10.5.6 Released!

[biird]

I'm on an AMD w/ Voodoo 9.5 Kernel and I am posting from 10.5.6. I downloaded and installed the Universal OSX86 Installer and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After that, I downloaded and used the DSDT Patcher GUI and selected all the options. After that, I backed up some kexts and data to be safe and then got the 10.5.6 Update from Software Update (not the ASU; I got an error every time I tried).

After restart, it booted! I had to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext with my old kext because About This Mac would force a logout, but that all I needed to do to get 10.5.6 working for me

[Snerler]

biird, thanks for your instructions. I only needed to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext and video card drivers.

[steffx]

Originally Posted by biird I'm on an AMD w/ Voodoo 9.5 Kernel and I am posting from 10.5.6. I downloaded and installed the Universal OSX86 Installer and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After that, I downloaded and used the DSDT Patcher GUI and selected all the options. After that, I backed up some kexts and data to be safe and then got the 10.5.6 Update from Software Update (not the ASU; I got an error every time I tried). After restart, it booted! I had to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext with my old kext because About This Mac would force a logout, but that all I needed to do to get 10.5.6 working for me

Thanks for this good handy explanation.
I did it the exact same way and had no problems at all updating my AMD-System !

steffx

[Ali C.]

Originally Posted by biird I'm on an AMD w/ Voodoo 9.5 Kernel and I am posting from 10.5.6. I downloaded and installed the Universal OSX86 Installer and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After that, I downloaded and used the DSDT Patcher GUI and selected all the options. After that, I backed up some kexts and data to be safe and then got the 10.5.6 Update from Software Update (not the ASU; I got an error every time I tried). After restart, it booted! I had to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext with my old kext because About This Mac would force a logout, but that all I needed to do to get 10.5.6 working for me

biird, you deserve some holiday cookies for that post. I'd been burned trying to install 10.5.6 the first time and had to format and reinstall from 10.5.2.
From there, I downloaded the combo update and along with biird's explanation and AMD Patcher 0.31 got updated to 10.5.6.
I didn't have any SMBIOS troubles, but my USB keyboard's not working at the Darwin prompt. No biggie. I also had to replace seatbelt.kext and System.kext to get disk image mounting and Time Machine going again.



My processor's a 2.6 GHz AMD though. Guess I'm gonna have to fix up the aesthetics manually.

[lemn]

Originally Posted by biird I'm on an AMD w/ Voodoo 9.5 Kernel and I am posting from 10.5.6. I downloaded and installed the Universal OSX86 Installer and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After that, I downloaded and used the DSDT Patcher GUI and selected all the options. After that, I backed up some kexts and data to be safe and then got the 10.5.6 Update from Software Update (not the ASU; I got an error every time I tried). After restart, it booted! I had to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext with my old kext because About This Mac would force a logout, but that all I needed to do to get 10.5.6 working for me

I did just that, and it works perfectly fine for me. i still get (since the upgrade to 10.5.5) my amd cpu listed as core 2 duo in about this mac, but this really is a non- issue. the good thing is that the system is working just fine.

EDIT 1: Well, i just found a big problem: my usb stick is no longer detected. worked great in 10.5.5. anyone has any ideas of what to do about it?

EDIT 2: ok, i found out how to get it to see the usb stick: i have to delete the extensions cache: sudo rm -R /system/library/extensions/caches

problem is i have to do this everytime i restart my computer. i know it's possible to do this automatically, but i did not have to do this on 10.5.5.

is there something that can be done about this?

[ziggy_909]

Originally Posted by biird I'm on an AMD w/ Voodoo 9.5 Kernel and I am posting from 10.5.6. I downloaded and installed the Universal OSX86 Installer and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After that, I downloaded and used the DSDT Patcher GUI and selected all the options. After that, I backed up some kexts and data to be safe and then got the 10.5.6 Update from Software Update (not the ASU; I got an error every time I tried). After restart, it booted! I had to replace AppleSMBIOS.kext with my old kext because About This Mac would force a logout, but that all I needed to do to get 10.5.6 working for me

Hi i followed the above example with the Voodoo kernel in place .... using Apple update .. i am than prompted to restart to complete update to 10.5.6 ...then the screen changes to the default empty desktop (the one you get after a fresh install) even through i have changed the desktop image, then it just hangs until i power the thing off manually ... this now happens any time i try to log out and power down...

after forced power down everything boots up fine again...

anyone have any pointers....

bump

[pαuℓzurrr.]

Originally Posted by nfoav8or well I'm using the old nForce Test kext because I disliked the way the new one (that supports RAM > 4GB) handles my SATA DVD-RW. You're probably on to something though... but as I don't use the new one I can't say for sure.

I've just tried the 'original' nforce test kext, but im still having the same problem.
And i think its something else, because im only having the problem when itunes and or quicktime is open...

Originally Posted by scififan68 hmmm all seems good to me after I replaced the seatbelt.kext because it caused Kernel panics when I mounted any disk image. No window lagging on my Dell Inspiron 531.

The seatbelt.kext is the same as 10.5.5?
Edit: looks the same, its different
And which version of the AppleNForceATA kext are you using?
Thnx

[scififan68]

Originally Posted by p-J And which version of the AppleNForceATA kext are you using? Thnx

AppleNForceATA:

Version: 1.0.3
Last Modified: 8/2/08 8:27 AM
Get Info String: 1.0.3, Copyright Domenico 'MeDevil' Colella. 2007
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleNForceATA.kext
kext Version: 1.0.3
Load Address: 0x344e2000
Valid: Yes
Authentic: Yes
Dependencies: Satisfied
Integrity: Unknown

[Farko]

Hi, i have Leo4All 10.5.2
Anybody upgrade from this version to 10.5.6,
and if success what uses?

PS...please send PM if not problem...

[Ianxxx]

Just installed on my intel.
Most things seem okay but the bluetooth kexts are a bit dodgy to say the least. (solved by replacing with ones from 10.5.5)