Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,716 · 2008-03-13 → 2008-03-15
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@Sp00n

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Member Number #1,716 Joined 2008-03-12
Active Window 2008 2008-03-13 → 2008-03-15
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#1,120 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #3,091 by Thread Reach (37,386 cumulative reads)
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Member #1,716 · Joined 2008-03-12
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AMD OSx86 (2) · ALC889a / Audio (2)
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Leopard 10.5
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @Sp00n contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Beginners: Ask here first
“I have nothing in the system preferences however i loaded a dump file for the alc888 in the hdahelper program and rebooted... Voila! I have sound, still nothing in the system preferences which i find odd though, but right now this is workin…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-15
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“installed alcinject via the kext helper, rebooted but no sound still. I didnt repair the permissions as i thought the programme does it? If i go to about > advanced and check the extensions it shows alcinject in the list, does that mean its…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-15
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“Well i didn't delete the mkext as i couldnt find it so i tried a reboot anyway, rebooted and didnt enter any switches so im not running in safe mode and the bloody thing works! How awesome is this, lol. Now i need to get my audio working, I…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-15
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“I don't have extensions.mkext =/ Is it because im in safe mode?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-15
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“Ok thats managed to pickup my ATI card, however can only select 1024x768 and another kext failed when i booted up; ATY_Triakis.kext. Also my ac97 audio isn't working even though i ticked the box. Dammit this stuff is hard! lol. Incidently, …”
Leopard 10.52008-03-14
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Beginners: Ask here first
“Tried to chmod the Natit* directory after reading about on google a bit but it doesnt appear to make any difference, dont even get any error messages when i try it either This is the command i found: sudo su chown -R root:wheel /System/Libr…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-13
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“I have just installed 10.5.2 R1 on to my pc, booted the installation in safemode and everything went smoothly. Rebooted without dvd in drive and boots up just until it moves to the operating system and i get a weird screen with black and wh…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-13
37,386 dossier reads