105 replies to this topic

[Jeezoflip]

Should i bother trying this method now, or will semthex & jas release a new update that does all this and is more stable?

[spuke]

Bruce Wang, on Dec 13 2006, 07:44 AM, said:

1. Copy AppleACPI and AppleAPIC to desktop
2. Applied JaS SSE2 Beta9 patch to 10.4.8 SSE2 working installation
3. Before reboot, delete r2d2, AppleACPI and AppleAPIC
4. Move AppleACPI and AppleAPIC back
5. Copy s5 kernel (mach_kernel.s5) to root and set permission
6. Repair disk permissions and prebinding things
7. Reboot with mach_kernel.s5

And now I am running 10.4.8 with 8.8.1 kernel....Thanks to all who make it possible!

Bruce

Woot, thanks. I had the same problems as you booting the earlier versions and now it's working following your method! Thanks man .

The only problem/glitch I seem to notice is that he says I got 0 Mhz in the About This Mac. Any idea how to solve?

[Bruce Wang]

Forgot where I read the below method. It used to work for me, however it seems not work anymore. You can try.

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I have figured out a way to manually fix your About This Mac window.

Go to /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app

Right click and click "Show Package Contents" on loginwindow.app

Once inside loginwindow.app, go to /Contents/Resources/English.lproj

You should see a file called "AboutThisMac.strings" inside English.lproj, open it up with TextEdit

Depending on weather you have a singe or dual processor, scroll down to one of the following lines of code:

Single Processor scroll down to the following code
CODE
/* final UI with a description of the processor (e.g. "600 MHz PowerPC G3") */
//"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "Processor: %@";
"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "%@";
"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_L3CACHE_FORMAT" = "%@ L3 cache";


Dual Processor scroll down to the following code
CODE
/* final UI with a description of the processors (e.g. "Dual 800 MHz PowerPC G4")
//"ABOUT_BOX_MULTIPLE_PROCESSORS_FIELD_FORMAT" = "Processors: %@";
"ABOUT_BOX_MULTIPLE_PROCESSORS_FIELD_FORMAT" = "%@";
"ABOUT_BOX_MULTIPLE_PROCESSORS_L3CACHE_FORMAT" = "%@ L3 cache per processor";


Edit the fourth line so that it matches your processor. So here's what my Celeron would look like.
CODE
/* final UI with a description of the processor (e.g. "600 MHz PowerPC G3") */
//"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "Processor: %@";
"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "2.7 GHz Intel Celeron D";
"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_L3CACHE_FORMAT" = "%@ L3 cache";


Next, save the file as "AboutThisMac.strings" to your desktop.

Then copy the file back over to your English.lproj folder.

Now, check out your About This Mac and enjoy your no longer unknown processor.

[eugmoon]

rufus, on Dec 13 2006, 05:15 AM, said:

News on the SSE2 front!!!
After a long battle session with myself and SaberSHO i am proud to say is iTunes 7 running native on sse2 computer!
Emulation is still shaky as it is imcomplete.  Work will progress and stay tuned as a stable emulator will come soon!

Out of curiosity, what did the problem end up being? Was it what everyone thought? (An SSE3 instruction that wasn't being emulated?)

This is so exciting. Keep up the great work!  

[SnipinTerminator]

Hello,

I just tried the new kernel, it worked perfect. I just copied the s5 to my root and renamed it to mach_kernel.s5, then repaired perission and restarted with mach_kernel.s5. It booted way fatsre than beta 9.

After that I uninstalled katana (which I installed a few days ago) because it destroyed my QE support. After the uninstallation: blue screen at boot, not text, a mouse for 2 secs and then just blue screen. Before restrating btw: I chnaged the name to mach_kernel and the original to mach_kernel.old and repaired permissions.

I'm goping to try the old kernel later today, cause I don't have time now.

(btw, don't see this as complaining!!! I reallly appreciate what you do and I'm not complaining, I'm just giving sharing my experience)

[semthex]

Nice to see you people like it, the out-of-the-box experince is coming closer  

[Hellmonkeys]

Any news if this will work on all 8.8.1 files?  If not, anyone have a list of files that need to be copied from older versions? Probably not...

[SaberSHO]

Right now I started with 10.4.6 JaS install with appropriate patches. Delta to 7, Delta to .8.  Deleted IOPCCardFamily.kext and AppleIntelCPUManagement.kext. Replaced with older IOPS2Controller.kext and paulicat's smbios.

This boots with the "in testing" kernel, but about this mac does not open.

So for the screenies, i used loginwindow from 10.4.6.

So, files to backup?
Loginwindow.app,
IOPS2Controller,
download Smbios...

Thats about it...the rest is all official 10.4.8 official files.

And please dont bug me about where to get te kernel. Rufus and Semthex will release it when they are good and ready (still lots of bugs)....

[spuke]

Hmmm iTunes 7 isn't running, saying there is not enough memory left. Anyone else got this also? I had this on 10.4.7 also, so I reinstalled and kept Itunes 6, but I thought the problem was solved with the new kernel? I got 786 MB Ram, don't see the problem.

[SaberSHO]

The screenies got borked...so here they are agian

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/OMG2.png

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/sse2.jpg

[wow]

spuke, on Dec 13 2006, 08:42 PM, said:

Hmmm iTunes 7 isn't running, saying there is not enough memory left. Anyone else got this also? I had this on 10.4.7 also, so I reinstalled and kept Itunes 6, but I thought the problem was solved with the new kernel? I got 786 MB Ram, don't see the problem.

nobody said it was solved so far i have seen 100 people " complaining"  itunes still didnt work
They work on it now but it is gone need some time, ok a bugged test version only for spcial tesetrs exists but not for us, not in this state usefull anyway.

Edited by wow, 13 December 2006 - 08:24 PM.

[JaS]

Congrats on the iTunes 7 ,semthex & rufus

[spuke]

SaberSHO, on Dec 13 2006, 08:42 PM, said:

The screenies got borked...so here they are agian

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/OMG2.png

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/sse2.jpg

Congratulations. Damn, I so want to get my 6600GT QE/CI Enabled .

[ChiefWiggum]

exp5 works very well for me.
Much better than exp2.
Even QE/CI seems more smoother. (Must be my imagination)

I could now install & run the 2006-007 Apple Update (+Myzar Patch).
Dock, Finder, iTunes, Colloquy now all work well.
These did not work earlier with the older kernels.

Thanks Again !!!

Edited by ChiefWiggum, 13 December 2006 - 08:35 PM.

[Hellmonkeys]

SaberSHO, on Dec 13 2006, 01:42 PM, said:

The screenies got borked...so here they are agian

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/OMG2.png

http://sse2kernel.go...es.com/sse2.jpg

Any news on if the new QuickTime runs better in the new kernel?  If not, it's something to look in to, but I have a feeling it has something to do with why the new iTunes is messed up as well...

[semthex]

EXP6 is out, grab the link from IRC.  

The download pages is taken offlien because testers could not keep it with themself.  

[Jeezoflip]

...so is there gonna be a full package coming out with all of this in one semthex? An SSE2 ver with the 8.8.1 kernel?

[Dense]

Is the SSE fixed so that Itunes 7 now runs?

[semthex]

Jeezoflip, on Dec 14 2006, 03:10 AM, said:

...so is there gonna be a full package coming out with all of this in one semthex? An SSE2 ver with the 8.8.1 kernel?

I am not a packager, programmer you know

Dense, on Dec 14 2006, 03:15 AM, said:

Is the SSE fixed so that Itunes 7 now runs?

It should do so.

[Dense]

Add me to the list of people with a working iTunes 7 install now.