Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #198 · 2008-01-23 → 2008-12-16
#296 by Dispatches #236 by Author Reads #1,632 by Thread Reach Member #198 AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel NVIDIA GeForce

@steffx

InfiniteMac community contributor with 25 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (43,790 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 252,205 historical readers.

Dispatches 25 Ranked #296 of 6,691
Author Reads 43,790 Ranked #236 · 5 dossiers
Thread Reach 252,205 Ranked #1,632 in reach
Lead Dossiers 5 8,758 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #198 Joined 2008-01-17
Active Window 2008 2008-01-23 → 2008-12-16
Archive Standing
#296 of 6,691 by Dispatches (25 notes) · #236 of 3,454 by Author Readership (43,790 reads across 5 dossiers) · #1,632 by Thread Reach (252,205 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #198 · Joined 2008-01-17
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (6) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · DSDT (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
18 (72%)
10.X Core
6 (24%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @steffx (5)

43,790 cumulative reads on threads started by @steffx

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
boot0: error after Time Machine restore
i had a very good working hackintosh based on iDeneb v1.3 (10.5.5). I used xnu-dev kernel 2c-beta as the default kernel, as it was working fine and i am running a vmware. Then i decided to change NVKush against EFI-Strings and messed…
Leopard 10.516,721 reads
2008-10-21 · 6 notes
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
my 10.5.2 runs quite stable. The only issue i have is with iMovie (latest Version). I can import Movies from my cam without any problems. i also can arrange the movieparts inside iMovie, but as soon as i press the play-button iMovie…
Leopard 10.512,869 reads
2008-02-27 · 15 notes
EFI-String for NVidia GF 6600GT 128MB AGP
i run a iDeneb v1.3. My Nvidia GF 6600GT 128MB (AGP) works with NVKush. As i have some smaller issues (Videos in Games are not shown) i decided to try EFI-Strings. I searched a lot, but all i found was strings for PIC-cards which do not…
Leopard 10.56,598 reads
2008-10-21 · 3 notes
Video stuttering problem
i have a iDeneb v 1.3 running on my AMD 3400+ CPU (single CPU with SSE3). I am quite happy, as nearly everything works like it should. But i still have one big issue which makes a lot of problems. I can not play video without massive…
Leopard 10.53,864 reads
2008-10-14 · 9 notes
Wake on Lan
i already tried it wirh different ethernet-cards, but could never get wol to work. Does anyone have managed to get it working ? steffx
Leopard 10.53,738 reads
2008-11-19 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (20)

Direct links into threads where @steffx contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.5.6 Released
“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 (ihackintosh.blog spot.com/2008/12/how-to-use-universal-osx86-installer.html) and selected Install PC_EFI v9. After th…”
10.X Core2008-12-16
80,667 dossier reads
Voodoo Kernel - Release candidate is out now
“hi .. i just updated to rc1. now i wanna know if my system runs in 64bit-mode. stupid question may be ..but how can i find out ? steffx”
10.X Core2008-11-29
41,736 dossier reads
Voodoo Kernel - Release candidate is out now
“Hi thanxx a lot .. i was on the site every day to don't miss the release Will start testing this evening ! What means "Suggested kexts: def --> dfe" ? steffx”
10.X Core2008-11-27
41,736 dossier reads
Voodoo 9.5 Release candidate is now available
“my pc is running quite good on 9.5 beta2. The last remaining issu i have, is that both of my two running ethernet-cards (realtek and marvell) does not work after wake from sleep. in Network-Preferences they appear connected, but they simply…”
10.X Core2008-10-24
38,121 dossier reads
Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports
“ähhmmm … thanks for your answer ... wasn't my question ..anyway will rev2 have support for sse2-systems (rev1 is not working on my system as it is sse2) ? steffx”
10.X Core2008-01-24
36,277 dossier reads
Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports
“just to be sure ..will rev2 have SSE2-Support ? Everybody seems to know about the FTP ... can anyone give me an account ? Thanxx, steffx”
10.X Core2008-01-23
36,277 dossier reads
boot0: error after Time Machine restore
“so easy .. it works ... you have no idea what i tried to get this working again ..and then this easy solution ... steffx”
Leopard 10.52008-10-21
16,721 dossier reads
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
“[cite] Ianxxx:Working fine. Did you upgrade it via software update, I did Yes i I did all upgrades .. i am at the actuall version .. and all is patched with Mravins ... sill ... i got a crash as soon as i press the play-button.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-07
12,869 dossier reads
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
“hmmm .. i can not believe i am the only one with this problem .. is iMovie working well with your installations ? steffx”
Leopard 10.52008-03-06
12,869 dossier reads
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
“Here the beginning of my log : Process: iMovie [147] Path: /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie Identifier: com.apple.iMovie7 Version: 7.1.1 (529) Build Info: iMovieApp-5290000~2 Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [10…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-01
12,869 dossier reads
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
“after patching my whole installation with Marvins Tool, I still have the same problem. As soon as i hit the playbutton within iMovie it crashes I also recogniced, that when i play the grabbed iMovie-movies directly from disk with Quicktime-…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-01
12,869 dossier reads
iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie
“[cite] Ianxxx:try running marvins on system/library/frameworks Thanks, I will try it this evening ..did u have the same issue ? steffx”
Leopard 10.52008-02-27
12,869 dossier reads
Beta 2 of Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel now available
“i had a very good working hackintosh based on iDeneb v1.3 (10.5.5). I used xnu-dev kernel 2c-beta as the default kernel, as it was working fine and i am running a vmware. Then i decided to change NVKush against EFI-Strings and messed someth…”
Releases & News2008-10-21
7,293 dossier reads
EFI-String for NVidia GF 6600GT 128MB AGP
“thanks for the attachment, but of corse i already tried it with EFI-Studio and OSX86tools. Both have a entry for a 6600GT 128MB but it seems they work only for PCI. My machine boots with the standard graphics while system-profiler says "Bus…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-22
6,598 dossier reads
USB problem on Athlon 2500+
“same here, i have a asus k8v se deluxe. usb chipset must be via. sometimes i see my usb devices (randomly) but mostly they are not workling steffx”
Leopard 10.52008-02-23
4,321 dossier reads
USB problem on Athlon 2500+
“I also have a USB Problem, I tried to fix it but everytime i follow this hint : "- If it works, edit com.apple.Boot.plist and remove -legacy flag, if exists." from the "known issues" i got a kernel-panic after i reboot even changing back om…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-23
4,321 dossier reads
Video stuttering problem
“Which version of QT do you have? 7.5.4 or 7.5.5? I can't play movies with QT 7.5.5, it's much to slow. An divX movie takes about 90% on an Athlon 64 4000+. On my Opteron X2 I have sometimes problems with audio, the sound stops for 1-2 secon…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-21
3,864 dossier reads
Video stuttering problem
“Hi, i just bought a 10 € USB soundcard, disabled my onboard sound and: everything runs quite well now ! thanks for your help !”
Leopard 10.52008-10-16
3,864 dossier reads
Video stuttering problem
“i am already at the new voodoo_beta2. But as i was playing around today i found out some really strange thing. When i not load AppleACD97Audio.kext my video problem is gone … ... the bad news is: i have no sound then has anyone a clue what …”
Leopard 10.52008-10-14
3,864 dossier reads
Wake on Lan
“i know what to do to wake up a PC/Mac via WOL. The problem I have is, that you need to set an option in the system-preferences to enable wol. I have this option on my MacBook Pro and can wake it without any problems. On my Hackitosh the opt…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-20
3,738 dossier reads