[Guide] Vanilla Retail 10.6.x with Chameleon v2 for Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

[84R7]

Both ! but only when the Hackmack is in longer use ....

Ive just installed the newest Cameleon RC5 build 7xx

let u know if that solves the problem...

thx ! )

 

 

 

Nope - same

 

The exacly terminal output is :

lill all process

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continunig

unmount /home (45)

unmount /net (45)

 

failed

 

then nothing happens

 

 

Hm : about this mac says that i have an core 2 duo

but i have an pentium 4 dual core

is it necessary to change it ?

Hm repairing permissions or repairing the hard disk has didnt solve the problem

[icehacker]

Having some trouble after a fresh installation of OS X SL 10.6.7... made changes in com.apple.Boot.plist and tried the new FakeSMC.kext but my rig did not boot now using the old FakeSMC.kext i am getting these errors. searched but could not find much may be i need a new version of chameleon or/and FakeSMC.kext

 

ps:- hey there blackosx gr8 job

 

17/04/11 7:30:11 PM	kernel	ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::pushCPU_CSTData - _CST evaluation failed
17/04/11 7:30:11 PM	kernel	ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::pushCPU_CSTData - _CST evaluation failed
17/04/11 7:30:11 PM	kernel	ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - WARNING - LPC device initialization failed: C-state power management not initialized

[blackosx]

Hm repairing permissions or repairing the hard disk has didnt solve the problem

I've been booting using verbose mode recently and on shutdown this morning I saw the following lines flash up just before the machine closed off.

unmount /home
unmount /net

So what you're seeing is normal. I think there were a couple more lines of text after the above but I didn't catch them. I'll video the screen next time and see what they read as I guess that's where your system is hanging.

 

@-iCE!HACKER- To get rid of those _CST messages you need to patch your AppleLPC.kext to get it to load. Find the info you need in this topic

 

Using the same 3 detailed in the latest What's New PDF, though using the ATI kext in place of Nvidia.

That is: FakeSMCIntelThermal, FakeSMCSuperIO, FakeSMCRadeon

 

Also using latest DSDT on there, did the DSDT require any editing to allow these kexts to work

Hi EnzoFX

 

Part 7 'What's New' PDF I see is dated 30th September 2010 so I guess it's not really that new anymore .The link on page 2 to the FakeSMC topic at ProjectOSX is still there, but the latest versions can be got from here.

 

I am aware that changes can be made to the DSDT to add additional support for the FakeSMC plugins but I have yet to try doing so and just use the readings the plugins give me. I guess I've just never really bothered looking too deeply in to it as my machine is running really well, and all I really like to see is CPU temp and don't really have any need to see my fans speeds etc.

 

 

ps. I going away tomorrow morning for a week so I'll try to answer any questions when I get back.

[rimmi2002]

MY snow Leopard Crashing at Start up with Exit Signal 8. Please help.

 

Hi I had a very stable build...using Chameleon r699. GA-P35-DS3L; 10.6.7. Have my motherboards dsdt that's been working well for 6+ months...never had a problem. Last night I used the computer lightly. For 30 mins. Didn't install anything. This morning when I turned it back on:

 

First at the white/gray apple boot screen it showed a progress bar (which it never shows before) went about 1/3 way down the progress bar...disappeared and then the system hung at SL boot.

 

I did a manual shutdown and restart and the system never booted.

 

When booting with verbose safemode (-x -v -f) I found the following errors:

 

"Exited with Signal 8"

Then after a few more msg I the last line is CPU Halt and the system shutsdown.

 

I booted with my usb boot stick into the snow leopard install DVD and ran diskutility "Verify disk" and then repair disk and got thh following msg for repairing disk.

 

1. Invalid Record Count

2. Snow Leopard coud not be verified completly

3. Volume repair complete.

4. Updating Boot Support partition for the volume as required

5. This disk cannot be repaired.

 

 

Any idea what could have cause this. I didn't install anythng new. Anyway to fix this? If not I'll end up reintalling from a time machine backup....but I'd hate for this to happen again so just wanted to know what could have possibly caused this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[bigpoppa206]

Any idea what could have cause this. I didn't install anythng new. Anyway to fix this? If not I'll end up reintalling from a time machine backup....but I'd hate for this to happen again so just wanted to know what could have possibly caused this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Here is the repair procedure for a real Mac, you will need to make adjustments as fits our systems:

1. Boot off the OS X CD (reboot, hold C while booting).
   
2. The installer will load up, go to Utilities in the menu and run Terminal.
   
3. Type df and look for the drive that has your Mac system mounted---you'll have to unmount this. On my MacBook Pro, it was /dev/disk0s2.
   
4. Type umount /dev/disk0s2, replacing disk0s2 with whatever disk your OS lives on.
   
5. Type fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s2. If you umounted the wrong thing, it will complain that you can't repair a mounted drive. Go back and umount the right thing and repeat this step.
   

See if that fixes it. PS, less than 2 minutes in Google. Now take a deep breath...

[rimmi2002]

Here is the repair procedure for a real Mac, you will need to make adjustments as fits our systems:

1. Boot off the OS X CD (reboot, hold C while booting).
   
2. The installer will load up, go to Utilities in the menu and run Terminal.
   
3. Type df and look for the drive that has your Mac system mounted---you'll have to unmount this. On my MacBook Pro, it was /dev/disk0s2.
   
4. Type umount /dev/disk0s2, replacing disk0s2 with whatever disk your OS lives on.
   
5. Type fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s2. If you umounted the wrong thing, it will complain that you can't repair a mounted drive. Go back and umount the right thing and repeat this step.
   

See if that fixes it. PS, less than 2 minutes in Google. Now take a deep breath...

 

Thanks I'll try it when I get back home after the weekend. I can get to the terminal with the install disc.

I did try booting into single user mode and do /sbin/fsck -fy and that just gave me the same error.

[84R7]

I've been booting using verbose mode recently and on shutdown this morning I saw the following lines flash up just before the machine closed off.

unmount /home
unmount /net

So what you're seeing is normal. I think there were a couple more lines of text after the above but I didn't catch them. I'll video the screen next time and see what they read as I guess that's where your system is hanging.

 

@-iCE!HACKER- To get rid of those _CST messages you need to patch your AppleLPC.kext to get it to load. Find the info you need in this topic

 

 

Hi EnzoFX

 

Part 7 'What's New' PDF I see is dated 30th September 2010 so I guess it's not really that new anymore .The link on page 2 to the FakeSMC topic at ProjectOSX is still there, but the latest versions can be got from here.

 

I am aware that changes can be made to the DSDT to add additional support for the FakeSMC plugins but I have yet to try doing so and just use the readings the plugins give me. I guess I've just never really bothered looking too deeply in to it as my machine is running really well, and all I really like to see is CPU temp and don't really have any need to see my fans speeds etc.

 

 

ps. I going away tomorrow morning for a week so I'll try to answer any questions when I get back.

repairing permission or repairing the hard drive with booting into boot cd doesnt help...

but i have a solution :

i need to close every running app in the dock with : "right klick -> close"

when all apps are closed i can reboot or shutdown without freez !

creasy!

[rimmi2002]

Here is the repair procedure for a real Mac, you will need to make adjustments as fits our systems:

1. Boot off the OS X CD (reboot, hold C while booting).
   
2. The installer will load up, go to Utilities in the menu and run Terminal.
   
3. Type df and look for the drive that has your Mac system mounted---you'll have to unmount this. On my MacBook Pro, it was /dev/disk0s2.
   
4. Type umount /dev/disk0s2, replacing disk0s2 with whatever disk your OS lives on.
   
5. Type fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s2. If you umounted the wrong thing, it will complain that you can't repair a mounted drive. Go back and umount the right thing and repeat this step.
   

See if that fixes it. PS, less than 2 minutes in Google. Now take a deep breath...

 

Thanks for your help. It took about 5 mins and worked flawlessly. System is up and running without the need to restore from a timemachine backup. I appreciate it!

[icehacker]

Hey there Blackosx here is what i did.

 

My setup

Chameleon RC5 750 Compiled by blackosx

 

GA-EP-45-DS3L f11 Cartri Bios

4GB - DDR2 RAM 1GB x 4

500GB WD Blue HDD Sata

DL-DVD Sony

USB Keyboard + Mouse

+ nVidia 8500 GT 256 VRAM

+ RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

 

Bios Settings are as per Cartri's PDF (Find in Attachments below)

 

My com.apple.Boot.plist , dsdt.aml/dsdt.dsl , SMBIOS.plist , SSDT-0-6.aml.zip/SSDT-0-6.dsl.zip are attached below.

 

/Extra contains IONetworkingFamily.kext , PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext , OrangeIconFix.kext , PlatformUUID.kext

 

i have removed all other .kexts from /S/L/E/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Plugins directory

 

->

i use PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext cause i have a PCI RTL 8139 card if i use the original /S/L/E/IONetworkingFamily.kext i get

{	  2490 6e644f74} RTL8139::receiverInterrupt - Rx restart
{	  2fa4 8d0c2848} RTL8139::receiverInterrupt - error detected

 

->

For this error the solution is to reset nvram and pram since we have none i have no idea to fix it but if you go into System Preferences->Startup Disk and make sure you have the correct volume selected. it seems to disappear for a while

kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

 

->

sleep works just fine and can wake from usb keyb/mouse make sure you Tick the 'Startup Automatically after Power Failure' checkbox in System Prefs / Energy saver

 

->

for this error

com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[80] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self

Navigate to: System>Library>LaunchAgents>com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist

Copy the file: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist

Navigate to: Users/Home/Library

Create a new folder in Library titled: LaunchAgents

Paste: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist in LaunchAgents

Delete the original: System>Library>LaunchAgents>com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist

 

->

for this error

warmd[17]: [fetcher_open_file:936] open("/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64") => -1 (errno: 2)

i downloaded OnyX > Automation > Rebuilding > Launch Services and dyld shared cache

 

 

I have four problems.

==============

 

1st this stupid error.

Apr 27 00:25:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x101800390-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:26:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x10030ec20-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:27:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x10030ec20-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:28:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x101813ab0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39

 

2nd i dont see my boot log from the start in console "All Messages" or when i do "sudo dmesg" it starts like

27/04/11 8:20:34 PM	kernel	RT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Mac OS X@3
27/04/11 8:20:34 PM	kernel	BSD root: disk0s3, major 14, minor 3
27/04/11 8:20:34 PM	kernel	RealtekRTL81xxx.kext: NIC identified as RTL8168C/8111C (mcfg=14)
27/04/11 8:20:31 PM	com.apple.launchd[1]	*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
27/04/11 8:20:35 PM	kernel	com_lnx2mac_RealtekRTL81xx: Ethernet address 00:1f:d0:8b:ca:0c
27/04/11 8:20:35 PM	kernel	com_orByte_driver_RTL8139: Ethernet address 00:80:48:53:d4:e5
27/04/11 8:20:35 PM	kernel	systemShutdown false
27/04/11 8:20:41 PM	bootlog[41]	BOOT_TIME: 1303915831 0
27/04/11 8:20:45 PM	com.apple.SecurityServer[24]	Session 0x5fbff962 created
27/04/11 8:20:46 PM	blued[42]	Apple Bluetooth daemon started
27/04/11 8:20:46 PM	VMware Fusion 332101[56]	Starting VMware Fusion:

and no i am not booting with -v

 

3rd i am not sure wether speedstep / throteling is working. i am using CPU-i and it shows only one core i tried booting with dsdt=cartri and dsdt=dsdt.aml no diffrence can someone please check my dsdt.aml/dsl file andcom.apple.Boot.plist to just ensure everything is alright

 

4th would be nice to get a kext for my RTL 8139 PCI card which supports 64-bit kernel

Cartri_Mac_Edition_Bios_Manual_v07m_888.pdf

com.apple.Boot.plist.zip

2dsdt.aml.zip

SSDT_0_6.aml.zip

SSDT_0_6.dsl.zip

dsdt.dsl.zip

[bigpoppa206]

i use PCGenRTL8139Ethernet.kext cause i have a PCI RTL 8139 card if i use the original /S/L/E/IONetworkingFamily.kext i get

{	  2490 6e644f74} RTL8139::receiverInterrupt - Rx restart
{	  2fa4 8d0c2848} RTL8139::receiverInterrupt - error detected

 

Supposedly, these guys found a fix for the above. Read that comment as well as the ones following it.

[Nathan Deamer]

Hi,

Just installed Snow Leopard on this board, but having a few issues.

 

1. When I start up, the board takes 10 seconds to do some ??ACHI stuff?? everytime I boot. Is there anyway to stop this?

 

2. Wake on Lan - does anyone have WOL working on this board? Put the computer to sleep, then send a magic packet - and nothing

 

Thanks

[Nathan Deamer]

2. Wake on Lan - does anyone have WOL working on this board? Put the computer to sleep, then send a magic packet - and nothing

 

Update on WOL.

 

Works if I DON'T use Lnx2Mac's Realtek driver.

 

Not really sure if I need bonjour support - because I dont really understand what it is currently, lol.

[icehacker]

@bigpoppa206 thanks for the input but thats what i am doing

 

=> for the error below first install itunes 10.2.2 / or whatever version and then update to 10.6.7 boot from your install usb or original mac dvd and repair disk/permissions

Apr 27 00:25:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x101800390-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:26:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x10030ec20-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:27:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x10030ec20-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39
Apr 27 00:28:26 iCEHACKERs-Mac-Pro com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x101813ab0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:17:06, running usbmuxd-211 built on Mar 23 2011 at 23:27:39

 

=> for fixing error below. Navigate to: System>Library>LaunchAgents>com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist . Copy the file: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist . Navigate to: Users/Home/Library . Create a new folder in Library titled: LaunchAgents . Paste: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist in LaunchAgents . Delete the original: System>Library>LaunchAgents>com.apple.ReportCrash.Self.Plist

08/05/11 9:06:48 PM	com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[99]	(com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self

 

=> for fixing error msg below boot from your install usb or Mac OS X dvd select your startup disk and reboot

kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

[tetris101]

Hi blackOSX,

I was running 10.6.4 (P45-ds3r board with quad @2.67) without any issues with previous boot loader and files. I updated it to 10.6.6 and later 10.6.7. I have few issues now, my display resolution is stock at 1024x768, I used to have resolution of 1600x1200 as my monitor take this. I tried to replace dsdt, com.plist and smois with my previously working backup for 10.6.4, but no go. Secondly Safari works sometimes and hangup when uploading a page. I followed your updated guide and AppleHDA file.

I couldn't recall last year how I did manage to make display at higher resolution.

Thanx

[icehacker]

@tetris101

 

use efi string for you graphics card in com.apple.boot.plist

<key>device-properties</key>
<string>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</string>

 

also add your resolution

 

	<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32@60</string>

[tetris101]

Thanx icehecker, will try tonight.

[tetris101]

I tried EFI strings and another one that I used before, no go. Also tried to rebuild com.plist an smbios with lizard, didn't work out.

[helob]

Hi blaclosx,

I am getting the following errors while trying to compile Chameleon trunk with Xcode4 .

make[2]: *** [boot] Error 1

make[1]: *** [all] Error 2

make: *** [all] Error 2

 

Any work around or I have to uninstall Xcode 4 and reinstall Xcode 3?

Hate to do it as both files are huge and takes time to do it.

TQ

[Nathan Deamer]

When I start up, the board takes 10 seconds to do some ??ACHI stuff?? everytime I boot. Is there anyway to stop this?

 

Bump - Is this my setup / bios settings? Or do you all get this issue?

[tetris101]

Bump - Is this my setup / bios settings? Or do you all get this issue?

 

 

I think you are not the one getting BIOS startup setting to AHCI, It happens with my board occasionaly.

[viperfx]

Does anyone have a guide for the EP43-DS3L? Will it be able to run 10.6.7 like this mobo?

I was going to try this guide but I was not sure.

 

Thanks!

[icehacker]

I tried EFI strings and another one that I used before, no go. Also tried to rebuild com.plist an smbios with lizard, didn't work out.

 

What model make are you using can you post your files. also remove caches

 

sudo -s
rm -r -v /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/*

 

@helob What version / trunk are you trying to compile

[tetris101]

@iCE!Hacker:

Thanx for the response. I was away for a while. I reinstalled with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]+[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], all working even the sound without pci audio card. Only thing is not working sleep enabler. I have to restart the system after sleep.

I tried to fixed it with plaease sleep, didn't work and now can't boot from hard disk, can boot without a problem with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] cd. how can I boot from HD. I am using tonymacs DSDT.aml from his database.

my system is ep45-ds3r, qx6700, nvidia 9800GS, 4gb corsair ddr2, usb k/B and mouse.

[sdh]

Thanks for the great guide and support.

 

I have a working system, dating back to Leopard. I have it 99% working and am fine with that, but I have two minor issues that I was wondering if anybody could help with.

 

First, sleep works for me if I select it from the Apple menu, or on the main login screen. Also, on the main login screen after about 10 minutes the computer automatically sleeps. But, if I'm logged in, that never happens. I have my settings correct in Energy Saver under system preferences, and I have made another blank account with default settings to confirm it doesn't work there either.

 

Also, my DVD drive spins up and flashes every few minutes. It's not a big deal, and I'm assuming it's related to media checking. Any way to disable that?

 

Thanks...

[EnzoFX]

@NathanDreamer: This is how AHCI works, well except maybe for the new UEFI boards. Though, 10 secs sounds a little on the long side. Normally, it posts, then there's a separate screen for the AHCI driver? To detect the drives.

 

@viperfx: That board should work fine. You will most likely be able to follow this guide to the T and be good to go. I've used this guide with an P35-DS3L, EP45-DS3L, EP43-UD3L. I believe there is a link somewhere listing several boards that use very similar BIOS, and where even the dsdt in this guide worked fine for them as well.

 

@tetris101: What kind of graphics card do you have? It seem that is all that's missing. Why not try enabling the Chameleon option - Graphics Enable=yes. EDIT: Scratch that, I see you're using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] now. Have you installed Chameleon onto the HDD to get it to boot, along with all the appropriate /Extra files?

 

On another note, I've been booting with usb flash drives lately, and I don't think this board, with the current F11c BIOS, boots @ USB2.0 speeds. Loading time is surprisingly slow. The same drives boot incredibly fast on newer boards, and even older laptops I've tried.