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@uman
InfiniteMac community contributor with 103 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (67,293 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,654,305 historical readers.
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Joined 2009-05-24
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2009-05-24 → 2010-04-16
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
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MacBook Pro - have allergy to nickel in the aluminum casing. So my kid gets an expensive toy! :(
Gateway MX 8738 - Retail, vanilla Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (thanks kizwan!) with Chameleon RC4, modified DSDT. Upgraded to Core 2 CPU (easy to do). Upgraded to 640GB drive. Everything but SD card working. Minor niggles. GMA950 with QE/CI and *no* artifacts. :D
iMac (luxo/lamp) G4 with Tiger.
MacBook Pro - have allergy to nickel in the aluminum casing. So my kid gets an expensive toy! :(
Gateway MX 8738 - Retail, vanilla Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (thanks kizwan!) with Chameleon RC4, modified DSDT. Upgraded to Core 2 CPU (easy to do). Upgraded to 640GB drive. Everything but SD card working. Minor niggles. GMA950 with QE/CI and *no* artifacts. :D
iMac (luxo/lamp) G4 with Tiger.
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 7 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @uman (7)
67,293 cumulative reads on threads started by @uman
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Beware using other people's DSDT Many newbies don't understand that you shouldn't be using DSDT's generated on other people's computers. I think everyone knows by now that you shouldn't use one from a different make and model, but many noobs assume that one generated on… | 10.X Core | 18,615 reads 2009-08-02 · 9 notes |
| New Hope for GMA4500 As netkas has pointed out (http://netkas.org/?p=427), Apple has dropped some new kexts with their latest update (support.apple.com/kb/DL1026) for the refreshed MBPs. These machines have Intel integrated graphics (the newer GMA HD graphic… | 10.X Core | 11,484 reads 2010-04-16 · 2 notes |
| Help: Installed Retail SL On External USB Hard Drive Using MBP: Can Haz Chameleon I haven't really asked for help before, but have done my best to help others, primarily in the DSDT forum. But now I need some help. (I'm not a noob-- I'm a programmer with lots of UNIX shell experience, so if the help requires commands,… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 9,853 reads 2010-03-04 · 9 notes |
| Could DSDT solve this annoying issue I have an annoying issue that I think is solvable in the DSDT, but I need to first understand what's going on, before trying various fixes. When my Gateway resumes from sleep, it acts like something is holding down the up arrow key. So if… | Leopard 10.5 | 9,737 reads 2009-05-29 · 9 notes |
| Help getting pin configs from VoodooHDA Hi-- I'm trying to switch back from VoodooHDA to AppleHDA following the guide here: How to port AppleHDA to SL and here: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=465&hl=codec. I had a working AppleHDA under Leopard, but it… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,084 reads 2010-03-12 · 1 notes |
| VoodooSDHCI BETA available now Just saw this. nil over at VoodooLabs has a beta driver for SD cards (supports multiple types of cards). Currently Ricoh, TI-XXXX, and JMicron devices are supported. He's looking for beta testers, so head on over to:… | 10.X Core | 5,854 reads 2009-07-29 · 1 notes |
| Temperature monitoring Does anyone have any working temperature monitors for OSx86? I've tried iStat menus, Temperature Monitor, and one other (forgot the name), and none of them detect CPU temps, only SMART hard drive temps. I've been running VoodooPower (which… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,666 reads 2009-06-20 · 8 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @uman contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Various DSDT mods. “You won't need it, then. It's because on my gateway, the ports have integrated hubs. See ACPI spec, section 9.13 for full details.” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-29 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Oh, and if this doesn't work, there are bits you can set that essentially control power settings, ejectability, etc. But that is hugely dependent on your chipset. I have an ICH7, and most of that is the same in ICH9, and ICH10, but if you h…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-21 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Allright, I got that but in this case I guess I have to pute something like Name(_PRW, Package { , // Bit number in GPEx_EN to enable USB resume 0x01 // Reference to lowest sleeping state which can be // entered while still providing wake f…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-21 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Thanks for the info. Not sure I was clear enough tough. I'm having the problem with the SD card (I believe it's using an internal USB port) and the machine is an eeePC 901. I need help on this one…please. My bad. I'm so used to SD cards not…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-19 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “This thread has been very useful for me. I now just miss one last step to have the "perfect" install. I'm running Snow Leopard on an ASUS eeePC 901 from the SD card. It's a bit slow but this is OK. My problem: whenever I go to sleep and wak…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-18 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Are you planning to use VoodooHDA, or AppleHDA? If Voodoo, first rename all references to HDEF to ALC6 (or whatever turns you on :)) Doing so will prevent AppleHDA from loading and matching your HDA device. If AppleHDA is loaded, then Voodo…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-13 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Where you put this code? I searched in my DSDT for Method (_Q3F, 0, NotSerialized) , But didn't find it.I have a laptop with Bluetooth, where to put this code? Each laptop model is going to be different. That's why you have to be prepared t…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-13 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “I'm successfully compiled AMW0.kext for SL but got kernel panic while initializing some MethodTerm at boot. Since AMW0.kext project is not finished, I think I'm going to try ACPI4ASUS.kext instead. If ACPI4ASUS.kext developed to works with …” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-13 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Nice work! Too bad I don't have bluetooth! I've come to the conclusion that getting access to keyboard events is impossible in DSDT. I think you have three choices: construct an AMW0 device kext to bind to the AMW0 (which I presume is in yo…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-12 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “What you need to find is the method that is called upon a lid switch event, which means it is under EC0, the embedded controller device. On a MacBook, it's typically _Q20, which looks like this: On my Gateway, it's _Q8A: on many other noteb…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-04 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “uman, Just got a reply from Superhai. Its look like Superhai will not continue AMW0 project. Is there anybody interested continuing his project? :'( I wish I could say yes, but my son's Acer has qualified for a replacement. So I won't have …” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-24 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “King, It may be that your DSDT just has functions defined for Windows, especially since Linux guys also had problems. Have you talked to or contacted the people at OSXCORES? They have patched BIOSes for OSX: M50SV AS207 ASUS M50V as209 ASUS…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-18 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “So, you're working on driver for SD card reader. That is interesting. Is there any chances that Texas Instrument SD card reader supported by your driver? I've put this on hold with yesterday's news that Apple is including SD card slots on t…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-09 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “You can download the AMW0.kext & source code here:- supe rhai.com/xdarwin.html [forehead slap] I missed that page. Thanks for the link! If the Acer comes back in the next week or so, I'll try getting something going with that. So, you're wo…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-09 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “Unfortunately, I'm also learning the DSDT myself. And most manufacturers don't document anything about the devices or their methods. It's mainly error and trial, I'm afraid. Could you send me the AMW0.kext? I could play around with it after…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-08 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “I will take a look at acpid. Since I don't have and am not familiar with ASUS, I don't have any good advice, other than: 1. Look to Linux-- they're way ahead of the OSX scene. 2. I think you are right. They way to solve this beast is a gene…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-03 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “You can ignore the _INI code. That's just setting the OS version so that other methods can test it and do different logic. All you need to do is ensure that in the Device(ANW0) there isn't any Windows-specific logic going on. That way the d…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-03 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “kizwan: You should see an AMW0 device in your DSDT (see this post by Carlos, the writer of the acer_acpi implementation). My guess (without looking at your DSDT) is that the device control function keys may be implemented in DSDT block that…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-02 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “It may be possible to do this in the DSDT. I noticed that on my Gateway, there are a bunch of control registers defined that (I suspect) interface with hotkeys to turn on/off various functions like wireless. Take a look at the Notify method…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-02 625,378 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “I hope you can help me porting "acer-acpi" to OS X. I don't have experience in driver or kernel extensions programming but I'm a quick learner. kizwan Hi kizwan, nice to see you here instead of just insanelymac. I used to be there until my …” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-02 625,378 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “Which part did you have problem? Are you installing to MBR or GUID partition table? GUID-- I want to have a hidden EFI partition. My goal is to keep /S/L/E as virgin as possible, so I can update more easily. By default SL will boot in 64bit…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-04 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “Argh. I'm so frustrated. I've failed to install SL using prasys's (pra sys.co.cc/2009/08/installing-snow-leopard-for-osx86/) 1st 3 methods. So right now I'm installing on a separate hard drive )which I will replace as my main one) from a Ma…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-03 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “If it is possible, instead restore retail DVD to a dmg file, why don't you just restore retail DVD to a (new) partition in your current drive using Disk Utility. The size of this partition don't have to be big, 8GB will do (retail DVD size …” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-01 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “I'm sorry for the trouble! Thanks so much for testing this out. I guess BuildSmart was wrong! I did upgrade my CPU, so now I can try out 64-bit SL. One thing that drives me crazy, though, is that the vanilla retail scene is changing so rapi…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-01 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “Thanks for trying the 10.6.2. I was hip deep in the ICH7 Datasheet and ACPI Programmers draft trying to verify if the shutdown/restart and sleep fixes for ICH9/10 will work. I'm hoping to install SL this week. But my Core 2 Duo CPU arrived,…” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-28 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “My acer aspire 9420 only experiencing bios reset when trying to hibernate. I have not tried 10.6.2 but did you mean my laptop will behave normally (no bios reset) with 10.6.2 without "CMOS reset fix"? FYI, aspire 9420 dsdt follow ASL spec. …” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-27 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “According to BuildSmart (see: http://netkas.org/?p=114#comment-45114), if you have a length of 0x08 and alignment of 0x01, then your manufacturer's DSDT is following the ASL spec. So you shouldn't have to make a change. Why is not making a …” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-26 332,582 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix “candykane, With Leopard 10.5.6, I have: Do you know if: a. the change you suggest is harmless on Leopard b. whether the IRQNoFlags needs to be there or not in Leopard/Snow Leopard?” | 10.X Core | 2009-07-30 332,582 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA X4500HD “The target device IDs are hardcoded on the kexts; you need to edit them with a hex editor Ughh. Thanks for responding here BlackCH. I just saw your post on insanelymac. I verified that the IDs are indeed in the kexts with hexedit. Martin (o…” | 10.X Core | 2009-07-01 266,730 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA X4500HD “uman, as far as I know the X4500 architecture is really different of the X3100 (according to Intel marketing, anyway). It's not like with the X3500, which was just a variation. But maybe you can join forces with this happy person: http://ww…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-30 266,730 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA X4500HD “uman, as far as I know the X4500 architecture is really different of the X3100 (according to Intel marketing, anyway). It's not like with the X3500, which was just a variation. But maybe you can join forces with this happy person: http://ww…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-25 266,730 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA X4500HD “I may have interest in this soon myself, as I may end up with a lappie that has this. I found these docs: intellinu xgraphics.org/documentation.html But haven't had time to scan them. Can we get some crowdsourcing done on this doc? Basicall…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-24 266,730 dossier reads |
| Ext4 filesystem support for MacOSX “I'd be wary of ext4, at least until some of the fixes stabilize: ask.slas hdot.org/story/09/05/30/161233/Is-ext4-Stable-For-Production-Systems” | Hardware & Dev | 2009-06-02 57,747 dossier reads |
| Ext4 filesystem support for MacOSX “Wow. You like the bleeding edge. I haven't moved to ext4 yet-- scared away by some of the early 0 byte bugs... Anyway, I'd second the suggestion of FUSE. I've been using FUSE with ntfs-3g and had very few problems. Plus the abstraction of a…” | Hardware & Dev | 2009-05-30 57,747 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “I see you apply fix for restart/shutdown. Before applying the fix, which one do you have problem, shutdown or restart or both? I have problem with restart & currently using openhaltrestart.kext to fix the issue. I don't recall, but I think …” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-01 45,037 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “Your picture is too low-res, but no matter. I have PNLF, and AppleBacklightDisplay and the values check against a MacBook. The issue is that the brightness/sun is controlled thru AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer (you'll note that AppleBacklightDi…” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-01 45,037 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “Kiz, Here they are. I've included the unmodified, original one, and my latest. I seem to remember, in Leopard, that my display would dim when I removed the power cord, but now it does not. However, note that I don't have battery working (Vo…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-29 45,037 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “well that is dissappointing . thanks for looking it over uman. i tried a vista dsdt with the same result. the bios is modified, removing the original whitelists. it is from the insanely thread referenced earlier. there is someone who is usi…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-13 45,037 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “I spent a couple of hours looking at your DSDT the acpi spec and my dsdt (mine is relatively clean, and tracks the mac pretty well). The bad news is that yours is a hideous monstrosity. It's massive-- more than double the size of a macbook …” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-12 45,037 dossier reads |
| DSDT editing needed to fix brightness/sleep HP DV3XXX “the broken dsdt is b/c i dont know how to edit the BCL & BCM, so i only have one dsdt that needs working on... do you know what i am saying? Yes, you said your edits didn't compile. But still it's useful to me to see the edits. I wasn't abl…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-10 45,037 dossier reads |