Comments on: Upgrading a netbook EFI install of Mac OS to 10.5.7

By: sllewji

sllewji — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:33 +0000

Apologies – The 10.5.7 Extensions folder got copied to the wrong place – I used Terminal from the install disk to relocate and all is now well.
Ian

By: sllewji

sllewji — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:33:32 +0000

Hi Stuart – I followed the intructions but the second reboot just leaves me with a completely blank grey desktop. The mouse cursor moves but no finder or any other app.

Any Ideas?
Ian

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:08:35 +0000

Cheers Stuart

Look forward for the tool. Just wondering do you have a time scale of when you will release the tool.

Thanks again

All the best

NSCXP2005

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:37:43 +0000

I always use the Combo-updates, even on real Macs! The Delta updates can leave file permissions incorrect so that running Verify/Fix Permissions from Disk Utility will always report errors, whereas the combo update doesn’t have this problem. My thinking is that if this isn’t updated correctly, who knows what else might not be done properly with the Delta update.

(Admittedly, the answer is probably “nothing” – but using the Combo update isn’t any great imposition – so I don’t see any reason not to).

You’ll also need to re-create/re-patch your drivers for 10.5.8 after installing the update but before rebooting. I have an automated system to do this which I’ve created for the 10.5.8 upgrade – but I’d advise holding off for now, until things such as the Power Management problems are fixed. Once the update seems safe, I’ll upload this upgrade tool.

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:46:17 +0000

Thanks Stuart,

With the 10.5.8 update, did you do it from Software Update or Combo Update?
If Software Update, did you need any additional files for it to work?

Thanks for the response.

All the best

NSCXP2005

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:19:41 +0000

(To answer the question above: Sleep works when not running on mains power. When plugged in, the machine will sleep but then immediately wake. I’m looking into a DSDT-based solution to this, but don’t have anything definitive yet – the DSDT change needed doesn’t only depend on the specific model of NC10 and what hardware is present (e.g. presence/lack of internal 3G), but also on what BIOS options are set. This makes the production of any generic fix very difficult.

The problem with Deep Sleep/Hibernate has always been the mechanism by which the system dump is restored upon restart. On non-Apple hardware, this is a boot-loader function rather than anything directly OS-related. Unfortunately, with the first RC release of Chameleon 2 this didn’t work properly. I haven’t tried with the most recent Chameleon update.

Given that my system uses a 30Gb SSD, having to write and then erase a 2Gb memory dump (almost 7% of the total capacity of the device) on every sleep seems to be enormously wasteful of write-cycles – so I’m happy to stick to Suspend-To-RAM only.)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:28:17 +0000

Just a quick note to confirm that I’m now successfully running 10.5.8, but am still checking it for problems.

Bluetooth, even after driver plist edits, doesn’t work unless an SMBIOS override is also used to present a valid Machine Model (without which the Bluetooth daemon crashes due to attempting to insert a nil value – bad programming, I’d suggest…). With an SMBIOS override, bluetooth does work correctly – but historically using SMBIOS overrides with Chameleon 2 caused the processor speed to drop to it’s lowest speed of 800MHz. This doesn’t appear to be the case with the latest Release Candidate, but I’m still testing to confirm this.

More news as I get it…

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:01:57 +0000

Hi Stuart,

Does your setup using your guide have Sleep and Hibernate working?

All the best

NSCXP2005

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:25:34 +0000

Ok, Cheers Stuart,

I look forward to them being featured in the EFI version of OSX in the future.

Thank you for your time

All the best

NSCXP2005

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:21:11 +0000

(Also note that with the NC10 release of Audieee, you can switch sound output to headphones, although this admittedly doesn’t happen automatically. I’d say that Microphone input is the only completely absent function, sound-wise. I’d certainly like to see this fixed – but it’s not something I regularly use)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:18:27 +0000

The VoodooHDA kernel extension I known not to work correctly: after resuming from sleep (and apparently even after just running for long periods), audio breaks up and becomes of very low quality – although this can be mitigated by moving the cursor around rapidly or by typing fast. This makes me think that there’s an interrupt-related problem here. Even without this problem, the maximum volume with VoodooHDA is significantly lower than with AppleAzaliaAudio, and I would suggest isn’t high enough even when set to maximum.

I think that what the Voodoo team is doing is fantastic, and I’ll be happy to include VoodooHDA once it’s finished – but I don’t think that it’s yet ready for the big-time.

I must that, after reading several reports of people having VoodooPS2Controller break on them, leaving them without input ability, I’ve not tried it. Having said that, testing it is on my list of things to do, so watch this space

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:19:11 +0000

Hi Stuart,

Does your driver pack for 10.5.7 have the following included?

Voodoo HDA-0.2.2 beta
VoodooPS2Controller

This would be excellent if it did, then I would have scrolling and tapping on my trackpad.

I would also have the mic and headphones working properly.

Please can you let me know

All the best

NSCXP2005

By: NSCXP2005

NSCXP2005 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:52:44 +0000

Cheers Stuart, this really helped.

All the best

NSCXP2005