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What do you mean by "vanilla 10.5.2 restore disk". Also, when you say you used "dfe boot-132 method" I am taking it that you built your own ISO.

 

The restore disk that comes with macs.

Yes... on the iso I have dsmos.kext, intelcpudisabler and PS2.kexts, smbiosresolver

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To those who need it, I have started writing my tutorial. Please refrain from posting in it until I get it done. I have decided that my sleep problem is probably a configuration error of my own since it seems to be working just fine for most other people.

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=119654

 

Just a point of note, I discovered a way with IATKOS 2 to use the vanilla apple update for 10.5.4, there is a description of how I did it in this forum somewhere, MacGirl said she was going to add it to the first post but never did.

 

Cheers,

Brian

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Just a point of note, I discovered a way with IATKOS 2 to use the vanilla apple update for 10.5.4, there is a description of how I did it in this forum somewhere, MacGirl said she was going to add it to the first post but never did.

 

Cheers,

Brian

 

Are you talking about the full combo update? I do believe that description is earlier in this thread. I have read it. You were the one that pointed out that the two AHCI kexts needed to be backed up. I think for the purpose of the tutorial using the Kalyway combo updater to 10.5.3 and then using vanilla 10.5.4 is the easiest method.

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Are you talking about the full combo update? I do believe that description is earlier in this thread. I have read it. You were the one that pointed out that the two AHCI kexts needed to be backed up. I think for the purpose of the tutorial using the Kalyway combo updater to 10.5.3 and then using vanilla 10.5.4 is the easiest method.

 

Up to you, but no need to update to 10.5.3 and then 10.5.4, you can go straight to 10.5.4...

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shavkatov
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You should probably be using Kalyway 10.5.2 first of all, second of all boot with the -v flag, third what are you trying to install on?

Dell Inspiron 1520:

Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz

GeForce 8400 GS

HDD 160 GB SATA

Dell 1390 mini wi-fi

Bluetooth 2.0

RAM 2 GB

 

When i tried in diagnostics mode, it said something about ACPI driver or smth. kindda that. My version is 10.5.1.

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Dell Inspiron 1520:

Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz

GeForce 8400 GS

HDD 160 GB SATA

Dell 1390 mini wi-fi

Bluetooth 2.0

RAM 2 GB

 

When i tried in diagnostics mode, it said something about ACPI driver or smth. kindda that. My version is 10.5.1.

 

Get 10.5.2 and it will install no problems.

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Hi i am new to this and i have got the power mgmt the screen and the bluetooth working. However when i try to install the intel wireless driver whatever it creates is corrupted. Also i am confused what to do about the audio. i downloaded the .zip file for the audio. What am i supposed to do with the .kext file and do i need to delete the file listed on the first page. If there is something better to use please tell me. All i really need is the speakers and at least one headphone jack. Any help will be apprectiated.

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I'm back on my m1330 with OS X. My black Macbook was just to powerful for me to use, so I sold it.

 

Anyways, When I set my laptop to go to sleep, it sleeps... but when it wakes up, the screen doesn't turn on. I thought I applied all of the modified sleep kexts/installers on this forum... does anyone know what it could be?

 

Thanks

 

EDIT: Oh, my USB ports dont work... I think I installed something for sleep like USBHEI

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jake123
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You actually sold your Macbook to get a lesser powered machine?

 

Never in a million years would I do something like that :(

I want to get the MacBook Touch (or what ever it will be called), and I don't want my laptop to depreciate like crazy. I'm selling it on ebay, and with a day left its at about $1675, I used it for a month... and came out basically even, great deal for me!

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Thanks for this. Im getting the dell xps m1530 on wednesday sometime.... gunna partition the drive and give leopard 85gigs...

 

dont quite understand what ya do with all that but need to read through a couple of times...

 

 

Thanks for the hard work to help n00bs like me :(

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WaxTrax!
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Why oh why didn't I buy a Dell with an nVidia card instead of x3100?

 

On my Inspiron 1720, I've been working on trying to get iAtkos v4 to work all day, and I can get everything to work except for the X3100 graphics. I have tried EVERYTHING, even stuff that has worked in the past with different Leopard distros.

 

Am I just not meant to run 10.5.4 and be stuck at 10.5.2 forever? heh

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I have an xps m1530 with leopard 10.5.2 installed through leo4all. The initial install and first boot work perfectly. When i turn it off and turn it back on later, the trackpad and keyboard do not work. I do not have an external keyboard and really could use some help.

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I have an Inspiron 1720 with a 8600m GT (256mb). What should i use to get the display working at proper resolution? I know i should use NVInject/NVInstaller, but which one specifically?

 

Inspiron 1720

iATKOS1.0ir2 + Kalyway 10.5.2 Combo Update (9.2.0 darwin kernel)

Intel Core 2 Duo T7300

2GB DDR2 at 667MHz

256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT*

160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

SigmaTel STAC9205*

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card*

 

EDIT: Tried NVinstaller v33. Worked like a charm. I used this NVCAP value to get duals working.

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shavkatov
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shavkatov, are you running in AHCI mode? Try switching your HDs to ATA mode instead. You really should be using a newer version of iAtkos too.

I get the same "Still waiting for the root device". By the way i see that my dvd rom halts on booting install, i suppose it's the problem, what can i do? :=)

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So over the past 2 weeks now I have done about 15 successful installs on my Dell XPS m1330. And at least 3 times that many failed installed.

 

BTW, to whom ever it was who asked above regarding Speed Step on the M1330. For some in explained reason it got it working using the Dell Package 35b. This also got my Dell Wireless 1395 card working and I think even my keyboard/trackpad.

 

Anyway, I now feel that I am in a place to make a few observations. (Feel free to flame me if you want.)

 

1. For my hardware OSS86 should be considered alpha ware at best. From reading all these posts I can see that for some people OSX86 is as solid as a rock. I wish that was me. But then I got into computers and managing systems because companies needed people to fix things when stuff did not run "Solid as a rock".

 

My problems seem to be that SOMETIMES when I reboot the external screen kicks in on my laptop. But most times I get the laptop LCD. Also, making small changes to even the kexts can cause the laptop to not work again on reboot.

 

2. From reading all these posts and trying it my self I REALLY understand why Microsoft OSes suck so badly and Mac OSX is so solid. The amount of effort need to make one driver work is tremendous. Multiply that by the number of devices and it is staggering. It really makes you wonder how Microsoft can even run.

 

So now I have a running system but I am scared of it failling. My confidence in the system is not very high and I have about 99% of it running fine. And since I want to use this machine for work I am doublly scared. I am really concidering going back to Vista or maybe retry Ubuntu again.

 

Before anyone says anything I do want to thank everyone who has contributed to this web site. The information has been very usefull and helpfull. And I really want to thank all the people who have worked hard at bringing OSX86 to the average pc. You all have done an amazing job.

 

Just my 2 cents...

Louis

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devilhood
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So over the past 2 weeks now I have done about 15 successful installs on my Dell XPS m1330. And at least 3 times that many failed installed.

 

BTW, to whom ever it was who asked above regarding Speed Step on the M1330. For some in explained reason it got it working using the Dell Package 35b. This also got my Dell Wireless 1395 card working and I think even my keyboard/trackpad.

 

Anyway, I now feel that I am in a place to make a few observations. (Feel free to flame me if you want.)

 

1. For my hardware OSS86 should be considered alpha ware at best. From reading all these posts I can see that for some people OSX86 is as solid as a rock. I wish that was me. But then I got into computers and managing systems because companies needed people to fix things when stuff did not run "Solid as a rock".

 

My problems seem to be that SOMETIMES when I reboot the external screen kicks in on my laptop. But most times I get the laptop LCD. Also, making small changes to even the kexts can cause the laptop to not work again on reboot.

 

2. From reading all these posts and trying it my self I REALLY understand why Microsoft OSes suck so badly and Mac OSX is so solid. The amount of effort need to make one driver work is tremendous. Multiply that by the number of devices and it is staggering. It really makes you wonder how Microsoft can even run.

 

So now I have a running system but I am scared of it failling. My confidence in the system is not very high and I have about 99% of it running fine. And since I want to use this machine for work I am doublly scared. I am really concidering going back to Vista or maybe retry Ubuntu again.

 

Before anyone says anything I do want to thank everyone who has contributed to this web site. The information has been very usefull and helpfull. And I really want to thank all the people who have worked hard at bringing OSX86 to the average pc. You all have done an amazing job.

 

Just my 2 cents...

Louis

 

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here, it's a bit convoluted and shows that you haven't really grasped the true nature of the problems you are experiencing.

Your External Monitor problem could be due to an incorrect NVCAP setting. What method are you using to utilize your displays? is it an Nvidia card? NVinject kext? EFI GFX Strings?

If you're scared of your system failing, use an OS that fully supports your hardware :)

 

It just sounds to me like you want a stable setup that you can rely on, maybe if you love the Mac so much you should save up and invest in a Macbook, that way you would not need to worry about anything apart from the possibility of hardware faults occuring :P

 

OSx86 isn't for everyone as it requires maintanance, driver updates, checking back to see if the latest Apple Software Update is compatible etc. A lot of these problems have been squashed because of EFI injectors, but yes, there are still incompatibilities. Things are a lot better now than they ever were though, and so long as Apple doesn't do anything radical, we should see the relationship between Generic PC hardware and Mac OS X get closer.

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