9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo - Page 3

lanceomni · #21 01-10-2009, 02:45 PM

You don't by any chance have -force64 in your com.apple.boot.plist do you?

pαuℓzurrr. · #22 01-10-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aevange

Installed this version and went into KP when installing iLife09 Trial. Here's a photo of the screen.

Where did you get iLife '09 :O ?
And like eMatoS suggested, you'll need the 10.5.6 seatbelt...

lanceomni · #23 01-10-2009, 07:05 PM

@pαuℓzurrr

Quote:

Where did you get iLife '09 :O ?

Yeah I about flipped out when I saw the facial recognition feature. I can't wait to see how well it works.

outwithspam · #24 01-12-2009, 07:57 AM

I tried Andy's installer because I had a 9.5.0 kernel and a 9.6.0 system.kext. I believe this prevented my USB key from mounting. Still have a 9.5.0 kernel and by the way, couldn't find the com.apple.boot.plist file on my machine???

Any ideas

Thanks

Louise

I'm new to this so I'm not sure what info you need but here goes:

Chameleon 1.0.11
4 GB RAM
SATA 500 GB HD
Used iDeneb 10.5.5 to install
Upgrading the kernel with this file: http://www.feelingentity.com/2008/11...ase-candidate/
Apple software update to Leopard 10.5.6

outwithspam · #25 01-12-2009, 08:15 AM

Also noticed that after the kernel upgrading using Andy's package installer, several apps no longer work. Most notably, Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and Filemaker give me the message "The Application Microsoft Word quit unexpectedly". Trashing the prefs didn't solve the problem. My new mantra, a couple of weeks into this experience is "It's not a computer, it's a hobby"!

Louise

lanceomni · #26 01-12-2009, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outwithspam

Also noticed that after the kernel upgrading using Andy's package installer, several apps no longer work. Most notably, Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and Filemaker give me the message "The Application Microsoft Word quit unexpectedly". Trashing the prefs didn't solve the problem. My new mantra, a couple of weeks into this experience is "It's not a computer, it's a hobby"!
Louise

How did you update to 10.5.6?

Open Terminal and type:
uname -a
Reply back with what it says your kernel is. It should look something like: 9.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0 Voodoo; Release 1.0 :xnu-1228.7.58/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386

The DMG you downloaded should have a folder called "Files" in this folder you will have the 9.5.0 System.kext. We can install it manually. Open the DMG and drag system.kext to your desktop and type the following in Terminal (These commands rely on the system.kext being on your desktop:

1. Give yourself root privileges to modify files.

Code:

sudo -s

2. Change directory to /s/l

Code:

cd /System/Library/

3. Remove the existing system.kext. (You can back this up first if you like)

Code:

rm -rf Extensions/system.kext

4. Copy the 9.5.0 system.kext you extracted from the download

Code:

cp -r ~/Desktop/system.kext Extensions/system.kext

5. Set proper permissions to the extensions folder

Code:

chmod -R 755 Extensions/

6. Set proper ownership to the extensions folder

Code:

chown -R root:wheel Extensions/

7. Touch the extensions folder

Code:

touch Extensions/

8. Remove the extensions cache to force OSX to rebuild it with the new system.kext

Code:

rm -rf Extensions.mkext

9. Repair permissions to the entire drive

Code:

diskutil repairpermissions /

Reboot with -v -f

You should now have matching kernel and system. There are shorter ways of doing these commands but this should give you a better understanding of the process.

outwithspam · #27 01-12-2009, 03:32 PM

[quote=lanceomni;20877]How did you update to 10.5.6?

Open Terminal and type:
uname -a
Reply back with what it says your kernel is. It should look something like: 9.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0 Voodoo; Release 1.0 :xnu-1228.7.58/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386

In answer to your question, I used Apple software update to upgrade to Leopard 10.5.6 (but previously I had done the update included in Voodoo_Kernel_Release_1.0_Rev_A.dmg.)

I was not able to do what you suggested because I could no longer mount disk images but I realized from your question and from reading the docs that accompanied the voodoo image above that my problem was that Apple's software update installed a new kernel called mach_kernel but that was not the kernel in the com.apple.boot.plist (yeah I found it finally...as I said, I'm new to this). I renamed mach_kernel to mach_kernel.apple (just to remember where it came from), edited the plist and now "uname -a) says 9.5.6 and this is also the version of the system.kext. Now MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and Filemaker quit unexpectedly when I try to load them) but so far so good for everything else. Since I need these to do some "real work", I'll go and do some more reading to solve this issue quickly. If you think you can help with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

outwithspam · #28 01-12-2009, 05:09 PM

I thought my problem regarding opening word, filemaker (and several other "older" apps) was a rosetta translation problem and I reinstalled the "translate" file from a package I found here:

http://hosted.filefront.com/iSynic

When this didn't work, I copied the file from my Apple MacBook Pro running Leopard 10.5.6 and this didn't work either. When trying to open these "older" apps, the console reports a "bus error".

lanceomni · #29 01-12-2009, 05:58 PM

@outwithspam

Problem opening disk images (DMG)
Well we can fix the not being able to open DMG files. If you replace seatbelt.kext with one previous to the 10.5.6 version you should be good to go. If you do not have a backup copy of this then you can download the 10.5.5 single update and extract the file using Pacifist.

Kernel issues
Did you mean 9.5.0 because you listed 9.5.6. I figured it was a typo. Did it did say Voodoo RC1?
NFOav8or had some good advice for kernels. His method was to keep a copy of the Voodoo kernel as mach_kernel.voodoo and also rename a second copy as mach_kernel this way if an update overwrites it you can just copy over it. Even if you restart and the system hangs you can set OSX to load mach_kernel.voodoo as a boot option.

PPC application problems.
The only thing I know of dealing with Rosetta problems is forcing 64bit mode. What other flags do you have in your com.apple.boot.plist

Kernel, system.kext & seatbelt.kext manual Installation

Place mach_kernel.voodoo seatbelt.kext & system.kext on your desktop (the following commands rely on those files being on the desktop) Ill explain each command. Open terminal and type:

1. Give yourself root privilages to modify files

Code:

sudo -s

2. Copy voodoo kernel to the root directory

Code:

cp -r ~/Desktop/mach_kernel.voodoo /mach_kernel.voodoo

3. Make a copy of mach_kernel.voodoo as mach_kernel (This overwrite whatever is there)

Code:

cp -r /mach_kernel.voodoo /mach_kernel

4. Change directories to /System/Library

Code:

cd /System/Library

5. Copy system.kext 9.5.0 from the desktop to the extensions folder

Code:

cp -r ~/Desktop/system.kext Extensions/system.kext

6. Copy seatbelt.kext, 10.5.5 version, from the desktop to the extensions folder

Code:

cp -r ~/Desktop/seatbelt.kext Extensions/seatbelt.kext

7. Set ownership for all kernels

Code:

chown root:wheel /mach_kernel*

8. Set permissions for all kernels

Code:

chmod 644 /mach_kernel*

9. Set permissions for kexts in the extensions folder

Code:

chmod -R 755 Extensions/

10. Set ownership for kexts in the extensions folder

Code:

chown -R root:wheel Extensions/

11. Touch the extensions folder

Code:

touch Extensions/

12. Remove the extensions cache to force OSX to rebuild it

Code:

rm -rf Extensions.mkext

13. Repair disk permissions to the entire drive

Code:

diskutil repairpermissions /

Reboot with -v -f If you using com.apple.boot.plist to point to your kernel then remove this. You want to check com.apple.boot.plist prior to restarting just to make sure its not pointing to some other kernel. If it says mach_kernel, mach_kernel.voodoo or nothing at all its fine.

Here is a copy of the above commands in one clean sweep.

Code:

sudo -s
cp -r ~/Desktop/mach_kernel.voodoo /mach_kernel.voodoo
cp -r /mach_kernel.voodoo /mach_kernel
cd /System/Library
cp -r ~/Desktop/system.kext Extensions/system.kext
cp -r ~/Desktop/seatbelt.kext Extensions/seatbelt.kext
chown root:wheel /mach_kernel*
chmod 644 /mach_kernel*
chmod -R 755 Extensions/
chown -R root:wheel Extensions/
touch Extensions/
rm -rf Extensions.mkext
diskutil repairpermissions /

outwithspam · #30 01-12-2009, 07:05 PM

[quote=lanceomni;20888]@outwithspam

Problem opening disk images (DMG)

This now works.

Kernel issues
Did you mean 9.5.0 because you listed 9.5.6. I figured it was a typo. Did it did say Voodoo RC1?
NFOav8or had some good advice for kernels. His method was to keep a copy of the Voodoo kernel as mach_kernel.voodoo and also rename a second copy as mach_kernel this way if an update overwrites it you can just copy over it. Even if you restart and the system hangs you can set OSX to load mach_kernel.voodoo as a boot option.

Yes it was 9.5.0 and I did rename and keep my old kernels. Good advice.

PPC application problems.
The only thing I know of dealing with Rosetta problems is forcing 64bit mode. What other flags do you have in your com.apple.boot.plist

I think this is what I have to do. How do I do this?

Thanks