d0c Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hey guys This is my experience with OSx86 on a Lenovo ThinkPad z61m, as there are many different configurations of the z61m i doubt my settings and install method will work on all, if you look at the bottom of your laptop you will see a sticker which gives you the "Type" "Product ID" and "S/N" if yours says: "Type: 9450-A38" then you have the exact same setup as i do, and _everything that i include_ should work. if you have a different model you'll likely have to edit my kext file, if you need help with it see me on irc (information below) VIDEO:gma 950 (intel graphics) - no artifacts, hardware acceleration works beautifully. no graphics issues so far. CPU: T2300e core duo cpu. if you've got the 9450-A38 setup then you too have a 1.66mhz dual core cpu with sse3 and sse2 support. OSx seems to fly on this system as aposed to vista or even debian. RAM: i've upgraded my ram from the stock 1gb to 2.5gb's of 667mhz DDR2, although in OSX i've yet to see the ram use peak ~750MB's AUDIO: The intel HDA onboard audio works with the "Azlia_out" module which is included in the kalyway install DVD (check it in the "Customize" menu of the installer) it works fine (all be it without input, which would be nice seeing as osx has some really awesome studio software...) KEYBOARD,TRACKPOINT,TOUCHPAD: I have my touchpad disabled(its a bios option;vi haven't a clue why you'ed use it when you have access to the awesomeness that is a trackpoint) so i haven't tested it, but i see no reason it shouldn't work perfectly. the trackpoint works as expected and there are no real input issues to speak of. The keyboard on the other hand works as a whole, but some of the FN key options do not work as i have yet to get apm support working (dimming the screen) the mute and volume buttons do work but osx does not show changes on the screen. TIP(for you windows folks): Alt = Command, Winkey = Option. DVD+-RW/CD-RW: Works in full without issue. HDD: the included hitachi hdd works fine and suffers no performance issues. WIFI: Never was there a bigger issue it appears... Especially with a laptop, i am however glad to report that those of us with the 9450-A38 have the atheros wifi pcie card which works beautifully in osx, it is very simple to get it working, However i shall spare you the ins and outs (if you'ed like to know its been written up quite a bit, search the forums) and provide you with my IO80211Family.kext (see attachments below...) After you've extracted my kext, drag and drop it into /System/Library/Extentions/ the system will ask you to authenticate the file and then ask for your password. now that you're done with that, we have one more file to work with, i've also included my "NetworkInterfaces.plist" file (attached below) extract it and drag and drop it to: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ (i haven't done this drag and drop so it may or may not prompt you for it, if it does just follow along.) now go ahead and run the DiskUtility and "repair permissions." Once you're done with that it is time to reboot. once the system is back up you will not automatically have network, click on the system preferences application and go to "Network" it should now list AirPort as well as Firewire, click on Airport, now if you click the "turn airport on" button it may or may not work, as i recall it didn't for me, not to fear, click on the "Assist Me" button, and then the "Assistant..." button (not diagnostics) follow through and it should prompt you to enable your airport, "ZOMG! IT WERKS", you should also be able to turn it on and off then on from the wifi icon. also i have no issues with selecting a default network, all settings are remembered. it is 100% functional on my system. APM: This doesn't seem very important until you're on the road lol, OSX kills battery faster then a fat kid eats cake, until we find a fix i suggest dual booting. ******************************************************************************** Just repaired the apm issue (fully functioning), see: http://gsbd41316.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/...attery-display/ Dual Booting: this is very simple, like any other dual boot setup i've done, i choose to install OSX with the MBR option; it worked fine for me. this does however rewrite your MBR so after i installed and configured OSx i booted up with a gentoo cd, mounted my linux partitions and reinstalled grub (after editing my menu.1st file to show OSX, see any docs for dual booting to see how to edit said file): reboot, and HAZZAH! we have debian and OSx86. I use debian while mobile and osx when plugged in to get around the apm issue, also, OSX works fine with ext3 but there is no reiserfs support so keep that in mind when setting up your linux' hope someone else finds this helpfull, thanks to kalyway and all of the other folks who made this awesome operating system available to all of us, even the broke students anyone who wishes to speak more can get me on irc at irc.sorcery.net #beos IO80211Family.kext.zip NetworkInterfaces.plist.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4c1 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 The brightness control issue is what has kept me from using Mac OS as my main operating system on my computer.The good news is this is not an issue anymore.Replace your original AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext with the one attached (extracted from the 10.4.3 combo update) ,repair permisions and voila! brightness control via Fn+Home/End. Found this solution in another post on this forum so credit goes to the guy that came up with it. AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godefroi Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 hi there, what about your gigabit ethernet? i've installed kalyway on my thinkpad Z61t, and still havent got any clue about activating my broadcom netxtreme gigabit ethernet.. i've tried some tricks posted for BCM57xx dev id 167x, but my dev id is 1601 (searched all over the forum). those tricks doesnt work or maybe i missed something? thanks j4c1, thanks man, your trick worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0c Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 it sounds like you might not have the correct device id, i ran into this when i was trying to get the proper device id for my wifi adapter (the 802.11 wifi mini-adapter) in linux i was pulling up 168c however the dev id that worked in osx was 58c. so i'd suggest doing some deep digging for the proper device id. as aposed to say just lspci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarLLC Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Try this, Go Network Preferences, -->Assist ME--> Assistant.. ANd enable your Airport Card here, You should get the card working, Mine Z61m works like a champ. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDaBomb2u Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 The brightness control issue is what has kept me from using Mac OS as my main operating system on my computer.The good news is this is not an issue anymore.Replace your original AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext with the one attached (extracted from the 10.4.3 combo update) ,repair permisions and voila! brightness control via Fn+Home/End. Found this solution in another post on this forum so credit goes to the guy that came up with it. Hmmm....this didn't work for me. I have 10.5.2 with Combo Update to 10.5.3 on a ThinkPad R61i. Any suggestions anyone??? Thanks! -Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4c1 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I have managed to get my integrated network card working by using the files found here : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114605 and then patching for device id 14e4:1601 . This works on my Z61m model 9450-A38 running 10.5.5,if you have the same model it should work for you. It may also work for the other device ids mentioned in the original post,i have no way of testing those.I am getting an all zero mac address but that is easily fixable by using a startup script . Unzip and copy the files to your extensions folder,repair permissions and enjoy your working network card.Do make a backup of extensions folder though just in case something goes wrong. I have also managed to get sleep working by using the method described here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...st&p=802802 Just delete : /System/Library/Extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleACPILPC.kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleLPC.kext And as always make a backup before changing anything in your extensions folder. My Thinkpad wakes up instantly and re-connects to my wireless network within two seconds.My Dell laptop running Vista takes about 2 minutes to reconnect when waking from sleep. It sleeps when closing the lid but does not wake when opening it,i have to press Fn or power.If anybody has a solution please share it.At this point i have everything (i need) working . Looking for a solution for the S-Video port and sound in . Kexts.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesaturn Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi ... I wasn't able to get my wifi and ethernet to work after installing according to the instructions and using the replacement ktext. I noticed that my computer is a 9450-a36 (yours is a 9450-a38) and the only difference is that my wifi card is listed (According to lenovo.com) as an " Intel 802.11abg wireless,." So I guess this is different than the wifi card your ktext is for. Any thoughts on how I might get the wifi and ethernet to work? (I blew away windows on the machine so I can't boot into windows and find the device code. Is there a way to look that up in OS X?) Thanks, wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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