New OS X Restart Solution – OSXRestart Version 1.5c now available!!!

Update: The latest Chameleon nightly – not the official RC4 release – now also includes a restart fix. A big thank you to Duvel300 who wrote this patch!

I have been working on a replacement for OpenHaltRestart.kext and I am proud to present it today, here on insanelymac.com

My kext is written from the ground up, and not based off of either OpenHaltRestart.kext nor EvoReboot.kext You won't
find a single line of code from either kext in my work – using a completely new and different approach to solve restart issues.

It is also the cleanest restart solution ever. No nagging whatsoever. Not even a single line in your log files -
the only reference to me, being "OSX Restart Solution v1.3 By Master Chief 2009" can be found in both Info.plist
and InfoPlist.strings (Update: I did add a notation for kernel.log in later versions).

ioreg -l output
Some of you here might want to know this so here goes:


And for the rest of us… it's not that a big deal. Just forget about it.

Target audience
OSXRestart.kext is developed for OS X 10.6 and 10.6 only. For both 32 and 64 bit (single combo kext). And also (not specifically) for people where restart-after-sleep is broken; no more keyboard controller hacks – I am using the FACP table data instead.

Does it work?
The first version of OSXRestart.kext has been downloaded 121 times so far, and the latest release 25 times. Which looks like nothing right now, but I haven't officially introduced it yet. Not until today – 23 November 2009 – that is.

And the first confirmations from: Asus, Gigabyte and MSI users are starting to flow in. But more importantly, there hasn't been a single complaint about OSXRestart.kext not working. Which to me is far more important, especially since my code is still brand new and like I said earlier; I am doing things completely different (using FACP table data).

Limitations
OSXRestart.kext is developed for one reason only... to fix restart issues. Not to fix shutdown! And it might not work with motherboards with a NVDIA chipset (see post #85). Check your FACP table, which should not be much shorter than the attached example!

Shutdown can be fixed with DSDT patching, and Asus user can look here for help, and Gigabyte users here. Also, OSXRestart.kext is developed specifically for OS X 10.6 and thus there won't be one for Leopard. Sorry.

Troubleshooting
In case of trouble, when OSXRestart.kext doesn't seem to restart your hack, you have to figure out what the problem is. I can't do magic 6000 miles away from you. Start by looking at the installed kexts in /Extra/Extensions/ (where they should be for Chameloen users) or in /System/Library/Extensions/ (where they are when they don't work in /Extra/Extensions) because one of them is most likely the culprit.

Another indicator is shutdown. When that doesn't work without something like OpenHaltRestart.kext or EvOReboot.kext then you are in trouble since, again, OSXRestart.kext isn't going to solve shutdown problems.

And please add a signature before you ask questions, so that people here know what you are using and can try to help you.

Update: Device (SBUS) in your DSDT might cause a slow reboot – up to three times – which basically means that the SBUS isn't working for you. See also: post #102 and post #104

Failures
There are a number of reports where OSXRestart.kext didn't work. A few people had to remove VoodooPowerMini.kext first, while others had to fix their installation. If you can restart once with OSXRestart.kext then you know (or should know) that the restart method I use is supported on your motherboard.

Problems where it only works 1 out of N times are all related to your OS X installation – I presume another failing 3th party kext. You have to find this out yourself, and report it to the developer so that he/she can take care of it. I cannot help you with this. Sorry.

What about OpenHaltRestart and EvOReboot?
I don't have anything to comment on it other than; when you are happy with either one of it, that is fine by me. But please give my work a try. Which is only fair, isn't it? I mean you can always go back to whatever you are using right now, and what is working for you. Thank you for your time and cooperation.

References
OSXRestart.kext was first introduced here and the first update here (22 November 2009).

Go download OSXRestart.kext now, and spread the word of love.

And as always; Happy Hacking!

-Chief