This site has been up for a while now and, so far, it has seen five different releases of OS X, four major builds of OS X (Kalyway, iAtkos, XxX, and iPC), and countless hardware issues resolved. But whether you’re new to this whole OS X 86 thing or you’re just having some problems, not all of your issues may be resolved yet. We here at Daily Blogged Realize that and so we had an idea. Instead of going to five different posts daily hoping that someone will answer one of your questions, wouldn’t it be easier to visit one centralized location where you could ask a question and you knew that the whole Daily Blogged community and all the Daily Blogged admins would see it and be able to help? With that in mind, this post came about.
The entire purpose of this post is for YOU to complain about your issues and get them solved. Whether your audio doesn’t work properly or your computer is over heating, we want you to post it here so that your issue can be resolved. Just post a comment stating your issue, the version of OS X you are running, and any other details you think will help. It’s just like the saying goes, Help Us Help You. But of course it would be redundant if multiple people asked the same question so be sure to read the “Common Errors and Their Fixes” section to make sure your issue hasn’t already been resolved and also read previous comments too to see if they help. And no, there currently is no fix for HDMI, S-Video, or Mirrored Display on a DVI monitor so dont even ask or we will send bad men after you. :-)
Common Errors and Their Fixes:
Audio (applies for all issues) – Go here
Network (Wireless) - Rerun the install.sh script in the drivers pack
Ethernet – Go here to install the AppleYukon.kext
Battery Meter- Download the Battery Kexts, kext helper them, repair permissions, and reboot.
Quartz Extreme Not Supported- Download the Kexts, install them using kext helper, Repair Permissions, and reboot
Keyboard and/or Trackpad- Download the two ApplePS2 kexts, install them with Kext Helper, Repair Permissions, and reboot
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October 9th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
not sure what -f flag means, sorry. I am really new to terminal work and this type thing in general, way over my paygrade!
October 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
The -f flag is actually something you type when you are in Chameleon before booting. Instead of that step, just run “Tag Cache Rebuild” in kext helper. So the order everything should be in is: Install Kext->Run Tag Cache Rebuild->Repair Permissions->Reboot.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
No, sorry. Not sure what codec. I am a real noob on this stuff. It is the GA-EP43-DS3L and I followed some advice on the insanelymac site to no avail. I am only looking for a real cheap audio reference. I am editing video in Final Cut and then dropping into Pro Tools on a real G5 for final edits and such. I may just pick up some cheap USB audio device to get me some sound for reference points. I tried the voodoo as well but when I use the OSx86 Tools to install kext and navigate to it, everything I try/need to load is greyed out. Did I do something wrong?
October 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
The VoodooHDA.kext should work for you. Install it with Kext Helper, Repair Permissions in Disk Utility, and then boot with the -f flag. Audio should then work for you. If you don’t get any output after installing, double check in System Preferences–>Audio that “Speakers” is selected as opposed to “Digital Out.”
October 7th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thanks Thomas. I appreciate the help. It is a Hack. I installed the 10.6 and most everything is good except the audio. In the Sys Prefs/Audio, there are no devices listed at all, nothing to select. I have 2 drives in this machine- the original Hack is a 10.5.6 and the new Hack is the 10.6. The original works fine, everything is there but the new drive/10.6 has no audio. Any suggestions beyond the stuf already here? I’ll be happy to donate to the cause. Thanks in advance.
Alan
October 7th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Try giving the VoodooHDA.kext a shot although there is a chance it will not work for you. Try it out and let me know how it goes. Also, do you know which Audio Codec your motherboard uses?
October 7th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Is this a Dell Inspirion-only site? I have a custom Hack and had some audio questions but won’t waste your time if this is dell-specific. Thanks in advance.
Alan
October 7th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
This isn’t completely Inspiron 1525 specific, but most of the drivers released are for that laptop. The guides are generally for any hackintosh though. For specific drivers issues, you can always check the insanelymac.com forums.
September 16th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Hi,
I tried it with the plugged power cable and without and its the same result. No difference. Any other ideas?
September 15th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Thanks for the quick reply. I tried what you suggested. The SleepEnabler.kext is installed and I rebooted with the f-flag but unfortunately the result is still the same. Nothing happens when I press Sleep and after a while the screen freezes. Is there anything else I could try?
September 15th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Are you trying to sleep when running on battery power or when plugged in to an outlet?
September 15th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hi Thomas,
maybe you can help me too. I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 and installed iAtkos v7 on it. Everything works fine except Sleep and I can’t watch movies. I know that my graphic card is not supported. Unfortunately I saw that to late. Do you know if there is anything I could do about this?
The more important thing is Sleep. It never worked for me. When I press the “Sleep” Button, nothing happens. Can you maybe help me with that??
Thanks in advance!!
September 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
You might want to try kext helpering SleepEnabler.kext found here. Then reboot with the -f flag and see if you are now able to sleep.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
You can stay on iatkos for now because 10.5.7 is going to be released soon and no one really knows if it is going to require a clean install or not. It would be pointless to upgrade and then do a clean install again a few weeks later. Besides, all the benefits of iPC can be installed separately.
For overheating, delete AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext and any kexts you can find in spotlight that contain the word “thermal” in their name (you might not have any)
May 5th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Also, what would be better: to keep my iatkos 5i, or installing iPC 10.5.6 Universal PPF5?
May 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Hey Thomas, how did you solved the overheating problem?
April 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
To remove the problematic kext, while booted into safe mode remove the kext, repair permissions, and then restart. It should boot normally now without the Kernel Panic.
April 28th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I can not be removed without reinstall.it work in safemode, but only that. and how to install drivers for a audio and dvd drive because it can work with acl883.kext
April 28th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Do you get this error when trying to boot from the Install DVD or OS X on your Hard Drive. And it seems that the issue is a graphics driver. If you get this when booting OS X then reinstall it but without any graphics drivers and the problem should be fixed.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
my comfigoration is P5K, intel coreduo 2.66Ghz, ati radeon x1950GT 512MB, dvd- TS-H522U IDE, HDD hitachi 320GB sata2 plssssss help!!!!!!?!?!?
April 28th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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April 27th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Yeah I get the exact same errors. They are nothing to worry about. As for why we get them, I have no f**kin idea.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I have a whole list of errors every time i repair permissions, persistently the same.
they don’t affect the running of the system in any noticable way, just wondering why are they repeatedly coming up?
Shitloads of “front row” ones, couple of “itunes”, “mobile device framework”, “iphoto access” [don't even have that one installed], and I think that just about covers it.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Thomas, could not turn VT-x off as the checkbox is greyed out..
Have solved it tho by installing an older version (2.1.4) which has VT-x disabled by default (also greyed out)
April 14th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I have XP installed in VirtualBox in OS X and it runs just fine. You might have to tweak VirtualBox’s settings a little bit to get it working although try it without VT-x and see how it goes.
April 14th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Just tried Suns free virtualization tool “Virtualbox” to install XP (!) on my hackingtosh, for the odd moments I need a windows app. Did not get it operable as VT-x (hardware virtualization) seems not available and the checkbox in Virtualbox to disable it is greyed out….
I assume this has something to do with BIOS/EFI but do not know the details. Anyone has a thought on how to make this work?
April 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
@Peter. Try using ‘Script Editor’ to have this automate your ‘Detect Displays’ issue.
tell application "System Preferences" to activate
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
click menu item "Displays" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
delay 3
tell button "Detect Displays" of group 1 of tab group 1 of window "Display" to click
end tell
end tell
You can compile this as an app and have it launch at login to do what you’d have to do manually otherwise. Long and short, having Automator and/or AppleScript (the better solution) do the detect for you should solve your problems. There are A LOT of different ways this can be coded in AppleScript, so Google around, but… Where’s there a will, there’s a way — at least, I seem to be finding that out with what you can do with AppleScript.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Open a terminal windows and type “pmset -g” w/o the quotes. Then copy and paste everything that shows up into here so I can check it out. That should help me narrow it down.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Oh ok. I misunderstood you the first time around. I think wolfer may be right in the sense that only real macs are capable of saving the settings dude to the PRAM.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I never said it displayed anything on the monitor while booting. What I did say is that after booting with -v -f and all the text flies across the screen (on the laptop lcd), the login screen comes up on on my external monitor, then I enter my password and click login, and the dock and title bar (whatever its called) show up on my laptop lcd. (and nothing but the background from the extended desktop show up on my external monitor until I change the display settings)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Hey thomas. I still have the problem with sleep. Not as often anymore but when i tell my laptop to go to sleep it just freezes. How do i go about narrowing down this error? Where would i find the log that might harness the error?
April 8th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I tried to reproduce your error on my own Inspiron 1525 by connecting a VGA monitor to it and then turning on the laptop. Throughtout the whole boot process never once does anything appear on the external monitor. The only time anything will start to appear is when I go into system preferences after logging in and hitting “Detect Displays”. Otherwise, the external monitor is not detected and has nothing displayed on it. It even goes to sleep as indicated by the powerbutton illuminated yellow as opposed to green when it is receiving a signal. I guess what I’m wondering is how do you get your monitor to display anything at all when booting?
April 8th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Ok, I think I’ll be ok, I was just curious if anyone knew anything about it. I appreciate your help.