AWD_Guy

I'm back. Here is the IOATAFamily kext. Any reason sometimes DNS fails for safari or ping, but works fine for lookup in network utility? I found the mDNSResponder "fix" with a "sudo killall mDNSResponder". Any way to make this permenant? IOATAFamily.kext.zip

I have to shelve this project for a week as I am going out of town. I appreciate all the help and "I'll be back."

So, aparently the chameleon stuff doesn't make it to the log. Can I force it to log it somewhere? It looks like the IOATAFamily files are being read, just not catching the dev ID even though it is there??? From a ""Log from achidisk=1 debug=8 -v" Boot. I am not typing it all. Paths abreviated, etc... It reads the kernel from HFS+ files ACPI table not found: DSDT.aml No DSDY found, using 0 as uid value Using PCI-Root-UID value: 0 read /E/smbios.plist DRAM ... Customizing systemID... efi_inject... NULL trying stringdata ACPI table not found: DSDT.aml ACPI table not found: SSDT.aml FADT: applied! X2 Read a bunch of HFS+ files.... *.plist INCLUDING... /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/C/I.p /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATABlockStorage.kext/C/I.p /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATAPIProtocolTransport.kext/C/I.p .... /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/MacOS/IOATAFamily /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/MacOS/IOATAFamily /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/C/MacOS/AppleIntelPIIXATA /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/C/MacOS/AppleIntelPIIXATA /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATABlockStorage.kext/C/MacOS/IOATABlockStorage /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATABlockStorage.kext/C/MacOS/IOATABlockStorage /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATAPIProtocolTransport.kext/C/MacOS/IOATAPIProtocolTransport /E/E/IOATAFamily.kext/C/PI/IOATAPIProtocolTransport.kext/C/MacOS/IOATAPIProtocolTransport ... Errors encountered... Pausing 5 seconds

It only sees the USB disk, not the ICH8 attached SATA DVD/RW and 2 hard drives.

Log from achidisk=1 debug=8 No Joy npci=0x2000 No joy either, no time to post log, have to run. achidisk=1.rtf

Correct. That was not it. But aparently trying it fixed it! Don't know how, but now I am translucent and widgets ripple. Yes, I restarted multiple times before with no joy. Weird. Maybe running MyFix again changed something, but did that before too. Now for the bloody ICH8. Why would the ahciportinjector work, but not the IOTAFamily? Assume we need the later to work to be able to boot from it since it failed when I tried with the injector. P.S. Chameleon Wizard has taken control of all my plistssssss. Stupid thing. Time to figure out where changing assocations went in SL I guess. OK, fixed that.

You are too quick. Edited last post and added log. No translucent menu. Thought I read that when you drop a widget on the dashboard it should ripple. OH, bet I have to change chameleon back to GraphicsEnabler=Yes!!! Testing ATI I is correctly identified in System profiler.

Chameleon R2181 was installed with the MyHack version I used, and the Vostro 200 ATI kexts appear to be working though I don't get widget ripple, Screen saver preview/test and chess are working. I think that means QE/CI is working??? Still no joy with IOATAFamily after editing AppleIntelPIIXATA Info.plist regardless of BIOS settings. Any more thoughts? Yes, I remove ahciportinjector Tried booting with ahciportinjector off the internal, but no joy. boot log attached: At first, it looks like it can't load 82566MM but does later??? com.apple.configd appears to crash a couple times. IOSerialFamily fails Then the 82566 starts working No mention of the ICH8 at all. Boot Log 3-27 1052.rtf

I lied and worked on the ICH8 some more. Drives now visible with modified-ahciportinjector.kext http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/186653-modified-ahciportinjectorkext-no-more-orange-hds/ info.plist edited per: http://legacy.tonycrapx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=21704 Is that enough to put a drive on it and boot, or do I have to do something with Chameleon?

Audio working using VoodooHDA 2.8.2 installer. http://www.osx86.net/view/2746-voodoohda_2.8.2_pkg_installer.html Still can't get anything on the ICH8. Any ideas? Working on x1300 now. Picked up an 8800GT from a friend since the 9800 is a 2 slot card and the chassis doesn't have a second slot above the PCI-E Slot. I aparently has native and NVidia downloadable drivers for SL,L,ML, so that is my backup. x1300 is now kind of a challenge like the ICH8.

I can back it out if needed, (made an image before) but I ran the 10.6.8 combo update and then reran the MyHack remove problematic extensions. Also did "Software Update".

I may be able to pick up either a geforce 8800GT or 9800GTX which are much better than my x1300. Either better for SL/ML? Would still like to get the x1300 working on SL

IOATAFamily still not seeing the ICH8 regardless of BIOS settings. I put it in /Extra/Extensions which is working for LAN. Dev:2822 Ven:8086

Up and running MyHack 10.6.3 version on USB HD. Intel82566MM Ethernet working No Audio IOATAFamily is not seeing CD/DVD in RAID mode. checking other modes and enabling HD drives to see what happens. Is there a way to write the -v boot data to a log file? Can I use the ATI KEXTs out of the Vostro pack since they have the same Dev ID? Do KEXTs in /extra superseed those in /system/library/extensions or do those need to be removed? Do I still need the Chameleon GraphicsEnabler branch from Azimutz and make the associated changes. If so, where can I find it? There appear to be a few Azimutz branches at forge.voodooprojects.org. Thanks again.

Thanks: Working on the MyHack install now. Will update when done. x1300 is DevID: 7183 Dell version. What is your preferred method/location for KEXT instalation?

Hopping you Dell focused folks can help me out. Other sites assuming way more knowledge than I have to try and follow some of the plisting, KEXTing, injecting, etc... Haven't messed with OSX86 much since Tiger on an old P4 a good while back, so be gentle. Current project is a: Dimension e520 tower AKA: DM061 Intel E6300, 1.86Ghz, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-Conroe[Contemplating upgrading to Q6x00 if I get it working] Intel G965 Chipset Intel ICH8 Southbridge ATA/RAID (Dreadful thing) 4 GB of DDR2 Intel 825xx Gigabit Platform LAN Sigmatel 9227 Audio Intel® GMA X3000 On-board (Disabled) ATI Radeon x1300 PCI-E More than willing to back up and start over with EDP, but here is where I am. iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded)(GraphicsEnabler=No) + SL 10.6.3 retail install (From USB image thanks to my G4 Mini and DD) onto USB HD due to stupid ICH8 Controller. System stable overnight. Audio works, Ethernet works Have to iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) with GraphicsEnabler=No on. Sleep fails and just locks up screen saver rather than sleeping. Recovers though from key press. After 10.6.8 Combo and Multi-beast in EasyBeast mode, no audio, had to check AppleIntelE1000e to get Ethernet back working. Added GraphicsEnabler=No to org.chameleon.Boot.plist to not have to type it every time. System appears to work fine at first but if I leave the system alone for a few minutes, it goes into "I don't want to do anything mode". Mouse moves, but menus don't work, Pinwheels... Safari launches but then won't exit. Preferences won't open, just bounces for a while. As I said, due to the terrible ICH8 controller, EVERYTHING drive related is USB right now. Enabling even my Windows HD on the controller causes boot failure. This also means no optical drive once booted. iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) runs from CD fine. I would prefer to leave it in RAID mode instead of ATA/RAID detect for Windows performance, but could swap it. I will attack the ATI x1300 once Audio and hopefully SATA is working and it is stable on 10.6.8. It is on a cheap 15"LCD right now, so not a priority. What/how do I log the boot processes or use to figure out what is going on. I'm guessing the Don't want to do anything mode is sleep or power saving related, but don't know. I also built an iFail S3v2 10.6.3 USB drive that is rock solid, no updates/tweaks at all. I would even say QE/CI is working. I don't get widget ripple, but screen saver test and chess work. Afraid to update it really since I haven't made an image of it yet. On the list for today. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello all. As you will see from the bottom of the list, I have been around a while, but haven't messed with OSX86 much since Tiger on an old P4 a while back. Trying to get a hold on KEXTing, injecting and such and having marginal success. I have a bunch of machines around that can be used as testers if needed. Current OSX86 project is a: Dimension e520 tower AKA: DM061 Intel E6300, 1.86Ghz, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-Conroe[Contemplating upgrading to Q6x00 if I get it working] Intel G965 Chipset Intel ICH8 Southbridge ATA/RAID (Dreaful thing) 4 GB of DDR2 Intel 825xx Gigabit Platform LAN Sigmatel 9227 Audio Intel® GMA X3000 On-board (Disabled) ATI Radeon x1300 PCI-E I am really fighting this bugger. I get parts to work on iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded)/retail but not others. I get parts to work on iFail and not others. Just trying to get all the parts working on SL 10.6.3/10.6.8 to start with before trying ML. Inspirons 600m 9100 Latitude D510 (Occasional access) Other Dimensions In decreasing order of CPU 4700 4550 3000 8250 Other Laptops: In decreasing order of CPU eMachine E725-4520 Gateway PA6A MX8734 VAIO PCG-4K1L Toshiba A105-S2081 Other desktops worth mentioning ASUS A8V Pavilion s3100v Random Pentium 4 systems Lots of other stuff including: G4 Mini G4 iBook G4 Powermac G3 imac blueberry Ancient mac stuff: MacIIFX Powerbook 100 Powerbook 160