[pre-release] macOS Catalina

[Pavo]

17 minutes ago, dvil said:

Hi Pavo,

 

Everything works perfectly in Mojave (including DRM support) with the iMacPro SMBIOS. If I choose the correct SMBIOS for my cpu (iMac 17,1) I loose DRM support with Safari in Mojave and I get in both, Mojave and Catalina, the "unsupported plugin" message in Netflix, even with the shikigva=32 and shiki-id=Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 parameters, so nothing is gained with the correct SMBIOS.

 

The freezing problem has been reported by other users before, but it seems there are no solution so far. I'll check again changing SMBIOS, but it seems to be a hardware decoding issue (T2?).

 

 Thanks.

  

Maybe this will give you a better idea on how to set your shikigva setting correctly:

// Aside generic DRM unlock patches, which are always on, Shiki also provides a set of patches
	// to workaround various issues with hardware video acceleration support.
	// These are set as a shikigva boot-arg bitmask.
	// For example, to enable ForceOnlineRenderer, ExecutableWhitelist, and ReplaceBoardID
	// you sum 1 + 8 + 32 = 41 -> and pass shikigva=41.
	enum ShikiGVAPatches {
		// Remove forceOfflineRenderer from AppleGVA Info.plist.
		// This is required to allow hardware acceleration on several mac models with discrete GPUs
		// when only IGPU is available.
		// See /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleGVA.framework/Resources/Info.plist for more details.
		ForceOnlineRenderer        = 1,
		// Remve hweBGRA from AppleGVA Info.plist.
		// hweBGRA is not supported by NVIDIA GPUs, so the patch is sometimes required when using NVIDIA
		// in a mac model meant to be used with AMD or Intel.
		// See /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleGVA.framework/Resources/Info.plist for more details.
		AllowNonBGRA               = 2,
		// Prior to 10.13.4 certain GPU+CPU combinations were not meant to provide hardware acceleration and had to be patched.
		// The overall problematic configuration list is: NVIDIA+BDW, NVIDIA+SKL, NVIDIA+KBL, AMD+IVB, NVIDIA+SNB.
		// Enabled automatically if shikigva is *NOT* passed on 10.13.3 and earlier. All are fixed in 10.13.4.
		ForceCompatibleRenderer    = 4,
		// Unlike 10.12.6 without security updates and earlier, on 10.13 and latest 10.12.6 AppleGVA patches
		// do not apply to all processes, and each process needs to be patched explicitly. This is a bug
		// in Lilu, which needs to be explored and fixed. For now this bit ensures that the processes present
		// in WHITELIST section of Patches.plist will definitely get the fixes even on 10.13 and 10.12.6.
		// On 10.12.6 and 10.13 this must be used if any of the following bits are used:
		// - ForceOnlineRenderer
		// - AllowNonBGRA
		// - ForceCompatibleRenderer
		// - ReplaceBoardID
		// - FixSandyBridgeClassName
		// It is enabled automatically on 10.12 and 10.13 if shikigva is *NOT* passed and ForceCompatibleRenderer or
		// FixSandyBridgeClassName are automatically enabled.
		AddExecutableWhitelist     = 8,
		DisabledUnused16           = 16,
		// Replace board-id used by AppleGVA and AppleVPA by a different board-id.
		// Sometimes it is feasible to use different GPU acceleration settings from the main mac model.
		// By default Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61 (iMac14,2) will be used, but you can override this via shiki-id boot-arg.
		// See /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleGVA.framework/Resources/Info.plist for more details.
		ReplaceBoardID             = 32,
		// Attempt to support fps.1_0 (FairPlay 1.0) in Safari.
		// This should technically fix some very old streaming services in Safari, which rely on FairPlay DRM
		// similar to the one found in iTunes. Newer streaming services require FairPlay 2.0, which is hardware-only,
		// so nothing could be done about them.
		// Another way to enable this is to pass -shikifps boot argument.
		UnlockFP10Streaming        = 64,
		DeprecatedUnused128        = 128

 

[valeryimm]

On 6/30/2019 at 1:32 PM, lisai9093 said:

First, AirportBrcmFixup has to be injected via Clover. No installation to /L/E or S/L/E works.

Second, AirportBrcmFixup need to be compiled from updated source. Version 2.0.2 works fine.

AirportBrcmFixup.kext.zip

Thank you, will try. Do you use any Clover Airport patch?

I downloaded the latest Debug version of Lilu (which is 1.3.6) from github repository and AirportBrcmFixup source code 

git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/AirportBrcmFixup

After that I put Lilu.kext inside of AirportBrcmFixup folder and tried to compile the source code with the command: xcodebuild

I have:

** BUILD FAILED **. 

/Users/val/Desktop/AirportBrcmFixup/AirportBrcmFixup/kern_start.cpp:50:17: error: no member named 'Catalina' in 'KernelVersion'

What am I doing wrong?

I am doing this on my Mojave system.

 

Thanks

On 6/30/2019 at 1:32 PM, lisai9093 said:

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Pavo said:

Maybe you should switch to the correct SMBIOS for your CPU and chipset and not choose a SMBIOS based off GPU.

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by valeryimm

[Sanom4]

43 minutes ago, dvil said:

Hi Pavo,

 

Everything works perfectly in Mojave (including DRM support) with the iMacPro SMBIOS. If I choose the correct SMBIOS for my cpu (iMac 17,1) I loose DRM support with Safari in Mojave and I get in both, Mojave and Catalina, the "unsupported plugin" message in Netflix, even with the shikigva=32 and shiki-id=Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 parameters, so nothing is gained with the correct SMBIOS.

 

The freezing problem has been reported by other users before, but it seems there are no solution so far. I'll check again changing SMBIOS, but it seems to be a hardware decoding issue (T2?).

 

 Thanks.

  

 

i have same problem, i literally tried everything, nothing helped. i'm not using weg, just bare GPU, IGPU disabled.

[MorenoAv]

Update made, this time with the help of Mac Downloader, because my update gave me an error and didn't show any update... 

Thanks to the developer of Mac Downloader, kudos to you man...

Edited July 2, 2019 by MorenoAv

[MacPato]

New Screensaver and Dynamic Wallpaper now Working

[Nightf4ll]

Sleep/wake still not working... Why they always have to break sleep/wake. Can't they break some less useful feature during the development process?

[valeryimm]

On 6/30/2019 at 1:32 PM, lisai9093 said:

First, AirportBrcmFixup has to be injected via Clover. No installation to /L/E or S/L/E works.

Second, AirportBrcmFixup need to be compiled from updated source. Version 2.0.2 works fine.

AirportBrcmFixup.kext.zip

Thank you, will try. Do you use any Clover Airport patch?

I downloaded the latest Debug version of Lilu (which is 1.3.6) from github repository and AirportBrcmFixup source code 

git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/AirportBrcmFixup

After that I put Lilu.kext inside of AirportBrcmFixup folder and tried to compile the source code with the command: xcodebuild

I have:

** BUILD FAILED **. 

/Users/val/Desktop/AirportBrcmFixup/AirportBrcmFixup/kern_start.cpp:50:17: error: no member named 'Catalina' in 'KernelVersion'

What am I doing wrong?

I am doing this on my Mojave system.

 

Thanks

[Djlild7hina]

Sidecar still isn’t working for me on dp3 but at least no 401 error anymore. Just says no connection (tried wired and wireless)

[Pavo]

29 minutes ago, valeryimm said:

Thank you, will try. Do you use any Clover Airport patch?

I downloaded the latest Debug version of Lilu (which is 1.3.6) from github repository and AirportBrcmFixup source code 

git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/AirportBrcmFixup

After that I put Lilu.kext inside of AirportBrcmFixup folder and tried to compile the source code with the command: xcodebuild

I have:

** BUILD FAILED **. 

/Users/val/Desktop/AirportBrcmFixup/AirportBrcmFixup/kern_start.cpp:50:17: error: no member named 'Catalina' in 'KernelVersion'

What am I doing wrong?

I am doing this on my Mojave system.

 

Thanks

the GitHub Debug version under releases to now work for that version of AirportBrcmFixup repo. You must compile Lilu debug version yourself and use it to compile AirportBrcmFixup.

[CMMChris]

2 hours ago, dvil said:

even with the shikigva=32 and shiki-id=Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 parameters, so nothing is gained with the correct SMBIOS.

  

Should work with these boot flags. Do you have IGPU enabled? If so, disable it and try again.

[headkaze]

It looks like beta 3 has solved my issue with excessive logging causing performance issues.

 

I think the debug level in Catalina beta 1 and 2 was set too high (or some kext's were compiled with excessive logging). For example I was getting log messages for every in report received by my KVM hid device:

2019-06-20 08:52:06.122905-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.152892-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.182884-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.212887-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.242914-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.272910-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.302911-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.319939-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x100000456] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:4
2019-06-20 08:52:06.332902-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.362919-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.392912-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.422917-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15
2019-06-20 08:52:06.423924-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x100000456] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:4
2019-06-20 08:52:06.452930-0700 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleUserHIDDrivers) [<private>:756][HIDDriverKit][0x10000045d] CompleteInReport actualByteCount:15

Edited July 2, 2019 by headkaze

[C.Frio]

hi...

done...

 

 

c.frio

[Neo.aka.Darkman]

On new beta during boot problem with EndpointSecurity on laptop.

[mnfesq]

6 minutes ago, Neo.aka.Darkman said:

On new beta during boot problem with EndpointSecurity on laptop.

 

Me too.  Complete shutdown, not KP and reboot.

[Andrey1970]

11 minutes ago, mnfesq said:

 

Me too.  Complete shutdown, not KP and reboot.

Me too on my notebook.

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by Andrey1970

[xtddd]

32 minutes ago, C.Frio said:

hi...

done...

 

 

c.frio

do you enable igpu?

[C.Frio]

hi...

@xtdd ..

if I well remember no...I didn't

c.frio

 

[nhnguhoc]

How to get beta 3 , no update found.

[Hangten]

Hey guys, was surprised my ancient GTX 670 is working great. I saw in an earlier post someone els had there's running on Catalina, so thought ok can't be too hard and will give it a try

 

Thanks for the help with the plugins and everyone here. 

Sound working, and restart and shut off work. Sleep is a mystery and is not working however works in some versions of macOS. 

To install without the updated plugins Lilu.kext, you need to change the SMBIOS to 14,2 to get video working and not a black screen. 

Once installed use AGDPfix.app or whatevergreen.kext. Audio: AppleALC.kext an issue until the updated plugin. 

And something I always forget to mention for my Asus X79 Deluxe use ApfsDriverLoader.efi and AptioMemoryFix2 not ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi with AptioMemoryFix something about the version that just kills it. 

[Guest ricoc90]

32 minutes ago, nhnguhoc said:

How to get beta 3 , no update found.

 

 

[fusion71au]

Successful upgrade to Catalina DP3_19A501i on my legacy XPS M1530 core2duo laptop with Nvidia Tesla 8600M GT.  

 

Prepared installer USB from full app with @dosdude's macOS Catalina Patcher v1.0b6 ---> boot to installer with opencore 0.0.3, bypassing machine compatibility checks ---> installed over existing DP2_487l apfs installation.  

 

Applied recommended post-install patches for MBP 5,1 SMBIOS including @ASentientBot's latest acceleration patches for unsupported (non metal) legacy graphics cards.  These are unchanged from DP2.

 

I also copied his CatalinaAutoMountWritable.plist into /Library/LaunchDaemons which auto mounts the root volume as R/W at login (sudo mount -uw /).

 

End Result...

 

 

 

4 hours ago, ellaosx said:

What is the major thing to be patched for C2Duo?

It was com.apple.telemetry.plugin on Mojave

 

Correct.  To avoid kp for Core2Duo machine in Catalina, have to also delete/rename or replace /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/com.apple.telemetry.plugin with the one from 10.13.6.

Edited July 3, 2019 by fusion71au
formatting, answer for @ellaosx

[arsradu]

Hi guys,

 

I know this is most likely an APFS issue...and I'm hoping it will get better with future updates (though I'm not counting on it), but is anyone else having incredibly slow performance with Catalina (any beta) on HDDs? I can't even watch a simple video on youtube. Animations are more like slideshows.:)) Not a good experience at all. I'm only curious if this is just me.

[LockDown]

Anyone experiencing intermittent blackscreen once clover (latest as of today's compilation) kicks in?

Only way to get out of it is to reset and hope it works on the next boot.

Edited July 3, 2019 by ellaosx

[LockDown]

1 hour ago, fusion71au said:

Successful upgrade to Catalina DP3_19A501i on my legacy XPS M1530 core2duo laptop with Nvidia Tesla 8600M GT.  

 

Prepared installer USB from full app with @dosdude's macOS Catalina Patcher v1.0b6  ---> boot to installer with opencore 0.0.3, bypassing machine compatibility checks---> installed over existing DP2_487l apfs installation.  

 

Applied recommended post-install patches for MBP 5,1 SMBIOS including @ASentientBot's latest acceleration patches for unsupported non metal legacy graphics cards.  End Result...

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

What is the major thing to be patched for C2Duo?

It was com.apple.telemetry.plugin on Mojave

Edited July 3, 2019 by ellaosx

[arsradu]

17 minutes ago, ellaosx said:

Anyone experiencing intermittent blackscreen once clover (latest as of today's compilation) kicks in?

Only way to get out of it is to reset and hope it works on the next boot.

mmm no... not really. I'm on 4979. No black screens here... At least not on Clover side. On which of the two machines are you getting this? Both Desktop or Laptop or just one of them? I'm thinking it's probably a specific issue. But I don't think it's a general one.