OSx freezes when mounting DMG file

[daggmask]

Hi everyone.. this is my first post and i would first like to thank this site and its members for all the wonderfull contributions, installation help etc.

 

Now to the issue.

I have got a very big problem. The thing is, as the topic says, my hackintosh freeze when mounting a DMG file. It doesnt matter what file it is, i have tried several like firefox, vlc, etc. After completing the download using safari, it automatically mount the file and the screen goes grey with the standard grey text (you need to restart your computer) message.

 

I have no clue what so ever why this is happening and i am willing try out anything! Please help.

 

Hardware spec:

 

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Intel Core 2 duo 2.3 GHZ

Gigabyte Geforce 9600 GS (silent)

4GB Ram (667)

800GB Sata-300 Drive

[Lintendo]

Which kernel do you use?

[daggmask]

Right now i'm using netkas kernel speedstep, formatted to try if that works better.

I am using the IPc 10.5.6 installation.

[vbetts]

This is actually a common problem with leopard right now.

 

You need to take the seatbelt.kext from 10.5.5, and get rid of the 10.5.6 seatbelt.kext. That's what's causing the kernel panic. Speedstep has nothing to do with it.

 

There should be a sticky or something for this problem, seeing it a lot and a lot of topics popping up because of it.

[Lanceomni]

vbetts is correct. Seatbelt.kext from 10.5.6 causes this.

 

If you do not have a backup of extensions from a previous version you can download the 10.5.5 single update from Apple's site and extract it using Pacifist. Drop the extracted system.kext on to your desktop. Open Terminal and type the following commands. (The following commands rely on it being on your desktop.)

sudo -s
cd /System/Library/
cp -r ~/Desktop/seatbelt.kext Extensions/
chmod -R 755 Extensions/
chown -R root:wheel Extensions/
touch Extensions/
rm -rf Extensions.mkext
diskutil repairpermissions /

 

Reboot using -v -f

 

It is a got idea to keep a backup copy of your extensions folder on a USB thumb drive or even in a separate folder so you can restore a kext if needed.

[bufferjg]

Yep, that worked for me.

[Maniac10]

You should move the 10.5.6 seatbelt to a backup folder and then do what lanceomni2 says, cause for 10.5.6 kernel you'll need 10.5.6 seatbelt.

 

 

There should be a sticky or something for this problem, seeing it a lot and a lot of topics popping up because of it.

 

Agree, this should be a sticky.

[Lanceomni]

@eMatoS

 

Good idea, I generally slip a few commands to backup the extensions folder but I got a bit lazy.

[jaymus]

Damn, yeah, I've had this problem too. Pretty frustrating. A sticky on it definitely seems prudent.

[Dale Bryant]

This is actually a common problem with leopard right now.

 

You need to take the seatbelt.kext from 10.5.5, and get rid of the 10.5.6 seatbelt.kext. That's what's causing the kernel panic. Speedstep has nothing to do with it.

 

There should be a sticky or something for this problem, seeing it a lot and a lot of topics popping up because of it.

 

What if the seatbelt.kext file doesn't do the trick? What next. I put the 10.5.5 seatbelt file in with kexthelper and repaired extensions.. rebooted with a -v -f and still freezes on mounting a DMG

[starobrno1]

Seatbelt and system.kext have to be the same version. That gives if you´re running 10.5.6 you need 10.5.6 seatbelt and system.kext.

[Daveta]

the problem is that nobody change also system.kext....

[LightyKD]

I have the same issue. I'm on kernel 0.9.7 I just found a workaround. Save your dmg files to a USB flash stick and mount your dmg file from there. Skip the verifying part and it will work. Im installing my apps now