Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion - Page 26

Puttabong · #**251** 04-06-2008, 02:40 PM

Regarding your second question: This happens due to the lack of a bootloader, which is easily solved by manually installing it.

One information is needed to do this, though - Did you format your drive as MBR (Master Boot Record) or GUID?

You can check this by launching the Disk Utility, and selecting your drive.

Once you told me, I will tell you how to fix your bootloader. :-)

Thanks

ToroLoco · #**252** 04-06-2008, 03:33 PM

In order to open Disk Utility, do I have to get to the installer again?

Is there anywhere within Leopard?

eswenson · #**253** 04-06-2008, 08:01 PM

Quote:

[cite] WinLinMac01:[/cite]What are you system specifications?

My specs are:

Motherboard: ASUS M2A-VM, Socket AM2, AMD 690G Chipset, RS 690 Chipset
AMD Ahtlon 64, 3500+ CPU
2GB Ram
IDE (Slave) Sony DVD-RW DRU-180A
IDE (Master) Western Digital WD2500 HD 250GB
One 250GB partition, MBR-formatted
Radeon X1250 Graphics (Onboard)
Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit Ethernet (Onboard)

I know all this CAN work, because I had Leopard running on this machine fine before trashing it with the iPhone SDK (which I now know needs to be installed without the CHUD support).

Thanks.

ToroLoco · #**254** 04-06-2008, 08:17 PM

Quote:

[cite] Puttabong:[/cite]Regarding your second question: This happens due to the lack of a bootloader, which is easily solved by manually installing it.

One information is needed to do this, though - Did you format your drive as MBR (Master Boot Record) or GUID?

You can check this by launching the Disk Utility, and selecting your drive.

Once you told me, I will tell you how to fix your bootloader. :-)

Thanks

Welll, Let me explain that I have one 200Gb Sata drive where I have 2 partitions. In the first I had installed Vista Ultimate and on the second I installed Leopard. I didn't used disk utility in order to make the partitions, but I made them within Vista device manager.
I have checked the Disk Utility and it mentions that it is MBR, but I just formated the drive within Disk Utility and didn't change anything else.

I have run the instruction for the bcdedit script and I get the option on the start up, but I get chain error when I try to boot to Leopard.

Any ideas????

Thanks

mrnegitoro · #**255** 04-06-2008, 11:08 PM

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[cite] Puttabong:[/cite]

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[cite] dimiosmule:[/cite]How do i find my device's string?

http://mac.kbot.de/?s=find+device+id%27s+with

http://infinitemac.com/how-to-find-d...-mac-os-linux/

mrnegitoro · #**256** 04-06-2008, 11:25 PM

I have the same motherboard (Asus M2N-E)...

I (finally) got my audio to work using the Azalia Audio drivers off the Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 DVD. I made sure to ONLY check the Azalia Audio option --during my like 4th install--under audio drivers and my audio actually works now.

There is a AzaliaAudio.pkg package here http://osx86.wikidot.com/utilities-resources that I assume is the same one from the DVD, it might work for you.

I still can't get my video to fully work, they only way I can do a "normal" boot (without using the -x boot flag) is to delete GeForce.kext.

Quote:

Regarding the graphics, my video card has 512MB but Leopard only recognises 256..

You might want to try this: http://nvinject.free.fr/512Mb.html

Good luck, you'll need it

WinLinMac01 · #**257** 04-07-2008, 01:24 AM

Great link!

Quote:

[cite] mrnegitoro:[/cite]I have the same motherboard (Asus M2N-E)...

I (finally) got my audio to work using the Azalia Audio drivers off the Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 DVD. I made sure to ONLY check the Azalia Audio option --during my like 4th install--under audio drivers and my audio actually works now.

There is a AzaliaAudio.pkg package here http://osx86.wikidot.com/utilities-resources that I assume is the same one from the DVD, it might work for you.

I still can't get my video to fully work, they only way I can do a "normal" boot (without using the -x boot flag) is to delete GeForce.kext.

Quote:

Regarding the graphics, my video card has 512MB but Leopard only recognises 256..

You might want to try this: http://nvinject.free.fr/512Mb.html

Good luck, you'll need it

ToroLoco · #**258** 04-08-2008, 12:14 PM

PuttaBong any reply about my query?

dimiosmule · #**259** 04-08-2008, 05:37 PM

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[cite] Ianxxx:[/cite]

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[cite] dimiosmule:[/cite]It may seem dummy, but how do i find my device's string?

Additionally, only two Info.plist contain the id you mention;
nvdanv40hal.kext
string>0x004010de&0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&0xfff0ffff</string>

I suppose i have to leave only one string, am i right?

Thank you lanxxx for the info!!

nvdaresman.kext
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

sorry the other kexts have
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x029210de</string>
rather than primary match you need to change them all.

If you have windows then you can find device ids in device manager, if not use a linux live cd open a terminal type lspci

then change the device id to the above format, also on the wiki for this site there is a lot of device ids listed.

This post may be in wrong place, as i changed from Zephyroth release to Leo4all, but i think that it may help others facing same problems.
The reason that i changed release was the many many system crashes i have had, but i have to admit that probably my LAN drivers caused the problem. Now, with the Leo4all and with a LAN card with Realtek 8139a, everything seems ok; i believe though that if i reinstalled the Zephyroth's release with that LAN card the result would be the same (no crashes).
The audio problem i mentioned on previous post is now solved (AppleAzalia with 2ch support seem to solve the problem)

Regarding the Graphics Card, i still have problems; after the clean install of Leopard (10.5.2) the only screen resolution available was 1024x768, indicating no proper hardware support. Then, i used the "Nvidia Installer V1.9 by Punk92" and after a restart the native resolution for my TFT is now supported;
the hardware info for the mac:
Graphics by NVIDIA:
Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0392
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1
Displays:
SDM-HS95P:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected

As "Quartz Extreme: Not Supported' appears and as Lanxxx advised on previous post, i altered the
nvinject
geforce.kext
Nvdanv50hal.kext
nvdanv40hal.kext and
nvdaresman.kext

by declaring my devices' string id (0x039210de). After a restart, a blank screen appeared and i was able to login in only with the -x option at boot....
I have reinstalled the "Nvidia Installer V1.9 by Punk92", now i can login with normal boot...
However, i believe that the video acceleration is not working (Quartz Extreme:Not Supported, xvid videos playback is problematic).

Thank you all very much for the support so far!

Ianxxx · #**260** 04-08-2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

[cite] dimiosmule:[/cite]

Quote:

[cite] Ianxxx:[/cite]

Quote:

[cite] dimiosmule:[/cite]It may seem dummy, but how do i find my device's string?

Additionally, only two Info.plist contain the id you mention;
nvdanv40hal.kext
string>0x004010de&0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&0xfff0ffff</string>

I suppose i have to leave only one string, am i right?

Thank you lanxxx for the info!!

nvdaresman.kext
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

sorry the other kexts have
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x029210de</string>
rather than primary match you need to change them all.

If you have windows then you can find device ids in device manager, if not use a linux live cd open a terminal type lspci

then change the device id to the above format, also on the wiki for this site there is a lot of device ids listed.

This post may be in wrong place, as i changed from Zephyroth release to Leo4all, but i think that it may help others facing same problems.
The reason that i changed release was the many many system crashes i have had, but i have to admit that probably my LAN drivers caused the problem. Now, with the Leo4all and with a LAN card with Realtek 8139a, everything seems ok; i believe though that if i reinstalled the Zephyroth's release with that LAN card the result would be the same (no crashes).
The audio problem i mentioned on previous post is now solved (AppleAzalia with 2ch support seem to solve the problem)

Regarding the Graphics Card, i still have problems; after the clean install of Leopard (10.5.2) the only screen resolution available was 1024x768, indicating no proper hardware support. Then, i used the "Nvidia Installer V1.9 by Punk92" and after a restart the native resolution for my TFT is now supported;
the hardware info for the mac:
Graphics by NVIDIA:
Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0392
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1
Displays:
SDM-HS95P:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected

As "Quartz Extreme: Not Supported' appears and as Lanxxx advised on previous post, i altered the
nvinject
geforce.kext
Nvdanv50hal.kext
nvdanv40hal.kext and
nvdaresman.kext

by declaring my devices' string id (0x039210de). After a restart, a blank screen appeared and i was able to login in only with the -x option at boot....
I have reinstalled the "Nvidia Installer V1.9 by Punk92", now i can login with normal boot...
However, i believe that the video acceleration is not working (Quartz Extreme:Not Supported, xvid videos playback is problematic).

Thank you all very much for the support so far!

Exactly what graphics card do you have?