[GUIDE] (w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT

[Gurruwiwi]

Originally Posted by Worgen Thanks alot, I'll give it a try EDIT: I downloaded it, installed it, but it just didn't work, I got nsGUI & network selector at applications, when I click at the 1st, it doesn't show anything, when I click the second it runs the terminal, but nothing happens! EDIT2: When I click the networkSelector, it says "Could not get ID for kernel control. 2" I read the notes at the installation page, someone said to uninstall and install again, but I don't know how to uninstall yet, I'm still a noob in Mac.

Dont waste time with Intel wireless. People have been trying to write support kexts porting from linux for more that 3 years now, and only got very few of them to do something at all, but not working properly.

Do like jimmy, myself and many many others, buy a broadcom 1490 for native support, it is really cheap

[Worgen]

Originally Posted by Gurruwiwi Dont waste time with Intel wireless. People have been trying to write support kexts porting from linux for more that 3 years now, and only got very few of them to do something at all, but not working properly. Do like jimmy, myself and many many others, buy a broadcom 1490 for native support, it is really cheap

Seems like I will, now another problem has popped up .. USB isn't working, partially!
It can't read my flash, my external HD, nor my mouse, in case I plug them when the OS is running. But when I plug my mouse for example before I boot, it recognizes it and it works, but even if I unplug it after Mac runs then plug it again it doesn't work!
Any clue what's causing this?

[jimmy1987]

Originally Posted by Gurruwiwi Dont waste time with Intel wireless. People have been trying to write support kexts porting from linux for more that 3 years now, and only got very few of them to do something at all, but not working properly. Do like jimmy, myself and many many others, buy a broadcom 1490 for native support, it is really cheap

Is there anyway I can install SL without the need of a secondary leopard or SL version? As I don't have a lot of cash at the moment and I have no money for a second hard drive to try it.
I have Leopard running now so the beginnings I can do with Leopard but when it's time to install SL that's it for me
Or can I run this though vmware? I have a lot of experience with vmware so I think I could manage.

And I need a restatement of what works and what doesn't in SL. ( Mic not working fine never use it anyway but things as audio, full QE/CI on vidcard, mediabay etc are vital to me. )

[Gurruwiwi]

Worgen,

Sorry, but I have no idea. This thread is specifically orientated for Acer 6935g laptops. I do remember hearing about legacy USB kexts, maybe that will do the trick. Searching for user with your model greatly improves your chances of fixing the problems.

[Gurruwiwi]

I think there is already a "live" installer distro around, but I would wait a little longer for a ideneb or iatkos distro. 10.6.2 is around the corner with lots of core updates, so that will certainly make a lot of people nervous about updating. They should be poping up soon enough. Otherwise, I dont recommend you doing it until you're more acquainted with how the system is built up. In your case, that will really be quick as OSx is based in Darwin, which is younger cousin to linux.

I hope soon I'll have some time to update the SL tutorial with some new stuff. But basically been running SL rock solid for 3 - 4 weeks. No mic in, no vga out, but 2 finger scroll makes up for that, its awsome. Will be attempting to fix the finer details in the following months. Am in no hurry as I want to do it right, but some stuff shouldn't be that troublesome. No sleep (dont use it anyway), e-sata working perfect, ethernet too, webcam, bluetooth, usb's. Haven't tested HDMI, it should be working as it shows up in system profiler (external monitor, but since vga doesnt work, must be HDMI). Oh yeah, full QE/CI, haven't benchamarkd yet but played a couple of hours of Toca 3 last night, all high, ultra smooth. Haven't bothered with SD cards, rarely use them. Had some issues with some kexts so I just gave that up.

My mbox2 work really well, so if you need audio in until you patch dsdt or new voodooHDA, you get a cheap compatible usb audio card. Many around.

Did I leave anything out?

Jimmy, you said you are linux ninja? That is great because with proper DSDT patching, it makes basically any hardware fully supported with "vanilla" systems, including sleep or bonjour or any other detail. And from the little I know about it, if you create an EFI partition containing Chameleon in it, you achieve a 100% software update proof Mac clone! That means popping in a retail DVD anytime in the future with no extra tweaking!

I am halfway down the dsdt lane, but my linux skills pull me down. If you'd like to take on a slowly paced hobby, in a very short time we can make a method to make our laptops perfect clones.

What do you think?

[jimmy1987]

Not that I know off. Does the normal audio work ? Like I said don't use mic.
Almost never use the VGA out and if I need it I'll switch to Windows 7 for that

Maybe I'll try with vmware anyway Just to see how far I can come.

[jimmy1987]

I'll just post twice what do I care
Gurruwiwi, do you have some IM address? ( like msn, icq, aim, google talk etc ) would be much more convenient to talk that way about it.
I didn't say I am a linux ninja butI'm quite experienced with it.

I'll need some time to look up the dsdt story and how to fabric it. As linux and mac got a lot of things that are the same but also a lot which are not.

But I think it's a great idea!

[borce_razor]

Hi all. This's my first post here at infinitemac, but i'm not 100% n00b for x86OSX I have played with many versins, ditrubutions, sometimes with success, sometime not etc.

The question, i have this hp probook 4710s laptop with this configuration:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5870
(2.00 GHz , 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
2 x 2048 MB DDR2 800MHz RAM
500 GB, SATA 7200 rpm
Mobile™ Intel® PM45 Express Chipset
Broadcom 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth® 2.0, Marvell Ethernet (10/100/1000 NIC)
1 ExpressCard/34 slot, Media Card Reader, 4 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, stereo microphone in, stereo headphone/line out, HDMI

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330, 512 MB dedicated video memory (1024 MB HyperMemory) and 17.3" LED HD+ Anti-Glare (1600 x 900 resolution) + integrated 2 MP webcam

Now I want to install iatkos v7 + win xp or win 7 (machine have some f*ckin linux distribution). I know that this thread is for acer, but does everything will work, like wifi/lan/ graphic card sound etc because just few threads for hp laptops

[jimmy1987]

What kind/type of broadcom does the laptop has?
I think you can get most of it too work. But I think my friend Gurruwiwi can answer that question better then I.

[Gurruwiwi]

Oh yeah, audio works great!

Dsdt is actually quite simple. Its the Terminal/console parts and hex editing, compiling and decompiling, that gets in the way. Dsdt, mediator between OS and BIOS, is generated with "errors" (as seen by OSx), that have to be manually fixed. Say audio, got it working perfect, mic in (internal and external), 5.1 spdif etc etc by patching in the proper values for OSx... but that was still in the phase where I still had install stability issues and gave me a headache like you wouldn't believe... (but now I know what I did wrong). Our gfx card is supposed to be easily patchable too.

Dsdt is generated by an automated patcher (by fassl is the most used, automated in iAktos installer) and should create "dsdt.dsl" in the root of your drive. You have to decompile it to "dsdt.aml", fix t, recompile and that's it.

Once you fix everything, if you want you can even flash the bios to contain the new table and actually create a clone, but I will certainly skip that part !!

Basically, its the finding the right information about hardware, and having Terminal skills.

I'll PM you