mendietinha Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 is the kext loaded? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 No idea. I'm not loading a custom kext. I remember that it worked natively in Mavericks. I tried removing SSDT and DSDT files to make sure they're not interfering, but that didn't work. On the other hand, the only workaround to make internet work was to connect to my Android phone using Bluetooth and then enable Bluetooth tethering. The phone didn't even detect that the USB is connected when Yosemite was booted. On the other hand, I'm at DP4 right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Also, check the attached images. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 you must find the right kext or the proper plist edit in order to have ethernet and en0 to sign in apple store. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 But... but... it worked with Mavericks! ._. I guess it was because in the end it was a Niresh distro... Anyway, did an lspci on Linux, "07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 hello see here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287161-new-driver-for-realtek-rtl8111/ is easy to find the right one knowing the device id + vendor id good hack Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 But... but... it worked with Mavericks! ._. I guess it was because in the end it was a Niresh distro... Anyway, did an lspci on Linux, "07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)" oh, mate... you must do your homework. this gigabit ethernet is one kext away from working. as artur posted above. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 LOL, Kext is installed. Ethernet's there in the services (didn't actually test the connection yet) but still the dongle doesn't work, and the Android phone doesn't detect the connection as USB (so I can't enable USB tethering). Touchpad still doesn't work, however, I noticed that when I rebuild cache it says that it has invalid signature. And I'm still at DP4. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 MUST boot with kext-dev-mode=1 in order to rebuild caches with any kext without valid signature. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Oh, okay, I'll try that. And that ethernet kext worked. I could login to the App Store successfully, however, I had to do that "remove all services and delete the networkpan file from Library/whatever" thing. I'm going to update the guide soon accordingly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Touchpad worked when I booted with kext-dev-mode=1, so I added it to the boot list's kernel flags. Dongle still doesn't work. I could redeem the full installer of DP7 so I'm downloading that right now, and I'm going to update my current installation to DP6 (if I could) in some time. I'm currently at DP4, backed up already. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 good to know. rebuild caches with those commands and you should have everything working but the dongle, for now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2057833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 At DP6 now. Still can't get the dongle to work. Downloading DP7 upgrade. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm posting through DP7 right now. Dongles still don't work, I'm using that Bluetooth tethering trick. Now we need to get sound to work, and I need the thing to recognize the battery. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 sound you got 3 options. voodoohda, patched applehda + dsdt edit or dummyhda. battery i recommend you to read this: https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/tree/master/battery https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Battery-Driver about the dongle you will have to wait. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 I already usa VoodooHDA on Mavericks so I'll go with that. And my laptop isn't included in any of those DSDT patches list. Shall I only install the driver? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 no, you must choose the patch that is for a machine like yours. choose a dell model. for me and many others it worked. it will most likely work. dsdt patch + kext and goes like this: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 It seems like this one is the closest to my laptop, https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/blob/4fae63254fddc36946159272d55b775c8c18a745/battery/battery_Dell-Vostro-15xx.txt Will try it later and report. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabMan Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 It seems like this one is the closest to my laptop, https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/blob/4fae63254fddc36946159272d55b775c8c18a745/battery/battery_Dell-Vostro-15xx.txt Will try it later and report. Part of the problem for people trying to help you is that instead of a signature with hardware details, you have a useless quote. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Part of the problem for people trying to help you is that instead of a signature with hardware details, you have a useless quote. true Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Part of the problem for people trying to help you is that instead of a signature with hardware details, you have a useless quote. It's not "useless" >:C But okay I changed it. Since you check on this topic, thanks a lot for all your... stuff... you know... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 how is it going so far? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabMan Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 It's not "useless" >:C But okay I changed it. Since you check on this topic, thanks a lot for all your... stuff... you know... Try to find a battery patch that seems to result in the most changes... That will usually be a good/close match. Then see if you can compile without errors after applying the patch (make sure you can compile without errors before the patch). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/blob/4fae63254fddc36946159272d55b775c8c18a745/battery/battery_Dell-Vostro-15xx.txt This one worked. You can add Dell Inspiron 15 Special Edition (7520) to the working list Now let's change the sound, VoodooHDA Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNavigator Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 VoodooHDA worked. There's one more thing apart from WiFi, I'm not sure if my AMD graphics are off when I'm using Yosemite. How to check, and how to turn it off if it's enabled while I'm using Yosemite? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300234-dell-inspiron-15r-special-edition-7520/page/3/#findComment-2058521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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