Mostly stable install, some weird leftover issues

[cutefuzzybunny]

I did an aitkos s3 install, got pretty much everything working on my laptop with a core duo 2GHz, 945GM/950 graphics, realtek ethernet, intel HD laptop.

 

Only problems I'm having are:

 

- Touchpad. The touchpad panel says 'no touchpad installed'. When I boot up [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and then tell it to boot the hard drive partition, the touchpad panel works and I can enable tap-to-click. Rebooting and having it boot straight from the hard drive, the touchpad panel again says 'no touchpad' but it works as a mouse. I've looked at how OSX boots for a day and a half and so far I havent figured out what would be different about a straight boot vs a boot-via-cd that would result in a kext working and enabling the touchpad controls on the cd boot but not on the regular boot.

 

- Profiler says the cpu is a core 2 duo @800MHz, its a core duo @2GHz. 10.5.x showed the right cpu/speed, but 10.6.x doesnt. I think this is cosmetic, but I've noticed youtube videos stutter at 480p and both cores are @100%. My atom/3150 netbook can do 480p youtube without stuttter, so something isnt right.

 

- Video in profiler says "opengl enabled by efi", under 10.5.x it said 'hardware accelerated' and 'quartz enabled'. This might be my youtube problem. I've had a lot of problems with canned distros not supporting the 950 or selecting the available 950 option gave me the gray screen on reboot with music and keyboard, but no video. So its working, but I dont think its optimal.

 

- Sleep doesnt work. I havent even broached this problem yet, and it seems lots of people have this problem. I see kernels that support sleep, some sleep.enabler items and some settings suggestions. Any advice guidance on what the best method to solve this is?

 

I've been reading up on the 10.6.x installation stuff for over a week, until the late hours. Seems I'm most of the way there, having a 10.6.7 system that takes system updates and everything more or less works, except the tap-to-click, the cpu recognition, perhaps the best video options enabled and sleep. Any help to get me over the hump would be appreciated.

 

I tried a dozen different [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]/[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] installs, but I think the problems I had with that was inadequate 950 graphics support or picking the wrong graphics options. Of course it says its targeted towards the i3/i5/i7, not and old laptop like mine.

 

Any suggestions for a distro or guide that supports the old 945gm/950 and laptop power control better? I found lots of 10.5.2-10.5.6 distros and guides that worked well, but I need 10.6.6 or better and all the tools/guides seem geared to newer hardware or hand built desktops.

 

Thanks for any help. I'm getting tired of reading stuff and reinstalling the OS until 2-3am, only to find one thing that doesnt work and is a deal breaker. At least I've learned a lot...

[ifrit05]

1. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] most likely has a Kext it loads called VoodooPS2 Trackpad (or something simalar, can't remember the exact name).

 

2. Maybe this can be fixed by using the busratio= boot flag. Look up your CPU model and figure out the multiplier and enter it in at boot with that flag (i.e. busratio=20)

 

3. I've never seen that before. Confirm the card is accelerated by opening Dashboard and adding a widget. If waves apear, then it is fully accelerated.

 

4. You can get a kext called SleepEnabler that maches your kernel version (to find out what vesion you have, open Terminal and enter "uname -a" without qoutes.)

 

You can get VoodooPS2 Trackpad, a GMA950 kext, and SleepEnabler from Kexts.com. Search for them in the search bar at the site. (to download, you need to register, but it's free.) Make sure you get a version thats compatible with SL. (10.6.7)

 

Good luck and have fun.

[cutefuzzybunny]

Thanks for the reply. I thought when you booted a dvd like [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and then told it to boot a disk image, that it'd use everything from the HD to boot, the kernel, kexts, plists, etc. So what you're saying is that something is preloaded by the dvd boot and the HD boot just takes over from there? Any way to transfer whatever boot stuff is on the dvd to the hard drive, since the install is working pretty good when I do it that way? I've installed several different bootloaders from iatkos s2, but they all produce the same results.

 

I do have the voodoops2 kexts loaded. When I boot from the HD, they show down the bottom of the control panel and appear to not be loading properly. When I boot from the dvd to the HD, they arent down at the bottom and the touchpad panel works. I have the gma950 kext loaded, but it seems the boot.plist is loading something else, should I set 'graphics enable' to 'no'? Theres also a verrrry long string of numbers at the bottom and I still havent figured out how to parse that.

 

Thanks again for the help. I'm getting there.

 

According to Intel, the T2500 has a bus speed of 667 (and I have 667 ram installed and the profiler says the ram speed is 667) and a bus/core ratio of 12. I tried a boot flag of 'busratio=12', but that had no effect. Profiler still says processor speed 800, bus speed 533. I saw something along the line of installing 900 copies of osx 'bus ratio=6', but I'm not sure where I saw that. It'd make sense given the speed I'm getting. Even at a busratio of 12, I'd still only have a ~1.6GHz cpu since the bus ratio is 533 instead of 667.

[ifrit05]

1. Yes you are right. I Did you a favor and uploaded all the VoodooPS2 Kexts from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. Install with Kext Helper, or install to your Extra folder wherever Chameleon is installed. DELETE YOUR NON-WORKING VOODOOPS2 KEXT(S) FIRST!!!

VoodooPS2_iBoot.zip

 

EDIT!: Oops, I included VoodooPS2Mouse. Don't install that, It might mess the other ones up.

 

2. Delete Graphics Enabler key and string from your boot.plist.

 

3. Sorry, I got nothing for you about your busratio issues, maybe someone else can help, im sorry.

[Dellmantt]

GMA 950 Personally I think a simple DSDT fix a good option. Works through System Software updates, no need to reinstall patched kexts. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1646398

 

Busratio.- A custom smbios.plist may solve the problem. Lots of info around about how to write/edit one. Netkas has an excellent guide about it on his site. "Lizard App" could be of help too.

[cutefuzzybunny]

Thanks a lot for the tips. Looks like I have a couple of additional 2am nights ahead of me!

 

I'm trying a full reload with some different options so I can start with a cleaner slate. I'm getting all fancy now with the distribution on a usb stick and several copies of what I've done on other partitions using CCC. So its taking me just a few minutes to do a reload from scratch instead of an hour or more, and I can recover from a screwup in under 15 minutes to get back to where I started.

[3.14r2]

GMA 950 Personally I think a simple DSDT fix a good option.

Completely agree on that. Works with no issues in SL X.6.8

[cutefuzzybunny]

Quick status update: I reinstalled iatkos v2 and used some different (mostly fewer) options. The cpu is now recognized as a 2GHz core 2 duo (not core duo, but it seems to work okay). That didnt seem to effect system speed (which is decent) or improve my youtube stuff north of 480p.

 

Touchpad now also works fine, with controls and tap to click.

 

Sleep doesnt, but I havent applied the sleep enabler kext yet, thats next after my interim backup finishes.

 

The gpu section says intel 950, still says opengl. I'll try the dashboard widget test when the backup is done to see if I'm getting animations. I ran some tools and one of them specifically said the graphics was 915, not 950. I'll try a 950 patch to see if it works, if not then I guess I'm digging into learning about DSDTs.

[cutefuzzybunny]

SleepEnabler seems to be a 'no'. I found the one on kexts.com for 10.6.7, installed it with kext helper, rebooted. Spent about a minute on 'waiting for dsmos', then started. I let it 'settle' and clicked on 'sleep', screen went off, came back on but just at full backlight with nothing displayed, disk went bananas and it stayed like that for 3-4 minutes. Nothing would make it come back to desktop and I had to hold the power button for a power off.

 

I removed and reinstalled it. After that I could hit apple/sleep and it'd just come right back to the desktop, but it wasnt stuck. Closing the laptop lid seems to turn the display off, but that might be a mechanical hardware function since theres a little button at the base of the screen that gets depressed when you close the lid. The disk keeps going and theres still activity, because I can hear the disk continuing to seek for many minutes after closing the lid. I also noticed if I clicked 'sleep', although it wouldnt sleep the disk activity light keeps blinking, even though according to the activity monitor there is zero disk read/write activity.

 

Adding a desktop widget does show waves/ripples around the widget, so I guess I have hardware acceleration. I tried throwing in the intel gma 950 package from kexts.com, since I already wanted to restore from my backup to get rid of any residual stuff from installing sleepenabler, but that made things worse. After that I had a 1024x768 display and no acceleration. So apparently I need something else or to change some setting for that to work properly.

 

I've seen some replacement kernels that are reported to help sleep problems, but just as many people saying they didnt work. It might also be some underlying laptop power management/sleep component that I didnt install when I did the iatkos v3 install. Bummer that doesnt work but it doesnt look like I'm alone in having this problem.

 

At least I've got trackpad tap-to-click, and a fully updated system where everything except sleep works, and it appears my graphics are as good as they're going to get. Surprising since its slow compared to graphics running under Vista on the same platform.

 

Thanks for all the help and ideas, I appreciate it.

[Dellmantt]

The gpu section says intel 950, still says opengl. I'll try the dashboard widget test when the backup is done to see if I'm getting animations. I ran some tools and one of them specifically said the graphics was 915, not 950. I'll try a 950 patch to see if it works, if not then I guess I'm digging into learning about DSDTs.

What is the device ID? - System Profiler / Graphics

 

Adding a desktop widget does show waves/ripples around the widget, so I guess I have hardware acceleration. I tried throwing in the intel gma 950 package from kexts.com, since I already wanted to restore from my backup to get rid of any residual stuff from installing sleepenabler, but that made things worse. After that I had a 1024x768 display and no acceleration. So apparently I need something else or to change some setting for that to work properly.

Bad idea, patched kexts are not a good solution. Did you go to the DSDT link supplied and watch the tutorial to see how easy it is?

 

it appears my graphics are as good as they're going to get. Surprising since its slow compared to graphics running under Vista on the same platform.

Should be no difference in performance between window & OS X.

[haxpanel]

Hi!

I've got this problem:

My OSX 10.6.6 (by Hazard) does not wake up after sleep. I've been reading this forum and installed Chameleon RC5, generated DSDT.aml file with DSDT autopacher, downloaded Lizard and made some configuration with it.

My system looks like it can wake up, but my screen is black. If I push randomly my keyboard sometimes the system makes sound (I dont know the sound event name, but it tells me the system is waken up expect the monitor/VGA).

My config is:

Asus p7h55m pro

Intel i5-760

2x2GB ram

Vapor-x ATI Radeon hd 4890

 

What to do?

Thank you very much!

[cutefuzzybunny]

What is the device ID? - System Profiler / Graphics

 

27A2

 

Bad idea, patched kexts are not a good solution. Did you go to the DSDT link supplied and watch the tutorial to see how easy it is?

 

I did skim through it. I thought it said the vanilla setup worked for 27AE, but I didnt see anything about 27A2. I was also concerned about instructions like ". Remove any patched GMA950, patched framebuffer and natit kexts.". I'm not sure which ones are patched or not, and if I'm supposed to replace them, and if so where I get the replacements?

 

Looks like the one guy that tried it lost his touchpad and didnt get the right resolution.

 

Should be no difference in performance between window & OS X.

 

I'm actually seeing better overall speed in OSX vs Vista, and that makes sense. Vista is a fat pig of an operating system and OSX has more efficient underpinnings and doesnt have to support as much hardware and software. But the video stuff is either still broken for me (although I havent seen any evidence that something isnt turned on) or the windows video drivers and 2d video playback is better optimized than the stuff I have loaded on OSX.

 

Maybe I'll take a run at testing out a DSDT setup later today or tomorrow. At least its easy for me to get back to where I am now.

[Dellmantt]

27A2

Definitely GMA 950

I did skim through it. I thought it said the vanilla setup worked for 27AE, but I didnt see anything about 27A2. I was also concerned about instructions like ". Remove any patched GMA950, patched framebuffer and natit kexts.". I'm not sure which ones are patched or not, and if I'm supposed to replace them, and if so where I get the replacements?

Obtain the vanilla kexts from an install disc or comb updater that matches your system version, extract with "Pacifist"

I'm actually seeing better overall speed in OSX vs Vista, and that makes sense. Vista is a fat pig of an operating system and OSX has more efficient underpinnings and doesnt have to support as much hardware and software. But the video stuff is either still broken for me (although I havent seen any evidence that something isnt turned on) or the windows video drivers and 2d video playback is better optimized than the stuff I have loaded on OSX.

I meant Graphic performance. not surprised OS X out performs Vista.

 

Have you read this (Suggest you read the entire 160+ pages) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=210660

[cutefuzzybunny]

Definitely GMA 950

Obtain the vanilla kexts from an install disc or comb updater that matches your system version, extract with "Pacifist"

 

I restored the vanilla kexts from the combination update and made a dsdt file. The boot bombed out with an acpi error. I googled the acpi error, lots of people with the same problem, no apparent fixes.

 

Have you read this (Suggest you read the entire 160+ pages) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=210660

 

Yeah, I read most if not all of that.

[Dellmantt]

I restored the vanilla kexts from the combination update and made a dsdt file. The boot bombed out with an acpi error. I googled the acpi error, lots of people with the same problem, no apparent fixes.

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Did you use this DSDT Editor http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=223205 If so, I would ask over there, lots of dsdt gurus to help.

 

Did you restore "AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer" as well as all the GMA 950 kexts.

[cutefuzzybunny]

Hi!

I've got this problem:

My OSX 10.6.6 (by Hazard) does not wake up after sleep. I've been reading this forum and installed Chameleon RC5, generated DSDT.aml file with DSDT autopacher, downloaded Lizard and made some configuration with it.

My system looks like it can wake up, but my screen is black. If I push randomly my keyboard sometimes the system makes sound (I dont know the sound event name, but it tells me the system is waken up expect the monitor/VGA).

My config is:

Asus p7h55m pro

Intel i5-760

2x2GB ram

Vapor-x ATI Radeon hd 4890

 

What to do?

Thank you very much!

 

I saw this earlier today; I havent tried it yet. Looks like they're turning off Hibernate and using a bios system security password, which in the case of the Dell laptop forces the screen to turn on and let you type the password in. Not as convenient as just touching the mouse, but if it works I'll be happy with it. I'm going to take another run at a DSDT file and a few other tweaks, then try this, then give up completely and just turn it on and off when we use it.

 

http://www.osxlatitude.com/groups/d4xosx/w...e_with_OSX.html

[cutefuzzybunny]

I managed to get a working DSDT file going. Everything works as before except the trackpad doesnt work (says 'no trackpad installed'), the graphics no longer say anything about 'opengl', but still ripple when I add a widget (so I guess accelerated either way), and it'll sleep once, and then not again. At least it puts the display to sleep and can be woken from that, when previously the display sleep required a hard power down as it'd never come back. Automatic system sleep from the system settings panel doesnt work. Closing the lid doesnt work either.

 

I see that during boot -v it says something about an Alps trackpad being used by apple<something>ps2. I dont know if the 9410 has an Alps or Synaptics trackpad. I tried installing voodoops2's package, but that had no effect.

 

I tried to check out the sleep procedure I linked to above, but my bios has grayed out the 'user password' option, and in any case my problem isnt getting a black screen and nothing further, but a good sleep once and then not again until after I reboot.

 

I did restore the old kexts, and reinstalled the 10.6.7 combo update before I started. Maybe I'll try a clean install tomorrow, load the 10.6.7 update and do a DSDT build before I reboot. This is getting tedious.

[cutefuzzybunny]

Should be no difference in performance between window & OS X.

 

More experimentation, and I think I've found that there is, and why. There are three primary components to graphics performance: the cpu, the graphics memory aperture size and speed, and the gpu's capabilities/performance.

 

All things are equal between OSX and Windows, except OSX limits the shared ram to the intel 950 to 64MB while Windows allows DVMT expansion up to 224MB for the 950 and (I think) 384MB or more for its newer integrated parts.

 

I see some discussions on "gmabooster" type tools that increase the clock rate on the 950 to higher levels, but that performance doesnt improve because of the small/slow aperture. Windows offers a larger shared window when demand indicates its need. I'm postulating that this is why I'm seeing some smoother performance and 720p video when running windows on laptop and lesser performance and 480p max on OSX.

 

I may find a more efficient setup that gives me better performance than I'm getting now, but that small shared memory situation is a handicap.

[Dellmantt]

Your right of course. Seems to be no way of increasing Vram.

Are you still getting stuttering watching youtube video?

[cutefuzzybunny]

Yes, its pretty smooth at 480p but as soon as I go to 720p I get smeary jerky stuff with poor sync between the lips and audio.

 

I did a full reload from a vanilla retail disk, made a new dsdt file, and everything works but the sleep still doesnt. I was doing better with sleep on my last attempt, it'd do it once but not after. This blanks the screen and then brings it right back and it wont do anything if I push the sleep button after that. But this one does automatically turn off the display and follows the preference setting.

 

Only other thing of note is the laptop seems quite warm to the touch. I wonder if the system software has turned off the fans or isnt running them enough. That seems to be an Apple staple...poor cooling in favor of lower system noise. Probably helps speed up the upgrade purchase cycle as well...

 

Oh, and its decided its an 800MHz core 2 duo again after the DSDT build, so apparently besides the sleep not working its misnaming the cpu again, but I already determined that was probably cosmetic. I did see something during boot that said something about 5 speed steps but only 4 were supported, or something like that.

 

I googled my brains out about DSDT patches that might solve the sleep thing, but came up empty. There sure are a lot of patches but not much explanation as to what they do, why I would use them and what combinations work well together or are disastrous.

 

I'm not sure I have any more time to burn on this. Given all the time I've spent I could have instead worked at Walmart giving people shopping carts and bought a mac with the money I made.

 

Not as much fun in that, of course...