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[davejones]

Is it ok to keep booting my Hackintosh with the "-s" command on the EFI v.80 boot menu? The reason I ask is because this is the only way I can get my sound card to work & stay after each reboot (otherwise it always disappears).

 

What exactly does the "-s" do & are there any disadvantages or negative effects of always booting with it?

 

Lastly, is there anyway to boot with it enabled permanently (without me having to press F8 & type "-s" at each boot up?)

 

Thanks

[cyrana]

If -s is the only wayt that you can get it to work, perhaps don't worry about it.

 

I'd be a bit worried personally, since I work in security (-s is the single user bootup switch right). That sort of logs you in to OS X as the 'root' user, so you are logged on with full admin rights, etc. Typically not the best idea on a modern multi-user aware operating system.

 

Double check that you set the permissions correctly when you did your sound card changes (this is wrong thread, though), or perhaps run the repair permissions tools after making it work.

[davejones]

Hi cyrana,

 

You are right, but if I don't boot with "-s", after a reboot I lose all audio (including entries in System Profiler), but I have to keep typing exit everytime after mention of a Firewire error that is defaulting to full speed???

 

Regarding permissions, I edited a script to clear the relevant caches (see below):

 

#!/bin/sh

. /etc/rc.common

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

sudo rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/Cache

sudo rm -R /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache

sudo rm -R /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

sudo rm -R /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernelcaches

echo "Done !"

 

I even tried it with and without AppleHDA.kext at the end! Followed by a Disk Utility "Repair Disk Permissions", but the result is still the same everytime?...

 

Any ideas... BTW I appreciate all your advise.

 

Cheers mate,

 

davejones

[mrbonkers]

could u send me the kext for your sound card? i want to take a look at the plist.

[davejones]

Thanks xfidelity,

 

Please find the link to aforementioned kext attached, fyi I have also tried rev.4 of this kext (but it is exactly the same, just with Tiger compatibility)

 

http://wiki.taruga.net/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=103

 

Cheers mate & please keep me posted on your findings,

 

davejones

[mrbonkers]

i cant download because i'm not a member there. can u attach the file over here instead

[davejones]

i cant download because i'm not a member there. can u attach the file over here instead

 

Sorry mate,

 

Here ya go!:

 

Cheers again,

 

davejones

Taruga_AD1988b_rev3_Installer.zip

[mrbonkers]

try booting without the -s flag and go to terminal and type

 

sudo -s

kextload -t /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext

 

if it loads, u can make a script to load the kext everytime u boot up your computer

[davejones]

Nope still the same! Nothing appears after I force load the kext...

 

Any more ideas mate?...

 

Thanks,

 

davejones

[murphidaho]

I'm not going to be any help at fixing the problem, but I can tell you how to permanently enable the -s boot.

 

Navigate to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

Drag "com.apple.Boot.plist" to the desktop

Open the file with TextEdit

Locate the line below: "<key>Kernel Flags</key>

It will probably look like this: "<string></string>" it might have something already entered into it, like: -v -legacy etc.

You want to change it to: "<string>-s</string>"

After doing that, drag the file back into the folder, replace it, and then repair permissions.

 

Hope I helped

[davejones]

Hi,

 

Thanks for that murphidaho, it worked perfectly, but do you (or anyone else?) know how I can bypass having to keep typing "exit" everytime before the hackintosh boots into OSX (in the unix command prompt area)?

 

Thank you all