Removing Voodoo Kernel

[rsilves]

Hi. I have a hackintosh with a P5W DH Deluxe.

A month or two ago, I was trying to make my computer turn off right, so I installed the Voodoo kernel (using the installer) to see if it helped. It didn't make any difference, but I left it there.

 

Now the computer gives a kernel panic when turning off. I would like to change the kernel back to the previous one I had. This system was first a Kaly 10.5.0, then updated many times until 10.5.6.

 

Does anyone know how do I put the original back? How do I know which of the files in my root is the vanilla kernel?

Changing the kernel would be just changing the com.apple.Boot.plist file? Or I need to make more changes?

 

Thanks,

Rodrigo

[Beerkex'd]

Just drop the kernel you want to use at root, fix the permissions on it from terminal (search, I don't remember how) and modify com.apple.Boot.plist to load the new kernel.

 

If you just want to test, you can type the name of the new kernel at boot to load it instead of putting it in the Boot.plist.

 

System.kext version must match kernel version.

[PGHammer]

Just drop the kernel you want to use at root, fix the permissions on it from terminal (search, I don't remember how) and modify com.apple.Boot.plist to load the new kernel.

 

If you just want to test, you can type the name of the new kernel at boot to load it instead of putting it in the Boot.plist.

 

System.kext version must match kernel version.

 

Sometimes, while one kernel works up to a point, something else (such as an upgrade or even a fix) can force a kernel change. iDeneb's Combo 10.5.7 Update (applied to iAtkos 5i) solved a rather large number of nasty issues I had with 10.5.5 (and enabled me to fix a few other nitpicks, such as the nForceSATA issue *and* the ACPI issue); however, it broke the voodoo kernel (whenever booting with it, the system would always panic); fortunately, the same update includes the AnV variant of the same kernel (which, for some reason, is not just considerably more stable than voodoo, but also *faster*, which I certainly wasn't expecting; due to my nForce chipset, I can't run a vanilla kernel).

[mschilling]

Seems to me that it is a simple change of the filename of the kernel. Just name the unused one .backup and drop the new one onto the root of the drive.