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Forum: Leopard 10.5 12-02-2008, 06:36 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Not yet. Just waiting for stickpin to save us. Not yet. Just waiting for stickpin to save us.

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-13-2008, 12:58 AM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage That's what I concluded the other day. As I... That's what I concluded the other day. As I said, I didn't really take the time to go that far. And - more bad news. My non-stickpin solution works for basic system audio, but it crashes Logic 8...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-12-2008, 04:05 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Sorry - been busy. I glanced at the PM thing... Sorry - been busy. I glanced at the PM thing yesterday, and couldn't immediately see how to attach a file to a PM, so I went on to other things. Regardless, you must have a real AppleHDA kext...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-12-2008, 04:54 AM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Well, dammit. Installing Little Snitch... Well, dammit. Installing Little Snitch appears to have broken Stickpin's wonderful little solution. Reverting to my "Third Hack" works as it did before, Snitch be damned. I'll be sticking with...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-11-2008, 07:29 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Well, I doubt InfiniteMac would want me to post... Well, I doubt InfiniteMac would want me to post actual Apple intellectual property here. There must be one out there somewhere.

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-10-2008, 03:56 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage I downloaded Stickpin's "Realtek ALC885/889A BETA... I downloaded Stickpin's "Realtek ALC885/889A BETA V5" kexts. I then removed all other audio kexts in my s/l/e folder. No ALCInject, no AppleHDA, no HDAEnabler - nothing. I then put in the ones I...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-09-2008, 10:07 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage AHA! That first link you posted is our path to... AHA! That first link you posted is our path to glory. Someone is actually working on the 889a. Excellent. Although it's a step backward from the way he intends them to be used, I took his 889a...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-07-2008, 11:09 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage I dunno. Without some serious help from above... I dunno. Without some serious help from above (meaning Taruga and his minions) I don't see much point in it. It would take forever, since I'd have to cover all sorts of ground that's already been...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-07-2008, 02:03 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Odd that your System Profiler shows two devices. ... Odd that your System Profiler shows two devices. At netkas - do you mean this thread? http://forum.netkas.org/index.php?topic=226.0 I've read it as well. It's definitely another clue to...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-07-2008, 05:47 AM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage OK - I've been digging further, and I've... OK - I've been digging further, and I've discovered several things; • Taruga's patcher application was made with Platypus - a script wrapper. • It contains an ini file, which has variables...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 10:13 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage OK, try this. It's another version of my hacked... OK, try this. It's another version of my hacked AppleHDA kext, only instead of putting ALCInject inside, I put HDAEnabler in there. Now, not only does it work for me, but my System Profiler shows...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 08:07 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage By "more info" you mean System Profiler? It says... By "more info" you mean System Profiler? It says "No Built-In Audio" even though it all works anyway. The screen shots are attached.

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 07:27 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage OK - I just did a test. I have a 4-channel... OK - I just did a test. I have a 4-channel (Quadraphonic) aggregate device defined in Audio MIDI Setup using the green and black plugs. I selected this as my default output in System Preferences. ...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 07:11 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage You're positive you did everything you needed to... You're positive you did everything you needed to to change your kexts? Something must be different. When I change kexts, I usually use the OSx86Tools application to make sure I've remembered...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 03:46 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Regarding 5.1 sound, you need to use Audio/Midi... Regarding 5.1 sound, you need to use Audio/Midi Setup in your Utilities folder. There's a tutorial for it here; http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=87336 ...complete with...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-06-2008, 03:26 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Glad it's working for you. The hacking was very... Glad it's working for you. The hacking was very simple, really. No coding required. First, I found a proper codec dump for an ALC889 - not an 885 (someone on a linux board had posted it). Next,...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-05-2008, 10:43 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Taruga has popped up in this thread on... Taruga has popped up in this thread on InsanelyMac; http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=123057&st=40&gopid=953855&#entry953855 Attached, you'll find the kext I'm currently using....

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-05-2008, 03:43 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage More interesting reading from the ALSA project; ... More interesting reading from the ALSA project; http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2008-July/009658.html Not a hopeful sign. If the 889a is proprietary to Gigabyte with no...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-05-2008, 03:10 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage I don't really know how to answer. What mobo do... I don't really know how to answer. What mobo do you have? Some of the linux chatter has centered around trying drivers for the ALC888, I think. If you have a Gigabyte board, you're welcome to try...

Forum: Leopard 10.5 11-04-2008, 11:04 PM

Replies: 47 How Can I use All channels of ALC889a to have 5.1 surround? Views: 20,834 Posted By Xenophage Support for the 889a appears to be rather wonky. ... Support for the 889a appears to be rather wonky. From what I've been able to gather, the various incarnations of hacked Apple kexts derive key information from the drivers for the ALSA project in...

Forum: 10.X 11-04-2008, 05:29 PM

Replies: 12 ALC889a codec dump Views: 20,093 Posted By Xenophage Not sure if this is even an appropriate place to... Not sure if this is even an appropriate place to post all this. I'm just going to charge ahead anyway in hopes someone will eventually see it. I just did a test of the inputs by plugging a simple...

Forum: 10.X 11-04-2008, 04:08 PM

Replies: 12 ALC889a codec dump Views: 20,093 Posted By Xenophage Some more observations. I have a Gigabyte... Some more observations. I have a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 v.2.1 mobo. With this dump patched in, my "Internal Speakers" play by default, and I can switch to "Line Out," which works just as well. These...

Forum: 10.X 11-04-2008, 01:48 PM

Replies: 12 ALC889a codec dump Views: 20,093 Posted By Xenophage Actually - that's the dump for the 885. I did... Actually - that's the dump for the 885. I did some digging yesterday, and there are reports of a bug in ALSA, resulting in many linux distros misidentifying the 889a as an 885. I tried a current...

Forum: 10.X 11-03-2008, 06:12 PM

Replies: 3 Converting an old G5? Views: 2,796 Posted By Xenophage Well, I now have a perfectly functional... Well, I now have a perfectly functional hackintosh in a temporary, generic, beige, boring case. The whole thing really works brilliantly, though. Aesthetics is indeed everything, however I'm...

Forum: 10.X 10-31-2008, 02:15 PM

Replies: 90 Coming Soon: iPC OSx86 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 (10.5.5) Views: 111,723 Posted By Xenophage Indeed - I'm delaying my hardware build for this.... Indeed - I'm delaying my hardware build for this. You're doing everyone a great service, and are to be congratulated. Here's an idea for the future - what if, instead of a huge, arcane list of...

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