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Hey guys.

 

Well, to make a long story short - I finally got my kalyway 10.5.2 installation fairly stable.

First of all, here are my specs:

 

 

Abit IP35-Pro

Q6600

4 x 2gb Mushkin DDR2 800 HP

eVGA 8800 Ultra

Auzentech Prelude

1 x Raptor x150 (OSX INSTALL)

1 x Raptor (Vista Install)

1 x wd640

1 x samsung 500gb

1 x 200gb

1 x Samsung SH-203B

 

 

Ok, I'm curious about a few things and would really appreciate some guidance.

 

 

1. I'm currently on the default kexts from the kalyway installation, except the onboard sound. Since I'm using Digital Out, I downloaded HDAPatcher with the ALC888.txt file. And it seems to be ok as 2 channel.

 

I'm not sure if I should upgrade the extensions to the other ones I see on this forum, and if so - which ones should I upgrade to?

 

2. How in the world do you install and uninstall the kexts?

 

Because I just ended up doing a fresh install, because I was trying to fix the timemachine - ended up replacing the IONetworkFamily.kext and it ended up killing my internet.....

I had made a copy of the original file, but when I placed it back into the /library/extensions folder - it gave me an error saying that it wasn't properly installed.

 

3. I've been looking all day for a solution to the shutdown/restart issue. I've downloaded a shutdownfix from one of the threads, and it seems to be working decent. But I would still like to find a better solution if there are any. Especially with the restarting issue.

 

4. Are there any ways to get 5.1 on digital? Or maybe even get my prelude working?

 

5. I see many different installations of osx86, e.g. kalyway, leo4all, iatkos, and so on and so forth.

I realize it's really hard to say and it varies from person to person - but I'm pretty sure one package leads the pack. So which one?

 

6. Last but not least, what is the difference between all those kernels? I installed on the vanilla kernel, and I'm wondering which is best suited for me.

 

 

 

So sorry for the numerous amounts of questions. But I am just trying to educate myself a bit regarding this whole new environment.

 

Thank you very much in advance for your time and guidance.

:P

1 - Haven't a clue. I don't bother with trying to get {censored} builtin sound to work. Not worth the effort.

 

2 - Kext Helper. Should be already installed in you apps folder

 

3 - Netkas 9.2.0 kernel with fixed shutdown

 

4 - External USB or Firewire sound. SoundBlaster Live 24bit external will run you about $35-40 bucks and works out the box with no special drivers.

 

5- I do retail installs these days, can't help there.

 

6 - Read up on it.

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