elgranoti

Thanks so much guys... DSDT patched for the battery, and now everything is up and running smoothly !!!!!

Thank you both @Bronxteck and @Jake Lo... There was a problem with the sound: even when I properly set it up following the ALC wiki, sometimes it was working and sometimes not, and always showing the same pattern (com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver kext not listed when the sound was not working ). Finally switched to VoodooHDA, and I can say it goes way better !!! OK guys, I need a hand: I'm having issues with the battery. The icon does not remain at the menu bar, and also the system shows the battery is at 0% charge, when it is not ( besides all the ACPI errors I get when the battery is plugged in ). I've been reading about this, and all I can find is that I have to patch DSDT / SSDT for this problem to be sorted out... is that so ? Is there any other way to fix this ?

What is that for ? Don't get me wrong, is just that all that is set up at config.plist already... I mean, do I have to boot using that bootflag every time I boot, even when config.plist is properly set up ?

Well, the thing is that I get a lot of ACPI errors when the battery is connected, hence longer booting time. When disconnected, no ACPI errors anymore, and booting faster... I think the battery kext is not the proper one ( just guessing ). Oh, one more thing: sound comes and goes !!! I can see it is installed in both cases ( meaning that, when I have no sounds, the controlls are still there and operational, but no sounds come out ). This is what I found, after running kextstat | grep 'Lilu\|AppleALC\|AppleHDA': when sound works, com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver kext is listed, and when it is not working, that driver is missing Any idea ?

Hey Hervé, I'm having a lot of ACPI errors that I would like to check out... is there any way to get a boot log dump ?

Hahaha, it already is a joy to use ( why do u think I wanted to install the mac OS ? I can't use it with windows, but with this is an awesome machine...). I'll get the SSD as soon as possible, but in the meantime I'm gonna download all my photos from my Iphone, which is impossible on windows or linux... Thanks a lot for your time and wisdom Hervé !!!!

Can't test the card reader cause I have no card right now, but I believe it works ( camera does ) Here they are Hervé... elgranoti.SysInfo.zip elgranoti.IOReg.zip

Ok Hervé, I can confirm Lan and sound are working properly !!!!!

Hervé: YOU ARE THE MAN !!!!! Graphics are working perfectly now. I'm gonna start messing with sound the way you recommended...

Sound is working now. I just added VoodooHDA and AppleHDADisabler to EFI/CLOVER/Kexts/Other ( not sure if this is the best method, or to install those two in System/Library/Extensions ). Sound codecs:

I'm afraid config_nv 2 didn't work either (still have the same problem: it reboots before finishing loading). May I replace the FakeSMC now, or should I wait for the graphics to work ? Regarding the sound codec, I couldn't find it on DPCIManager ( screenshot attached )

Hey Hervé, Tried your config_nv.plist, but it doesn't work ( never finishes loading, it reboots... ). So far, that I'm aware of, I don't have graphics and sound !!! Here is my IOReg extract: elgranoti.ioreg.zip

Well, I'm booting from the installer but it reboots right after "DSMOS has arrived" and I can't see what comes next ( something comes up, but I don't have time to see it )... here is my origin folderorigin.zip Ok, I made it now... had to use "nv_disable=1" in order to go all the way through. I'm booting now from the hard disk. I'll let you know how it goes... Thanks a lot Hervé !!!!!

Great thanks !!!! Btw, it boots ...

OK Hervé, I managed to build a Virtual machine on Ubuntu ( macOS Catalina ), downloaded High Sierra, created the USB installer, and installed the latest Clover version ( 5127 ) on it with the customised settings ( Installed Clover in the ESP, Boot Sectors -> Install boot0af in MBR, Clover for BIOS (legacy) booting -> Clover EFI 64-bits SATA, BIOS Drivers, 64 bit -> FSInject-64 / ApfsDriverLoader-64, BIOS Drivers, 64 bit -> GrubEXFAT-64 / GrubNTFS-64 ). One thing to point out is that I don't have the chance to mount the EFI partition with Clover Configurator, I can see EFI straight on the USB ( don't know why, and I hope it doesn't affect the process... ). At this point I have to set up the config.plist and I have no clue... what are the basics I should set up, in order for this to boot ? Is there any guide I can follow to set it up based on a given system ? Thanks

Sorry, my bad, I used the correct pack ( D830n_10.12_Pack, just copied the name of it from the other pack for el capitan, which I also tried to install in the meantime.. ). Ok, listen, I can't go for high sierra cause I don't have a real mac ( I only have the snow leopard with no internet connection, and horrible graphics resolution, and a Sierra installed on a full AMD system with, of course, no ethernet nor wifi ). I already have a High Sierra downloaded from windows 10, but is "not mountable" on my Sierra AMD ( don't know why )... What I'm trying is to install a fully working Sierra, or El Capitan ( those two are mountable versions in my crappy systems ) and then be able to download High Sierra ... What do I need in the Extra folder, besides the basic kexts, for Sierra to load ?

Like I said, I followed your D830 guide, so I used Enoch 2922 ( it's the one I could get... and installed it on the pendrive with just the bootloader on the partition, default option, nothing else ). Then, from D830n_10.11_Pack, I added to extra folder everything but the DSDT.aml, and then created the Kernel folder and added the 10.12.6 kernel to it. When booting with -f -v, I get the kernel panic ( dart=0 and nv_disable=1 just tried those bootflags, cause they worked for me on my snow leopard installation, otherwise I could have never installed Snow Leopard, couldn't find the way... ). I don't understand what might be wrong...

Ok Hervé, I followed your guide for Sierra on Dell D830: https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/10370-dell-latitude-d830-with-core2duo-and-nvidia-quadro-nvs-135m-mavericksyosemiteel-capitansierrahigh-sierramojave/ When trying to boot, I get this kernel panic right at the beginning I guess I did something really wrong... any idea what might be ?

Glad to hear all this Hervé !!!! One more thing: do you think I'm gonna have to do some DSDT patching ? Cause I have no clue about that ( no clue bout anything, but mostly about that... ) Thanks a lot !!!

Hey there, I have an Acer Aspire 6930G notebook running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (a distro), but I want to upgrade it to Yosemite or El Capitan. Based on my system info, what do you recommend ? I want to start fresh with a vanilla installation... This are my system details (hope they help). mint@mint:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1) 07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0) Specs: Core2Duo P7350 @2.00GHz Motherboard: Acer Makalu ICH9M I/O controller 4GB DDR2-667 RAM 250GB HDD GeForce 9300M GS graphics (G98M) Fingerprint reader Realtek USB2.0 multicard reader Acer Crystal Eye Webcam Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet Intel Wifi Link 5100 wireless card Thanks so much in advance !!!!