Does anyone knows how to fix it? I’m running Dell 1525, Dual core 2 duo, Chipset GM965
3D Accelerator GMA X3100

So, if you want to have a go at this, here’s a step-by-step of what I did. Now, I must point out that this may not work for you and could possibly screw your installation, so BACKUP with TimeMachine (or whatever) before you try it. My laptop is a Dell 1525, bought in the UK in January 2009. I got this working on XxX 10.5.6, so I don’t know if it will work on anything other than XxX 10.5.6, but I imagine it will (well, you’re going to backup anyway, right?).

I’ve uploaded the necessary files to a website, as, after all the various forums I visited, I can’t actually remember where I got them. In fact, they may well be the same ones as Richard’s, but I don’t have time to compare them.

1. Download PowerManagement.bundle.tar (version 136.0.0) from here: http://www.swampfoetus.net/downloads/PowerManagement.bundle.tar
2. Download AppleACPIPlatform.kext.tar (version 1.1.0) from here: http://www.swampfoetus.net/downloads/AppleACPIPlatform.kext.tar.
3. Extract both of the above files (double-click them in finder).
4. Start a Terminal session.
5. Type “sudo su –“ and enter your root password to become the root user.
6. Type “cd /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/”
7. Type “mv PowerManagement.bundle PowerManagement.bundle_backup” i.e. take a backup.
8. Copy in the one you downloaded at step 1, so, depending on what user you downloaded the file as, type “cp –R ~/Downloads/PowerManagement.bundle ./” Here, should be replaced with the username you download the file as.
9. Type “cd /System/Library/Extensions/”
10. Type “mv AppleACPIPlatform.kext AppleACPIPlatform.kext_backup” i.e. take a backup
11. Open KextHelper and drag-and-drop the downloaded AppleACPIPlatform.kext into it.
12. Open Disk Utility and click “Repair Disk Permissions”. (I got a load of “…permissions differ…” messages and ignored them.)
13. Reboot with –v –f
14. Open System Preferences and go to Energy Saver. Fingers crossed, you should have a load of new stuff in this window. Click the Options tab and tick Show battery status in the menu bar.

Well, I really hope this works for you. Let me know your successes.

I’m posting this to all the blogs, as Batter Meter problems are mentioned in all of them.

P.S. It’s my birthday tomorrow so, as a gift, could someone get my hibernation working? It’s the only thing left that I need working!

Gonzague

I will be posting it here as soon as it is released as I’m beta testing his release with a few different SSE2 machines, including a Dell Poweredge 400SC (2.8GHz P4 HT), a Compaq Evo D500 (1.8GHz P4), and a Dell Dimension 2400 (2.6GHz Celeron).

I’ll keep you guys posted in the coming weeks of this release.

Hi Richard

I have a Dell Poweredge 1600SC and i’m pretty interesting in hearing anything about your 400SC. The problem is that my drives are on a RAID card … and I dunno if i’ll be able to install Hackintosh on it.

Any ideas?

Never got very far with the Dell workstations, though the Compaq Evo did *somewhat* work — it was nothing amazing. no QE/CI, very slow, etc. I’m eager to see how your “SC” turns out. Feel free to keep me updated, send pictures, etc. :-)

I will be posting it here as soon as it is released as I’m beta testing his release with a few different SSE2 machines, including a Dell Poweredge 400SC (2.8GHz P4 HT), a Compaq Evo D500 (1.8GHz P4), and a Dell Dimension 2400 (2.6GHz Celeron).

I’ll keep you guys posted in the coming weeks of this release.

Hi Richard

I have a Dell Poweredge 1600SC and i’m pretty interesting in hearing anything about your 400SC. The problem is that my drives are on a RAID card … and I dunno if i’ll be able to install Hackintosh on it.

Any ideas?

MacBook-Pro:/ root# ls -lah|grep mach
-rw-r–r–@ 1 root wheel 9.8M Sep 3 14:32 mach_kernel
-rw-r–r–@ 1 root wheel 10M Sep 3 14:32 mach_kernel.ctfsys
-rw-r–r–@ 1 root wheel 9.8M Jun 9 22:37 mach_kernel.vanilla

RichardIt sounds like you’re booting with the wrong kernel. Always create a backup of your “old” working kernel to boot from in a situation like this.

This is a fresh install of Kalyway 10.5.2, then updating it immediately to 10.5.3. so i do not have a working kernal that i was using before.
when i updated using the vanilla kernal, i kept getting an error that would not start OSX. when i installed the other kernal that is given, everything is working except for the menu’s populating with their options.
Do i need to backup a kernal on 10.5.2 before i update to 10.5.3? if so, how do i do this? thank you for your help Rich!!

Specs:
Asus P5WD2 Premium
Intel Pentium D 820
ATI Radeon HD 3650

Any Help will be highly appreciated.

Is there a kernel name for kalyways updated kernel to boot from darwin prompt manually?