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I hate to ask this question, because it seems so basic and probably asked 1000 times before. However, I cannot find an answer to my question. I have read and searched many pages and have not found an answer, so please don't flame me too badly.

 

Setup:

I have a Dell XPS M1330, I used Superhai's DellSnow.iso to boot and install Snow Leopard, from an upgrade disc. I then installed Chameleon 2.0 RC3. I tried the autoinstaller and that did not work. So I then followed some manual directions.

 

Chameleon was then working on my laptop, but I could only get a kernel panic. To establish baseline functionality, I copied all of the files from the DellSnow cd /Extra/Preboot.dmg/Extra to /Extra/Extensions and .Chameleon/Extra/Extensions on my HD.

 

Status:

I can boot Snow Leopard from the hard drive. I have no sound, I believe the resolution is wrong, my touchpad is recognized as a mouse. So I don't have two finger scrolling. Shutdown works, but sleep and restart do not. My USB ports, wifi, battery status, and other essential hardware seems to be functional.

 

Problem:

I have tried installing kext files by dragging them into my /Extra/Extensions folder, by using Kext Helper b7, and by trying the kext utility. However, my kexts never appear to be running when I check them using kextspy.

 

I seem to have kext files in three locations:

 

/Extra/Extensions

.Chameleon/Extra/Extensions

/System/Library/Extensions

 

Removing .kext files from /Extra/Extensions seems to have negative consequences, i.e. I removed the ApplePS2Controller.kext file and my keyboard and mouse no longer worked. However, adding files to this folder doesn't seem to have any impact and they never show up using kextspy.

 

Question:

How do I properly install kext files using my setup?

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hi all,

 

I met a problem with the MACos snow leopard. Could you please help me with this on my x86 pc.

 

regards,

 

alex.

 

===========Error Message================

 

mac framework successfully initialized

using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster io buffer headers

dsmos :using dict settings_0

dsmos :netkas presents decrypeter for snwo leopard

dsmos: this software(dsmos.kext) is free ware if you have bought it , report att netkas.org

IOAPIC: version 0x20 vectoers 64:87

ACPI: syster state [s0 s3 s4 s5] (s3)

sleep failure code 0x6bd12080 0x06fd9808

netkas presents fakesmc, akext which emulates smc device

mbinit : done

AppleInterlPOOXPATA: Primary PCI IDE channel is disabled

panice (cpu 1 caller 0x2a6ac2): kernel trap at 0x353d3fcd type 14= page fault ,registers:

bla.....

 

Error code: 0x0000000

 

Debugger called :<panic>

Backtrace(cpu1) frame:reture address(4potential args on stack)

bla;;;;;

 

kernel extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):

com.apple.iokit.ioatafamily(2.5.0)@0x353cf000 -> 0x353dbfff

 

bsd process name corresponding to current thread :kernel_task

 

Mac os version:

not ye set

 

kernel version:

darwin kernel version 10,0,0: fri jul 31

system model name : Imac 8.1

 

===========my PC=============

 

Processor 1 ID = 0

Number of cores 2 (max 2)

Number of threads 2 (max 2)

Name Intel Core 2 Duo E4500

Codename Conroe

Specification Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x0)

CPUID 6.F.D

Extended CPUID 6.F

Core Stepping M0

Technology 65 nm

Core Speed 1197.0 MHz

Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 199.5 MHz

Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz

Stock frequency 2200 MHz

Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T

 

 

Chipset

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge Intel P35/G33/G31 rev. A2

Southbridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev. A1

Memory Type DDR2

Memory Size 2048 MBytes

Channels Dual, (Symmetric)

Memory Frequency 332.5 MHz (3:5)

CAS# latency (CL) 5.0

RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5

RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5

Cycle Time (tRAS) 15

Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 36

Command Rate (CR) 2T

MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FEDA0000

MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

MCHBAR registers

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