Calling all Hackintosh Gods

[ChuckDSanders]

Ok So I am really excited to hear that 10.4.8 supports QE/CI in conjunction with the Titan kext. You can see my system specs below, understand that I won't be running it on the PIII, thats the linux work horse machine. I am assuming that I should just pop the DVD in, boot, install as the 10.4.7 install went? I have been reading about how you have to set the FSB, now will I have to do this still or is this something that has been addressed already. In addition if I were to install video with Natit, do I then not have to Titan because that is titan just in an installer form. Sorry yes I am a looser windooz user. Is there anything else that I should be aware about? Thank you again Jas Semthex, and everyone else working so hard to bring this to the People.

[lord_muad_dib]

Calling all Hackintosh Gods

[Rammjet]

I am assuming that I should just pop the DVD in, boot, install as the 10.4.7 install went?

Pretty much. Select the options carefully.

 

I have been reading about how you have to set the FSB, now will I have to do this still or is this something that has been addressed already.

With the Semthex kernel in that installer, you should set your FSB. There is a newer kernel being tested that doesn't need FSB to be set. That kernel will be released soon.

 

When using the Semthex kernel, you may need to set your FSB frequency. It is set to 200 by default. If you find that your FSB is 200, then you do not need to do anything.

 

At boot, type: fsb=xxx (where xxx is a number like 133, 166 or 200)

fsb is a frequency

fsb (freq) = fsb (speed) / 4

Find your fsb (speed) in your BIOS or:

(OSX) System Profiler -> Hardware -> Bus Speed (fsb speed)

(Win) PC Wizard -> Mainboard -> Chipset -> fsb (speed) and fsb (freq) are both avail

Remember to divide the speed by 4. If your FSB (speed) is 667, then your FSB (freq) = 166 because 667/4 = 166

 

At boot, type fsb=166 or put the fsb in your boot.plist under Kernel Flags:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>

fsb=166

</string>

 

In addition if I were to install video with Natit, do I then not have to Titan because that is titan just in an installer form.

Titan and Natit perform the same function. Titan is produced by Omni who created the Callisto drivers for ATI cards. Omni keeps things close to the vest and doesn't reveal his secrets. Natit is a clone of Titan produced by dm_webd. He is publishing his source code so others can learn from it and improve it. Bofors might have identified an improvement to Natit that allows spanning of video across two monitors. Hopefully, the Natit source can be used to create a similar kext for the various ATI cards.

[ChuckDSanders]

Thank you very much. I am burning the Image right now at 8x not the 16x like before so hopefully that should fix the loading errors I had before. Thank you again. I am running at 800mhz fsb for 3.0ghz, but the computer run cherry at 3.6 or 240mhz in OSx. However, do I need to set the FSB for loading the OS or only after the installation. The 200 default is ok because thats the chips default. Thank you again for all of your help. You guys rock

 

BTW I understand that all intel buses are quad pumped to make effective 800 and 1066 and 1333

[ChuckDSanders]

Ok so I am in, its running like a champ. Got the QE/CI working. Thank you very much for everyones effort to get that work. AWESOME. However I have reatek882 sound and when trying to patch like 10.4.7 and every previous distro I am getting a failed to load apple azalia kext after running the loading commands in terminal. Any thoughts? I am going to try to load the kexts from 10.4.7 and see if that does anything. Thank you again for everyones input.

[JaS]

Ok so I am in, its running like a champ. Got the QE/CI working. Thank you very much for everyones effort to get that work. AWESOME. However I have reatek882 sound and when trying to patch like 10.4.7 and every previous distro I am getting a failed to load apple azalia kext after running the loading commands in terminal. Any thoughts? I am going to try to load the kexts from 10.4.7 and see if that does anything. Thank you again for everyones input.

 

Hey congrats on getting it to work,Try repairing the permissions on the azalia kext manually with

 

in a terminal type

 

sudo -s

 

then your user pass

 

chmod -R 755 /pathto/the/azalia.kext

 

chmod -R root:wheel /pathto/the/azalia.kext

 

touch /system/library/extensions/

 

reboot

 

Hope that gets it with the correct perms and also touch will rebuild the mkext with the new azalia.

 

Good Luck,

JaS

[ChuckDSanders]

Ok I should have been more specific. Sorry. Thank you very much for your fast reply. here is the message I am getting

 

The system extension “/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHDAudioFamily.kext“ was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it, or contact the product’s vendor for an update.

 

 

and

 

 

The system extension “/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext“ was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it, or contact the product’s vendor for an update.

 

This occurs while performing the following

 

 

 

* In Terminal, type:

* sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext

* sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

* sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache

 

 

 

* In Terminal, type: sudo pico /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/Info.plist

* Search for (use hotkey= ctrl + w):

<key>IOHDAudioCodecVendorID</key>

* change the string to:

<string>0x10ec0882</string>

* Exit pico

* sudo pico /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAzaliaController.kext/Contents/Info.plist

* Search for (use hotkey= ctrl + w):

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

* change the string to:

<string>0x27d88086</string>

* Exit pico

 

 

* In Terminal, type:

* sudo diskutil repairpermissions /

* sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext

* kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions/

 

As soon as I load the appleazaliaaudio.kext it gives me the above message. Any thoughts?

 

Jas you are GOD thank you again

[JaS]

yes,manually set the permissions on the kext so it can load.

 

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext

 

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

 

reboot.

 

good luck

[ChuckDSanders]

Like i said you are god. It worked like a champ. Thank you so much. Ok last questions and then I will stop bothering you fine folks. Is the 10 secs or so of black screen before loading just pare for the coarse? Thank you again I don't really care bout the screen I am just excited to have 3d acceleration. Now to install Itunes and enjoy that pretty album artwork stuff and try out some games .

 

Jas I owe you some green backs

[JaS]

Like i said you are god. It worked like a champ. Thank you so much. Ok last questions and then I will stop bothering you fine folks. Is the 10 secs or so of black screen before loading just pare for the coarse? Thank you again I don't really care bout the screen I am just excited to have 3d acceleration. Now to install Itunes and enjoy that pretty album artwork stuff and try out some games .

 

Jas I owe you some green backs

 

I think thats average for some ppl,I cant say for sure.

Milage varies

[Rammjet]

Is the 10 secs or so of black screen before loading just pare for the coarse?

That is a common complaint from people using the Titan kext.