Amacx86 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 So today I put iDeneb 10.5.6 on my HP Pavilion dv4-1435. It's a partial success. The DVD booted to the installer with no modification, I installed it with the intel chipset, realtek 1000 ethernet, and a sound driver. The install went smoothly, and it booted right up. Some issues: (1) With the intel GMA 4500 graphics chip, no QE, limited graphics modes. (2) Sound doesn't work (3) the WiFi doesn't work. If I can get #3 fixed, I'll stick with it... Thoughts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173488-partial-success-dell-pavilion-dv4-ideneb-1056/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 depends! whats your wifi card? i've got a dv4 with a broadcom wireless and it works after editing a plist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173488-partial-success-dell-pavilion-dv4-ideneb-1056/#findComment-1192089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amacx86 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 depends! whats your wifi card? i've got a dv4 with a broadcom wireless and it works after editing a plist I'm thinking that it's Intel Pro Wireless - I can't seem to find a spec sheet anywhere, but if I go to the HP site and look for Windows XP/Vista drivers for this machine, it has intel pro wireless drivers + LSI audio drivers available for download. Also, I'm going to give switchresx a shot to see if I can at least get the screen into native resolution. (The irony of this is that when I finally got iDeneb to the install screen and options, it looked like it had all the options necessary to make my Phenom powered desktop run well, but I couldn't get that distro past "waiting for root" on the desktop...) EDIT: I discovered this link on the Tiger Install side that links to ProSet/Wireless 2200 drivers http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/ I'll give them a shot in a bit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173488-partial-success-dell-pavilion-dv4-ideneb-1056/#findComment-1192261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amacx86 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 So I could install the drivers for the 2200 Pro wireless, and I rebooted. But the networkselector program says "could not get ID for kernal control" and the terminal window exits without letting me try to connect to a network. So I'm not sure if it's a different Prowireless chipset, or a different wifi card altogether... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173488-partial-success-dell-pavilion-dv4-ideneb-1056/#findComment-1192308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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