Achilleus Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Alright, so I got everything working. Just finished up the time machine fix and got some wireless on this craptop finally(WUSB54GC) Now I'm wondering where the battery monitor is. I can't find any enable/disable options for it and it works in Tiger but not Leopard. I'm sure I'm not the only one with a laptop/leo combo, but the search feature here is useless lol. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruihu908 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 so how did u get the brodcom BCM94311 to work?? I still can't get to work on OS x leopard... it says not appear to have any PCI card installed In Airport card it say no information found. But when i click Network tab it says Airport and Ethernet Adaptor.. any ideas?? Plz help.. OS X is too good, i don't want to switch it back to Vista... ... and I use Linux too much, that i want to try something new like os x Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-596410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 I don't have a 94311, I have plain old 4311. I got a WUSB54GC from target, it's a usb to wireless adapter. About 70 dollars. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-596600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 anyone got any solutions for powermanagement.bundle (the issue causing this problem)? I've got the same problem with all versions of the bundle. It only pooped up after i switched to efi and vanilla kernel/acpiplatform. This is a super bummer because i never know when the laptop is gonna die. I also cant set it to stay out of sleep when plugged in, but to sleep after a certain amount of time when on battery power. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-597422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's too bad I can't get the GUID to work on here Every time I tried to install it with GUID it didn't work. I guess it's not compatible with my hardware. I'm using MBR with the vanilla kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-597426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 i've got guid running on my hacktop. works great, even with vista. but the performacne gain is minimal, the only real gain is partition resizing wiht disk utility, which can fail when vista is also installed. (occasionally breaks vista). i just wanted my install up to date on technology. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-597477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieN Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I found using iATKOS my battery meter appeared when i took the AC adaptor out for a while out and restarted it seemed to do the job, i am not sure if this will work in your case though or if i was just lucky. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-598025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 iatkos, if im not mistaken, doesnt use the vanilla acpiplatform kext, which is what causes the battery meter to dissapear. we need a solution WITH the vanilla acpiplatform. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-598034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveWasTaken Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 would copying the acpiplatform.kext from a non-vanilla install, then replacing the vanilla kext with the non-vanilla one work? I have everything backed up and i'm going to give it a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-687510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkear5 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 This is probably because the install DVDs configure your installation as a Mac pro. At least it did for my laptop. I do not often stray from my AC adapter so it does not bother me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-687656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveWasTaken Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 well, as i thought, it didn't work. Kernel panic on boot. was worth a try though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83892-no-battery-monitor/#findComment-689087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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