j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Hello fellows! I have a problem with getting some hardware to work in macOS Catalina 10.15.7, that's: AppleALC Audio Qualcomm Atheros AR9565 (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) Touchscreen I checked my audio codec in Ubuntu and it's IDT 92HD99BXX, extra info provided in the spoiler. Spoiler Codec: IDT 92HD99BXX Address: 0 AFG Function Id: 0x1 (unsol 1) Vendor Id: 0x111d76e5 Subsystem Id: 0x103c18fd Revision Id: 0x100303 No Modem Function Group found Default PCM: rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000 bits [0xe]: 16 20 24 formats [0x1]: PCM Default Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0 Default Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x7f, nsteps=0x7f, stepsize=0x02, mute=1 State of AFG node 0x01: Power states: D0 D1 D2 D3 D3cold S3D3cold CLKSTOP EPSS Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 GPIO: io=5, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=1 IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 IO[2]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 IO[3]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 IO[4]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0 Power-Map: 0x24 Node 0x0a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400583: Stereo Amp-In Control: name="Mic Boost Volume", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0 Amp-In caps: N/A Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap 0x0001173c: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 EAPD 0x2: EAPD Pin Default 0x04a11020: [Jack] Mic at Ext Right Conn = 1/8, Color = Black DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0 Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80 Unsolicited: tag=02, enabled=1 Power states: Power: setting=D3, actual=D3 Connection: 3 0x13* 0x14 0x1c Node 0x0b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo Pincap 0x0001001c: OUT HP EAPD Detect EAPD 0x2: EAPD Pin Default 0x0421101f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Right Conn = 1/8, Color = Black DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP Unsolicited: tag=01, enabled=1 Power states: Power: setting=D3, actual=D3 Connection: 3 0x13* 0x14 0x1c Node 0x0c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400583: Stereo Amp-In Amp-In caps: N/A Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap 0x00011734: IN OUT EAPD Detect Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 EAPD 0x2: EAPD Pin Default 0x40f000f0: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0 Pin-ctls: 0x00: VREF_HIZ Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 Power states: Power: setting=D3, actual=D3 Connection: 3 0x13* 0x14 0x1c Node 0x0d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400501: Stereo Pincap 0x00010050: OUT EAPD Balanced EAPD 0x2: EAPD Pin Default 0x90170110: [Fixed] Speaker at Int N/A Conn = Analog, Color = Unknown DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT Power states: Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Connection: 3 0x13 0x14* 0x1c Node 0x0e [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono Node 0x0f [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400583: Stereo Amp-In Amp-In caps: N/A Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap 0x00010034: IN OUT EAPD Detect EAPD 0x2: EAPD Pin Default 0x40f000f0: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0 Pin-ctls: 0x00: Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 And extra text... The audio jack is a combo jack. For the touchscreen, it's eGalaxTouch, extra details provided in the spoiler. Spoiler Oddly enough, it's being picked up correctly by macOS, but the mouse cursor doesn't teleport to where my finger is. And the huge deal-breaker for this, the WiFi, macOS hasn't initialized it because it doesn't know what to do with it, said by someone in a Telegram chat. Screenshots provided below this text. Spoiler According to the System Information app, it only sees this: Spoiler I can go online with ethernet, but not WiFi or Bluetooth tethering. Bluetooth kinda works? It recognizes it's vendor and MAC, but I can't see my phone in the Bluetooth pairing menu or any of my other devices and I can't turn it off. Checking System Information yet again reveals it recognizes something, but I can't use it. Spoiler I am attaching the .ZIP file containing my EFI for anyone who can troubleshoot the issue. Thanks. https://www.dropbox.com/s/32izqkpsrjlz86l/EFI.zip?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 About ALC Audio I may propose to exclude AppleALC and use VoodooHDA. It works with such codecs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Slice said: About ALC Audio I may propose to exclude AppleALC and use VoodooHDA. It works with such codecs. Is it really rare to get ALC to work on PCs? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 But why you insist on AppleALC? VoodooHDA makes better sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Slice said: But why you insist on AppleALC? VoodooHDA makes better sound. I was curious how good AppleALC sounds like when I saw this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, j2j said: I was curious how good AppleALC sounds like when I saw this post I mainly wanna focus on WiFi for now as it's really important to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) I tried manually loading sound and WiFi kexts, no dice. I might start considering VooDooHDA, not sure what to do with WiFi, though... Edited April 26, 2021 by j2j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wern apfel Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, j2j said: Hello fellows! I have a problem with getting some hardware to work in macOS Catalina 10.15.7, that's: AppleALC Audio Qualcomm Atheros AR9565 (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) Touchscreen AppleALC should work if you change the ID. alcid=3 Catalina does not support Atheros Wifi, only Broadcom. The touchscreen could work with the I2C driver, it has some experimental USB support. Edited April 26, 2021 by wern apfel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, wern apfel said: AppleALC should work if you change the ID. alcid=3 Catalina does not support Atheros Wifi, only Broadcom. The touchscreen could work with the I2C driver, it has some experimental USB support. So the Atheros series is incompatible with macOS at all? 17 minutes ago, wern apfel said: AppleALC should work if you change the ID. alcid=3 Catalina does not support Atheros Wifi, only Broadcom. The touchscreen could work with the I2C driver, it has some experimental USB support. ALCID=3 does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vltra Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 why still have folder bootstrap on opencore 0.6.8. it deprecated right? set alcid=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wern apfel Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, j2j said: So the Atheros series is incompatible with macOS at all? ALCID=3 does not work. alcid=3 lowercase. It's already in your config.plist, simply change it to 3 The bootstrap folder can be removed on OC 0.6.8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, wern apfel said: alcid=3 lowercase. It's already in your config.plist, simply change it to 3 The bootstrap folder can be removed on OC 0.6.8 It was already lowercase, I typed this post's alcid in uppercase, oops. Even then, no dice. Is it the likely chance this HP laptop is too odd with it's stock hardware configuration for macOS to support? For Wi-Fi, I was using this, they were testing it in Big Sur and said they think it might work on Catalina and Mojave. Edited April 26, 2021 by j2j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Hervé said: Qualcomm Atheros AR9565 was only ever supported in previous OS X/macOS versions with a specially patched/re-written Atheros40 kext. Then performance was highly arguable (often reported to be slow and limited). With the demise of Atheros support from macOS Mojave, I would recommend you opt for a supported Broadcom card instead. https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/11138-inventory-of-supportedunsupported-wireless-cards-2-sierra-big-sur https://dortania.github.io/Wireless-Buyers-Guide/unsupported.html#supported-chipsets Re: audio, AppleALC wiki stipulate layout 3 for IDT 92HD99BX, yet you've entered alcid=1 in your OC config. Start by changing this to the expected value. I already changed the alcid to 3 on the laptop, though I haven't updated the DropBox .ZIP yet. Edited April 26, 2021 by j2j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodion2010 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, j2j said: I was curious how good AppleALC sounds like when I saw this post sound quality is exactly the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2j Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 I managed to fix Wi-Fi issues after upgrading to Big Sur and doing an OC Snapshot again without touching kexts, as for audio? I used VooDooHDA as a bandaid solution. Bluetooth seems to still not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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