Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 What do you need? - Hackintosh with 10.4.4 or 10.4.5 - Installed FrontRow. You can find it at Mac OS X Install Disk 1 > System > Installation > Packages > .packages > FrontRow.pkg. You can install it with Pacifist (it is free http://www.charlessoft.com/ ) without any installer checks. Use "Finder > Go To Folder" to open hidden folder (.packages). - any USB mouse (!) - FrontRowPass driver (it is absolutely legal simple mouse HID driver with sweet candy). You can download it at http://www.yuriev.info/FrontRowPass.kext.zip How to ...? 1. Open System Profiler and and check your USB Mouse ProductID and VendorID (Hardware > USB). 2. Convert ProductID and VendorID to Decimal (Calculator > View > Programmer). 3. Open FrontRowPass.kext > Contents > Info.plist. And change idProduct and idVendor (decimal value). 4. Copy FrontRowPass.kext to /System/Library/Extensions 5. In Terminal sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext 6. Test it with sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext 6. Remove Extensions.kextcach and Extensions.mkext in /System/Library. 7. Reboot. 8. Hooah, comrades! Native FrontRow on your Hackintosh . After that you can use Front Row with keyboard, Salling Clicker device or any other that support Front Row. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I followed your intstruction so far. But one question? How to activate FrontRow? What do I have to do to start FR? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Cmd+Esc Or you can set any shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts (Front Row). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Cmd+Esc Or you can set any shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts (Front Row). Doesn't work on my System. I tried to change the shortcut, but whatever I do, frontrow doesn't start. Edit: Ok, I reinstalled FrontRow and rebooted and now it works! Thank you very much! Where did you find this .kext? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 I did not found it . I made it by myself in 5 minutes . I've tested it on 10.4.4. Works great! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 2. Convert ProductID and VendorID to Decimal (Calculator > View > Programmer). I'm sorry. I don't know how to do that. Help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 It is easy. 1. Run Calculator. 2. View > Programmer. 3. Push "Hex" button. 4. Enter your number. 5. Push "Dec" button. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ok, I entered the Dev ID etc, and I prooved it twice. (logitech mx700) Frontrow loads fine, but I can't control it with the mouse. Or is the driver just for loading frontrow, and does nothing else? Anyway, thanks for your awesome info :D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can not control Front Row with mouse. It is not a hack of Front Row. It is native Front Row like on any Mac with Apple Remote. With this driver "SystemUIServer" think that there is Apple Remote in computer and let you to run Front Row. You can use Salling Clicker to control Front Row with Bluetooth (Wi-Fi) mobile phone (or HPC) Salling Clicker http://www.salling.com/Clicker/mac/ Supported devices http://www.salling.com/Clicker/mac/devices.php Universal Binary version (beta) http://www.salling.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3489 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazubu Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Very nice you're the best, thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I cant convert. My ids are 0x050c & 0x03f0, but I cant get the x0. I just get 0x50c, or 0x3f0. And I dont have frontrow in the keyboard shortcuts menu. help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 HP mouse 0x050c = 1292 0x03f0 = 1008 You will see Front Row in Keyboard shortcuts when Front Row will be enabled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 thanks. But I cant get frontrow up. And when I did sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, I got a few errors: kextload: /Users/tristramdavies/System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext: no such bundle file exists can't add kernel extension System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext (file access/permissions) (run kextload on this kext with -t for diagnostic output) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Post err here. I think you did mistake somewhere. I've tested kext on 10.4.4 and 10.4.5 - kext is good. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 kextload: /Users/tristramdavies/System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext: no such bundle file exists can't add kernel extension System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext (file access/permissions) (run kextload on this kext with -t for diagnostic output) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 thanks. But I cant get frontrow up. And when I did sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, I got a few errors: kextload: /Users/tristramdavies/System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext: no such bundle file exists can't add kernel extension System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext (file access/permissions) (run kextload on this kext with -t for diagnostic output) Ohh... not /Users/tristramdavies/System/Library/Extensions/ ...but /System/Library/Extensions Try all step again on new FrontRowPass.kext. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ok, i've tried it again, With the command: sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext I get the same error as above. But if I try: sudo kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext I get this error: kextload: extension /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext appears to be valid kextload: loading extension /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext kextload: extension /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext is not authentic (check ownership and permissions) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Comrade, do not forget "sudo chown -R root:wheel ...". That is your problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ok, I did it all again. But when I use sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, I get the same errors as before. But if I use sudo kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, it all seems to go through fine. But after deleting those 2 files and rebooting. I cannot load frontrow. And there is nothing in the keyboard prefrences either. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 yes, very nice guide thankyou Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ok, I did it all again. But when I use sudo kextload -v System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, I get the same errors as before. But if I use sudo kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/FrontRowPass.kext, it all seems to go through fine. But after deleting those 2 files and rebooting. I cannot load frontrow. And there is nothing in the keyboard prefrences either. It's mean that your ID values are incorrect. Anyway your Nvidia card does not support OpenGL in Mac OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 ok, i've tried everything. It must be due to the fact i've got an Nvidia card. Thanks for your help Kyrie1965 Anybody here got it working using a Nvidia card? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can not control Front Row with mouse. It is not a hack of Front Row. It is native Front Row like on any Mac with Apple Remote. With this driver "SystemUIServer" think that there is Apple Remote in computer and let you to run Front Row. Havent tried with this release yet, but had front row PPC 1.01 running with Keyspan Digital Media Remote. Not only do they have Universal Drivers (still in beta but working pretty good) also has keymaps already for FrontRow. They are only like 30 bucks remote and receiver. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie1965 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeap, you can control Front Row with any remote HID device (HID keyboard type) if you can map key on device. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks for the valuable information Kyrie. If anyone knows a free app like Salling, please post it here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10470-howto-native-frontrow-without-any-illegal-hacks-it-is-easy/#findComment-65712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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