OpenCore General Discussion

[makk]

Greetings Vit

 

Is there a way to reorder the bootlicking in BootPicker?

Have not been able to find instructions on this so far.

 

I have three different macOS all using APFS container. If possible would like the boot order to be set

differently and the size of the icons to shrink? [ not sure if this is possible ]

 

thank you

[SavageAUS]

40 minutes ago, vit9696 said:

@SavageAUS, if your board is the GA 170 mentioned in your signature, I am pretty sure you need EnableWriteUnprotector to be able to boot macOS. Also, maybe you need SetupVirtualMap to be enabled and RebuildAppleMemoryMap to be disabled. Try all the 6 combinations.

 

1 hour ago, SavageAUS said:

This is on my laptop, specs in signature.

My desktop is fine this is for my laptop.

[vit9696]

Well, the advice is not really different: EnableWriteUnprotector, ProtectMemoryRegions, RebuildAppleMemoryMap, SetupVirtualMap, SyncRuntimePermissions. Try all combinations. 2^5 variants.

 

[tluck]

5 hours ago, el_charlie said:

 

He's referring that by using a PLNF device he gets graphic glitches that end up in UI freezes with HD3000. Those freezes didn't happen for him on Sierra, they do happen since High Sierra or Mojave with HS kexts. I experience those glitches on my laptop. I've tried everything.

 

Do you have those errors?

oh

sorrry. i thought it was about getting backlight working with OC. But Yes. I see occasional glitches on HighSierra and later (since on Mojave and Catalina the same gfx kexts from HS are used). A fake EDID, for some LCDs, fixed glitches and freezes on 10.9 - 10.12. On 10.13+, glitches happen on occasion. i found an 1600x900 EDID that has not froze for me on Catalina and OC. 

 

3 hours ago, makk said:

tluck,

 

with your hd3000, do you get garbage on your screen? and lockups?

 

were you able to install Catalina on hd3000? if so how did you get around the check?

I used, Dosdude patcher for this and error with This Mac is unsupported and stopped.

 

So far I have found that any PNLF statements create corruption in Video because 64 bit constant in a 32 bit table.  It's always PNFL. This Asus Laptop came with a separate FN key ATPK or ATKP driver to handle the calls for FN keys, brightness and so forth.  So without this driver, have a problem with hacked scripts -- SSDT-PNLF, PNLF brightness patches, so forth.  I was getting massive erroring and lockups when using SSDT-PNLF on Mojave and High Sierra.

 

 

my laptop with AUO LCD is prone to glitches and freezes UNLESS i inject the EDID from an LG LCD that works great. i just posted the basic PNLF device that will work and will give you backlight when coupled with Whatevergreen. So you may not need more extensive PNLF patching anymore.

 

as far as FN keys, the KB driver on macOS is voodoops2 (and custom SSDT) which remaps the FN keys (F1/F2) to the right codes for brightness up down. All this is my T420 guide or the 100s of post on this issue in the that thread. feel free to PM me, as this is not really about OC IMO.

 

And yes, dosdude1 method works with OC to get Mojave/Catalina on HD3000 boxes. see github.com/tluck for my EFI for OC.

 

[kecinzer]

On 5/28/2020 at 7:15 PM, apianti said:

 

Nah it was suggestion for the other person that the bt does indeed work in boot environment.

 

 

I think you're not understanding the part about it is still booting. It definitely makes sense a graphics change occurs right there as well.

I don't know if we understand each other correctly.

This not happens when system booting, but when I lock screen (CMD + CTRL + Q) - it also turn off all displays and then I wake it. It happens only with external display(s) connected and when laptop wasn't at sleep before.

[Tiem]

Hey guys, quick general question, but has anyone got the standard ALT/OPT key working when ShowPicker is set to 0? I really have no idea why it's not working, I can see the key is registering. I don't see anything in the docs that says any other option needs to be enabled.

 

Here's the relevant settings in OC (v0.6.0):

 

Edited June 3, 2020 by Tiem

[MacNB]

1 hour ago, Tiem said:

Hey guys, quick general question, but has anyone got the standard ALT/OPT key working when ShowPicker is set to 0? I really have no idea why it's not working, I can see the key is registering. I don't see anything in the docs that says any other option needs to be enabled.

 

Here's the relevant settings in OC (v0.6.0):

 

 

Does OpenCanopy appear when you set Show_picker = True ?

If not, then check your EFI/Resources folder for the Font, Labels & Image folders are not empty.

[Tiem]

25 minutes ago, MacNB said:

 

Does OpenCanopy appear when you set Show_picker = True ?

If not, then check your EFI/Resources folder for the Font, Labels & Image folders are not empty.

Ya everything works as should but no matter what I set, I can't get the loader to pull up the picker on OPT. PollAppleHotKeys also has no effect, on or off.

[Sherlocks]

i switched Clover to OC. everything is fine with OC 0.5.9.

i wonder BlacklistAppleUpdate feature.

BlacklistAppleUpdate default is true. also i used it.

my default boot disk is macos partition in nvram. i trid to update 10.15.6 beta1 from 10.15.5. system reboot

and enter update partition in boot picker.u pdate 1stage, then system reboot. in boot picker, forget my default boot disk. only enter 1st disk.

i have to enter macos disk with arrow key.

can BlacklistAppleUpdate prevent this problem?

i think that after 1stage, seems to try update FW.

[mhaeuser]

@Sherlocks Currently, yes, unfortunately, it's in the Errata document. A fix will be available soon.

[tluck]

14 hours ago, makk said:

Thanks tluck!

Will give it a try.

Do you use DeviceProperties? 

 

well yes if needed... for example, i set DualLink=1 etc for my gfx

[Sherlocks]

[mention=980913]Sherlocks[/mention] Currently, yes, unfortunately, it's in the Errata document. A fix will be available soon.

thanks alot

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[el_charlie]

13 hours ago, tluck said:

my laptop with AUO LCD is prone to glitches and freezes UNLESS i inject the EDID from an LG LCD that works great

 

How did you end up getting a LG display EDID for your hack? What was the rationale?

 

I edited my EDID in my Clover days, but now I'm on OpenCore 0.5.9 and I don't inject the EDID anymore.

 

EDIT: Did you use the Catalina Patcher from dosdude1? So, you still use the Pre-Catalina SMBIOS? because technically we can use a newer smbios and use the vanilla installer. I don't know how to proceed.

Edited June 3, 2020 by el_charlie

[Tiem]

17 minutes ago, el_charlie said:

 

How did you end up getting a LG display EDID for your hack? What was the rationale?

 

I edited my EDID in my Clover days, but now I'm on OpenCore 0.5.9 and I don't inject the EDID anymore.

 

EDIT: Did you use the Catalina Patcher from dosdude1? So, you still use the Pre-Catalina SMBIOS? because technically we can use a newer smbios and use the vanilla installer. I don't know how to proceed.

Hackintool (Displays tab)

[el_charlie]

7 minutes ago, Tiem said:

Hackintool (Displays tab)

I know how to prepare my EDID, the question is how did you come to the conclusion that an LG LCD was the answer?

[Tiem]

4 minutes ago, el_charlie said:

I know how to prepare my EDID, the question is how did you come to the conclusion that an LG LCD was the answer?

I'm assuming probably like the rest of us. Trial and error. He tried it and it worked.

[Humanate]

Hi. I am having an issue since 0.5.9, Windows will not boot. I get blue screen with "ACPI_BIOS_ERROR_STOP"

 

My windows installation is on a separate NVME SSD to my macOS installation. If I revert to 0.5.8 all is well and Windows boots. I've attached the 0.5.9 EFI I'm using, could someone have a look?

 

 

0.5.9.zip

[el_charlie]

17 hours ago, tluck said:

And yes, dosdude1 method works with OC to get Mojave/Catalina on HD3000 boxes. see github.com/tluck for my EFI for OC.

 

I tried using the Catalina Patcher from dosdude1 to install on my laptop and the installer freezes and the start of the progress bar. What I'm doing wrong? Do I need to create the USB using the patcher or modify my SMBIOS to boot the vanilla Catalina installer?

[canyondust]

@vit9696 just read your 0.5.9 release notes on Dortania. Thank you for the words, and all of the effort you and Acidanthera put into to make and support Open Core. Have a fantastic summer!

[tluck]

11 hours ago, Tiem said:

I'm assuming probably like the rest of us. Trial and error. He tried it and it worked.

my son's AUO LCD broke and i replaced with an LG. and besides being a much superior LCD, it didnt have any glitches! So i have another T420 with AUO and it still sucks to look at but with the LG EDID it doesn't freeze up.

 

6 hours ago, el_charlie said:

 

I tried using the Catalina Patcher from dosdude1 to install on my laptop and the installer freezes and the start of the progress bar. What I'm doing wrong? Do I need to create the USB using the patcher or modify my SMBIOS to boot the vanilla Catalina installer?

 

don't know why it freezes? turn on -v to see what is really going on. So yes. you build a the USB with the dosude1 tool with standard appStore Catalina. my SMBIOS is mbp8,1.  format the USB as GPT. Then if you want to boot directly from the USB, just put the same OC (or Clover) EFI onto the ESP of the USB. obviously you need to make made sure the OC bundle is fulling working on macOS (then it will work for an installer too). i did so by switching from Clover to OC.  have been using OC for about 3 weeks now, and after the learning curve to get the config right, it works without any issues.

 

Edited June 4, 2020 by tluck

[Tiem]

1 hour ago, tluck said:

my son's AUO LCD broke and i replaced with an LG. and besides being a much superior LCD, it didnt have any glitches! So i have another T420 with AUO and it still sucks to look at but with the LG EDID it doesn't freeze up.

I really wish there was a way and a database for this kind of thing. I hate my display's firmware (LG 850). I have to inject a TB display so macOS knows where to draw the desktop. Without it, windows are restored randomly or placed outside the viewport. Even happens connected to a real Mac.

 

Not to mention the 20m long notice that the display will shutdown soon when you put it sleep is just r/{censored}design

[subandit]

in dortania guide it says:

Note that you should not add your generated DSDT.aml here, it is already in your firmware. So if present, remove the entry for it in your config.plist and under EFI/OC/ACPI.

 

in my build i need to put DSDT.aml to make sleep working nicely.

without dsdt i have instant-wake problem

 

is there anything I miss?

 

OC 0.5.9 - mojave 10.14.6

asus h81m-k

i5-4670

rx560

OC.zip

[hardcorehenry]

38 minutes ago, subandit said:

in dortania guide it says:

Note that you should not add your generated DSDT.aml here, it is already in your firmware. So if present, remove the entry for it in your config.plist and under EFI/OC/ACPI.

 

in my build i need to put DSDT.aml to make sleep working nicely.

without dsdt i have instant-wake problem

 

is there anything I miss?

 

OC 0.5.9 - mojave 10.14.6

asus h81m-k

i5-4670

rx560

OC.zip

First, iMac15,1(Haswell+Radeon) is more compatible to your build than iMac14,2(Haswell+Nvidia).
Second, for your mobo, I’d remove any USB related kext(USBInjectAll/Map/Ports) and only add power via config.plist>DeviceProperties>Add

[mhkmichaell]

Hi @Download-Fritz@vit9696.  I think the UnblockFsContent not work in 059. Don’t see my OS disk. On 058 it works perfectly. 

[subandit]

1 hour ago, hardcorehenry said:

First, iMac15,1(Haswell+Radeon) is more compatible to your build than iMac14,2(Haswell+Nvidia).
Second, for your mobo, I’d remove any USB related kext(USBInjectAll/Map/Ports) and only add power via config.plist>DeviceProperties>Add

 

thank you for reply !

but somehow i only able to type in capital in those data, so instead of e803 its E803

generate new imac 15,1

dont install usb kexts

disabled dsdt in plist.

 

but sleep problem re accure, instant wake to be pricise

OC.zip