mamen Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Hi For some reason my computer only starts with -f flag, but it doesn't kernel panic.. I can still write on the screen when it's black.. These are some photos . Please Help me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBraddock Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 You need to repair permission. When you boot with -f, OSX ignores boot caches, that why you don't get kernel panic. Use Pfix. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamen Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 I installed and then I rebooted with the -v flag and it was just fine.. Then I Tried to boot without flag's but it didn't work, the apple logo stays there and the animation continues to spin.. But doesnt boot. Then I tried to boot with -v but it didnt work again.. Booted again with -s and installed Pfix again and boots with -v flag again.. Any idea? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 what are you on about installing pfix? its a utility that you just run on a drive -f causes the bootloader to ignore the kext cache that OSX makes and instead forces it to load each kernel manually using pfix on your OSX drive will amongst other things rebuild that kext cache, meaning that you wont need -f and it will boot quicker what is your problem with installing pfix when its not necessary? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBraddock Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 After installing Pfix, did you run it and repair permission of your OSX partition? If your machine only boots with -f flag, that means you have a permission & cache problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamen Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 I am so confused.. I install pfix and then run kext utility to clean cache.. Then I reboot with -v flag and reboot's just fine.. and finally I reboot one more time to see if it's fixed, without runnig pfix, and it get's stuck and the last message that appers is : "ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::Register LPQ driver - failed to locate SMC driver" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBraddock Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Are you using FakeSMC? If not, could you install it to Extra folder, repair permission and restart. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamen Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yes I am but I dont have shure if it is updated .. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1553303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamen Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 Finaly find the solution, just cut FakeSMC.kext, from Extra to Extensions and it solved everything .. Thank You for your Help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1555521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBraddock Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Finaly find the solution, just cut FakeSMC.kext, from Extra to Extensions and it solved everything .. Thank You for your Help Weird. I have in my Extra folder and it works fine. I am using the one in this topic. Anyway, I am glad you've solved it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232720-laptop-only-starts-in-f-but-no-kernel-panic/#findComment-1555574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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