Blank Blue Screen?

[psyjunta]

First, I'm reusing my topic and expanding with a new question on it. Old post is below.

 

I downloaded iPC 10.5.6 and everytime I boot up I come upon a blue blank screen after it loads all the necessary files.

 

I've been googling all over and some native mac users suggest it's a thing called mDNSReporter acting up and causing the freeze. I flag -s -v and I get to a prompt after a while where I type in:

/sbin/mount -uw /

chmod 775 /

exit

This doesn't help.

 

So I decided to use my google fu a bit more and came upon an old thread in this forum (Found here)

 

The links to the fix is dead. It's suggested that it's my graphics causing the problem rather than mDNSResponder. My chipset is Intel i943/940GML. Are there any known (and more current) fixes around?

 

And as I stated previously, when I'm done, I'm posting a full tutorial on my installation. I'm keeping records of what I'm doing on another computer so no one has to go through this exact same {censored} again. Giving back to the community and all.

 

Peace

 

 

OLD POST--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

The sheer amount of information available makes this a scary process. I've been searching and reading this forum for almost 6 hours now and I don't feel much wiser so I want to get some questions out of the way before I get started.

 

First off, I want to know, which version is recommended to install? I couldn't find any specific info but I get the sense that Snow Leopard will offer more resistance before she lets me in, true or false?

 

Second thing I want to get out of the way is my hardware setup. I have a laptop, an Equium A200-1HR (PSAE2E) to be more specific. It looks like this under the hood:

• CPU - Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 @ 1.73 GHz (Supports SSE3)
  
• Graphics - Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family, 256 Mb
  
  
• Motherboard - Toshiba Iskae, Chipset: Intel i943/940GML
  
• WiFi - Atheros AR5006EG
  
  
• Network - RTL8101E (Realtek?)
  
  
• Audio - Realtek High Definition ALC861D
  

I know this isn't an easy question but if there are any tips to offer to make this easier I'll be thankful. I've already identified the graphics and wifi as a potential problem area. Are there any other things in my configuration that you know right off the bat that won't work?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated. When I get it all running I'll give back to the community with a wiki entry in the HCL-list and possibly tutorials with solutions for my model.

[CrazyVirus]

Hi,

 

i think you should go for snow leopard

 

and drivers there is no problem from what i see

 

 

CPU - Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 @ 1.73 GHz (Supports SSE3). this one comes automatic

Graphics - Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family, 256 Mb. i think this one does to, if not there is a driver availible

Motherboard - Toshiba Iskae, Chipset: Intel i943/940GML. this one is ok

WiFi - Atheros AR5006EG. i got a tutorial for AR5007/6EG end of my post;

Network - RTL8101E (Realtek?). this is realtek, and just search around in the forum for realtek driver

Audio - Realtek High Definition ALC861D look for Azalia audio driver with snow leo compatible.

 

 

 

this tutorial is for leopard, but i think it should work for snow leo too if not just try with leopard.

 

1. 1) I installed the io80211family.kext (v.2.1.2) using Kext Helper b7 or OSx86 Tools

 

2. After a restart I noticed that under System Profiler/Airport Card/

 

3. Airport Extreme (0x168c,0x428) and

 

4. System Profiler/ Extensions

-AirPortAtheros v.3.1.5

-IO80211Family v.2.1.2

 

From System preferences/Network the Airport icon is yellow (but no networks detected)

 

Note that after Leopard 10.5.4.(iATKOS 4i) installation the io80211family.kext (v.2.1) found from

 

/system/library/extensions never loaded the driver to the System Profiler/ Extensions

 

 

 

2) I checked if networkinterface.plist under /library/preferences/systemconfiguration is en1

 

 

 

3) editing f to com.apple.boot.plist

from /Library /Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

as bellow

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key> Kernel Flags </key>

<string>f</string>

 

 

 

4) After the next restart you may receive kernel panic like I did booted as -v so l reboot again as root user

 

Note that I NEVER received a kernel panic again due to io80211family.kext

 

 

 

5) I started kismac went to preferences --> driver and add airport extreme passive mode --> Start scan

and after l see network detected, l close it. From System preferences/Network the Airport icon for the first time is green

 

 

 

 

 

YOU MUST NOTE :

 

-Iit is annoying is that l have to always start kismac.

 

- THE WIRELESS Lan LED (SATELLITE SYMBOL BUTTON ) IS ALWAYS INACTIVE DURING SURFING THE NET. Even

 

When I�m surfing with firefox form Ubuntu 8.10 again its always inactive.

 

-I NEVER installed anything else mentioned in many posts , NEVER GOT my Airport icon green

 

-l NEVER deleted mkext files or repaired io80211family.kext permissions or I NEVER chown � chmod

 

-SOMETIMES KISMAC FREEZES DURING SCANNING (NEVER COMPLETES SCANNING AND NEVER DETECTS ANY NETWORKS)

 

THE CAUSE MAYBE IS THE ATHEROS IS DISABLED ,PRESSING THE BUTTON DID NOT WORK.THE SOLUTION TO THIS WAS TO

 

RESTART BOOT IN VISTA ULTIMATE MAKE SURE THAT THE WIRELESS PICKS UP NETWORKS .THEN BOOT BACK TO LEOPARD

 

THEN KISMAC WILL 100% DETECT NETWORKS.

 

good luck

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

the tutorial says windows vista but i got it working in leopard without dual boot and with xp and windows 7

[psyjunta]

Wow, thanks for the fast reply!

 

I'll be back in a few hours with an update on how it went.

 

One last thing, since my stuff seems compatible, I should go for a vanilla install, right?

 

Återigen, tack för hjälpen.

[sirbow2]

you may be able to get that realtek 8101E to work natively as there is a kext for it in ionetworkfamily.kext

[psyjunta]

I've been playing around a bit with the iAktos S3 installation and it just freezes. I get to selection menu and that's it. I played around a bit with all the different strings like -f, -x, cpus=1 and a bunch more, combining them etc but it won't load anything. The only string that gets me somewhere is -v, but it stops after 4 lines and freezes again.

 

What's going wrong here?

 

I'm downloading iPC right now. Will another distro work or will the same thing happen?

[psyjunta]

I'm upping, sorry but it's either this (updating my old thread) or posting a new one

[CrazyVirus]

hmm... sound wierd, maybe a kext is stoping you from booting up, try removing some of the kext you have installed after the install (and yes, use vanilla ). and what snow leo did you install ?? (like the whole name of the version)

 

and im from norway

 

så det er kul at møta en ifrån sverige

[psyjunta]

I don't get to actually install anything. I go from Darwin Bootloader to a blue screen. I'm pretty sure it's the graphics, you can hear that the computer isn't locked up. It makes noises and reads from the cd occassionally but nothing happens. Like it's waiting for me to click on something. I've seen that this seems quite common for people with Intel 945 card. Maybe I'm just too tired to see how they solved it, it's all a big mess in my head right now

 

I didn't go with Snow Leopard, iAtkos caused a kernel panics and stuck bootloaders. I downloaded Leopard 10.5.6 (iPC distro)

 

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