OpenCore General Discussion

[n.d.k]

14 minutes ago, Alex HQuest said:

Well, it allows higher resolutions, but fails with the same Missing external GUI protocol...

By any chance, you have your Misc->Boot->UsePicker turn off?

[jsl2000]

On 10/27/2019 at 9:23 AM, n.d.k said:

By any chance, you have your Misc->Boot->UsePicker turn off?

Hi, n.d.k.:

How to set correct CPU frequency and FSB frequency for AMD FX-6300 CPU in OpenCore ? Is it set by Kernel -> Patch provide by Algrey ? Because used it I got too high setting in my FX-6300 hackintosh, but completely normal in Ryzen 1700X hackintosh by respective patches at OC 0.5.0.

[Solved]

Following Shaneee's advice I can get correct CPU frequency now.

config.plist

Edited October 28, 2019 by jsl2000

[Alex HQuest]

8 minutes ago, n.d.k said:

By any chance, you have your Misc->Boot->UsePicker turn off?

I do not, but it wasn't on my config, therefore it inherits its default as "turned off". Making progress, picker is now displayed for my first OC boot, but it failed to boot - more to come...

[n.d.k]

25 minutes ago, jsl2000 said:

Hi, n.d.k.:

How to set correct CPU frequency and FSB frequency for AMD FX-6300 CPU in OpenCore ? Is it set by Kernel -> Patch provide by Algrey ? Because used it I got too high setting in my FX-6300 hackintosh, but completely normal in Ryzen 1700X hackintosh by respective patches at OC 0.5.0

Sorry, I don't own any AMD system, no knowledge about AMD hack rig. 

[Alex HQuest]

Here's where I have again to ask for adult supervision and some help

 

"ERROR allocating 0xa00 pages at 0x0000000010000000 alloc type 2

Error loading kernel cache (0x9)

OC: Boot failed - Aborted

OCB: StartImage failed - Aborted

Halting on critical error"

 

I disabled VT-d, Thunderbolt, removed DMAR ACPI table, changed Quirks to make OC more AptioMemoryFix friendly, as per the documentation suggests, and yet, it was a no go. Advices on how to troubleshoot this error are welcome.

[n.d.k]

31 minutes ago, Alex HQuest said:

Here's where I have again to ask for adult supervision and some help

 

"ERROR allocating 0xa00 pages at 0x0000000010000000 alloc type 2

Error loading kernel cache (0x9)

OC: Boot failed - Aborted

OCB: StartImage failed - Aborted

Halting on critical error"

 

I disabled VT-d, Thunderbolt, removed DMAR ACPI table, changed Quirks to make OC more AptioMemoryFix friendly, as per the documentation suggests, and yet, it was a no go. Advices on how to troubleshoot this error are welcome.

Error are related AptioMemoryFix, it's in Booter->Quirks section, mess with it.

 

ProvideCustomSlide = YES

EnableSafeModeSlide = YES

[jsl2000]

6 hours ago, jsl2000 said:

Thanks for your prompt reply and help.

I'll test it ASAP.

Hi, n.d.k.:

After editing of your config.plist my Z77 hackintosh can login to desktop now.

However, only AMD R9 290X dGPU display properly. The internal HD 4000 display abnormally.

Did you get your HD 4000 display properly ?

Edited October 27, 2019 by jsl2000

[n.d.k]

4 hours ago, jsl2000 said:

Hi, n.d.k.:

After editing of your config.plist my Z77 hackintosh can login to desktop now.

However, only AMD R9 290X dGPU display properly. The internal HD 4000 display abnormally.

Did you get your HD 4000 display properly ?

I wouldn't know because, i config my system to be a headless mode.  I don't hook up my monitor to HD4000 port, my r580 is driving both of my 4k monitors, HD4000 is limited to 1080p only, so i don't use it at all, only turn it on for the encoding purpose.

[Alex HQuest]

13 hours ago, n.d.k said:

Error are related AptioMemoryFix, it's in Booter->Quirks section, mess with it.

 

ProvideCustomSlide = YES

EnableSafeModeSlide = YES

Even without a slide boot arg, seems ProvideCustomSlide made memory allocation error gone, but now I have a lovely black screen with no disk activity or any of my USB devices doing a thing (keyboard included).

 

This so feels like back in the 10.6 days...

[bittantone]

Do you guys think that it is possible to launch OpenCore from rEFInd or shim?

I tried signing OpenCore.efi with MOK and to start it from rEFInd or directly from shim, but the boot process suddenly stops without error messages.

 

Thanks

[iGPU]

On Catalina (any beta or release to date), the processor type does not show up in the About Mac window on my X299 build when processor type is set to 0 in OpenCore (as instructed in an early post here): PlatformInfo/SMBIOS/ProcessorType = 0.

 

This method works in Mojave, but not Catalina, as shown below. This is true for v050 to latest v052.

 

 

If system is checked with Hackintool in Catalina, or using the command "sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string" in Terminal, the correct CPU is reported:

"Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980XE CPU @ 3.00GHz".

 

So it seems that the data is still available in Catalina, as in Mojave, using same tools, but the problem is that OC can't auto retrieve it in Catalina when using ProcessorType = 0.

 

Maybe this problem is unique to X299 with OC (it's the only build I have with Catalina)?

 

[Ellybz]

On 10/25/2019 at 3:11 PM, DaGr8Gatzby said:

 

Here is what the identifer looks like for my machine

<string>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,16-7D-50-71-53-38-25-00)/HD(1,GPT,094B0907-C4B8-48B1-8010-8BA5BF105D0E,0x28,0x64000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi</string>

*BOOT EFI SHELL*

Shell> fs0:
fs0:\> map > maps.txt

I then mounted my ESP partition and was able to copy and paste the info into the plist file:

 

 

I hope this helps somebody. Took me a bit of tries to get it working.

 

I had originally found the path using Clover Bootloader, just selecting the Drive / EFI location and hitting spacebar for the infos, however some of the slash symbols were reversed and needed to be corrected ( no big deal ). Your method thru the EFI shell is much simpler. Thanks. 
IMHO, Misc>Entries are a much better option than blessOverride . No extra EFIs options in the picker to deal with when you have different OS in other drives. ( I tried several options, including Hideself ).  

The Scan Policy I use is: 2,689,795  ( APFS, HFS, NTFS, SATA, NVME, USB ).  No Need for ESP Scan or dealing with BOOTCAMP. 
Cheers 

 

Edited October 27, 2019 by Ellybz

[birdbird]

I've made some progress since my last comments, principally by moving to the Debug build of OpenCore but also using the new Vanilla Guide and some of the recommended tools from there..

 

I have two issues, or symptoms, at this time:

1. Very long pause after "OCC: Configuring Console" displays.  

I think this may be due to my XFX RX 580 having some issue with the GOP UEFI part of its BIOS, based on this thread.   I don't know if that's true, but I updated my motherboard BIOS and tried different VBIOS for the video card, but those led to seriously corrupted graphics.

 

I discovered that the system boots "normally" after the long pause, but the 5-second timeout for the menu was way too short, and the UI was committed by the time boot had progressed that far.  By changing to a long timeout I was able to boot from the USB normally.

 

This led to issue 2:

 

     2.  System stops booting after loading kexts.  

 

Specifically, it's haging after OcAppleGenericInputKeyCodeExit.  I don't know if that's the problem or just the last thing that the system is able to print.  Hopefully these remaining problems will be easy to solve, thanks in advance.

[n.d.k]

5 hours ago, birdbird said:

I've made some progress since my last comments, principally by moving to the Debug build of OpenCore but also using the new Vanilla Guide and some of the recommended tools from there..

 

I have two issues, or symptoms, at this time:

1. Very long pause after "OCC: Configuring Console" displays.  

I think this may be due to my XFX RX 580 having some issue with the GOP UEFI part of its BIOS, based on this thread.   I don't know if that's true, but I updated my motherboard BIOS and tried different VBIOS for the video card, but those led to seriously corrupted graphics.

 

I discovered that the system boots "normally" after the long pause, but the 5-second timeout for the menu was way too short, and the UI was committed by the time boot had progressed that far.  By changing to a long timeout I was able to boot from the USB normally.

 

This led to issue 2:

 

     2.  System stops booting after loading kexts.  

 

Specifically, it's haging after OcAppleGenericInputKeyCodeExit.  I don't know if that's the problem or just the last thing that the system is able to print.  Hopefully these remaining problems will be easy to solve, thanks in advance.

try copy this config.plist setting for ivybridge board.

[kjp4756]

7 hours ago, birdbird said:

I've made some progress since my last comments, principally by moving to the Debug build of OpenCore but also using the new Vanilla Guide and some of the recommended tools from there..

 

I have two issues, or symptoms, at this time:

1. Very long pause after "OCC: Configuring Console" displays.  

I think this may be due to my XFX RX 580 having some issue with the GOP UEFI part of its BIOS, based on this thread.   I don't know if that's true, but I updated my motherboard BIOS and tried different VBIOS for the video card, but those led to seriously corrupted graphics.

 

I discovered that the system boots "normally" after the long pause, but the 5-second timeout for the menu was way too short, and the UI was committed by the time boot had progressed that far.  By changing to a long timeout I was able to boot from the USB normally.

 

This led to issue 2:

 

     2.  System stops booting after loading kexts.  

 

Specifically, it's haging after OcAppleGenericInputKeyCodeExit.  I don't know if that's the problem or just the last thing that the system is able to print.  Hopefully these remaining problems will be easy to solve, thanks in advance.

I had some similar issues with my new XFX RX580.  Mine had a newer GOP driver dated may of this year.  Wouldn't boot mac os at all.  I then flashed the xfx bios from tech power up and got corrupted graphics with that.  I ended up going with a sapphire bios and now things are perfect.  It was Sapphire.RX580.8192.180719.rom from tech power up.  

[nefilim]

Does anyone have a current OpenCore discord invite link?

[Matgen84]

5 minutes ago, nefilim said:

Does anyone have a current OpenCore discord invite link?

 

Invite link for Opencore desktop: https://discord.gg/Ve4BbA

[mhaeuser]

Just for things to be clear, this Discord server is not related to anything Acidanthera and is not an official OpenCore resource

[Pavo]

31 minutes ago, Download-Fritz said:

Just for things to be clear, this Discord server is not related to anything Acidanthera and is not an official OpenCore resource

Just to be clear, where it might not be the "Official OpenCore" Discord server for "Acidanthera" group, it is where most normal users can come and ask for questions and get help with the basic understanding of using OpenCore. Where as the official Discord server for OpenCore for the "Acidanthera" team I am sure is private to a very few developers and very few "trusted" testers.

[Hackintosh Tech]

6 hours ago, Pavo said:

Just to be clear, where it might not be the "Official OpenCore" Discord server for "Acidanthera" group, it is where most normal users can come and ask for questions and get help with the basic understanding of using OpenCore. Where as the official Discord server for OpenCore for the "Acidanthera" team I am sure is private to a very few developers and very few "trusted" testers.

And to be clear, we were the only discord group to adopt Opencore from the very start since 0.0.1, @Download-Fritz @vit9696 We are not expecting an endorsement, but we have had hundreds of successful Opencore builds via this channel. It's an English support channel and everyone is welcome for opencore support, but our policy is for everyone to read the official documentation before asking for help.

[mhaeuser]

That comment has been made as a reaction to the question refering to "the OpenCore Discord". There is no such thing, and neither do we want anyone to believe there is, nor do we believe that you claim to be, yet the question may suggest exactly that to unexperienced users.

There is no official Discord server for OpenCore or Acidanthera, not in public and not in private. Infact, I do not know most Acidanthera members, "trusted testers" and such myself at all.

 

@Pavo @MacProDude I'd like to ask you to try to interpret statements in "good faith" because nobody is interested in drama around a software project.

[Andrey1970]

Also any other OpenCore guides in web is not the official, except Acidanthera.

[Badruzeus]

9 hours ago, Download-Fritz said:

There is no official Discord server for OpenCore or Acidanthera, not in public and not in private. Infact, I do not know most Acidanthera members, "trusted testers" and such myself at all.

Many thanks, it answers my curious. Now may I ask about "config.plist - Misc - Entries"...

With 10.13.6 (HFS+) I'm able to boot using this custom "Path":

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(3,GPT,C456A6F1-04EB-46FC-9D03-A72480F3FC3B,0x50EA800,0xBF68000)/\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi

But with 10.14.x - 10.15 (APFS) it won't boot with:

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(5,GPT,82C9F5B0-9BE3-4ABC-9DC1-D0241EEB93B2,0x11188800,0x4082800)/VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,42110296967A1A469B7D207A294F0602)/\A3897DBE-ECFB-4EF4-91EC-0F7E28C2E7F3\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi

These paths are taken from OpenCore boot logs when using "Misc - Security - ScanPolicy: 0x003F0002" < This one actually works just fine, but on my case I'm trying with Custom Entries and prevent OC from scanning with ScanPolicy=0x00000001.

Is it possible using custom path for APFS volume, or.. if not; is it bcoz APFS Volume actually not exist (virtual)..?

 

Edited October 29, 2019 by Badruzeus

[Hackintosh Tech]

10 hours ago, Download-Fritz said:

That comment has been made as a reaction to the question refering to "the OpenCore Discord". There is no such thing, and neither do we want anyone to believe there is, nor do we believe that you claim to be, yet the question may suggest exactly that to unexperienced users.

There is no official Discord server for OpenCore or Acidanthera, not in public and not in private. Infact, I do not know most Acidanthera members, "trusted testers" and such myself at all.

 

@Pavo @MacProDude I'd like to ask you to try to interpret statements in "good faith" because nobody is interested in drama around a software project.

Great! I didn't ask for official sponsoring of the channel or the guide, Users have options, and they are there for people if they want to read or join. As for drama, no one is causing drama. 

[n.d.k]

3 hours ago, Badruzeus said:

Many thanks, it answers my curious. Now may I ask about "config.plist - Misc - Entries"...

With 10.13.6 (HFS+) I'm able to boot using this custom "Path":

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(3,GPT,C456A6F1-04EB-46FC-9D03-A72480F3FC3B,0x50EA800,0xBF68000)/\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi

But with 10.14.x - 10.15 (APFS) it won't boot with:

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0xFFFF,0x0)/HD(5,GPT,82C9F5B0-9BE3-4ABC-9DC1-D0241EEB93B2,0x11188800,0x4082800)/VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,42110296967A1A469B7D207A294F0602)/\A3897DBE-ECFB-4EF4-91EC-0F7E28C2E7F3\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi

These paths are taken from OpenCore boot logs when using "Misc - Security - ScanPolicy: 0x003F0002" < This one actually works just fine, but on my case I'm trying with Custom Entries and prevent OC from scanning with ScanPolicy=0x00000001.

Is it possible using custom path for APFS volume, or.. if not; is it bcoz APFS Volume actually not exist (virtual)..?

 

I think on APFS, they are using Prebooter path instead, I had my custom entries work fines with default scan policy.