Hervé
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That just applies to built-in LCD or ext. display in mirrored mode. The problem experienced above is only for ext. display in extended mode and that is only available post-boot.
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Try this in /S/L/E, but I would expect it to be ignored...
'ever tried to use the BCM43xx kexts instead of patched IO80211 for that DW1395?
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Out of interest, I've also done the same tests with my 20" widescreen 1680x1050 LCD.
-> same sort of results: bottom of screen gets corrupted beyond 1280x800:
1) @1280x1024
2) @1680x1050
-> looks like any resolution starting from 1280x1024 and above gets corrupted.
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Ok, good, that's exactly what I experienced the other day. It's totally consistent and the black parts on the external screen are due to the widescreen ratio that is being maintained across both displays. You should still be able to select 1440x900 on the built-in LCD and another resolution on the external display; it'll then adjust with bars accordingly.
Now, coming back to the issue you reported in extended mode, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I can 100% reproduce the problem with my D620 GMA low res; the bad news is that there is indeed a problem!
I hooked my D620 (GMA950) to a 19" 4:3 1280x1024 external LCD and booted SL 10.6.8. Internal display was @1280x800 as usual and external screen got automatically set by default @1152x864 (75Hz). No problem, external display looking nice enough.
I then started to play with higher resolutions.
1) @1280x768 (60Hz), no problem, but graphics and text are a bit distorted/squeezed horizontally due to resolution. Not nice at all (doesn't show on screencopy).
2) @1280x960 (60Hz), no problem. Graphics and text look very much like @1152x864, there is just a bit more space available on the screen.
3) @1280x1024 (60Hz/75Hz), I too get the graphics corruption at the bottom. The issue is bad enough to even temporarily affect screen contents during moves.
Conclusion: stick to 1152x864 or 1280x960! -
Yes, Wifi is always on, I never deactivate it. Both BT + Wifi run and wake concurrently.
One last thing you could do, to match my laptop even more, is to copy my /S/L/E/IO80211Family kext to your /S/L/E, re-run myFix and try once more.
-> PM
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No need to run myFix after changing DSDT file, just a straight reboot obviously to load that new table.
The tests I ran the other day were in mirrored mode so I'll try again with extended mode, but no docking station/port replicator I'm afraid.
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By all means, try it; you may actually find another version of it there; I know I have one...
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No gain to be had with BIOS A18; in fact, it just adds signed firmware capabilities, nothing else. I just updated all my D630s for the sake of it, that's all.
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There are 2 LCD models for these laptops:
1) lo. res.: WSXGA (1280x800)
2) hi. res.: WSXGA+ (1440x900)
By default, Mac OS X uses the highest res. supported by the display, so if you're not getting better than 1280x800, you're on a low res. model. You can confirm that through the BIOS system page where you'll see information about the laptop's hardware.
You can only improve that by changing/swapping LCD (incl. inverter + cable, not just the glass panel) or by attaching a higher res. external display.
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Look here:
https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1827-slow-shutdown/page__st__20
Basically, delete AppleACPIPlatform.kext from /System/Library/Extensions (keep a backup just in case) and re-run myFix (full).
Normally, EDP replaces that /S/L/E kext by the version from myHack in /Extra/Extensions (that was the EDP fix) but maybe there is regression following latest EDP update (up to r68 today).
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That issue had been fixed and fix incorporated to EDP (replacement of AppleACPIplatform kext from memory).
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Well, you plug your adapter in a USB port, the laptop sees it and reports what it reads out of the device. That's all.
It's not activated, not usable because you need to install & load a kext (=a driver) for that new hardware, if such a kext exists (Google might be your friend). Once this is done, go to Network Preferences and you should get a popup message advising you that new hardware has been detected.
At the bottom of the listed hardware, just above the lock, there are '+' and '-' clickable buttons. Click on '+', then open up the list of available network interfaces and select your newly installed equipment.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds that you just want your laptop LCD to turn off/turn on (i.e. display sleep) when lid is closed/re-opened, right? Or do you just want to close the lid without anything happening at all, i.e. no display sleep, no computer sleep?
Whatever it is, it differs from initial design, which is to sleep the computer when lid is closed. So you use 3rd party software (InsomniaX/Caffeine/Sleepless) to try and reach your goal. I don't know how it's done, but I guess those software somehow intercept the call for the code that puts computer to sleep. From your description, it also appears that those software do not put the display to sleep and that you have to use hot corner to do that, right? Or does closing the lid, with those software enabled, still put display to sleep but opening the lid failing to wake it?
I'm failing to comprehend how a DSDT edit would help you here.
I recently played around with hot corners on all my Latitudes. Works great, I can either put display to sleep or launch screensaver. With display sleep, I do not have to return to the specific hot corner to wake display, I simply press a key or move the mouse.
If that does not work anymore once your 3rd party software is installed, I'd say the problem comes from them. Don't you agree?
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Try this one, renamed as DSDT.aml in /Extra.
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It is best to use EDP on all the supported systems! It goes a long way beyond installing an audio driver (which is far from being the only thing missing after initial installation)...
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Hi, it's very simple: Intel cards are not (usually/longer) supported by Mac OS X, so you'll have to take that card out.
Replace it with a supported model:
- 'G' (54Mbps) Broadcom-based (BCM4311/4312) cards such as Dell DW1390, DW1395, DW1490, etc.
- 'N' (270-300Mbps) Broadcom-based (BCM4321/4322/94321/94322) cards such as Dell MX846 (DW1505?), etc.
- non Dell-branded (eg: HP, Asus, Apple) but nevertheless Broadcom-based cards
- some Atheros cards (but I'm not familiar with those devices)
You need a full-size mini PCIe card, not a half-size one (at least not without an adapter).
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I have the same (good) behaviour whether I use a BT350 or a BT360 adapter, so I rule out hardware/model-related issue.
In your System Profiler, can you check your extensions for IO80211.kext? Which version does it show? I expect 1111, i.e. myHack. Provided you've run myFix (full) after that you copied "my" kext to /E/E, I would expect to find no 80211Family plugins (or empty plugins folder) in /S/L/E/myHack.kext.
Can you check that out to establish if the "new" kext is indeed loaded?
2) open contents of myHack.kext and check plugins folder
2) you should find IO80211Family.kext
3) open that kext and check its plugins folder -> should be empty
4) open the version.plist file -> should show v3.1.2
You say your firmware at v4315 is higher than mine. Not exactly... After my tests, I said:
- BT350 adapters -> firmware v2422
- BT360 adapters -> firmware v4315
so everything certainly looks Ok to me on that matter.
I attach copy of the reported specs of the BT360 adapter as fitted to my D630 X3100 running Lion 10.7.5. You'll see that hardware is identical and software is different, presumably due to different versions of OS X.
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Well, if that existed, we need to update the bootpack page for the D620 GMA. It only shows one entry, clearly one for the low res model.
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Try this one in /E/E...
From memory, I got it from an older post here somewhere...
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It's probably worth checking the version of your IO80211Family kext; the issue may be there...
I have no conflict whatsoever on any of my D630s:
- D630 nVidia 135m + DW1395 (with IO80211 kext v3.1.2) + BT350/BT360 -> All Ok under SL/Lion/ML
- D630s X3100 + DW1390 + BT350/BT360 -> all Ok under Lion
BT services resume after wake on all 3 laptops (after 30 to 40s with DW1395 wifi card). -
If the firmware on the adapter is of the supported version, I would suggest to look at the patched IO80211 kext.
My D630 nVidia has DW1395 Wifi card and BT350 adapter (firmware v3.2422). BT works perfectly after wake.
I swapped the adapter with a BT360 (firmware v3.4315) from another D630 and did some tests. I have patched IO80211Family.kext v3.1.2 in /E/E and its contains the following plugins:
. AirPortAtheros21.kext, v4.2.4
. AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext, v4.2.3
. AppleAirPortBrcm43224.kext, v4.2.6
. IO80211NetBooter.kext, v1.0.1
After a dozen sleep/wake tests through either close/open lid, or Fn-F2/On button, or AppleMenu->Suspend/On button, I can report that I did not experience a single issue. Wifi immediately resumes on wake and Bluetooth some 30-40s later. No subsequent Bluetooth failure/misbehaviour at all.
EDIT: After 6hrs sleep, BT still resumes Ok on wake this morning.
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You may have an Intel wireless card and that is not supported. You would need a different brand such as Broadcom (highly recommended) or Atheros. There are 802.11g or 802.11n models available; it just depends on what you want or what your access point can support.
Vendors like Dell, HP or many others rebrand Broadcom cards under their own name, but the hardware remains Broadcom.
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Ok, I've delete SL 10.6.8 and installed to Lion on my D620 GMA using current bootpack and re-tested things:
Test 1: Initial pre-EDP retail 10.7.2 installation
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1) set display sleep to 1min and active corners to display sleep
2) wait 1min -> display goes to sleep
3) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
4) move mouse to corner -> display goes to sleep
5) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
Test 2: 10.7.2 post-EDP v4 r65 installation & execution
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1) wait 1min -> display goes to sleep
2) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
3) move mouse to corner -> display goes to sleep
4) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
Test 3: 10.7.5 post-EDP v4 r65 installation & execution
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1) wait 1min -> display goes to sleep
2) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
3) move mouse to corner -> display goes to sleep
4) press a key or move mouse -> display wakes, screen normal
-> All kosher to me. No issues at all with display after display wake or even after computer wake, i.e. no apparent bug. I assume latest bootpack contains updated DSDT with Joe82's fix and that updating EDP to rev. 65 does apply this newest DSDT.
Please note that:
- my D620 runs BIOS A10
- my BIOS settings are as per specified in dedicated thread
- I opt for my own EDP kexts settings, not pre-defined settings:- VoodooPS2
- NullCPU
- SleepEnabler
- SpeedStep
- TSCSync
- PatchedHDA (D620)
- VoodooBattery
- I also opt for Hibernation & touch /S/L/E fixes
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My mistake, I only registered "sleep", not "display sleep". So, did some tests again (without external display).
1) waiting for the configured display sleep delay (setting it to 1min)
2) using active corners
On both cases, display goes to sleep as expected and wakes without issue as soon as I do something like move the mouse or press a key. Again, that was with SL 10.6.8 + EDP v4 r65.
Off to install Lion now and retest.
Help, M4300 in Trouble with ML 10.8 EDP
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Did you try boot option: PciRoot=1 ?
All usual Broadcom-based wireless cards will work: DW1390, DW1395, DW1490 to name some '11g' cards.
You used the M4300 bootpack, right? If that didn't work to boot the M4300, note that it is quite similar hardware to D630 or D830, so you may reach some success with one of those bootpacks. Use the nVidia versions.