Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) Hey there people. I have been using MacOS High Sierra with Enoch r2921 bootloader. I never used Clover bootloader since I depended on legacy-only bootloaders like Chameleon and its derivatives like Enoch. I successfully installed MacOS Catalina (Olarila image) but I does boot into a dark screen with Apple logo and unresponsive cursor on it. My problems are: What's the reason for dark screen issue? Is it like FakeSMC.kext-related or something? How can I patch my DSDT and/or SSDT in order to make my USB 2.0 ports work on Catalina? EFI partition contents: config.plist file is attached to this topic In drivers64 folder: ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi FSInject-64.efi HFSPlus-64.efi In drivers64UEFI folder: ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi AptioMemoryFix-64.efi HFSPlus-64.efi In kexts\Other folder AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext FakeSMC.kext IntelMausi.kext Lilu.kext NoTouchID.kext NullCPUPowerManagement.kext RealtekRTL8100.kext RealtekRTL8111.kext SATA-RAID-unsupported.kext SATA-unsupported.kext USBInjectAll.kext VoodooPS2Controller.kext WhateverGreen.kext XHCI-unsupported.kext I also attached my \Extra folder that I use in High Sierra with DSDT file, IORegistryExplorer dump and Clover configuration file. Here are the specs of my laptop: Intel Core2Duo P8700 Nvidia 9600M GS 4 GB RAM 240 GB SSD High Sierra Enoch Extra Folder.zip MacBook Pro IORegistryExplorer.zip config3.plist Edited July 15, 2019 by Mala_Vuran 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 There's no support for Nvidia 9600M GS in Catalina. There's a workaround for it though. I believe @chris1111 made a tool for it but I am unable to find it atm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 hours ago, ricoc90 said: There's no support for Nvidia 9600M GS in Catalina. There's a workaround for it though. I believe @chris1111 made a tool for it but I am unable to find it atm. Yeah, I've seen it but to make it work, you should be able to boot first. How am I supposed to do that? What boot flags should I use? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mala_Vuran said: Yeah, I've seen it but to make it work, you should be able to boot first. How am I supposed to do that? What boot flags should I use? nv_disable=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 20 minutes ago, ricoc90 said: nv_disable=1 It doesn't boot that way. It hangs during boot with Apple logo and unresponsive mouse cursor. USB ports also don't work. In High Sierra everything works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Try to change SMBIOS to iMac14,2 or to add -no_compat_check to Clover boot arguments Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, PPCnostalgic said: Try to change SMBIOS to iMac14,2 or to add -no_compat_check to Clover boot arguments OK I will give it a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 hours ago, PPCnostalgic said: Try to change SMBIOS to iMac14,2 or to add -no_compat_check to Clover boot arguments This didn't work either. Does it need A DSDT or SSDT patch or something? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I didn't read carefully your post, I use Clover Bootloader (version 4939) while you are on Enoch. Did you try Clover? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, PPCnostalgic said: I didn't read carefully your post, I use Clover Bootloader (version 4939) while you are on Enoch. Did you try Clover? I just started using Clover for Catalina. I'm able to boot High Sierra with Enoch now. It's running smoothly. My problem is I can't make Catalina boot with Clover. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I assumed you were actually able to boot the system, since you're mentioning USB not working. Core2* CPUs are not supported OOB on Mojave and above. You'll need to either replace /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/com.apple.telemetry.plugin with the one from High Sierra or patch the existing one from Catalina thru Clover's KextToPatch. Then boot with nv_disable=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala_Vuran Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 7 hours ago, ricoc90 said: I assumed you were actually able to boot the system, since you're mentioning USB not working. Core2* CPUs are not supported OOB on Mojave and above. You'll need to either replace /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/com.apple.telemetry.plugin with the one from High Sierra or patch the existing one from Catalina thru Clover's KextToPatch. Then boot with nv_disable=1 OK, will do that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2681672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverme Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I think we have a same series of laptop (ASUS M70vm C2D P9200, nv 9600m GS DDR2-800 4G, 320GB HDD). Have you manage to install Catalina on your machine? I'm encountering similar graphic proplem during installation. I'm using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] for installation with Catalina 10.15.2 + Clover. After changing EC0 to EC, I could install Catalina(the select language interface) on the HDD. Yet after that, It won't boot into the new system under USB. It kept rebooting when running line (IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3 .....) under -v mode. Anyone for a thought? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339513-catalina-first-boot-dark-screen-with-no-usb-ports-working/#findComment-2706494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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