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Member #4,147 · 2009-01-29 → 2012-07-31
#96 by Dispatches #207 by Author Reads #51 by Thread Reach Member #4,147 AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@kocoman

InfiniteMac community contributor with 73 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (48,569 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,530,968 historical readers.

Dispatches 73 Ranked #96 of 6,691
Author Reads 48,569 Ranked #207 · 5 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,530,968 Ranked #51 in reach
Lead Dossiers 5 9,714 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #4,147 Joined 2009-01-07
Active Window 2009–2012 2009-01-29 → 2012-07-31
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#96 of 6,691 by Dispatches (73 notes) · #207 of 3,454 by Author Readership (48,569 reads across 5 dossiers) · #51 by Thread Reach (2,530,968 cumulative reads)
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Member #4,147 · Joined 2009-01-07
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (25) · Retail DVD / USB (9) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (8) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · DSDT (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 5 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @kocoman (5)

48,569 cumulative reads on threads started by @kocoman

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
iBoot 1.5a or XPC or Clover or Netkas RC3 support for Lion
Has anyone been able to find a place for support for these 4 bootloaders, that are suppose to boot Lion in the future? I had tried IRC, but it seems there are "people" there, but no one replies..
Lion – Catalina16,220 reads
2011-04-13 · 9 notes
Wiley - Book of hackintosh
Can anyone look at this index... media.wi ley.com/product_data/excerpt/65/04705214/0470521465-1.pdf it seem to be a hacktonish book? what is this book name?
10.X Core13,037 reads
2010-02-15 · 6 notes
PCI-E Nvidia 6600, 7300, 7900 not work in Lion with DSDT (stuck at gray screen)
PCI-E Nvidia 6600, 7300, 7900 not work in Lion with DSDT (stuck at gray screen) Does anyone have any experience? I tried to use the 10.6 ones, but it end up saying "The following symbols are unresolved for..." _Biosreadbytes.. Boots but no…
Lion – Catalina11,881 reads
2011-04-29 · 3 notes
How to know what video card supports QE/CI (32/64bit?)
How to know what video card supports QE/CI (32/64bit?) Based on my experience, the max version of OSX that supports QE/CI ie: For Nvidia 10.5 32bit - 5200FX 10.6 32bit - 6200, 6600, 7900 10.7 64bit - ? For ATI 10.5 - 2400HD How does one…
10.X Core3,766 reads
2011-05-03 · 1 notes
Is there any way to change the theme of this site? the text is too dark to read
Is there any way to change the theme of this site? the text is too dark to read
10.X Core3,665 reads
2011-08-28 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @kocoman contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
BootThink 2.3.18 Released! With better Snow/DVD support
“The files in the 1st post says "deleted by author"”
10.X Core2009-12-03
417,988 dossier reads
Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution
“Is there any way to add two screen display? ie: internal and then VGA output?”
10.X Core2010-06-29
407,228 dossier reads
Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution
“Is it possible to add 0x2592 (GMA900/915) to it? I am still using Elliot's driver.. I tried to put Elliot and patched AppleIntegratedGMA into Extra (I even tried to add the 3 extra dependencies..) anyway that didn't work so I had to put it …”
10.X Core2010-02-15
407,228 dossier reads
9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo
“What is "Kernel: Voodoo Kernel Beta C" I've posted here in the past when I used AnV's 10.5.6 (9.6.0) beta kernel from this thread because Voodoo only had 9.5.0 kernel (Version 1), and it did not work with dual core processor. (Get the wait …”
10.X Core2009-05-23
351,844 dossier reads
9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo
“I asked the question because this beta version fixed the "deadlock" kernel panics on 10.5.6 vanilla retail when cpus=2 was used for my msi motherboard. I guess you have to be a member of the development team to access the beta version chang…”
10.X Core2009-02-05
351,844 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“OMG! I have a really nice couple year old Sony Vaio with Pentium 4 that has SSE2 but no SSE3. A different kernel I found hung at the splash screen. With this awesome kernel I got to the installer. Looks good but have not gotten to try snow …”
10.X Core2010-03-09
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“Replying again.. This kernel does not work with AMD and Parallels, when you run Parallels you get The virtual machine cannot be started. Mac OS virtual machines can run only on computers having Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5.1 or higher) or…”
10.X Core2010-02-18
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“Replying to myself I tried a Celeron D (single core) with sse3 and SL runs fine so I think the problem is in the SSE2 emulator...”
10.X Core2010-02-16
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“I have another question, does the kernel still load 64bit kext even though the CPU is 32-bit only? ie: if I tried "arch=i386" in the boot line to force 32-bit kext only, would it fix the problem? of the beachballing etc... can someone try i…”
10.X Core2010-01-30
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“Is this kernel 10.0.0 or 10.2.0 I’ve install this on a sse2 machine, but still get the beachball in xcode, apple remote desktop, safari, high cpu usage, missing clock.. What does sleepenabler.kext do, I didn’t install that.”
10.X Core2010-01-27
194,515 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“I tried both atom and non-atom kernel (on first post) on sse2 only cpu, but I get panic "invalid kernel ip" Uploaded with ImageShack.us while at a sse3 supported cpu, it boots fine both laptops is USB booting, so I didn't change anything ex…”
10.X Core2011-08-31
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“Can someone split or rename this thread to "Lion on AMD"?”
10.X Core2011-08-28
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“For 10.6.8, has anyone test this kernel with sse2 only cpu? does it still beachball? for Lion, does anyone know how one can emulate ssse3 ?”
10.X Core2011-08-25
165,733 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“I had gone to use netkas/anV's chameleon (not the latest svn, which actually does not work), and its working fine with Lion. the main problem was the double panic/masked IRQ problem..”
10.X Core2011-06-09
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“I don't know where everyone gone, but for now, only EFI (Duet Emulation) would boot lion for now I hacked around the efi shell and ... (if you AT least boot into the screen where it tell you have XGB ram, and cpu type and speed, then you ca…”
10.X Core2011-04-24
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“From sunki at this thread http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2008&st=520 iBOOT Source - iboot-efi.svn.sourc eforge.net/viewvc/iboot-efi/ edit: Using this source http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2079 They …”
10.X Core2011-04-19
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“kocoman and FlyingPig, iBoot is opensource for those who have a true interest in it's development. We are always looking to expand our team. Maybe if the both of you actually participated and had a true interest in iBoot, you'd both have a …”
10.X Core2011-04-17
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“I feel that iBoot 1.5a and XPC development will stop for good”
10.X Core2011-04-13
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“There seems to be a 450 post limit on "Printed version" of threads in the invision boards. So its hard to search the posts. I tried both iBoot (1.5a) and XPC (82.33) on MSI p6n2 mb, but only gets "BStart rt" then blank screen. --- here is m…”
10.X Core2011-04-08
140,344 dossier reads
No Installer Packages ..
“I've tried to install SL within SL, but its always stuck at "examining additional disks". And even if it was to pass, it would still stuck at "Preparing for installation". When I install SL from L, it went fine (but have this permission pro…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-04
129,123 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“Slice made a comment about the SSE3 problem at InsanelyMac . SSE3 emulator implementation is wrong. The new emulator occupies 2 pages while you allocated only one. CODE + printf("Enabling SSE3 emulator..."); + /* Install into commpage. Actu…”
10.X Core2011-10-13
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“Try my 10.6.8 kernel. It shouldn't have this issue... I did use the 10.6.8 AnV v0.4.1 you posted at the other thread here already, and the screenshot in the few last message was the result.. did you make changes to the 0.4.1 ?”
10.X Core2011-10-03
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“Yes, I'll need to study any screenshots you can give me of this. It may help me put an override on the trap handler. running "-s" is fine (no panic), so I thought it was some .kext problem "-x", panics Also it always fsck (take long time) e…”
10.X Core2011-09-13
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“Damn... the problem is in the new SSE3 emulator... 0xFFFF0001 is 2nd instruction of the SSE3 emulator... Guess I'll also need to modify the trap handler to fix this. :-|:-| Are there plans to fix this?”
10.X Core2011-09-12
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“Have you looked a few posts down at Andy's 10.6.8 kernel? It has SSE3 emulation in it. I tried it but it give me kernel panic, and does not give me a backtrace.. how to debug the problem.. Uploaded with ImageShack.us”
10.X Core2011-09-03
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“any updates? Everyone seem to be gone to Lion and forgot about sse2 only people”
10.X Core2011-09-02
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download
“There was no improvements to sse3 in SL... the problem is the SSE2 only cpu is from laptop.. so no choice I have used the 10.4.0 kernel on the 10.6.2 system, thinking it would fix the sse3 emu problem (older p4). but still no changes, safar…”
10.X Core2011-04-02
109,368 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“I tried on my AMD rig using arch=x86_64 - at least it seems to boot, but drives me into a KP: Having that fixed + a SSSE3 Emu Layer would be a high level great job. (Yes I propably should stop day-dreaming ) Are you suggesting the 100% CPU …”
10.X Core2010-03-24
76,126 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“Libdispatch is open source, so there shouldn't be much reverse engineering needed. The problem is loading gdb in would cause the beachball problem in Xcode..It would be better if it CRASHED then we can get the log.., and then a log would be…”
10.X Core2010-01-30
76,126 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“I have an older dual Xeon machine which has the same problems, but i don't want to dump it because it is equipped with 4gb of ecc ram and dual intel ethernet. Can anybody confirm the problems are only caused by the SSE3 emulator? I don't th…”
10.X Core2010-01-27
76,126 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“Thank you for the kernel! Finally trying it. Running the PCJ Release v0.9 now on my P4 with SSE2 only. It seems to have the similar issues for my like the 10.0.0 qoopz kernel (quick list): - high cpu for some processes at some point (Finder…”
10.X Core2010-01-27
76,126 dossier reads
AnV Qoopz based Darwin 10.2.0 kernel 32/64-bit
“PAE is limited to 36 bit adresses, it's similar on Core and all pre-Core cpus since the Pentium Pro. Ok I think its x86_64 ... There's a SSE3 emlator pdf xnu-dev.googl ecode.com/files/SSE3%20Emulator.pdf It describes the preformance between…”
10.X Core2010-01-27
73,341 dossier reads
AnV Qoopz based Darwin 10.2.0 kernel 32/64-bit
“No, on 32bit only real macs there is no beachballing, i guess it's a problem with the SSE3 emulation. I thought that are "Core" machines (when Apple went from PPC to Intel), was 64bit PAE supported... so they forcing 64bit is not a problem …”
10.X Core2010-01-26
73,341 dossier reads
AnV Qoopz based Darwin 10.2.0 kernel 32/64-bit
“Thank you for your version of the kernel, great! Running this on my P4/SSE2 only Looks like date/time is working better with this one, time seems right now, and now viewable in menu bar, date partly ok too, but the callender is not complete…”
10.X Core2010-01-26
73,341 dossier reads
Voodoo Kernel 2.0 = Darwin 9.6.0
“Early January is a good ETA for a beta of Voodoo 2.0." Any updates? There is a beta from Andy.. and no more news.. It works very well for cpus=2 while the vanilla kernel would only work with cpus=1 (or else deadlock panic)”
Releases & News2009-02-16
46,736 dossier reads
install Leopard on a software RAID
“I am trying to resize the GUID partition that has the RAID slice on it. (not resizing the RAID slice itself). but disk utility is soft-stuck at "Preparing to remove volume" I checked the logs but there was nothing useful there. is there ano…”
10.X Core2009-02-04
41,327 dossier reads
install Leopard on a software RAID
“Where is the howto, I searched the wiki and this thread but can't find it?”
10.X Core2009-01-29
41,327 dossier reads
10.4.0 XNU Kernel for INTEL/AMD by qoopz/nawcom/AnV/BlackKnight/mucha
“I have used the 10.4.0 kernel on the 10.6.2 system, thinking it would fix the sse3 emu problem (older p4). but still no changes, safari, xcode, mds, QuickLook helper, still use 100% When I try to install the 10.6.3 updater. its still stuck …”
10.X Core2010-07-04
38,991 dossier reads
10.4.0 XNU Kernel for INTEL/AMD by qoopz/nawcom/AnV/BlackKnight/mucha
“So does this one fix the spinning beachball on sse2 cpus? ie: The Disk Utility will keep freezing (and also the Checking Available disks in the installer, or stuck at 0%-x% during install) in the SL installer because of lack of sse3. It see…”
10.X Core2010-06-28
38,991 dossier reads
New modify chameleon bootloader for Intel CPU to use Apple kernel
“Does this work? blog.naw com.com/?p=522#comment-1394 ok. thanks.. what about list of other AGP cards that works? what is ATY_Init? and fix.kext? ------ edit: I tried the 12/10/2010 boot file but it still give blank screen.. ----- edit: I go…”
10.X Core2011-02-20
38,510 dossier reads