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Report 10.X Core ALC889a / Audio

10.6.6 is out

Just updated with no issues "so far" anyone using sleepenabler remember to remove it Also AppleHDA.kext hasn't been updated if anyones worried about loosing their sound.

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@Ianxxx Published 2011-01-07
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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21,212 historical reads · 14 curated field notes (from 17 dispatches) · 2011-01-07 – 2011-01-11
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@RayFlower (7)@Ianxxx (5)@Imkantus (2)@Taisto@fumoboy007@pech
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Mac USB Audio DACs ↗ Workstation Coolers & Thermal Gear ↗ SATA III & NVMe SSDs ↗

Just updated with no issues "so far" anyone using sleepenabler remember to remove it
Also AppleHDA.kext hasn't been updated if anyones worried about loosing their sound.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

14 technical responses curated from 17 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @RayFlower 2011-01-07

Installed it on my amd system, works fine with the latest nawcom kernel, everything except the ati drivers seems to work for me, have to revert to the macmini drivers.

Field Note #2 @Imkantus 2011-01-08 ↳ Re: @Ianxxx

Same like the Xcode 3.2.5 Update that was avaible some weeks ago this one made my system freezing during "System Optimization", so I applied it manually using Pacifist and rebuild the Caches... The Xcode Update that I wasn't able to apply is now no longer avaible from Software-Update, so this must have been for the same reason.
Apart from that no issues - don't need that App Store crap, new Graphics Drivers are working same way as 10.6.5 ones did...

@IanxxxJust updated with no issues "so far" anyone using sleepenabler remember to remove it

Glad not to be Vanilla.

@IanxxxAlso AppleHDA.kext hasn't been updated if anyones worried about loosing their sound.

I am still using AppleHDA from 10.6.0/1 that I have patched more than a year ago...

Author Update #1 @Ianxxx 2011-01-08 ↳ Re: @Imkantus

I'm about as vanilla as you can get, since 10.6.3 all I have to do is rollback applehda to 10.6.2 apart from that this might as well be a mac

Field Note #3 @Taisto 2011-01-09

Working fine here as well. AppStore looks quite nice, although with a very poor selection of apps at the moment. I wonder where are they going with this...

Field Note #4 @RayFlower 2011-01-09

Since the app store was mentioned...
I bought Chopper 2 today from the app store, it works but only in 32bit mode, if i run it in 64bit mode i get this:

paste bin.com/7pD3G06f

Also having trouble with connecting my ipod touch with my hackintosh to use it as a controller.

Author Update #2 @Ianxxx 2011-01-09 ↳ Re: @RayFlower
@RayFlowerSince the app store was mentioned... I bought Chopper 2 today from the app store, it works but only in 32bit mode, if i run it in 64bit mode i get this: paste bin.com/7pD3G06f Also having trouble with connecting my ipod touch with my hackintosh to use it as a controller.

Maybe you should contact the developer "developer (at) majicjungle.com" and maybe not mention the word hackintosh

Field Note #5 @RayFlower 2011-01-09 ↳ Re: @Ianxxx
@IanxxxMaybe you should contact the developer "developer (at) majicjungle.com" and maybe not mention the word hackintosh

It's most likely a problem with the legacy kernel plus the custom dyld patching which still doesn't correctly fix everything(yet), had the same problem with halflife2 until nawcom found the solution a few months back by manually patching a qtcompnent.

Field Note #6 @fumoboy007 2011-01-10 ↳ Re: @RayFlower
@RayFlowerSince the app store was mentioned... I bought Chopper 2 today from the app store, it works but only in 32bit mode, if i run it in 64bit mode i get this: paste bin.com/7pD3G06f

This is due to no SSSE3 support in your CPU and no SSSE3 emulation by the legacy kernel.

Field Note #7 @RayFlower 2011-01-10 ↳ Re: @fumoboy007
@fumoboy007This is due to no SSSE3 support in your CPU and no SSSE3 emulation by the legacy kernel.

Hum well, its a amd phenom II so to say it doesn't have sse3 support isn't correct however i think it has been mentioned that amd and intel doesn't share the exact same instructions, anyhow thanks for pointing out the lack of sse3 emulation.

Field Note #8 @pech 2011-01-10

SSE3 ≠ SSSE3

SSE3, also called Prescott New Instructions (PNI), is an incremental upgrade to SSE2, adding a handful of DSP-oriented mathematics instructions and some process (thread) management instructions. SSSE3 is an incremental upgrade to SSE3, adding 16 new opcodes which include permuting the bytes in a word, multiplying 16-bit fixed-point…

Bulldozer and Bobcat are the first AMD processors to support SSSE3 instructions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobcat_%28processor%29 ↗

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSE3 ↗

Author Update #3 @Ianxxx 2011-01-10 ↳ Re: @pech

So glad I took the option a while back and went all intel

Field Note #9 @RayFlower 2011-01-11

Uhm yeah, well i made my choice before snowleopard came out, the voodoobased kernels for leopard worked just fine so it didn't seem like a big risk to go amd.
However having a macbook pro with snow leopard made me want to migrate to sl on my amd as well, despite the complications:)
But yeah, if i built my computer today i would most likely go for intel:)

Author Update #4 @Ianxxx 2011-01-11 ↳ Re: @RayFlower
@RayFlowerUhm yeah, well i made my choice before snowleopard came out, the voodoobased kernels for leopard worked just fine so it didn't seem like a big risk to go amd. However having a macbook pro with snow leopard made me want to migrate to sl on my amd as well, despite the complications:) But yeah, if i built my computer today i would most…

When I did it, it meant selling a lot of stuff buying new, starting again and going against my principles, but to be honest it was well worth it

Field Note #10 @RayFlower 2011-01-11 ↳ Re: @Imkantus
@Imkantus@Ray Why not let the App run 32-Bit like QTX?

That's what i do, for me it doesn't really matter but I thought I should report the bug anyway since sooner or later we will run into a app that wont run in 32bit.

I don't know if ssse3 emulation is in the scope of the development of the legacy kernel. But seeing how "fundamental" parts of osx uses it(quicklook?), it wouldn't be a bad idea:)

Corroborated & Participated: @RayFlower @Imkantus
Sources & Contributor Provenance (6 credited usernames · Thread #6863)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@RayFlowerCore Contributor72011-01-07 → 2011-01-11
@IanxxxPrimary Author52011-01-07 → 2011-01-11
@ImkantusContributor22011-01-08 → 2011-01-11
@TaistoContributor12011-01-09
@fumoboy007Contributor12011-01-10
@pechContributor12011-01-10

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