rukawa: do you see what you are doing wrong?



it was already 10.5.6 and you were just tryig to update it to 10.5.6 for no reason

ciacil: read post#1 in what works what doesnt

cloud: your download manager corrupting your files? or you have some other problem on your system, just find the problem file and redownload it proparly... noone else had the trouble you are having...

marinjr: thanx for the info, and i hope people who wants to extend the battery life will take it into consideration...

Also waiting for my touchscreen kit to arrive finally thanx for all the donators

Mysticus C*,

I was just wondering about the Touch Screen myself. Is there a lot of support for it? is it worth getting or should I wait until there is more support for it?

All the best

NSCXP2005

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

Can anyone advise me how I can get the trackpad preference pane back into my System Settings? The trackpad on my NC10 is way too sensitive!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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

You could try to extract RARs with RAR Expander (http://rarexpander.sourceforge.net).
It often succeds in expanding multi-part passworded RARs, that - for example - Stuffit isn't able to manage sometimes.

You should not have Stuffit installed on your mac, it's turned into a horrible piece of software over the years. For an alternative .sit decompressor, try The Unarchiver.

Thanks Mysticus C*.

Can't wait to see you guide!

NSCXP2005

Touchscreen is coming on monday, so will have to wait a bit... I will try to record everything in 1280x720 res so hopefully it will be easy to view... but probably video size will be kind of big, will try to cut the crap and will only show the parts that needs to be viewed...

excellent!!

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?

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...

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!

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!

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

Sorry about that mate.

I will do it nativally.

sorry again.

NSCXP2005

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!

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...

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...

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...

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

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!

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
==========================================================
below this may not be suggested as things will be painfully not readable!!!
==========================================================
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?)

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

Hi,

I am expecting delivery of my NC10 in a few days and have downloaded all .rar files from RS.

I am a noob at this so would like to know how to create the iso from all of these files and burn to a dvd.

I have an external drive and also am awaiting delivery of the Dell 1490 wifi card.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

I would reccomend winrar or 7zip, and burn with dvd decrypter.

Regarding resolution problems, I've found two apps which help to different degrees

Artguiscale - http://theape.biz/ automates what mysticus wrote about. It's a widget. But any pixel/drawn elements in the desktop will mess up

Much more useful is Megazoomer. http://ianhenderson.org/megazoomer.html. This allows you to zoom any app full screen. Since the button is usually only a little off-screen this is mostly a good solution. Better than presentmyapps since it appears as an option under 'window' in the menu bar

Hope those help

Question: Does anyone have a link to the beta trackpad drivers mentioned by Mysticus? Couldn't find a working link in the thread on insanelymac

Another question: Is there a way to speed up the brightness hack? It takes 8 or so seconds for the scripts to execute each time I want to notch the brightness up a bit

I bet you have something wrong with your setup, 'cause it should take around 1,5-2 seconds to adjust the screen brightness with Quicksilver's triggers. Within this time icon is quickly displayed on the screen and straight after that the brightness changes (+/-).

How about if you run the scripts directly in Terminal, is it any faster?

Thanks. I don't know how to use terminal.

I have it set up in quicksilver exactly as described, simply as triggers, and it does work fine, just takes ages. To be fair sometimes it's 5 seconds, but it's still sluggish. Tried in Butler too. Same

Ooh, I can't wait to try the resize/zoom feature, great find, guys!

For those who didn't try it yet: I installed the ClamShell.kext and it works great when on battery mode - as soon as I close the lid, it goes right to sleep. Opening the NC10 does nothing - I have to press the power button to resume.

However, when I plug in the AC adapter and the lid is closed, the NC10 goes into an endless sleep-resume loop. It only stops when I either unplug the AC adapter or open the lid.

Since I'd like to charge my NC10 when the lid is closed, it looks like ClamShell.kext will be removed until someone can figure that out.

On a side note, any luck on the internal mic? I feel we're so close to having a near-perfect Hackintosh on the NC10 (I've got a Dell 1390 for Wi-Fi). The internal LAN I can do without for now, but I'd still like it. After all, the MacBook Air doesn't have an internal LAN either.

Perhaps there's a really tiny USB mic that looks like a little stub, kinda like some really tiny Bluetooth adapters I've seen. ?

brightness triggers runs slow when you run them very first time, after it is run the first couple of times, it becomes smooth and fast, due to cold start and startup up background processes first run is slow...

Must be something strange then because I've been setup with OSX (running otherwise smoothly) for over a month now and brightness hasn't improved in speed. It's a minor niggle anyway.

Hey guys,

I haven't been posting a lot, but I'm reading the thread every day.

I stumbled upon an installation problem yesterday which I haven't been able to resolve since. And this is my 25th or so install - all others worked perfectly.

Hardware:
Stock German NC10, stock WiFi (don't need airport... yet), 2GB

Situation:
3 Partitions - 1. Vista, 2. OSX, 3. Data (fat32)

Install Source:
Complete 10.5.6 ISO from shragle, installed from a bootable USB-Stick, MD5 checks out

Process:
-So I start the installation onto the second partition (primary, no letter assigned in Vista)
-Full installation runs smoothly
-after installation finishes and nc10 restarts i get a blank screen that says:
"boot1: error"

I've checked the dirve in Gparted - all partitions are well and intact.

I've searched the forum and web as good as i could, but didn't find zilch.

I'll keep looking, but maybe on eof you has a quick 'n dirty answer for me.

25 installs... Not all on the same machine I presume!?

No, of course not!

Five or so (and the current, too) were for a pal.

have you tried f4 menu? and back to normal system?

If F4 doesnt work, use gparted to "flag" your windows xp disk as "boot". Then it works.

Does this version support DSDT?

If not, could I install this (http://######.com/weaksauce12/?p=309), or would it screw up my installation (have it in dual boot with windows 7).

Also, looked at this driver for the display (since the included one doesn't support mirroring?) (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=143340&view=findpost&p=1042759) would it work with the sammy?

currect iso doesnt have dsdt support but you can get dsdt easy anyway, also you can use the pcwiz tools for installing for much easier solution...

for the display driver, i included older version with the mirror function in the nc10 files section, just check...

I have noticed that if I don't use Leopard for several minutes, (more or less 9 minutes, 'cause my screen saver starts at 10 minutes) running with power adapter, (I don't know if in battery mode the same problem occurs, not tried yet), when I come back I can move only the mouse and all the rest is blocked. I tried to press/hold down power button but nothing change, so I have to shutdown the system pressing power button down for several seconds and it is frustrating and dangerous.
How can we fix this bug?

Thanks in advance!

Fabio

mysticus,

is this the version of the 950 GMA driver you are using from this thread?

950GMA Mirror Driver

All the best

NSCXP2005

I have tried all the obvious fixes, even if they're actually meant to fix other problems. Recovery with F4 does nothing, wiping the partition and reinstalling does nothing. If I set the VISTA (not XP, guys) partition back to active, it boots with no problems. Also I think (but am not sure) that Vista doesn't have a boot.ini anymore.

I'm kinda stumped here. Anyone multibooting OSx86 with Vista or W7 around here? Cause I don't know if it's an NC10 issue, or something general.

i dont know really what is causing the issue, but i will check a standalone osx to be run to see what it will bring...

For those who split their hard drive between Windows XP and Mac OS X:

Has anyone noticed that the time is off immediately upon bootup of the other operating system? I'm usually off by five hours, so I have to resort to syncing with time.apple.com and time.windows.com, but that leaves the first few minutes of the boot up a bit off, and that may throw off alarms, reminders, and other things before it corrects the time (if I happen to be connected to the Internet at that moment, too).