Harry Seaward Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 System: ASUS m4a78-EM AMD X2 250 Nvidia 9500 GT 1gb Onboard Realtek ACL887 Install of 10.5.8 with iDeneb 1.6 went pretty smooth. The only issue I've found is that every time I open the Sound Preferences, I get a kernel panic. The audio is also kind of staticy at random intervals but I can live with this if it's the only issue I have. Here is the configuration I used to install: Installed from iDeneb v1.6 Lite (Leopard 10.5.8) Bootloader: Chameleon v2 Kernel: 9.5.0 Kernel Voodoo Apple Decrypt Apple SMBIOS Patched: Apple SMBIOS 800Mhz Disabler DSDT Patcher TimeMachine Fix OpenHaltRestart PS/2: VoodooPS2Controller AboutThisMac Fix SystemProfiler Fix Fix: Seatbealt Fix Audio: VoodooHDA Chipset: AHCI SATA/IDE & AppleATIATA Network: Ethernet/Realtek/ Select: RTL8169/RTL81111 Video: NVinject 0.2.1/ Select: NVinject 1024MB Cleanup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Can you remove the VoodooHDA.kext from /System/Library/Extensions? Reboot, and see if you can open the sound preferences. Sound will not work, but that is not what it's about. From what i have read, this panic occurs due to an faulty driver, or due to faulty RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Which method did you use to get audio working? You are using Leopard. Leopard is damn old. I am unsure if most audio kexts released since 2010 would work with it due to its age. You may want to use SL instead. Greater compatibility options there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Seaward Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Can you remove the VoodooHDA.kext from /System/Library/Extensions? Reboot, and see if you can open the sound preferences. Sound will not work, but that is not what it's about. From what i have read, this panic occurs due to an faulty driver, or due to faulty RAM. Seems to be faulty driver. I removed VoodooHDA.kext and can open the sound preferences with no problem now. Which method did you use to get audio working? I didn't do anything, actually. I installed with the options I listed in my first post and everything just worked (including my Linksys WMP54GS wireless card, which I was amazed). My only issue was the kernel panic on opening sound preferences. Frankly, I've had more issues with EVERY one of the dozens of Windows installs I've ever done. You are using Leopard. Leopard is damn old. I am unsure if most audio kexts released since 2010 would work with it due to its age. You may want to use SL instead. Greater compatibility options there. I'll look into making the change. I was hoping to go Lion or even ML, but it's looking like the mainstream distros for them only support Intel CPUs and I'm afraid the patches required to get either one working on my old ass hardware may more than I'm willing to take on at this stage. Can you recomment a good AMD distro for SL? Or is there a way to just upgrade from the version of Leopard I'm running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Can you recomment a good AMD distro for SL? Or is there a way to just upgrade from the version of Leopard I'm running? That I cannot help you with. I am an Intel guy. I am sorry that I cannot recommend an install disk for your arch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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