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i am coming back full circle again..
i installed updates on my hackintosh again without even thinking.. and now i am on 10.4.8 or something.
guess what?
my wireless quit working again.
i downloaded the 2 newest extra.zip builds.. 1.8 and 1.9 i think. put them on 2 different usb drives, and i can't get either one to show up when i plug them into the computer. i re-ran the 1.4 that is already on there, and it did not bring my wireless back. i enable the wireless, and it just gives up after a few minutes and goes away.
why would my usb sticks not work anymore? i guess i have to burn a cd with those extra.zip files on it and hope it works..
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in system preferences, when i restart the computer. the brightness goes down about 10%..
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everything works now except 1 thing..
my screen brightness is not at 100% after restarting.
I saw something on how to fix this once, and can't find it again.
its annoying because i have a d620 which is known for having a dim screen, and this makes it more dim..
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i managed to fix it by redoing my kexts whatever they are called..
going to ./Extra/rebuild_mkext.command
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i went to the greenp0ison website and it showed linux, mac, windows.
i have no issues with using my hackintosh to jailbreak
i think there were some other issues with 4.x that made me not want to do it.. but its been out long enough that i am sure everything is ironed out by now.
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i did the 1.4 since i already had it and my wifi wasn't working..
ran rebuild_mkext.command and it worked.
now i can scroll on my touchpad, wireless came back too.
but i had to re-disable hibernation because hibernation doesn't work. i see there are possible fixes for that.. i may try them..
for now I am good.,. i put my graphics up to 400mhz but i think it was making the laptop run hotter, so i put it back to 250..
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Okay 2 things: 1 Do NOT unzip from a PC running windows ( period) .. it's a mac osx file in journarled filesystem. Windows doesn't know what the hell to make of it! That's why yer seeing _MACOSX dir. Unzip mac specific files on a mac. 2 I checked this edp release -- very old the command you would use is in fact rebuild_mkext.command. If you would like to use a newer release which I recommend then procceed to item 3 :)3 Extra.zip edp 1.5 rc6 ( please keep in mind this is beta) and yes the command issued will be edptool.command.
This is what I was looking for.. Thanks
Will try that tonight.
I let me know if you have any ideas on my wireless not working after 10.6.6
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I have the same problem, am going to try rebranding tomorrow..
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I hope that works.. I just used winzip and winrar to unzip the file on my PC and it is the same as if i use windows to do so.
are you totally sure that the file i am looking for is in that "extra.zip" that i linked to above?
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I just double clicked the extra.zip file from firefox downloads and it automatically unzipped into my "downloads" folder. then i renamed the /Extra folder to Extra.old and moved the one I unzipped to the root of my HackintoshHD
I did not see edptool.command in there.. but maybe edp.command was and I didn't see it.
I have bigger problems now. I installed 10.6.6 update and my wifi is gone now.
Any way to get that back? I have the broadcom card.
I see in your signature that you are running 10.6.6, so there is hopefully a way to fix this. Also, touchpad now shows up in the preferences, but it says no touchpad is connected.
Hopefully I can try replacing /Extra again and looking for anything that ends in .cmd or .command and running it.
I downloaded this Extra.zip btw.
30th. November - 2010 - Version 1.4 released
http://www.osxlatitude.com/groups/d4xosx/wiki/a92b0/attachments/0dbea/Extra.zip
I just downloaded it on my windows computer and am looking in the zip file..
there is no edp.command or edptool.command in there.
rebuild_mkext.command is in there
Also, i notice there are 2 main folders in that zip file, which i didn't notice in osx. Extra and _MACOSX
So something seems to be missing in the instructions..
looks like i found the solution to the wireless:
so i had to install my linksys wireless card as "Ralink" to make it work in Windows7 and now i have to change this broadcom to an apple airport.. fun stuff.
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I am trying to upgrade /Extra.
.. tada.. we are done with first part...
Upgrading /Extra...
1. Remove your "/Extra" folder (remember todo a backup)
2. Download the attached extra.zip (yes, from the link above..) and unzip it to /Extra
3. Open up a "Terminal" (Applications/Util.../Terminal)
4. start by typing "sudo su" [ENTER] ... enter your password and hit [ENTER] (yes, without the " ")
5. type: cd /Extra [ENTER]
6. type: ./edptool.command [ENTER]
7. Follow the instructions (READ EVERYTHING)
when i get to ./edptool.command it says "No such file or directory"
I downloaded a few of the extra.zip files and none of them have that edptool.command file in them.
what do i do?
I restarted and the touchpad doesn't work.. i am going to try to put back the old extra folder..
i put back the old /Extra folder and touchpad works again.. of course i want the scroll which apparently is part of that modified extra folder..
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I am posting from my Hackintosh
it took maybe 45 minutes to install. osx install said approx 25 minutes left most of the time..
so yeah, i have a d620 with snowleopard 10.6.3
i am downloading 1gb of updates right now.
any may to make multi-touch or side scrolling work on the touchpad?
i plugged in my iphone and i do not see it in finder
is something missing? usb driver? i was going to copy the pictures of took of the install and post them on the forum
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My iPhone is on 3.1.2 with Spirit JB
Does anyone know the best way to go about getting it up to 4.x and Jailbroken?
I will get it all synced up to my soon to be OSX Dell D620. Upgrade then sync it back I guess.
Also, does anyone know how to backup all the data, or most of the data on an iPhone? 3rd party software?
Last question there is a g4 mac on the floor next to me. I believe it is called a Quicksilver, looks like this: http://www.applematters.com/assets/images/uploads/old/products/cache/Apple-ppc-G4-2003_300x360.jpg
Can I get a $30 Snow Leopard cd and install it on that mac, or is it too old, non-intel, etc.. what can I put on it?
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I recently acquired a D620 and ghosted our standard XP image onto it and have been using it for a few weeks.
Then I was tasked with upgrading an iMac from 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard. I thought I could just download some updates and get it there, but then realized they have to buy Snow Leopard. But then I realized it was $30 so I figured, why not put this on my D620 so I can experiment.
So that is what I am thinking.
I want to Dual Boot however.
I briefly read a few things and think I know where to start.
If someone could give a very basic outline of what to do, I think I can get the specifics down.
I have a WD 120gb sitting on the desk next to me. I have a usb to sata dual hard drive dock. I have external usb hard drives I could load an image to I do not have a usb thumbdrive larger than 4 gb.. I can drive to best buy tonight and scoop up the OSX cd for $30.
So I think what I want to do is the following:
1. Burn CD made from D620SLV1.iso
1a. ? change bios settings on laptop (Do I need to, and which ones?)
2. Boot from cd, eject, put in SL cd, hit f5 until it works
3. Install OSX and figure out how to give it a 40gb partition (should that be enough?)
4. Whatever else it says in here: http://www.r2x2.com/users/lsb/weblog/1b8db/
5. ? Boot from Windows 7 DVD, install to a 2nd 40gb partition ?
6. ? What file system should the rest of the drive be?
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive do I make it mac format and put this on the windows partition? is there free software to read mac partition on PC?
Thanks in advance
Scott
Want to try a D620 this week.
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apparently a combo update is the update from Apple.. do you want me to reinstall 10.6.8 or do i install an earlier one that i know worked? the 10.6.3 is 768mb. 10.6.8 is 1.09 gb.
would these be on my computer somewhere, maybe in a temp folder or something? ( i did run onyx though, and it may have cleared out any temp files )
i found 1 blank cd. so i want to use it wisely.
i tried plugging the laptop into my router with an ethernet cable and apparently that doesn't work either. i tried a static ip, etc..
what if i just install EDP 1.9 ?
ok..
why doesn't a cd, or usb work when i put it in this computer?
fat32 usb should work, right?
i burned the edp to a cd too, doesn't show up. the computer knows a cd is in there.. it doesn't show up in finder.
so, i even realized that one of my usb drives is a bootable knoppix drive.. so i booted from that, and i can't find the hard drive in the laptop..
i am trying the "fix file permissions" in osx..
i pulled the hard drive, put it in my usb -> sata dock, installed macdrive on my computer, copied the 1.9 edp onto the drive, put the drive back, ran edp 1.9 (which was very nice btw, did a lot more than previous versions) but still no wifi..
i have no idea how to delete hardware on a mac. the equivalent of device manager in windows??
now that i have my dock and macdrive, i can download anything, pull the drive, copy it onto it, and go from there..
so do i need to re-download osx 10.6.8, and re-run that?
i am an idiot!.. click on airport and click the - sign.... well.. i just deleted all my network devices.
my computer is still slow.. i fixed permissions a few times. it still doesn't show the battery indicator, or mount drives when i plug them in..
i am going to disable apple update when i get this working
or putting windows 7 on it..
for now i give up.
i removed my wireless card
i downloaded 10.6.8 and reinstalled it
restarted computer
then i re-ran EDP 1.9
i ran file permissions repair
restarted computer
re-added apple airport.
no love..