mikewse

Sorry Hervé, I'm a regular Unix guy with no real insights in the inner workings of EDP. Running myfix was unknown to me until post #18 :-S

Bringing the machine up with your /Extra was better this time (I notice a new splash screen, a "chromish" apple instead of the previous OSXlatitude logo) and I have keyboard. I still don't have full network though - System Settings say Ethernet is connected but I have no route to remote hosts, even if I enter IP settings manually.

I'm travelling for a week now so I will return to try to fix this when I get back. I hope I'll meet you here on the forums again then

Thanks for all the help so far

Mike

But... you're back with nullCPUPowerManagement, PState, SleepEnabler, etc. all those I advised you not to select!   I recommended you use VoodooBattery and you have AppleSmartBatteryManager + VoodooBattery!   You're without PS2 kexts, so keyboard and touchpad aren't probably working... Same goes for LAN, you have no Broadcom kext installed.

 

Sorry, but either you're not following instructions or EDP is completely & utterly messed up. Your D430 just won't work properly in those conditions.

I entered the settings just like you wrote, so either the EDP installation is broken or the behaviour of EDP rev 679 is unexpected for both of us. Even to me as a layman the end result in /E/E doesn't look like it corresponds much to what I entered. F ex, could I even make EDP settings to get several different battery kexts installed?

I noticed that EDPweb listed the myHack keyboard driver you recommended as 64-bit, and you warned me about 64-bit, could this have something to do with things?

/Extra:
total 104
drwxrwxrwx  16 root  wheel    544 20 Jan 23:37 Extensions
drwxrwxrwx   4 root  wheel    136 18 Jan 13:27 Themes
drwxrwxrwx  22 root  wheel    748 18 Jan 13:26 bin
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel   3640 20 Jan 21:31 build.log
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  19680 20 Jan 21:28 dsdt.aml
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     91 18 Jan 13:26 edptool.command
drwxrwxrwx   6 root  wheel    204 20 Jan 21:25 include
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel   6211 18 Jan 13:27 kpload.log
drwxrwxrwx   4 root  wheel    136 18 Jan 13:27 model-data
drwxrwxrwx   4 root  wheel    136 20 Jan 21:28 modules
drwxrwxrwx   4 root  wheel    136 18 Jan 13:27 myHack.kext
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel   1019 20 Jan 23:44 nvram.44454c4c-4c00-1053-8059-b4c04f33334a.plist
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 root  wheel    665 20 Jan 21:28 org.chameleon.Boot.plist
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 root  wheel    691 20 Jan 21:28 smbios.plist
drwxrwxrwx  12 root  wheel    408 18 Jan 13:27 storage
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     26 18 Jan 13:27 update.command

/Extra/Extensions:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 AppleACPIPlatform.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 23:37 AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 AppleSmartBatteryManager2.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 FakeSMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 Patched_10.7_AppleRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 SleepEnabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 VoodooBattery.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 VoodooPState.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 VoodooTSCSync.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:28 lspcidrv.kext

/Extra/Themes:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  69 root  wheel  2346 18 Jan 13:27 Default

/Extra/bin:
total 23128
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     21228 18 Jan 13:26 DELLBiosPWgen
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      4190 18 Jan 13:26 PlistParser.inc
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel       136 18 Jan 13:26 backup
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      9560 18 Jan 13:26 bdmesg
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      2634 18 Jan 13:26 config.inc.php
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       504 18 Jan 13:26 edp.php
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     94208 18 Jan 13:26 edp.sqlite3
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel        96 18 Jan 13:26 edptool.sh
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel       340 18 Jan 13:26 fixes
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     27180 18 Jan 13:26 functions.inc.php
drwxr-xr-x  22 root  wheel       748 18 Jan 13:26 html
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       669 18 Jan 13:26 launch.php
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     70692 18 Jan 13:26 lspci
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     42192 18 Jan 13:26 mirror
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     36534 18 Jan 13:26 myfix
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  11462648 18 Jan 13:26 php
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     29488 18 Jan 13:26 sleepdisplay
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       486 18 Jan 13:26 update.sh
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel       136 18 Jan 13:26 vendor

/Extra/include:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  136 20 Jan 21:26 Extensions
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  wheel  665 20 Jan 21:25 org.chameleon.Boot.plist
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  wheel  691 20 Jan 21:25 smbios.plist

/Extra/include/Extensions:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 20 Jan 21:26 FakeSMC.kext

/Extra/model-data:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  136 18 Jan 13:27 Dell_Latitude_D4x0

/Extra/model-data/Dell_Latitude_D4x0:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel  238 18 Jan 13:27 common

/Extra/model-data/Dell_Latitude_D4x0/common:
total 56
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  19680 18 Jan 13:27 DSDT.aml
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel    102 18 Jan 13:27 Extensions
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    848 18 Jan 13:27 org.chameleon.Boot.plist
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    744 18 Jan 13:27 smbios.plist

/Extra/model-data/Dell_Latitude_D4x0/common/Extensions:

/Extra/modules:
total 112
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  56136 20 Jan 21:28 FileNVRAM.dylib

/Extra/storage:
total 608
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel     136 18 Jan 13:27 LaunchAgents
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel     374 18 Jan 13:27 apps
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  310784 18 Jan 13:27 boot
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel     170 18 Jan 13:27 fixes
drwxr-xr-x  13 root  wheel     442 18 Jan 13:27 kexts
drwxr-xr-x   8 root  wheel     272 20 Jan 20:35 kpsvn
drwxr-xr-x  12 root  wheel     408 18 Jan 13:27 modules
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel     170 18 Jan 13:27 prefPanes
drwxr-xr-x   8 root  wheel     272 18 Jan 13:27 standard

/Extra.herve:
total 64
drwxrwxrwx  17 root  wheel    578  7 Dec 10:19 Extensions
drwxrwxrwx   5 root  wheel    170 13 Okt 11:24 Themes
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 root  wheel  19757 13 Okt 12:51 dsdt.aml
drwxrwxrwx   5 root  wheel    170 18 Jan 01:24 modules
-r--------   1 root  wheel   2003 26 Dec 12:02 nvram.44454c4c-5a00-1037-8059-cac04f56334a.plist
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  wheel    665 18 Jan 01:25 org.chameleon.Boot.plist
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 root  wheel    691 18 Jan 01:26 smbios.plist

/Extra.herve/Extensions:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 24 Sep 03:47 AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 AppleACPIPlatform.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 AppleHDADisabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 24 Sep 03:47 ApplePS2Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 26 Aug  2011 CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 CellPhoneHelper.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 29 Nov 21:09 FakeSMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 Patched_10.7_AppleRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 VoodooBattery.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 VoodooHDA.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 VoodooTSCSync.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 12 Okt 22:02 lspcidrv.kext

/Extra.herve/Themes:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  70 root  wheel  2380 13 Okt 11:24 Default

/Extra.herve/modules:
total 112
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  wheel  56136 12 Okt 22:16 FileNVRAM.dylib

(sudo bash)
rm /Extra/Extensions/*
cp /Extra.herve/Extensions /Extra/Extensions
cp /Extra.herve/org.chameleon.Boot.plist /Extra
cp /Extra.herve/smbios.plist /Extra
myfix -t "/Volumes/Mac OS X Lion" -q
(reboot)

I can see in Extra.backup folders that I've had AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext previously, so I added that to /E/E, ran myfix -q, and rebooted. Still no network but now system settings say that network has no IP address instead of cable disconnected.

Comparing with your /E/E folder it looks like I am actually missing the keyboard and Ethernet kexts, right?

The contents of /Extra/Extensions after the build I just did on rev 679 (which is the only kind of build I can do without network) is:

AppleACPIBatteryManager.ext
AppleACPIPlatform.kext
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext
AppleSmartBatteryManager2.kext
FakeSMC.kext
NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
Patched_10.7_AppleRTC.kext
SleepEnabler.kext
VoodooBattery.kext
VoodooPState.kext
VoodooTSCSync.kext
lspcidrv.kext

(I typed this list manually so there may be typos)

Ok, so still not really there yet but now I boot without delay to graphical desktop. I had to use the existing EDP rev 679 as I didn't manage to get networking running. After doing the steps from previous posts I have the following remaining problems:

• keyboard and trackpad doesn't work (but I can use a USB keyboard/mouse)
• network isn't working (system settings say cable is disconnected but it's not)

Should I change the procedure somehow considering I'm running rev 679, so I can update to latest and then do it all over again?

Ok, so to confirm I will do take these files from your /Extra:

/Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist

/Extra/smbios.plist

/Extra/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext

to my:

/Extra/include/org.chameleon.Boot.plist

/Extra/include/smbios.plist

/Extra/include/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext

and then run EDPWeb.

I can see that GMA950 brightness fix is already selected,

Does it all look good? (crossing fingers

Great, looking forward to hearing from you later then

Your view on updates is very interesting to know more about. I have tried to stay up-to-date with new EDP versions thinking that it will improve over time. Usually I have done EDP update + build after every Apple Program Update, even if just iTunes is updated. But are you saying it is better not to update+build EDP?

Having native SpeedStep sounds good. But these tweaks are not achievable through EDP settings and have to be manually added? Is there a list of interesting manual tweaks somewhere?

Thanks for all help
Mike

I will certainly not reboot until I feel as safe as I can :-S

Yes, BIOS is A09.

Default build options may be wrong you say? Very interesting - maybe this is what started the problems in the first place. As every time before I just accepted the defaults when doing the update that gave me the problems.

I'm not fluent in what options are important. Could you help me and point out which ones could need tweaking?

Best regards

Mike

Ok, so the reply in the other thread is that I need graphical desktop to install a fresh EDP and do a new build.

What can I try to get back to my desktop?

Oh, ok, I thought it could be completely console based as older versions of EDP ran with a terminal interface. But maybe myFix is called upon, and needs the graphical desktop?

I already have a "support thread" going under the Dell forums:

https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6059-startup-hanging-after-edp-update-and-config-on-d430/

so I'll hope for responses there then

Thanks

Mike

I'm thinking this question may have interest for a wider audience than just Dell D4xx users, so I posted it here:

https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6065-reinstall-edp-from-command-line-in-single-user-mode/

An update made my EDP build unbootable. I can still log in to single-user mode with a text-mode console. The problems may be related to EDP directory changes so I'd like to start over from scratch, wipe out the current fixes, and install a fresh EDP.

How to clean out old EDP?

Is is enough to wipe everything in

/Extra

/Applications/EDP.app

?

How to install new EDP?

I have transferred the latest Install_EDP to the machine using a USB stick, but the installation uses the graphical desktop (Window Server) so nu luck there.

How can I install EDP from the command line?

How to run the build?

After installation I will need to run the build with recommended settings for my system. In the old EDP this was console/script-based but this is now web-based.

Can I still call on the build from the command line somehow?

Thanks

Mike Wilson

Ok, so I have keyboard access again and have transferred Install_EDP to the laptop through a USB stick.

When I try to run the install from the command line in single-user mode (text console, no graphic desktop) it complains about missing Window Server, as expected.

So how can I update EDP in this stage?

(Is it possible to trigger a headless EDP install?)

Now I discovered that after installing Herve's /Extra folder I no longer have keyboard in single-user mode. I get the root# prompt, but can't type any commands.

So need to solve that problem first before trying to update EDP...

Any boot flag that can solve this?

I don't have the graphical desktop mentioned in the docs http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/documentation/post-installation/ as I can only boot to single-user mode.

Is it still possible to run the EDP Installer from the command line, without a graphical desktop?

What directories or packages belong to EDP? (I'm thinking about wiping everything clean before reinstalling)

Thanks

Mike

Hm, this is strange. Yesterday I performed Download EDP Updates from within EDPWeb and ended up with rev 679 printed in EDPweb's title after doing a refresh.

As the machine is unable to boot to anything other than the single user prompt I can't run EDPWeb. Can I update EDP and do the build from the command line?

Thanks

Mike

I replaced my /Extra folder entirely with yours, but same thing happens and bootup hangs on the same place. I also tried an Extra.backup folder I found on my system with the same result.

Is your belief that the system is hanging on what is about to be logged, or on what has just been logged? I've seen forum mentions about "failed to locate SMC driver" that suggest to install FakeSMC. Do you think this is relevant?

Best regards

Mike

I gave up waiting and did a verbose boot. The last two log messages are:

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - failed to locate SMC driver

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - WARNING - LPC device initialization failed: C-state power management not initialized

I can boot into single-user mode.

Anything I can do here on the command line to fix the problem?

As I've had some problems with crashes at boot and wakeup I decided to update to "latest" on my D430. It's on OSX 10.7.5 and I updated to latest EDP rev 679 and ran a default build for D430. For extra cleanliness I also executed the "touch kernel extensions" fix.

After rebooting it has so far spent four hours on the startup screen with the OSXLATITUDE apple above a spinner. I don't see any disk activity.

Is this expected?

Can I do something to get it running?

Thanks

Mike

Are you saying there is a way to have hibernation enabled (save to HDD) without getting the crashes on resume?

I thought the EDP command just set the hibernate mode to 0 (instead of default 3) just as you mention can be done manually with pmset.

Success! After updating EDP + Chameleon and downloading Chameleon Wizard the AppStore started working, so I didn't have to do anything more!

Sleep is also working nicely now, and after looking through the instructions I realize that both your instructions and the tweak guide is about disabling hibernate, just with different commands.

Thanks for all help

1) No, just run EDP, go to Fixes menu and simply choose Disable Hibernation

Thanks - I was still seeing crashes on Resume so this will probably fix it!

2) Only if you encounter the problem, if not, leave it

I can't download from AppStore so I'm assuming this is what needs to be fixed. Will try once I get Chameleon Wizard.

3) Again, just run EDP, go to the Installer menu and choose Install Chameleon. Run the package and install on your OS X partition/HDD (it's downloaded to "/download" folder).

Isn't Chameleon already installed on my system after following the osxlatitude/myhack installation? (I thought it's the "boot screen" program?)

Then, I'd advise you to download a tool called Chameleon Wizard and copy it to Applications folder. Run it and update to latest Chameleon version through Dropbox in Installation tab.

Right, so Chameleon Wizard is not (no longer?) included in EDP.

Is this the official download location for it? :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7085278/Chameleon_Installer/download.html

(redirecting to http://cl.ly/Ei7w)

Great, thanks!

There's a couple of remining things I'd like to check with you experts:

1) Sleep

Herve, you mentioned above that I should configure the BIOS password to solve sleep issues. Does that mean I don't have to do the other instructions linked from the site heading:

Tweaks > Dell > Sleep & Standby

?

2) Fixing AppStore

Are the instructions at

Tweaks > Fix AppStore

valid for Lion on D430?

3) Chameleon Wizard

To do (2) I'd like to run Chameleon Wizard and I see mentions that it's bundled in EDP, but I don't see it there. How should i access it?

Thanks

Mike