desktop BUT then the guide stops being relevant because it seems the process after this is different? So i ran the PRE update patch, then ran the official update (DIDNT restart, just minimised) Then used the all in one to run the patch for after the update.

This is where it all went wrong because after thereboot it just loaded to the apple logo and no further.

If you can quickly explain how to install the official 10.5.5 combo, and the newest relevant patches, I would appreciate it.

I dont want to piss you off, its just i read through your guide twice and decided to give it a try, only to find all the installers have changed.

[ Mysticus C*]

Ive installed the nc10 patched Jas ISO (NC10 DVD, as you say).

It booted up fine, ive got all the update files on the OSX desktop BUT then the guide stops being relevant because it seems the process after this is different? So i ran the PRE update patch, then ran the official update (DIDNT restart, just minimised) Then used the all in one to run the patch for after the update.

This is where it all went wrong because after thereboot it just loaded to the apple logo and no further.

If you can quickly explain how to install the official 10.5.5 combo, and the newest relevant patches, I would appreciate it.

I dont want to piss you off, its just i read through your guide twice and decided to give it a try, only to find all the installers have changed.

all you needed to do was, install official update, finished? minimize, and run nc10 update package, choose nc10 and update fix before restart... thats it... alternatively for future, wen you first installed the dvd, use the dvd upgrade patch and files to upgrade your current iso! so you will have 10.5.5 otb no need to update or wait for my next project 10.5.6 dvd upgrade...

[casper2341]

JPUK - I had the same problem as you did with the install but came to the realization that I did not follow the instructions carefully. The first thing i would check is go into your BIOS and check that the EDB setting is enabled. This solved the boot problem for me. Lots of people are having this issue and it is more of a fact that people including myself weren't following the instructions even though we swore we had. Most just breezed through the bios settings without really making sure everything is correct. Anyways, hope this will solve your problem as it solved mine. Mysticus is doing great work for this group, I do realize that this topic has gotten quite long and will take time to read through everything, but most common questions have been answered by Mysticus and sometimes answered many many times. And if this does not solve your problem, I hope that others will be able to provide more help then.


And just a quick note, do not rush to update to 10.5.6. There may be many more problems that will need to be solved before it is safe.

[JPUK]

Cheers Mysticus! Second time lucky! I had obviouly broken it by installing the pre patch aswell as your all in one patch. Oops! Thanks for the help. Great work.

[ngreg01]

I've installed the 10.5.6 update, it seems the update removes the NC10 drivers. The mouse and keyboard are not found after reboot. I think it's needed to install the NC10 drivers again after install the update without reboot, otherwise you need to take out your usb mouse and keyboard again.

It works fine in 10.5.6 up to now.

[maas aa]

NGREG01:

Then how did you install the drivers after the update?

thanks

[lil_shawn87]

okay i got mine up and running, the problem was after the update site bike town wasnt accurenct anymore, so reinstalled read your post,
install offical and than the update voor the drivers
mysticius, i think i could write instructions , how to install from hdd instead of dvd-rom, in english and dutch. Do i have your permisson?

[ngreg01]

NGREG01:

Then how did you install the drivers after the update?

thanks

use another usb keyboard and mouse

[ Mysticus C*]

wen i have time today, i will try to renew the update package for 10.5.6

the reason why people loose drivers is because we are using modified drivers, when you do official update, it replaces the original drivers

one more thing, some of you may know but majority dont, that in update package there is "update fix before restart" which replaces the "1" script at restart, i guess no one is doing it, so you have a chance to brick some other things... but anyways... this update is not something for emergency, so no need to rush...

[srcshelton]

I decided to take the plunge and install the 10.5.6 update (stop sniggering, you there at the back!) and predictably it wasn't quite plain sailing:

Wifi still works, Graphics is now no longer set to full brightness (which is an improvement), a customised SystemConfiguration is no longer needed for battery information to appear (hurrah!).

The downside is that, as a few people have touched on so far, PS2 is broken. I have tried both ApplePS2Controller.kext and AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext, and neither load correctly.

dmesg says:

CODE

apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
AppleDecrypt: Copyright (c) 2008 Dale Walsh
AppleDecrypt: Starting...
AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
calling mpo_policy_init for mb
Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
SMBIOS: EFI bootloader
Extension "com.apple.driver.ApplePCIConfigurator" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
can't determine immediate dependencies for extension org.tgwbd.driver.ACPIPS2Nub
Can't determine dependencies for org.tgwbd.driver.ACPIPS2Nub.mbinit: done
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present

Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
can't determine immediate dependencies for extension com.apple.driver.AppleACPIThermal
Can't determine dependencies for com.apple.driver.AppleACPIThermal.
Couldn't alloc class "AppleACPIThermalZone"
can't determine immediate dependencies for extension com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPowerSource
Can't determine dependencies for com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPowerSource.
Couldn't alloc class "AppleACPIBattery"
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
From path: "uuid",
Waiting for boot volume with UUID 9B72EB97-A3A0-377B-BFBE-14A77770E6F9
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
AppleIntelPIIXPATA: Secondary PCI IDE channel is disabled
BTCoexistence feature not supported!
wl0: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller
4.170.46.11Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleIntelGMA950" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
[HCIController][configurePM] power parent ready after 1 tries
Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPIIXATARoot/PRID@0/AppleIntelICHxSATA/ATADeviceNub@0/AppleATADiskDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/OCZ CORE_SSD OCZ CORE_SSD/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Untitled@2
BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jettisoning kernel linker.
AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1f:e1:xx:xx:xx
Resetting IOCatalogue.
GFX0: family specific matching fails
display: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 0
Matching service count = 0
Matching service count = 0
Matching service count = 0
Matching service count = 0
Matching service count = 0
display: match category IOFramebuffer exists
GFX0: match category IOFramebuffer exists
AirPort: Link Down on en0
GFX0: match category IOFramebuffer exists
display: match category IOFramebuffer exists
MAC AUTH succeeded
AirPort: Link Up on en0
ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out
IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
display: Not usable

The custom extensions I have on my EFI partition are:

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Changed: AppleACPIPlatform.kext
Changed: AppleAPIC.kext
Changed: AppleIntelGMA950.kext
Changed: AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
Changed: AppleSMBIOS.kext
Changed: IO80211Family.kext
Changed: IONetworkingFamily.kext
Default: IOAudioFamily.kext
Default: IOGraphicsFamily.kext
Default: IONDRVSupport.kext
Default: OSvKernDSPLib.kext
New:     AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext
New:     AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext
New:     AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
New:     AppleDecrypt.kext
New:     AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext
New:     AppleSMBIOSEFI.kext
New:     IntelCPUPMDisabler.kext

Has anyone yet discovered a working PS2 kext for 10.5.6?

[tiomo1981]

I've written a little script to interface "reggie_se" which in turn is used to set display brightness. I'm running a retail install on my NC10 so I had to look a bit deeper into the method posted by RealRooster.

I managed to successfully patch my AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer executable by using the instructions from:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-91753/brightness-control "Hagglebeef" has the right instructions on how to patch the file.

After patching the file, OS X is no longer in command over the LCD brightness. Now by using the reggie_se utitily you can set a register of the Intel GMA950 chip called Legacy Backlight Control. It accepts a value from 0-255 (1byte) where 0 is darkest and 255 the brightest setting.

I wrote the script because I wanted a fairly convenient way of setting and increasing/decreasing the brightness.

The command syntax is:

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change-brightness.sh - change LCD display brightness, (c) Timo Kosig 2008
usage: change-brightness.sh operation [number]

operation:    get -- return current display brightness
        set -- set new display brightness

number:        either absolute, 0 (darkest) - 255 (brightest)
        or relative expressed as +- value, e.g. - 15 or + 20

Please feel free to download & try.

PS: There might be still a few bugs in there but since it is harmless nothing should upset your mac.

Attached File(s)

 change_brightness.sh.zip ( 1.4K ) Number of downloads: 41

 

[Flakk]

Hey Mysticus, great work on the nc10 osx patches so far, you seem to have put a lot of time and effort in.

I've been attempting to install osx on my nc10 without a USB DVD-ROM, I came across a handy utility elsewhere on the forums called ddmac.exe (leopard hd install helper). Unfortunately JaS.OSx86.10.5.4.Client.Server.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.iso is over 4GB, I think this is causing ddmac to bluescreen my nc10 and i cannot install using this method. Is there a version of osx86 that is less than 4gig that will work with your nc10 patches? Have you (or anyone) used ddmac succesfully with this iso?

Thanks for any help,

[Mr_CP]

Hey Mysticus, great work on the nc10 osx patches so far, you seem to have put a lot of time and effort in.

I've been attempting to install osx on my nc10 without a USB DVD-ROM, I came across a handy utility elsewhere on the forums called ddmac.exe (leopard hd install helper). Unfortunately JaS.OSx86.10.5.4.Client.Server.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.iso is over 4GB, I think this is causing ddmac to bluescreen my nc10 and i cannot install using this method. Is there a version of osx86 that is less than 4gig that will work with your nc10 patches? Have you (or anyone) used ddmac succesfully with this iso?

Thanks for any help,

there shouldn't be a problem with the size of the file esp in windows as ntfs should be able to handle the 4gb+ file size.
if you find that ddmac keeps crashing etc, then what i found is while it is installing leave it alone completely until it changes itself, i know its so tempting to click on it as it looks like it freezes but just leave it to do its magic and it'll work.

[Flakk]

Thanks for the reply Mr_CP, the reason I suspected the 4GB filesize might be the culprit is because I was following some instructions that said i should format the install partition with FAT32, but I see other people have successfully completed installs with ddmac and this particular iso, so I must be making some other mistake. Also I managed to resist clicking away at ddmac, it bluescreens all by itself, I swear!



I'll try playing with some other settings to see if i can get this working.

[cmascatello]

The install partition where the DDMAC ISO resides must be NTFS. The Fat32 partition is causing the problem -- it does not handle 4+ GB files properly.

[Mr_CP]

Thanks for the reply Mr_CP, the reason I suspected the 4GB filesize might be the culprit is because I was following some instructions that said i should format the install partition with FAT32, but I see other people have successfully completed installs with ddmac and this particular iso, so I must be making some other mistake. Also I managed to resist clicking away at ddmac, it bluescreens all by itself, I swear!



I'll try playing with some other settings to see if i can get this working.

You are running xp on the NC10 currently? If you are then I'm just perplexed as it was my knowledge that xp runs upon NTFS which can handle 4gb+ filesize, and regarding your install partition that should be fat32 definately otherwise you will not be able to install osx on it at all. You should ideally have 4 partitions in total, 1) samsung recovery, 2) XP, 3) around 5-6gb for ddmac installation and 4) the remainder that you shall install osx onto. both the 3 and 4 should be fat32, however 3 should be a logical drive (shown how to do it in pages 4 through to 22 of the guide from the first post in this thread. - http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=137314)
try that out and let us know how it goes.

just found the bookmark i used to help install it for me

http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/how-install-...-dvd-t4701.html

read that guide helps explain it.

[ Mysticus C*]

for 10.5.6 update, dsdt patch didnt seem necessary (rtc is working just fine looks like it?)

updating is easy, just download the 10.5.6 delta update. install, dont restart,
install nc10 update package with only nc10 selected (no need for update fix before restart!), it will bring back all the functions after restart

i m currently busy, sorry for not posting headsup yet...