OSX Leopard 10.5.5 on the eee 1000h (UPDATED)
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OSX Leopard 10.5.6 on the eee 1000h
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In this article I will show you how to install OSX 10.5.5 on your eee 1000h.
Today OSX becomes a real alternative to XP and Linux (especially after Apple forgot to announce their 800$ MacBook Mini).
If you can live with no Ethernet connection (you can get a inexpensive MacBook Air USB to Ethernet Adaptor in the Apple Store) and no internal sound limited sound (see here) (in addition I use low price USB soundcard) you get a reliable and very portable workhorse for your everyday needs.
This is an extended version of my previous article and contains some new findings as well as an adaptation to the 1000h.
Update: Sound is now partially working. See here.
Update: I updated this article for the wiki entry I made on ipis-osx.
Update: Installing the IONetworkingFamily.kext fixes Time Machine but seems to break the Ralink Wireless driver!!! New Post Install Package uploaded.
Update: New PostInstallPackage version (V 0.6)
- Corrects problems with the display of remaining battery time after sleep. Existing users just replace PowerManagement.bundle and repair permissions as described in 3.4.4.
- Contains fix for sound
- Contains fix for brightness control
- Split in a BASE and an OPTIONAL package
Update: Added instructions for working Speedstep (not Coolbook!)
Update: New PostInstallPackage version (V 0.7)
- Contains fix for Bluetooth
- Contains fix for Speedstep
- Contains new fix for Brightness control based on 10.5.5 kexts (graphics should be more optimized by using those)
Update: New OPTIONAL PostInstallPackage version (V 0.8) —> Added the Old brightness fix as the new one seems to break some installs, added README to the OPTIONAL with description on how to recover from bad kexts.
1) BIOS Update to fix ACPI Problems
1a) Update from XP
The simplest way to do a BIOS Update – use Asus Windows Tool and Run update from file
BIOS Update is always a risk – for me, all went fine and the long boot time was fixed!
- Get modified Bios from: osrom.net
- Run ASUSUpdate
- Select “Update BIOS from File”
- Select the downloaded file
- Follow the steps to update your BIOS
1a) Update natively
- To flash the BIOS,
- Rename the ROM file to whatever the name of your comp model is, in my case 1000.ROM (or 901.ROM)
- Put it alone on a USB drive and insert it into your computer. Reboot, hit F2
- Under the Boot tab of BIOS settings, change priority boot device to USB drive
- Go to exit, select exit + save changes
- This will cause the comp to reboot again, so as soon as you see it start up, HOLD DOWN alt + F2
- This will go into EZ-FLASH and update your BIOS
- Reboot, hit F2, double check that BIOS is working
2) Partition your Harddisk
I kept a dualboot configuration with XP and OSX on my 1000h.
In order to accomplish this you’ll have to do some light changes in your partition scheme.
I’ll recommend you do a complete backup of your harddisk before continuing!!!
You can use programs like Acronis TrueImage to do so.
- Right click on “My Computer” on your desktop and select “Manage”
- Then click on “Disk Management”
- Delete the second partition by right clicking on the second partition of Disk0 and selecting “Delete Partition”.
- Create a new unformatted primary partition
3) Installation
3.1) Preparation – Downloads
- Download iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 from the usual sources (this is somewhat illegal even if you own a Leopard licence, as I do)
- Burn it to a DVD
3.2) BIOS Settings
- Enter BIOS Settings by pressing F2 at the gray boot screen
- Go to Advanced - Onboard Device Configuration
- Onboard LAN: Disable
- Onboard Camera: Enable
- Onboard Wlan: Enable
- Onboard Bluetooth: Enable
- Advanced – CPU settings
- Max CPUID Value Limit: Disable
- Hyper threading: Disable (If you have it in the BIOS – mainly for 901 users)
- Intel Speedstep Enable (If you have it in the BIOS – mainly for 901 users)
- Go to Advanced - Onboard Device Configuration
- Save & Exit
3.3) Installing OSX
- Put the iDeneb 1.3 DVD in your external DVD drive and boot from it (Hit ESC at the gray boot screen and select your DVD drive in the blue/yellow list)
- The boot may take a while (5-10 minutes depending on your DVD drive)
- Just click through until you come to this screen
- Run “Disk Utility”
- Select the second partition that you have created in step 1 and format it by selecting “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”, naming it (OSX in my case) and hit “Erase”
- To be sure you can select the drive and select “Partition”. Press Options and you should see that the drive is partitioned as MBR$
- If you go back now you should see something like this.
- Select the drive and click “continue”
- On the “Install Summary” Screen click “Customize”
- Select the following options:
- Chipsets and check ICHx Fixed..
- Fix and check FireWire Remove
- Video/Intel and check the box for GMA950.
- I recommend you install some useful tools:
- Hit “Done” and “Install”
- Go have a coffee or two, install takes around 25 – 40 minutes.
3.4) Post-Install
After first boot you’ll have to answer some questions to Apple. Don’t forget to define a password, we’ll need it later!
Get my post install pack here and the optional post intall pack (I compiled a configuration that worked for me. I take no credit at all for this. Guys like paul over here did the lions share of the work).
Unzip the downloaded file (normally it unzips to the same folder)
There is no guarantee that all the kexts in this bundle do work with your eee PC. There are simply too many different hardware revisions out there (even on the 1000h it seems that there are at least 3 different brands of the camera used - some work, some don't). So if you install the kexts: - Do so by following the guide (unless you know what you're doing) as it makes it easier to spot an offending kext. - Install them using kextHelper (it sets the corrects rights and stuff and makes a backup of your replaced kexts). If ever a kext has your system carshing/not booting/unstable do the following: - Boot into "single user mode" by specifying -s at the boot prompt - Then type: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / (don't forget the / at the end!!) - Then erase the offending kext(s) with the backup(s) (example of AppleIntelGMA950 kext) cp -R /Backup Extensions/AppleIntelGMA950.kext/ /System/Library/Extensions/ rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext - Reboot with the -f option
3.4.1) Fixing “About this Mac”
- Install the “About this Mac” package. Just click through it
3.4.2) Installing kexts
- Run “Kext Helper”
- Drag all kexts in the “kexts” folder onto the “Kext Helper” application
- Type your password, click “Easy Install” and follow the dialogs
- Reboot
3.4.3) Fixing the resolution
- You’ll probably have a strange 800×600 resolution. Don’t worry, we’ll fix that.
- Install “SwitchResX”
- Launch “SwitchResX” property panel
- Go to “Custom” and click on the plus sign “+”
- Create a custom resolution. Only change the “Pixel Clock “to 60 and the Horizontal resolution to 1024 and hit OK.
- Click “Apply”
- Launch “OSx86 Tool”
- Select “Enable/Disable Quartz GL”
- Click on “Enable Quartz GL”
- Reboot
3.4.4) Fix Power Management
- Delete the “PowerManagement.bundle” in System/Library/SystemConfiguration by dragging it to the Trash (it might be a good idea to make a copy first
. You’ll have to enter your password to proceed.
- Now install the new “PowerManagement.bundle” by dragging it to System/Library/SystemConfiguration. Again you’ll have to enter your password to proceed.
- Launch “OSx86 Tool”
- Select “Repair Permissions” and “Clear Extensions Cache”
- Click on “Run Selected Tasks”. You’ll have to enter your password to proceed.
- Wait (this may take some time – 5 to 10 minutes)
- Reboot
3.4.5) Install WLAN Driver if you stayed with the original Ralink card
- Download here
- Use specific application to control WLAN
- I for my part installed a Apple Airport mini PCI WLAN card – BroadCom BCM 94321MC 802.11n (search for BCM94321MC on eBay – around 20$-30$)which works out of the box and is recognized as Airport card.
3.4.6) Fix sound
See this wiki entry for making sound work (or follow the included SoundHowTo.rtf document).
3.4.7) Brightness Control
- Double-click sleepwatcher_2.0.5.dmg in the OPTIONAL/Brightness Control Fix folder
- Install both packages
- Now you have two choices (the 10.5.4 should work on all eee PCs, the 10.5.5 seems to hang on some but is optimized – in case of problems refer to chapter 3.4):
- Either install AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext with kextHelper from the 10.5.4 folder
- Or install AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext and AppleIntelGMA950.kext with kextHelper from the 10.5.5 folder
- copy the two rc files to /etc
- Open terminal
- Go to the folder where you unpacked the PostInstallationPackage (something like /User/YOUR_NAME/Desktop/MY_BUNDLE_VX/OPTIONS/Brightness Control Fix folder
- Type ./install.sh
- Type your password
- Type sudo reggie_se -x -D PentiumM
- Get the line number where it says “Display controller: display” (should be 16 or 18 or something like that)
- If you don’t get 16 (which is the value that worked on my 100h), open the two rc.* files and adjust the value for the -i parameter (reggie_se -D PCI -i 16…)
- Reboot
3.4.8) Speedstep
Thanks to Slither2007 on ipis-osx for this guide.
- Install these two files
- GenericCPUPowerManagement Kext (make sure to get the 1.0 version, the new one does not work)
- GenericCPUPowerManagement Application
- Help file Here (pdf)
- From : http://www.superhai.com/darwin.html
- Unzip them in your Documents folder.
- Use KextHelper7 and install the kext.
- Copy the App into your Applications or Utilities.
- Add the App as a Login Startup Item and tick the Hide box.
- Restart PC and enjoy!
That’s it…
What works:
- System running with EFI, vanilla and Quartz extreme support
- Stock Kernel : working with EFI
- GMA950 : working with QE & GL
- Sleep Mode : working (With wakeup by pressing power button)
- Wlan : working (After Start and wake on
Powersaving a manual switch off/on is needed on original Ralink Card)
- Camera: : working
- Multitouch : 2 finger scrolling, 3 finger control, 2 finger doubletab
- SD Slot
- External USB to Ethernet adapter for the MacBook Air
- Time Machine
- Sound output working
- Brightness control
- Speedstep
What does not work yet:
- Sound input
- Ethernet
- Speedstep
List of components in the Post Install Pack
There is no guarantee that all the kexts in this bundle do work with your eee PC!!!! See section 3.4 for troubleshooting instructions.
Section
File
Description
Importance
OPTIONAL
PowerManagementBundle Fix
mcmadmans PowerManagement Sleep Fix
PowerManagement.bundle
Working timed sleep – replaces the bundle from the BASE package
Optional
Speedstep Fix
GenericCPUPowerManagement Help.pdf
Follow the instructions
Optional
GenericCPUPowerManagement.kext
Speedstep Kext V1.0 working
Optional
GenericCPUPMControl
Speedstep Control App interface
Optional
gcpupmcontrol
Speedstep Control App commandline
Optional
External USB to Ethernet
AppleUSBEthernet.kext
Fixes External USB to Ethernet adapter
Optional
AppleUSBGigEthernet.kext
Fixes External USB to Ethernet adapter
Optional
CoolBook Fix (Probably obsolete now)
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext
Makes CoolBook app work
Optional
Brightness Control Fix 10.5.4
This is the standard one and should work on all eee PCs
sleepwatcher_2.0.5.dmg
Restore brightness on wakeup from sleep
Optional
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
Fixes brightness control with eee native keys
Optional
rc.*, install.sh
installation scripts
Optional
Brightness Control Fix 10.5.5
This is the new and optimized one but seems to break some installations, see section 3.4 for troubleshooting instructions
sleepwatcher_2.0.5.dmg
Restore brightness on wakeup from sleep
Optional
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
Fixes brightness control with eee native keys
Optional
AppleIntelGMA950.kext
Fixes brightness control with eee native keys
Optional
rc.*, install.sh
installation scripts
Optional
Sound Fix
SoundHowTo.rtf
Follow the instructions
Optional
AzaliaAudio.pkg
Azalia Driver
Optional
Spark.dmg
Onscreen display and key control of volume and mute
Optional
Time Machine Fix
Attention this seems to break the RalinkDriver!!!
IONetworkingFamily
Fixes Time Machine
Optional
Bluetooth Fix
IOBluetoothFamily.kext
Fully functional Bluetooth
Optional
All the information in this post comes from the following sites and from hours of trial and error work from my eee PCs:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act=idx
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Looking at this for a replacement http://bit.ly/EEE1005HAp After reading this http://bit.ly/LeoOnEEE100H . Any opinions?
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@oriolfb Hackintosh en un 1000H: http://tr.im/un53
@vd http://snurl.com/ikibh if you want to put OSx86 on your netbook
@micronauta te sirve la instalacion del Asus EeePC 1000H ? http://is.gd/4Siw
IMPORTANT: Please take your comments to the new and updated article
OSX Leopard 10.5.6 on the eee 1000h
I closed comments on this thread as of now.
When i close the top while the system is up and running the screen goes dark.
When i open it again i can’t get the screen back and the only option is to power down by pressing the off button several seconds.
Ideas?
I’m using InsomniaX, this is a great tool that keep your computer awake when you close it
http://insomnia-kext.sourceforge.net/
Enjoy
Have you tried FN-F6?
What happens:
The AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext makes the FN-F5 and FN-F6 keys work.
BUT: whenever you close and reopen the lid the screen goes blank and you have to hit FN-F5/6 to get it back.
Enter sleepwatcher…
This is a programm that executes scritps (rc.sleep, rc.wakeup) whenever you go to sleep / wakeup from sleep.
Those scripts save the current brightness levels befor sleeping and restore it when coming back from sleep.
You have to follow this exactly otherwise it won’t work!
In the meantime another solution (way more powerful) has made an appearance, but it is somewhat difficult to implement…
I’ll try to update my tutorial soon…
Nik
Question regarding step
3.4.7) Brightness Control
Wen i Type sudo reggie_se -x -D PentiumM
Get the line number where it says “Display controller: display” (should be 16 or 18 or something like that)
If you don’t get 16 (which is the value that worked on my 100h), open the two rc.* files and adjust the value for the -i parameter (reggie_se -D PCI -i 16…)
I do see line 16 but when i choose this i get “-bash: 16: command not found”
I opened the rc files but am not sure what to modify here.
Reboot
Make sure that the permissions are OK:
NikBODY { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } BODY { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt }
Finally got sound to work, seemed that i had to select HD audio.
Hi,
For those who can’t make skype working on their Mac here is the solution:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-135421/how-to-skype-now-working
Enjoy
Can you create a new tutorial based on 10.5.6? Since it is out and i installed it on my eee pc i can get wifi to work but am still struggeling with sound, the provided steps for 10.5.5 don’t seem to work since i can’t get audio to work.
Thanks in advance,
Michel
Unfortunately I don’t have much time to spare at the moment so I won’t be able to do any updates soon.
However the sound stuff worked like a charm for me when using iPC 10.5.6 distribution (should also work with iDeneb 1.4).
I did a complete reinstall from scratch on my 1000H and now have an Windows 7 / OSX 10.5.6 dualboot system which works perfectly except the well known quirks.
Are you sure that you followed the guide to the letter?
Did you install everything (CHUD, AzaliaAudio.pkg, Audiee, Spark)?
Is the Soundcard enabled in the BIOS (stupid, but did happen once to me)?
If yes and it still does not work i’d recommend heading over to http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com to ask your questions. They will however need a lot more information in order to help you out (system logs, …)
Good luck,
Nik
Yes audio is enabled and i followed the instructions to the letter, will try a reinstall since i also want a dual boot configuration.
i got it to work, had to select HD audio
Good news
Hi again,
It seems I hava a big problem with the L2 cache:
http://thireus.dareyourmind.net/wtf_1.89Mhz.png
As you can see on this pic I only have 256ko, and must be 512ko.
Can someone help me on that point please?
Hi,
It displays the same for me.
I think it is a problem with the AppleSMBIOS.kext but not sure…
Which kext are you using?
Nik
Hi,
I’m using the one you are sharing, do you know if any other kext can cause the problem? Because I think this is not this one :s
Hi guys,
I’ve eeectl installed under Windows and running at 1.89Mhz… But when I rebooted my eeepc 1000h, the frequency seems is 1.89Mhz too…
I’m using voodoo.kext and the throttle works great oO
WTF?
Here are some pictures:
http://thireus.dareyourmind.net/wtf_1.89Mhz.png
http://thireus.dareyourmind.net/wtf_1.89Mhz_2.png
Follow the discussion here: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-134725/1-89mhz-under-leopard-wtf
Sorry it’s Ghz, and not Mhz :p
So now I can overclock it at 2.01Ghz:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-134725/2-01ghz-under-leopard:d-yeah-it-s-now-overclocked
I Installed it but all i get to is the do you already own a mac?
i clock no
it freezes and reboots
This is a widely known problem and has been documented over and over.
I wrote an article about it here : http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/the_welcome_screen_loop
Good luck,
Nik
hi nik, i have changed the wifi to the one you said but i still have to turn wifi on and off in the bios for it to work, which means its the same as the ralink card. any ideas?
thank martyn
I’m not sure I understand…
Do you have to go into the BIOS and disable/enable the wifi to make it work or are you looking for a way to disable the wifi card from OSX?
Which model is reported by System Profiler (About this Mac/More Info/AirPort Card).
Nik
yes, on every boot i have to enable/disable in the bios to get the wifi to work, which i knew i had to do with the ralink card but thought the upgrade would sort that.
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0×88)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.11)
Current Wireless Network: Hotel-Front
Wireless Channel: 3
what i have noticed is that if i don’t enable/disable the airport logo in the toolbar shows the bars greyed out and then turns to a pie shape with no bars in it! does that means its working when it boots and that something knocks it out or does os x just assume it work but then realises it can’t find the card and changes the logo to an empty pie!? sorry thats really hard to explain, hope you understand.
thanks
Martyn
I understand what you mean.
This would mean that (as you point out) that the card is active at boot but that it gets deactivated after the complete boot process.
Did you have a look at the logs?
Do you use some DSDT hacks that I don’t?
FYI my Airport card is slightly different from yours:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.38.24)
Current Wireless Network: NHAE
Wireless Channel: 11
Keep me posted with your findings.
Good luck,
Nik
i have only used what u have on your site here to create my hack. can you tell me how you get the boot log and i will post it
thanks
martyn
You have to open the “Console” application (usually in Applicaitons/Utilities) and look for suspicious entries concerning Airport/Wifi/Network (Look for “wl0″ or “Broadcom” and of course “Error” or “Dump”).
Nik
Hello, i tried to download the jzip files but get errors while unpacking, could you verify the files pls.
first i get a message that the path is too deep/file names too long
second i get an error on the switchresx install.app\._Icon that it can’t be created
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDAppKitInspector.nib\designable.nib
Total path and file name length must not exceed 260 characters
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDAppKitInspector.nib\keyedobjects.nib
Total path and file name length must not exceed 260 characters
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDAppKitLibrary.nib\designable.nib
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDAppKitLibrary.nib\keyedobjects.nib
Total path and file name length must not exceed 260 characters
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDPopUpButtonCell.classdescription
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDProgressIndicator.classdescription
Total path and file name length must not exceed 260 characters
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\OSX86Tools_1.0.150\OSX86Tools.app\Contents\Resources\FDISKEFI.app\Contents\Frameworks\BGHUDAppKit.framework\Versions\A\Resources\BGHUDAppKitPlugin.ibplugin\Contents\Resources\BGHUDSecureTextFieldCell.classdescription
Total path and file name length must not exceed 260 characters
! The system cannot find the path specified.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Contents\Resources\ui\SwitchResX.prefPane\Contents\Resources\MenuCracker.menu\Icon
! The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Attempting to correct the invalid file name
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Renaming MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Contents\Resources\ui\SwitchResX.prefPane\Contents\Resources\MenuCracker.menu\Icon
to MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Contents\Resources\ui\SwitchResX.prefPane\Contents\Resources\MenuCracker.menu\Icon_
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Icon
! The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Attempting to correct the invalid file name
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Renaming MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Icon
to MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\Icon_
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Cannot create __MACOSX\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\._Icon
! The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Attempting to correct the invalid file name
! C:\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE.zip: Renaming __MACOSX\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\._Icon
to __MACOSX\MY_BUNDLE_V0.8 BASE\Apps\SwitchResX Installer.app\._Icon_
unzip them on your EeePC running OS X. That’ll work.
Michel,
My zips are perfectly OK.
complex file structures (the complete path name just gets over 255 characters and Windows does not know how to handle that)…
It’s just that Mr. Gates superb Operating System does not handle such EXTREMELY
And that’s exactly one reason we’re installing Mr Jobs superb Operating System on those little beauties…
Why would you want to unzip under Windows anyway?
Cheers,
Nik
Hi,
I’m currently using ideneb v1.3 10.5.5. on 1000h
Used osrom bios, believe it shows as 1103
I got ralink card happy, sound etc.
My problems seem to stem upon two things:
lockup upon sleep, no cursor
the same resolution problems as described above
appleintelgma950 kext seems to brick my system, even removing and using a -f after reboot it still will not return to normal.
a manual install of gma950, framebuffer, and natit, extensions cache rebuild, and still hangs.
seems I am ok until I experiment with these kexts.
without them, using switchresex provides me only 800×600 native.
I must have some slightly different hardware and just reaching out to see if others have this issue. I will once again try removing the kexts, clearing and rebuilding caches before resintall.
This works on the 1000 as well, correct? The only difference is the SSD vs. the HDD.
Speaking of the SSD, the 40GB is divided up (physically – two separate drives) into 8GB and 32GB portions. The 8GB is much faster, so is there any way to separate portions of the operating system onto different drives (like with other Unix OS’s)? Or will the operating system fit on the 8GB drive?
i really need some help…
i have followed the instructions very carefully (four times) and everytime i install the post install kext i get the blue screen! I have downloaded mac drive and been able to remove the all kext, but where do i go from here. can’t change the resolution, no audio and no wlan.
asus 1000h
ideneb_v1.3_10.5.5_iso
and all nik packs
thanks
martyn
martyn,
If you run into such problems you should install the kexts one by one (or small groups) in order to identify the culprit.
In your case, as soon as you get iDeneb installed, try to install just the graphics kexts (AppleIntelGMA950.kext, AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext and Natit.kext) and see if this works without bluescreen.
Then you can go on from there.
You can also uninstall kexts from the single user mode that you choose at startup (see the box in 3.4) Post-Install for details).
You should also follow the posts about DSDT modifications on ipis-osx (especially this one: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-121404/various-dsdt-fix-for-1000h).
Good luck,
Nik
thanks for your quick reply, it all looks quite scary.. but i will give a go!
Yes it does, doesn’t it
But give it a try, pentiumpc did a great job and it solves a lot of quirks (power button, no need for Natit.kext anymore, brightness keys working without hacking AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, …).
The list is long and it will help you get a more robust install.
Cheers,
Nik
I have to admit that i am completely lost now…
After a fresh start your post install kexts worked straight away, no blue screen no nothing, just installed them in the order you said, great!
screen res sorted itself so no need to install switch resx ‘unless that sorts out the mirror problem on a second display’
got audio running, it only worked after i plugged in some headphones and unplugged them again and now works every time…
no luck with wlan, turned radio on and off as described on another site, wireless utility says ‘no device!!!’
but then i get to screen brightness, not sure what you mean by copy the two rc files to /etc what the etc bit?
just one interesting point for you to think about, whilst looking at system preferences to try and sort wlan, i noticed that an ethernet (lan) adpator showed up and then disappeared again.
if you can help with the above that would be great, i’m really not sure how to add patches and fixes from the other site you sent me a link to
thanks
Martyn
ok after lots of reboots and realising that i had flashed the bios again, i found that the wlan was off in the bios!! so that i sorted…
i’m guessing that that might have accounted for the lan appearing and diappearing too!
M
@nerdyface Have a look at http://bit.ly/XuxXR and dont hesitate to dm me for questions
Has anyone found a way to get the built-in wireless chips to work on a WPA-Enterprise network? RALink tool I’m using says it is not supported. Is an upgrade available?
// ScottA
Hi!
this Guide is really great! I have installed all in my eeepc 1000h but now i have a problem:
in the boot when i select the disk of windows xp the darwin show me this error:
The disk cannot read.
What must i do?
Bye Bye!
Hi there,
I would like to know if there is a program such as eeectl but for Mac OS 10.5.6
So we can overclock the CPU just like under windows.
Not yet, sorry
Nik
Ok thanks
just a quick question, from a bemused mac user,
i have tried repeatedly to install OSX 10.5.6, from the automatic updates. it tells me to restart so it can install, but after this, it closes finder, and the background screen shows the orginal picture that you get when you install lepeard for the first time, its purply blue screen, anyway a loading display pops up, and it starts to load, until it gets to about 5%. Then it stops,
At first i thought it was slow at dowloding the software, but i left it for a day next to the wireless router, and still noting.
i also tried to downlode an actual file from the apple downlodes for the update, and this didnt work iether, it just froze.
any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks for spending your time reading this, (im sorry if i babbled on a little bit)
hi all!
is there any news about getting the ethernet-port to work on the 1000h?
thnx!!
Nope, and there probably won’t as long as the Audio does not work properly (but I might be mistaken. Follow the thread on http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com on Ethernet devs)
Nik
ok, thanx m8!
@JasonBogovich Check this out before you work on your Eee PC 1000. http://tinyurl.com/3psnas
Hi folks,
I finally got OS X 10.5.5 on my 1000H to work. With the hints at http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-105200/help:blue-screen-after-installing-kexts-reboot#post-330452 with the darwin950 kexts instead of the original ones (AppleIntelGMA950.kext caused blue screen) everythings works just perfects – beside sleep mode.
I installed all kexts as shown above, but when trying to enter sleepmode by closing the 1000h or clicking on it in the Menu the mouse pointer disappears and the whole thing freezes. Switching off by holding the power button for several seconds is the only way to reboot.
Any ideas how to get sleep mode working?
Thanks so far,
Tim
Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my 10.5.6 Leo version on eeepc 1000h.
When my power adapter is plugged off Mac OS 10.5.6 does some freezes of 3-4seconds every 10sec when some apps like quicktime, adium or also iTunes are launched.
Can someone please upload a AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement.kext that work? It seems that the problem is coming from this kext…
Thanks a lot
GOT IT!!!
The problem was in fact due to GenericCPUPMControl!!!! So I uninstalled it!
Have you tried its successor, “VoodoPower” ?
Yep tried it, but doesn’t work too. Same problem
Fixed: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-131178/voodoo-kext-can-be-optimised#post-387732
I updated my 1000h 10.5.5 to 10.5.6. Everything seems to work just fine (sleep, speedstep, battery-status, audio-out, quartz extreme, brightness adjustable) only one problems remains:
When I open system profiler, it won’t display hardware info, says somethin like “error gathering information”. I’ve read that one should disable Max CPUID in bios, but I don’t have that option in my bios. Any hints anybody?
In case you are interested, here’s how I udated:
-Booted from my external OS X drive
-downloaded 10.5.6 update from apple (normal, not combo)
- installed update on the intenal drive
- deleted following kexts: AppleIntelCPUPowermanagment, all four GMA950, AppleIntegratedFramebuffer, ApplePS2Controller (all in the /System/Library/Extensions)
- deleted /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
- copied new kexts to /System/Library/Extensions: AppleACPIPS2Nub, ApplePS2Controller, all GMA950 (those came in two packages, so they installed themselves), AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement, AppleIntegratedFramebuffer. I took all files from links in but their recommended course of action did not work for me.
that was basically it. If you manually install the kexts like I did, don’t forget to set owner to root:wheel.
after rebooting the only thing that did not work out of the box was QuartzExtreme, which I activated with the OSX86Tools.
Now the only apparent problem is the above mentioned Systemprofiler malfunction.
the link i entered did not get through. This is where I found links to all the files I needed.
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-113947/mac-os-x-10-5-6-on-eeepc-1000h-eeesy
After playing around for a while I figured the install is not as stable as 10.5.5 was. So I’ll probably go back to my 10.5.5.
I don’t know if these drivers for wireless are included, or not. Anyway, read this:
http://www.andrewchapman.net/component/content/article/1-latestnews/36-ralinknew.html
Hi,
Does anyone know a solution to stop the clunking noise of the Hard Drive under Leopard?
I tryed hdapm but it doesn’t work, and then the declunk program but doesn’t work very well and is not a good solution.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks a lot.
@Thireus: I’ve used declunk successfully although I have to start it manually on the terminal each boot.
Use the –interval 3 and –debug 1 to ensure that the files are being read/written and that it’s happening often enough.
terminal remembers your previous commands so once you’ve done it once it’s not so bad… also easy to launch terminal with quicksilver (if you have it) so no real hardship for me. I found no other alternative that worked.
Yes I tryed it, but the problem is that clunks are always there (every 1 or 2 minutes). And this method makes the Hard Drive go slower!
But thanks for the tip
@scottfmurphy I sent you an @ message with the link http://tinyurl.com/3psnas
@totalted Best explanation for installing OSX on an Eee PC 1000h. http://tinyurl.com/3psnas
hey guys,
I´m happy with my running install of ideneb 10.5 on my 1000h. can anybody tell me how to proceed, to install windows 7 so I can choose in a bootmenu which system to load?
how does this work?
thnx alot in advance!
I forgot to mention the following:
When I installed the iDeneb-distribution a bootloader was automaticly installed, which diplas this on startup:
Darwin Boot/x86 5.0.132 Chameleon v1.0.11
Then there is only one option where I choose the mac OSX.
How can I install windows7 so that it appears in the bootloader as well?
Thnx!!
I tried installing Windows 7 in the partition and it completely wiped out the Darwin boot data. I spent a while trying to get EasyBCD to work with both but the Windows boot program will not see the OS X partition. I could not get the two OS’s to work together. Eventually, I just dumped Windows 7 and restored OS X 10.5.5.
Wish I had better news.
// Scott A
I did this successfully, but with Vista, not Windows 7 (though it’ll probably be no different).
These commands wouldn’t work on OS X, but I did this from a Linux boot disk (you’ll need to use common sense to adjust these commands for your own use, as they’ll differ, and they’ll stuff up your partition table if you make one tiny mistake):
$ dd if=/media/OSx86/usr/standalone/i386/chain0 of=/dev/sda bs=448 count=1That’ll
ddthe first 448 bytes ofchain0(which is actually a spare copy of the Darwin/x86 bootloader) onto your hard drive’s MBR, which’ll make it load the Darwin bootloader instead.Note that we only copy the first 448 bytes (the file is 512 bytes in size). That’s because in an MBR partition table, bytes 0-448 are the boot loader, and 449-512 are the actual partition table. If we copied all 512 bytes of the
chain0file, we’d overwrite our partition table!Note that Vista may refuse to boot after we do this (winload.exe corrupt). To fix this, boot from a Vista CD, and run in the Command Prompt (find it in the Repair Your Computer section):
x:\windows\system32\bcdedit /set {default} device partition=c:x:\windows\system32\bcdedit /set {default} osdevice partition=c:
x:\windows\system32\bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device partition=c:
I’ve been playing with my Asus 1000H for some days now, successfully updated from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 and I’m already using new version of GenericCPU throttler, that’s called VoodooPower.kext something (its available on http://www.superhai.com/darwin.html) and you have the updated GUI to control the CPU throttling
Right now, the only thing that doesn’t work right is the ethernet port and getting the trackpad options to appear on the control panel…
Can you tell us how you did the 10.5.6 update please?
http://bbs.kenapple.com/viewthread.php?tid=16765&highlight=%2Bchun1201
my 1000H is updated to 10.5.6 now
download DSDT Patcher(http://pcwizcomputer.com/downloads/DSDTPatcherGUI_1.0.zip)
and
Universal OSx86 Installer
(http://pcwizcomputer.com/downloads/UInstaller_1.0.zip)
run DSDT Patcher first and then tick all thing on right hand side,next click “run DSDT Patcher”
second,Run Universal OSx86 Installer,tick “install PC_EFI v9………
then,reboot with -f -v
after that you can do software update or download the package to update
the touchpad and keyboard may be not worked after update
pls install PS2FixMouse.zip
(http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=85&Itemid=74)
Thanks a lot for the link and the translation.
Will try it now, hope it’ll not break my install.
Hi,
I installed the 10.5.6 version, I had some big issues with the GMA drivers and other bad stuffs, but now fixed all of them.
Thanks a lot
Hi Thireus,
what kind of issues did you have with the gma drivers and how did you fix them?
I am planning to update this week, after being busy for the last month I have litte time to experiment now. I want to try pages’09 new fulll screen editing mode which must be perfect for the little screen. unfortunately, pages ’09 only runs on 10.5.6.
Regards
Robbe
Here is the discussion:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-113947/mac-os-x-10-5-6-on-eeepc-1000h-eeesy#post-364023
The solution was to delete all GMA950 kext and then install all kexts from here: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-119908/gma950-resolution-problem-finally-solved
Hello there!!!
I’ve got the iDeneb 10.5.5 distribution working on a eEE 1000HA, however, I’m having a bad time trying to get the Atheros Wireless device to work. Any advice on what to do? I tried the Atheros driver included in the distribution but no luck so far. Greetings from Venezuela!!!
Hello JFG,
I just got me a 1000HA and was wondering what procedure you followed for successful installation. I have tried a few so far using iDenib 10.5.5 and getting stuck at the first screen where I can select disk utility
The Screen seem to be cut off so I can’t see the Options at the bottom of the page even if I use a regular monitor.
Thank you
Hi folks,
Did you try to install Xcode and iPhone SDK on the eeepc 1000h ? Is it working ?
Thanks
Whiletrue
Yes it works great.
I’m developing some stupid apps to get used to it (Object-C is soooo bizarre compared to my beloved JAVA
You’ll probably want an external screen with a higher resolution though.
Nik
hi!
first I wanted to wish all of you a super 2009!
Just got one little question:
If the automatic osx-system-updater comes up on my eeePC 1000h – can I download and install those updates, or is it possible, that it breaks the whole installation?
Or better: What updates can I install without a prob and what should be handled with care?
thnx alot!!
You can performa all updates except the “System” ones.
So the 10.5.6 update will wreck havoc with your system, so don’t install it automatically.
Read this : http://netkas.org/?p=78
Nik
You can perform all updates except the “System” ones.
So the 10.5.6 update will wreck havoc with your system, so don’t install it automatically.
Read this : http://netkas.org/?p=78
Nik
Hi
I´ve successfully upgraded to 10.5.6. I´ve downloaded the full update-package from Apple and did´t use the automatic update service. But beware: Keyboard and and Trackpad will not work after update!!! To fix all issues use an external USB-mouse. You will have to type in your user-password to install use kext-help. This is possible via special character input from the menu. Or use an external USB-keyboard.
Here you will find a usefull guide. (Also to fix graphics-drivers)
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-113947/mac-os-x-10-5-6-on-eeepc-1000h-eeesy
eNik » Blog Archive » OSX Leopard 10.5.5 on the eee 1000h http://tinyurl.com/3psnas
Hi all,
I followed twice the how-to but still after successfull install, the system restart with black screen and blinking white cursor (_) in the up right portion of the screen.
This my setup:
- iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5
- EEEPC 901 8+4Gb
- Installed OSX on 8GB MAC OS Extended
- downloaded and flashed BIOS from http://osrom.net/biosmod/ version 1502
- succesfully entered Graphics Mode 800x600x32 at boot
But no luck: still black screen at reboot.
Any Idea?
[How To] Install Leopard From An USB Flash Drive, How to make it bootable for any eeepc!
Found on the Internet and edited:
1. First, we need to prepare the USB drive. Fire up Disk Utility, select the USB drive, and go to the partition tab. Select “1 partition” from the drop-down menu, name the drive whatever you wish (i.e. Mac OS X Installer), make sure the format is “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” in the next field, and then select the “Options” button below the partition map picture. Select MBR (Master Boot Record) – mine was defaulted to Apple GUID (which will NOT work). Select “OK” and then apply your changes. Disk Utility will create 1 partition, use MBR, etc.
2. Now, “restore” the image of the DVD installer onto the USB drive. I’m using an image file (ISO) but you can use a DVD also. The image must be listed in the left pane of Disk Utility, if it’s not there, drag the image file over. Select the USB drive, go to the “Restore” tab. It’s pretty straightforward from here. Select your image/DVD as the source, and the USB drive as the target. And away you go.
3. This is a bit of paranoia on my part – eject the USB drive using Finder and then plug it back in.
4. Launch OSx86Tools. Towards the bottom of the window, you’ll see the button for “Install EFI/Run FDISK,” select it. Find your USB drive. Now just run the script, watch it work.
5. Of course now you have to try it out, boot up the eeepc, hit esc, and voila – should be able to boot right off the USB drive!
Hello
I set up some of the asus 1000h eeepc’s. But I am running into a problem with the system preferences and a lot of other programs. Because of the poor vertical resolution of only 600 pixel not all control buttons are visible for my.
I read a lot of other forum for “virtual resolution on mac osx” but I cannot get an answer.
My testing with switchresx did not solve this problem. I do not want to connect my external monitor on all times if I want to have all the control buttons visible.
Can someone help my with this problem. Is this patchable with the a similar XF86config file?
With the original windows-driver for the 950 chipset it is possible to have a compressed 1024×768 on the 10,1′ tft display….
Yours
Christoph
You might use the following command:
defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.8
This scales the display to a higher resolution.
Problem is that you need to logoff/login to make it active.
Found here: http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/getting-more-than-1024-600-t2168.html
Nik
Hello
this was the solution, with
defaults write com.apple.SystemPreferences AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.8
inside the terminal I got it only for the system-prefs application right the way I need.
Thanks for the fast response, merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Christoph
@Everybody
Sorry if answers come slowly at the moment, I’m on holiday until January 5th and typing long texts on the iPhone is a pain in the a….
Merry x-mas to all,
Nik
Hello.
I followed your guide and everything seems to work fine. The only issue I am having is waking up. I press the power button and its waking up but i get no display on the screen. I installed the PowerManagement.bundle from the optional zip. Could this be the problem?
Hi,
You’ll probably have to install the whole Brightness Fix Stuff (the wakeup scripts) in order to make it work.
Otherwise you’ll have to hit Fn & F6 in order to get the screen back (which is exactly what the script does – it saves the actual brightness to a file when going to sleep and restores it at wakeup).
Good luck,
Nik
Thanks. This resolves the issue. Everything now works perfectly. Happy Holidays to you and your family and thanks for the help.
wow… this seems kinda dead… but anyways.. as i said before i had problems with appleintegma950.kext and intelbuffer one. After installing them i could normally boot to OS, but i found out that it resolves this issue with old GMA950 driver from 10.4, recognised the resolution needed and also the effects are there.
However there is a another problem. I ordered broadcom wifi chip, and after installing it, i could not locate half of the wireless routers, i suppose it has something to do with regions, as i am in europe where we use 12, 13 channels, whereas US does not… is there a possibility to change the region????
Hi,
I’ve got the installer running, but hangs after language selection. I’ve got an eeepc 900. Original with Linux (have used ubuntu for the past 6 months) and an unpatched bios. Could that be the problem? And if so, which one should I use?
If you got an eee PC 900 (not an HA or something) you’re probably out of luck, unless someone figured out how to use a kernel that supports Celeron processors below 1GHz.
Sorry mate,
Nik
Ah
thank you, i’ll reinstall Ubuntu then.
Regarding the 10.5.6 update, which I suppose will motivate a few more postings here in the future, I’ve read that it causes problems on a eeePC 901.
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=141093&view=findpost&p=999733
So be careful and think before you hit the update now button.
I’m building a test platform to perform and test the update…
Nik
Hi Nik,
how is your guinea pig?
Regards
Robbe
@Nik
With the new layout, how do we navigate to older comments. Example:
http://www.enik.ch/2008/10/osx-leopard-1055-on-the-eee-1000h/#comment-254
Is there any quick fix?
Cheers
I’m afraid there is no fix for this at the moment but I’m working on something…
Nik
Yes, downgrading the bios might come in handy for this solution.It did for me anyway.
Which bios version are you using? Is it 1103?
SwitchresX not working for me either. I followed the instructions posted above. Can someone explain why this does not work?
Thanks.
I can’t get my 1000H up to 1240 *600 either, dunno why.
I’ve installed iDeben v1.3 10.5.5 with Post Install Pack (everything in it) installed but not the Optional one. I’ve got almost everything fixed including sound, wifi, sleep, etc. I’ve tried to following the installation guide on iDeben v1.3 on this site and installed Switchresx and used OSx86 tools to enable the Quartz GL and rebooted. It still didn’t work.
Hope someone could come out and help us all solve this BIG problem! Thanks
admin, I have finally found out the problem!
I realised after freshly formatting my dvd rw disc, the dvd rw was just left with 4.2gb of space, wherelse the iDeneb V1.3 is 4.37gb.
So I was wondering, is there any other way to install it onto my 1000H without using the dvd disc?
admin, appreciate your help!
Try investing 1$ in a good DVD-R
The usually work way better than DVD-RW…
Nik
@Everyone
I just updated to WordPress 2.7 which gives us threaded discussions/comments.
So please reply to the answers by clicking on “Reply”.
A page now shows the latest 25 comments with the newest one on top.
Those changes should greatly enhance the comfort for this discussion.
Cheers,
Nik/admin
admin, I have also tried 2 dvd burners, a grand total of 4 different brands of dvd.(Sony, Fujifilm, TDK and yet another sony).
I still have that “SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0×06, ASC = 0×29, ASCQ = 0×00″ error, after trying to boot from it, it just hangs at the white apple screen, forever spinning.
oh my gosh, I google for this error, people say it is the dvd or the burners fault, not in my case though.
I really think this is a problem with your DVD Burner or Disks.
Did you burn them with 1x speed?
Did you re-download the ISO (it might be that the ISO is corrupt)?
Nik
I received the same SAM Multimedia failed read or write error… I tried different disks with the drive, same error. Tried to boot iDeneb v1.3 from USB flash. That didn’t work even after trying several methods. Using Windows and Mac to set up the flash drive. Either way, I bought an external DVD writer and it worked peferctly.
The SAM Multimedia error is a drive error. Frustrating maybe, but I did it… Swallow hard and put down some money. Good luck all.
admin, it stalls at the white apple boot screen, means it cant even initialize installation.
I tried to boot from the dvd that i burned, it is iDeneb V1.3 10.5.5,
i boot it using the -v, and it show me “SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0×06, ASC = 0×29, ASCQ = 0×00″ after the initial lines that came up.
I have the 1000H and I have flashed it with the modded bios on osrom.net
is it possible that a bad dvd burner is causing this? or the dvd itself?
last but not least, admin you have been a great help to all the people here. a BIG THANK YOU for you.
Hi Admin:
I have the eee pc 1000H and I Have to say that the boot time is not that bad. Can you list some of the “other quirky behavious”?
Does changing to this bios allow leopard to detect your video card on first boot? Mine is currently 800×600 and switchres does not help.
Is there a way to revert to my old bios should I decide that the benefits of the hacked bios is not worth it?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your time.
The problem is that you’ll never know if something is not working because you didn’t configure it right or if you didn’t flash the BIOS.
Everyone has done it and it seems that it is the common ground to go forward:
If you have problems with your install the first questions asked on the forums is always “did you flash the BIOS?”
Nik
Thanks. So you cannot confirm whether doing this bios update will fix my resolution.
Apart from SwitchResX, is there any other options available for fixing my current resoltion of 800×600?
Thank you.
not that I know of, sorry.
Nik
Amethat – have you tried with the downgraded BIOS? You should really follow the guide step-by-step and then come back if you did that and it’s still not working.
I am now using the bios mentioned in the guide above i.e. 1103. Prior to that, I was using 1206. Still no luck with my display. What system do you have? If it is a eee pc 1000H, were you able to achieve the default display of 1024×600? And if so, how?
Thanks
mine’s a 1000H too. I didn’t have any problems at all. The resolution worked as soon as I used SwitchResX and rebooted. I’m sorry but I guess I’d recommend doing a fresh install now you have the correct Bios and see if you can get it to work that way.
@All
It seems that the latest BIOS on the 901 has some problems with the GMA kexts (as of Gregory @ ipis-osx : http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-111477/pesky-screen-size-poblems-with-901#post-331504).
So please wait for a solution for this.
@Robbe
Thanks this works like a charm.
Now GarageBand,iMovie and XCode are actually really usable…
@johnson
You’ll have to be more precise, I’m afraid.
When exactly does it stall? When you try to boot from the install DVD (which version ? iDeneb 1.3 ?).
Is it an error on the command line or a popup (screenshot/photo could help).
Have you tried booting with the -v (and the -x option)?
Which model do you have?
Did you flash the BIOS? Which one?
hi admin, i have got an error of sam multimedia read or write failed, what does that mean? I follow your instructions to a T and I cant even get past the apple loading screen.( cant even install).
Appreciate your input!
@Nik
Not to have the statusbar on the second screen is a “feature”. You can move the statusbar in the monitor system preferences by draging it from the thumbnail of the internal to the thumbnail of the external screen. Also, you can rearrange the relative positions of the screens, which influences where the dock will show up. In my case, I moved the external screen to the left of my EeePC, and positioned the dock (in the dock prefs) on the right, so it shows up on the right side of the internal screen.
@Amethat
Yes you’ll most probably need it, otherwise you’re almost guaranteed boot times of 5 minutes or more and other quirky behaviour.
The BIOS fix does correct the DSDT tables by removing the “Alias” line, which OSX does not like very much(see here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=90505&hl=DSDT+bios+mod)
@stoobz
I did it and it worked like a charm in dual screen mode.
Only drawback is that I don’t get the dock and the statusbar on the second screen (someone has an idea for that?).
Mirroring on the other hand causes havoc and is slightly difficult to repair – see here: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-104942/external-monitor-support or you could delete the “com.apple.windowserver.plist” file in /Library/Preferences/ at the single user mode command prompt.
Nik
Just one short question:
Is it save to connect an external display? because I read in the posts, that this can mess up the whole install. or is it just if I use the “clone-display” option?
any news about the ethernet-port yet?
thnx alot!!
What does this bios fix do and is it really needed? I am using the latest bios update from ASUS web site.
Thanks for your hard work!
@Scott A
Sorry never seen that, but your system seems slightly upset…
Did you repair file permissions?
Do you have a backup?
@EY
Copy of my reply at ipis-osx : http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-91942/resolution-kexts#post-330469
OK, now there are some hardware revisions that need SwitchResX, It’s not because baza210s 1000h doesn’t need it that it’s the same for everyone.
Let me explain: it seems that Asus put different LCD panels in the same model line (1000h in that case). Each LCD panel comes with a certain controller (some sort of chipset to drive this thing) and it seems that those controller do not react the same under OSX (some have stretched grey apple logos, some need SwitchResX, some don’t).
As for my model, I needed SwitchResX for every install (over 35 now) and for every type of distribution I tried (iDeneb, iAtkos, Kalyway, even vanilla install from retail DVD). So it’s absolutely possible that you need SwitchResX and I don’t know what all the fuss is about in not using it (it’s not like a program running in the background, it just allows you to define resolutions that have not been detected by OSX (and that are probably not “advertised” by the LCD controller in some cases).
That said, unfortunately you have already tried almost all the steps that I’d recommend.
Have you tried booting with the option
Graphics Mode=”640x320x32″
?
If it helps (if you can get back in) here is a screenshot of the SwitchResX config that works for me
switchresx.jpg
As for your other (same) post here :
If is normal that you don’t see ACPIBattery.kext and ClamshellDisplay.kext in the Backup Extensions folder because they are added and not replaced (they don’t exist in the iDeneb base install).
Hope this helps,
Good luck,
Nik
I uninstalled SwitchResX, rebooted and got stuck at spinning wheel.
I entered single user mode and did the following:
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
cp -R /Backup\ Extensions/AppleIntelGMA950.kext/ /System/Library/Extensions/
rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
reboot f
And still stuck. Tried repeating process with all the kext files installed – expected 6 but only see 4 – didn’t see ACPIBattery.kext and ClamshellDisplay.kext in the Backup Extensions folder.
Appreciate any tips on getting past this.
As a follow-up to my Finder problem, I created a new user on the system and that user is not experiencing the problem. I assume that means the system kernel and settings are fine but the user account has 1) invalid or corrupt login items, 2) a corrupt user plist, or 3) a file situation (permissions, corrupt file on desktop, etc) crashing the plist.
I checked the system log and see a lot of messages like ‘Unable to get UUID of root’. Is this common when dealing with kexts?
All ideas welcome.
// Scott A
Thanks for the prompt reply. I installed all 6 kext files from base, rebooted and at least now it boots normally but still no 1024.
Did you still need to use SwitchResX ? If so, what are your custom values for Timing Parameters ? I tried simplified setting for all 3 – GTF, CVT, CVT-RB with 1024 for active horizontal, 600 for active vertical, 60 for pixel clock and none do the trick.
@EY
I initially had the same problem. I ‘fixed’ it by uninstalling all 6 kext files from the base zip file in single user mode, rebooting, and then reinstalling them. After doing this a couple of times I finally had the 1024×600 resolution working.
Not the nicest of solutions, but it worked for me
Works great ! But having no luck with SwitchResX.
I noticed when I add custom, all values are blank, so I typed in 1024 for active horizontal, 600 for active vertical, 60 for pixel clock. Clicked OK, rebooted and it still shows active as 800×600. Custom resolution shows 1024×600,97.66Hz with Availability as “Should be active”.
Not sure if it’s related but I didn’t install the AppleIntelGMA950.kext. I tried installing it, couldn’t boot normally so removed it in single user mode.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
@travhavlicek
The problem with sound is strange…
Thanks for the unmount thingy…
As for the keys, I don’t use any software, I just went to SystemPreferences/Keyboard and Mouse/Tab Keyboard/Modifier Keys and reassigned the keys : in this order (in the dropdown lists on the right side) CapsLock/Command/Control/Option
This works perfectly (for ctrl-c and so on…)
@solnyshok
If you reboot with the monitor plugged and then unplugg it when it has booted it should switch back (can take some seconds).
@Scott A
No idea, seems Finder is crashing your system.
You can remove selected kexts by using the method in 3.4 by booting into single user mode.
Nik
If you want to write to your NTFS Windows partion under OS X, install MacFUSE, then NTFS-3G. You can now write to your Windows partition from OS X.
@Nik
I think I figured out when sound doesn’t work. If PC is turned off, then sound seems to function at boot. If I restart the PC (either from OS X or Windows) then sound will not function until I put to sleep, then wake. I am using Acronis OS selector so possibly that is the cause. Wierd.
As someone used to Windows, The Ctrl & Alt keys seem backwards under OS X. If you install DoubleCommand, a free program that allows you to reassign keys, you can switch the Ctrl & Alt keys. Just check the options ‘Command Key acts as Control Key’ & ‘Control Key acts as Command Key’. Perhaps you could suggest this program in your guide as it makes using OS X much more intuitive for someone switching to OS X from Windows or Linux.
I also created a thread in the Post-Installation ipis forum on how to automatically unmount SD cards and USB drives when using sleep. I thought you might want to add that to your guide as well. Cheers.
Hi, I played with external display in my Win7 and Ubuntu installations, and then I rebooted into OSX I forgot to unplug VGA cable. My 1000h froze. Now I cannot normally boot into OSX, only in safe or in single user modes (-x or -s boot options). Is there anything I can do to get back to normal boot procedure? Rebuild permissions or remove driver cache? Please help.
And btw, what is the latest on support for external monitors? I played with Apple HD display in the shop today, looks gorgeous. I have 40″ 1920×1080 LCD at home, would love to see Leopard on it.
Hi, I played with external display in my Win7 and Ubuntu installations, and then I rebooted into OSX I forgot to unplug VGA cable. My 1000h froze. Now I cannot normally boot into OSX, only in safe or in single user modes (-x or -s boot options). Is there anything I can do to get back to normal boot procedure? Rebuild permissions or remove driver cache? Please help.
And btw, what is the latest on support for external monitors? I played with Apple HD display in the shop today, looks gorgeous.
@Tammo and Stoobz: I managed to get the pmset command working so that it doesn’t give an error anymore. However, typing the disksleep command makes no difference. No error is given and I can see the value using “pmset -g live”. Anyone have more ideas about how to stop the disk going to sleep immediately. I’m worried I’m damaging my HD!
Cheers, Chris.
My 1000h just started having troubles. When it reboots, it starts a cycle where the Finder window will disappear, the desktop icons will reappear, the Finder window will appear, then the cycle starts again.
Looking at the Activity Monitor, there is a process called “ReportCrash” that is using 95%+ of the CPU cycles.
To my uneducated mind, it looks the Finder has a flaw that is making it re-start constantly.
Anyone seen this or have an idea to the cause? I installed the SpeedStep option a few days so I think that has to be the cause. Can the SpeedStep utility be removed?
// Scott A
@admin
I’v already done this. The Audieee icon is always in the system tray (or whatever its called in OS X) and the output is correctly set to speakers. The sound just randomly wont work on boot. When it doesnt work, everything else appears to be working correctly (Audieee/hotkeys to adjust volume) just no sound output. If I close the lid, then resume from sleep, it always seems to work after this. It’s not a huge deal because I can get sound back within a few seconds, but it would be nice if it worked every time on boot.
@Xaraz
This is strange, at least the three drivers from the base pack should work (even though there is no brightness control).
@travhavlicek
Are you sure that Audieee is in the Login Items?
From the Guide:
* Open “System Preferences”
* Select “Accounts”
* Select “Login Items”
* Add Audieee to the list by clicking on the “+” sign on the bottom of the list
@Justin
In short:
GarageBand works but does not fit the screen and there is no way to resize it.
I tried with the above mentioned resize command, running at a squashed 1024×768 but GarageBand is still to high for the screen.
So the only real solution would be to use an external monitor with higher resolution. This works like a charm, I did test it.
Again if you want a serious program that works without tinkering, try Reaper (beta for OSX).
For more details see my reply on November 28th, 2008 at 10:49
Nik
Hey bro, nice work! Asus should hire you, really looking towards the 1000h now, wasn’t at first! Just one question, could you test garageband for me? That’s a definite buy if it works OKAY.
I am running iDeneb 1.3 on a 1000h. Everything is working perfectly except for sound. Randomly on boot, the sound will not work. However if I put it to sleep, it seems to always work after resuming. Any idea on what the cause could be, or something I could do to fix this problem?
@Xaraz
yes i did have the same problem, everytime, that is why after isntalling old drivers, i got high resolution.
Hi,
Awesome tutorial. Got pretty much everything working, except for the higher resolution. The AppleIntelGMA950 kext gives me a blank blue screen on bootup. After removing that kext in single mode it boots fine, but with 800×600 resolution, even though I’ve tried to set the res with SwitchResX.
Anyone else have this problem?
@Patas
SwitchresX does not change your resolution, it gives you the choice of using resolutions that are not recognized.
You’ll probably not have the need for it, but poor souls like me need it to manually add the 1024×600 resolution.
For kext installation: it’s pretty much hit or miss. Just install the BASE first, reboot every time and install the OPTIONAL ones one by one…
Can’t really help you with the triple boot, but for my dual boot I boot into EFI Bootloader then choose either OSX or Vista, in which case it presents me with the Vista OS choice thingy.
You could try to do it the other way around : http://www.enik.ch/2008/09/dualbooting-xp-and-osx/
Like that you can keep the Windows bootloader.
Nik
@admin
yes true… i know that they are just renamed.. read somewhere.. its just when i tried installing, switchresx did not change my resolution, nor it brought any effects to my system. Out of 6 installs of iDeneb, only 1 didnt crash after installing kext (doesnt boot – i see now the tutorial gave some explanations on how to recover), kalyway worked ok.
I have some trouble doing triple boot with xp/win7/macosx … i dont know why but i cannot boot to windows partition, without doing recover, by fixing windows mbr
@stoobz
Try mcmadmans PowerManagement bundle from the OPTIONAL PostInstallPack V0.8 (which is the same that Tammo pointed out)
pmset works with this one for me and you should check the disksleep parameter (given in minutes, 10 minutes default).
You then can set it with:
sudo pmset -a disksleep XX
@Chris M
For the moment there seems to be no solution for the “touchpad tapping”. Some guy on ipis have a thread where they try to compile a native driver for the trackpad, but nothing has come out of that yet.
@Patas
As far as I know, those kexts have been floating around for a moment now.
The problem is that apparently they are 10.5.3 versions that have simply been labeled 10.5.5 by changing the Info.plist. (even the link on the post doesn’t work anymore – meaning that the moderator has pulled the original post).
I tested them some months ago on my 901 and found that they produced an awful lot of smearing/artifacts on the screen. That said I won’t hold you back from using them even thought the ones that are included in the pack are more optimized (release notes from 10.5.5 state explicitly that the driver has imporved graphics performance) but the tradeoff is that they do not support mirroring for the time being.
Now, I highly doubt that this is the reason you don’t need SwitchresX or Natit.
Understand that there are a lot of different models out there (901, 900HA, 1000, 1000H, 1000HA, …) but even worse every model has different hardware revisions.
We already know that there are different brands of webcams and LCD panels/controllers used.
And that’s where you have been lucky and not me: your eee seems to use a LCD panel (with the controller) that is correctly recognized at install time whereas mine needs the SwitchRexX tool (otherwise I only get 800×600).
And believe me, I have done way over 30 installs (iDeneb, iAtkos, Kalyway, Vanilla OSX DVD,…) and for some configurations there is no way around it.
This is exactly why I now included the Readme file in the package and a big, fat warning in the Tutorial saying that
this tutorial can not be a guarantee to get the thing up and running but only improve your chances to eventually get there.
Nik
edit. its suppose to be the second response, from kamikaze guy. hope this helps
There has been normal graphic card drivers. Used on my 1000h, no need for natit.kext or manually change of the resolution, and advanced graphics enabler thingy. Downloaded from http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=113018&view=findpost&p=913715
As well as the disk sleeping problem, I have something more annoying. How do I turn off the tapping on the touchpad? The 1000h seems particularly sensitive even on Windows. The mouse settings do not seem to have any touchpad preferences in terms of tapping or multitouch. Any ideas?
@Robbe B: Thanks but I get an internal error when I use pmset in Terminal. Any ideas?
@stoobz
powermanagement (sleep,wakup,display shutoff after time, sleep after time) seems fine with the bundle found here:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-95505/battery-icon-calculating-and-power-management#post-322577
wakeup issues with the keyboard shouldn´t be there if you wake up by pressing the power button
@Robbe
I seem to have the same problem like Chris M. the HD shuts down very quick (or is it just the van?) and as soon as I klick something, it turns on again. is this perhaps in some way connected to speedstep?
I tried the pmset -g live command, but it just returned me: “internal error!”
@stoobz again
regarding 3)
seems to have to do with the correct powermanagement.bundle
i´m trying different versions atm because my automatic screen shutoff after the time specified in the system preferences is not working. maybe you have the wrong one. try the one from the base-bundle 0.7. with this one it should be fine. will report back if i fine one that has all features working
@stoobz
thanks but allready switched to an airport compatible card.
@Tammo
thnx for the quick help!
regarding my second point – I found this script to do the toggeling automatically, but it doesn´t seem to work..
http://rapidshare.com/files/142835053/Turn_On_Wifi.zip.html
@scott A
1:wired ethernet connections are not working with the build in ethernet.
2: improves temperature of the device especially at the lower side and get you an extra battery lifetime of about 30min
I am looking for more information on a few small issues with my system. I have a 1000h and ran the above install. Everything is working well except for these questions:
1) I was stuck over the weekend in a hotel that had no wifi, only ethernet. I couldn’t get the laptop to see ethernet even after terminating the RA WirelessUtility. Is there any way to use both the wired and wireless connections?
2) I am not familiar with the Speedstep utility. Does this increase the speed of the CPU, improve battery performance, both or neither?
//Scott
@stoobz
1. fix here:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-108855/working-bluetooth-kext#post-321914
2. thats a known issue and not fixable atm
3 don´t lknow a solution. maybe you´ll find one int he ipis forum
cheers
hi all,
after further testing, I got stuck with some more minor problems:
1. I used bluetooth one time to sync my cell and the adressbook via iSync. now the bluetooth-icon at the top is greyed out and I can´t get it to work again/switch it on. neither in the system panel.
2. I installed the “turn on wifi” script exactly as described. after booting, the application opens and seems to do something with the r-link-app, but I still have to toggle the radio on/off button to get wifi to work.
3. It´s showing the remaining time or power-percentage up in the taskbar, but after rebooting these parameters seem to change a lot, at least the percentage seems to start at 100% again.
Anybody else with similar probs?
Many thnx in advance for any help!
@all: One other question. Is someone using the BroadCom BCM 94321MC with Windows Vista? What driver is working?
Thnx
@Robbe: Thxn. I will look for system.log.
@Ryan B.: No. It just leaves the hhd, fan and LEDs on…
no message.
Tom
@Tom43
Question for you:
does it also give you the “Mac needs o be powered off…hold down power buttonblah blah blah” error or just leaves the hdd, cpu, fan, and leds on?
-Ryan
@Chris M
regarding your hd falling asleep, check “pmset” in the terminal. type “pmset -g live” and look for “disksleep”. On my install, it is set to 10 (minutes). You can change a lot of settings in pmset. check “man pmset” for basic instructions.
@Tom43
I am afraid I cannot help you. My system shuts down propely about 90% of the time. Sometimes, it seems as it would not shut down, but after 2-3 minutes it does. I have not investigated further, as it happens so rarely and I simply press and hold the power button in case it doesn’t shut down properly. I have not experienced any problems doing that.
What you might do is check your system.log (run “Console” in your utilities folder) and see if you find anything strange. Useful would be to compare the log of a proper shut down with an incomplete one.
Also, in the early days of MacOS X, USB devices sometimes prevented systems from shutting down properly. If you have anything connected to your machine, try disconnecting before shutting down.
OK, using some instructions I found I set the boot settings as below:-
* Quick Boot: Enabled
* Quiet Boot: Disabled
* Boot Booster: Disabled
so when I rebooted I can see the airport logo in the top bar. When I opened the Network section of Sys Preferences, the app froze. I copied the preferences bundles that I deleted before back into the original folder, then rebooted. Et voila! The broadcom wifi card is recognised and works!
Still have the problem with the hard disk but will try and re-apply the instructions.
@Robbe, Ryan B, Alex, admin:
Shut Down Problem:
Hi, I have the problem, that my 1000H is not shutting down properly. Display is off, but LED´s are still on. I Have installed the modified 1103 BIOS. I have the 9.5 Kernel as mentioned above by the admin. I have fixed the Powermanagment as described above. I have seen, that you were also affected by this problem. Any solution? Please help…
I find a partial answer. The new GMA kexts, the 10.5.5 versions, work if you install the natit.kext.
I found on the ipis-osx.wikidot another GMA kexts with brightness
http://rapidshare.com/files/168151095/10.5.5_gma_with_brightnesscontrol.zip.html
Just a problem I have a 1024×768 resolution not a 1024×600 resolution, so I dont have the dock at the bottom.
Having the same problem with new GMX kexts. After reboot & after new complete ideneb install i boots to the blue screen. System seems to work because after update from V0.3 installation pack to V0.6 i could use loudness control. So system seems to boot and work without functioning display. i kept V0.3 and don´t dare to update to the new GMA kext update. New installation with V0.3 kexts allways works fine.
The new GMA kexts, the 10.5.5 versions, don’t work on a 1000h. Please help !
I have OSX installed but can’t get the Broadcom card to be recognised. I have no Airport installed according to System Profiler. I’ve deleted the bundles from the SystemConfiguration folder but that made no difference. The card works fine in XP so the card is OK. When I installed OSX I chose the option “I have no network” or similar. Would networking functionality have still been installed or do I need to re-install the networking component?
Also, the hard disk is turning itself off all the time and I get clicks every time I open a folder or application. Looks like a power management problem? I have a 1000h.
Any help appreciated!!!
@Robbe
The new GMA kexts are the 10.5.5 versions.
The old ones were 10.5.4.
So we get working backlight control for the 10.5.5 which are said to be more optimized than the 10.5.4 ones.
Nik
@Tom43
You will not be able to see a direct copy of the eeePC-desktop, as it has a unusual screen resolution. Well, if you find a device that supports 1024×600 and somehow manage to get screen mirroring working, it’ll work. However, on your 1280×1024 beamer it will look awful with the wrong aspect ratio.
I also use keynote for my presentations and I love the way the app supports two screens out of the box. Use your laptop-screen for something else than the same slide everybody else sees, eg. your own notes, or a preview of the next slide.
If you get mirroring working, please drop a note. And thanks for your link with the hint above.
@Nik
Thanks for your input regarding speedstep. I will try to install later tonight.
In what way do the “GMA kexts from 10.5.5 with brightness control” differ from the ones before?
i´m not able to activate the hard drive sleep mode for “normal” and “high performace” power-profiles in the system preferences.
Is this the case for everybody?
Update:
Could restore spanning screen with this information:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-104942
No need for restoring by re-boot.
@Robbe: Thxn! I also tried to mirror the external display and my system crashed as yours. I can´t go back to non-mirror adjustment in the system preference. Can you please give me some more detailed information about the restoring by usb boot and deleting monitor preferences?
@All: Any idea/chance to see a direct copy of the eeePC-desktop on an external display/beamer?
@Everybody
New PostInstallPackage (V0.7) containing Speedstep kexts in the right version and GMA kexts from 10.5.5 with brightness control.
Nik
@Ryan B
.
Concerning GarageBand:
I’d go on stage any time with a Mac, but with a Hackintosh in front of hundreds of people I’d be slightly nervous (even more than when playing a normal gig
Now there is a discussion posted on ipis by Comatron (http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-108482/resize-system-bar) that discusses gaining screen real-estate. I haven’t tried it yet, but you might want to give it a shot (though I doubt that it will be sufficient).
Otherwise you might try the excellent Reaper application (a bit more complicated than Garage Band – and only beta on OSX – but extremely well done (I replaced my old Cubase with it on PC and Hackintosh and I love it – no crashes whatsoever and small memory footprint)). I don’t know if this is functional overkill for you ?
@Tammo
I’ll update the Tutorial to point to the correct file. Thanks lots!!!
@Robbe
My eee seems to gain 30-40 minutes of battery life…
Ok nevermind people, third time the charm
Hey everybody, tried Installing iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5, but got the problem twice at the same spot. Applied the bios patch. Installed iDenep, it booted first time, but after kext in step 3, after reboot, mac os doesnt load. Just freezes when blank blue screen apears after apple logo. Any solutions?
Did all you guys/gals who installed the speedstep kexts gain anything (eg. battery life) from it?
@Tom43
see above, external screen works ok. other settings should not be a prob, though i don’t know the max resolution.
http://www.enik.ch/2008/10/osx-leopard-1055-on-the-eee-1000h/#comment-254
@ Tammo
thxn man! works now
@stoobz:
you´ve got the wrong version of the tool. the newest version is not working on the 1000h.
get the older one:
http://www.superhai.com/files/leopard/release/GenericCPUPowerManagement1.0.kext.zip
ok – I wiped out XP and only have Leopard on my 1000h now
There´s just one thing I couldn´t get to work, following the above tutorials:
After opening Speedstep the window gives me the error:
Connection with Kernel Extension lost
Like I said – I did it exactly the way described in the tutorial.. does anybody else have that prob?
thnx!!
Hi,
I want to install OSX on my 1000H.
Can I use iWorks “Keynote” presentations on an external
beemer with resolutions higher than 1024×600 (internal resoluution), like 1280×1024 ?
Thanks for your help!
I’ve installed MAME OS X v.124 on my 1000H, but it does not recognize the keyboard for typing OK or inserting a coin. Any idea why it wouldn’t be recognized?
Keyboard works fine in all other apps.
If I plug in a USB keyboard, it works fine.
I’m running 10.5.5 with ApplePS2Controller installed.
@Tammo
No, airport still wouldn’t recognize the card.
I’m thinking it’s a lost cause – my main purpose of this was for Garageband and my midi keyboard for live shows, but the Garageband window won’t fit in the screen making it useless for what I wanted it for…
Oh well…
my 1000ha on ebay, I think
but you could burn the data along with the backup system to a dvd (maybe a dl-dvd) and use this with the restore-option of clonezilla.
@stoobz
no, idon´t think so, but it´s easy as shit with a self explaining guide.
@ Tammo
sounds great, but looks complicated. do you think it is possible to burn that backup then to a selfinstalling dvd just like the original recovery-dvd?
@stoobz
i recommend http://www.clonezilla.org/ .
it´s a bootable linux-live-dvd that it is able to back up to usb-devices or smb-folders.
used it to back up my eeepc.
@ Robbe
ok, thanks for the advice regarding BootCamp!
I also used PartitionMagic to do the resizing..
@ all
Before trying anything else with Leopard, I decided to set up my XP with all the stuff I want and need and then burn a recovery-dvd just like the regular asus-recovery, but with my configuration. has anybody done this before? I was thinking about using “acronis true image” to do it – is it possible?
and yes, I actually was thinking of using just Leopard on my Eee, but I really need the ethernet-port working, so I think I will wait for the fix before taking that step.
@totololo
I updated the modded bios correctly. I have 1000h eeepc
@ stoobz
Bootcamp only works on original Macs. Basicly, it bundles windows drivers for the Mac hardware. You don’t have Mac hardware, so you don’t need its drivers anyhow. Also, it does not like previously altered partitions. I would not waste a second on trying Bootcamp.
I don’t have a solution for your problems. Maybe some hints.
-I used ParttionMagic (under Windows) to resize the windows partition. I never touched the recovery partition.
-I used GParted (can boot from USB thumb drive) to set boot-flags of partitions.
-Try to find a real Win Xp SP3 install DVD. Some computershops will give you one for a few bucks, or download it somewhere. You have a proper licence, just no proper install media. The recovery CD sucks. It destroys everything you have worked on.
-Why don’t you abandon Windows on your EeePC? Leopard is much nicer:-)
-You could try running windows in a virtual machine (VMWare, Parallels or VirtualBox).
@Ryan B
Did you fix the Airport issue yet?
@ David
Did you update the bios properly with the modded version ?
Which Eeepc do you have ?
Wow. Awesome tutorial. I love how everything is HERE, no need to go searching. Except for CHUD, but that is easy to find…
Every time I try to boot the CD it is stuck on the White apple screen for more then 1 hour. I type -v and I get read and write error. Does anyone know what might be wrong?
@Jerry Taft
Thanks for pointing out the issue of having to use the Modified Biows from osrom.net. I figured using the newest bios (120?) would negate the need, but as you pointed out every time I would get to the Apple boot screen it would just sit there. How silly am I? Guess I will try it again tonight.
The oddest thing, if I scrapped the hard drive and setup OSX only on my EeePC, then it worked flawlessly. Grrrrr
@Stoobz
I’ll start with the last part first…
Boot Camp will be on your original Leopard disc (I’m assuming you have a legal copy), or if not there then from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bootcampupdate21forwindowsxp.html
Looking at all of your steps, it looks like you’re doing WAY too much work, which is probably why you’re so frustrated…
I had a lot of trouble too, but I know it was because I kept missing steps. Going back to the beginning…did you update with the correct BIOS? It won’t work out of the box. Also, did you set your bios as listed above to start with?
You really shouldn’t need any disc but iDeneb for any of this
After deleting your partitions, did you restart back into Windows (I think it restarts twice if I remember well) for it to do its disk verification and rebuild the tables? If you went straight from changing partitions to mac install, you’ll never see Windows again…:)
@Tom Clarke
ah no way man – I´m happy about every little hint I get
@Ryan B and admin
ok, I tried every possible way now – without success.
-I deleted the small third partition and started from scratch exactly following the tutorial. even when the data-veryfying window disappeared I stayed with it, waiting until it finally finished. at the end it didn´t reboot it just hung.
so I quit the installer via the menu and I had the same problem again: osx works fine, trying to select XP in the bootloader leaves me hanging with an error.
-I booted with a XP-Cd, entering the recovery menu, did the fixmbr and fixboot -no success
-I burned a win98 bootcd which allowed me to run fdsk an set the c:-partition active, but also no success
-did the fixmbr and fixboot afterward again -no success
-then another EeePc-Cd-Recovery
-also I copied, after preformatting the partitions, an osx-image which I created beforehand on my ext. usb-HD back on the “fresh” d:-partition. didn´t work eather.
I´m really getting frustrated here – what am I missing?
another idea was to format the whole eee-disk with hfs+, install ideneb and then use bootcamp to get back to XP.
unfortunately there is no boot camp in the utilities. does anybody know if I can download bootcamp somewhere?
what do you think about this idea? because it´s the last one coming to my mind right now..
again many thnx for all your support!
I fixed my sound problem. Being new to os x I installed Audiee to the wrong location. This has been an enjoyable learning experience.
Now that the sound is working, I wanted to try Garageband to see if that would work, too.
My midi keyboard works well and the software keeps up, but the screen size is off so I can’t see the top or right side and I’m not sure how to adjust it (don’t know the parametes to set in switchresx). Has anyone tried this and can give me the values to display it?
-Ryan
I am having a problem with my sound. When I boot up I have type my password in for Audieee once. Then reggie_se asks for my password six times. I did add Audiee to the “login items”.
Any thoughts advise or is this normal.
@Tammo
I did remove the network one, although there was no entry for Airport. Maybe it didn’t install? And if that’s the case, is it possible to install that without doing a complete OS install?
-Ryan
@stoobz
There are several topics:
The hidden install window is a known issue that can happen.
See in this (old) thread : http://eeepc-osx.wikispaces.com/901 (They were the first to toy with OSX on EEEs):
I had this problem when installing on my 901 back then. I always did try to click rapidly and repeatedly on the zone where the “checking install disk” box should show up and that normally does it for me.
Otherwise follow the steps below and wait it out. It’s quite long (>1 hour) because you can’t cancel the disk check, but at least you can monitor the install in the log box:
If Install Window doesn’t show up:
Window->Installer Log
Window -> Zoom
Window-> Bring all to Front
Installer Log-> Show Errors and Progress
For backup:
I’m using an TrueImage license I had lying around to backup my partitions. It allows you to create a bootcd as well in order to restore a completely shot system.
There are a lot of free tools out there but I’m no expert and the convenient commercial solution works perfectly well for me…
For the MBR:
Boot with an XP CD into the Recovery Console and issue “fixmbr” and/or “fixboot” commands.
@milosh
For file IntelCPUPMDisabler.kext : Yes I took it out as it’s only there to ensure secure upgrades from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5 (and for SnowLeopard there will probably be way more stuff to be done to securely update). I’ll correct it in the Tutorial.
@Stoobz – sorry if it seemed like I was patronising you before. You obviously did follow the instructions.
If I were you (and I did something similar over the weekend), I’d start again from 0. You probably don’t yet have any data on the 1000H that needs saving so I reckon it’s best to get the install done as cleanly as possible now, while you still can.
I am on 1000h, and using latest iDeneb. But I fixed the problem installing one kext at a time. Thanks anyway.
Thanks for a great tutorial. I finally got everything up and running after a few bumps. Here they are…
Make sure you flash with a modified BIOS from osrom.net, otherwise you freeze at the apple logo during bootup.
If you stay with the original Ralink card make sure you disable the Boot Booster in BIOS. When the Wireless Utility appears, click on the Advanced tab and toggle the radio off and then on. Green is ON even thought it says radio off. Go to Site Survey and pick your signal, hit connect button and log on.
Other than that everything went smoothly. Again… Thanks a lot.
@Ryan B
did you try deleting the old preferences files as stated somewhere above in this discussion?
“delete the airport and network-related preferences in /library/preferences/systemconfiguration”
cheers,
@stoobz
I’ve been struggling with that myself…I have no answer for you man…
@Ryan B.
thnx for the answere! I will try this right away tomorrow.
Isn´t it possible to make an Image of my OSX-disk to my external USB-HD, so I won´t have to install everything again?
So I could restore everything with the Asus-Dvd, do the formatting like you mentioned above and then get the image back from my Usb-HD to the internal HD.
Thnx again and good night (I´m in germany..)
@stoobz
Since you’re stuck there, you may want to try this if you can…
Firstly, if you have Partition Magic or some other partitioning utility (Windows is awful), remove the EFI partition – you don’t need it, and if you restore from the disc it rebuilds it anyway
While doing that, take notice of what your partition sizes are (or change them to give yourself more Mac room). After it does its thing and restarts, you’ll want to to the formatting in Windows as mentioned above, then continue on in your steps. An easy point to miss is the formatting in the Mac installer – make sure you change it to Osx – Journaled (as well as choosing the partition who’s size you’re matching).
If the installer doesn’t take the 1st or second time, keep trying – it won’t hurt anything. I had to run it 4 times before it took (occasionally hitting the space bar or touch pad to wake the DVD drive so it would continue – don’t know why that was). It SHOULDN’T corrupt your Windows installation – I believe what’s messing you up is that last partition, though.
Cheers
-RyanB
@Ryan B
ok, I did the whole install 2 times.
having done all the stuff described above, including step 2,
I booted with iDeneb, got through until the final install-button(before the 30min-installation begins). when I hit it, the pop-up for veryfying the installation-data showed for one second, disappeared and nothing else happened. I still was able to click in the top menu, but everything was greyed out. I had to shut it down by pressing the powerbutton.
I think this is when the XP-boot got messed up.
after powering on again, I already wasn´t able to boot XP anymore.
I immediately tried to install OSX again, and this time it worked.
Then I tried to get XP working again and ended up with booting with the recovery-DVD from the eeePC. The outcome was, that the HD got formatted and the eeePC (1000h) was with factorysettings again.
The second time went exactly the same. First try hangs right after hitting the “big” install button, then after switching off via powerbutton, messing up XP and trying again the installation worked flawless.
I installed Refit, hoping to be able to use this bootloader to get to my XP again, but it didn´t work – just the regular bootloader comes up which only lets me get into OSX.
With the refit-partition-analyzer I was able to check my installations. perhaps this helps you in some way to help me to get XP working again: ;=)
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
No GPT partition table present!
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 63 167797412 07 NTFS/HPFS
2 * 167797413 312497513 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 312497514 312573491 ef EFI System (FAT)
MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
Partition at LBA 63:
Boot Code: Windows NTLDR
File System: NTFS
Listed in MBR as partition 1, type 07 NTFS/HPFS
Partition at LBA 167797413:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+, active
Partition at LBA 312497514:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type ef EFI System (FAT)
Does anybody know how I can get Refit to work and replace the other bootloader, so I can boot in XP again?
Thnx!!!
Having another issue…
Received my BCM94321MC, but Mac doesn’t recognize it (Windows just needs the drivers – haven’t spent the time doing that yet – low priority).
I had thought I read that one was supposed to work out of the box, but Airport Utility gives me the message “Airport utility was unable to find any Apple wireless devices. Please make sure the Apple wireless device you want to set up is plugged in and in range of your computer, then click rescan and try again.”
Anyone?
-Ryan
@milosh
A little more info such as hardware/ideneb version, etc…?
Most of the guys on here have the 1000h, and I ran into problems with my ha that they didn’t have, so that is good info when diagnosing a problem
@stoobz
I had to restore myself (then re-partition, then reinstall osx). I wish I remember where this happened – do you remember what the last change was before this happened so it can be documented here?
@everyone
This may be a noob question, but are only SOME jump drives bootable? I’ve tried to load OSX on 2 flash drives and 1 portable hard drive, but in the Leopard installer they’re not selectable
Cheers
-Ryan
@Tom
I did it exactly like in the tutorial.
I left XP on the first partition..
I tried to install OSX(on the second partition) one time before, but as soon as I hit the install osx-button (right before the actual installing of 30min happens) the pop-up-window for veryfying the install-disk showed like 1 second, and then everything hanged. I had to turn it of via the powerbutton, and then the xp was already inaccessible
Then I tried to install it again and it worked without a problem, just that XP wont boot if I choose so.
I think I just have to get the master-boot-record fixed, could that be? and how do I do this in my situation?
Thnx for all the help!!
@Stoobz – you need to install OSX onto another partition: you can’t have both OSs one one. If you follow step (2) properly, you shouldn’t have any problems.
hi all,
I finally got everything working, just one thing is screwed up:
If I choose windows in the beginning when the bootloader comes up, I get an error saying can´t read disk.
Can I fix this somehow? I tried once with the eeePc-Cd but it reformatted and reinstalled the hd back to the factory-settings and all the OSX was gone.
thnx in advance for any help! almost there!!!
I’ve also noticed that the file intelCPUPMDisabler.kext is not present in the v0.6 Base zip file that I’ve downloaded. Is it still required? The file is mentioned in this article just after the tutorial (in the contents of the base zip file).
After installing kexts (the second step, after about my mac) and restarting the computer, mac boots, the blue screen appears (without a mouse pointer, top menu or icons), and that’s it. I tried manually restarting, but the same thing happens. Entering safe mode doesn’t help either.
Help?
@solnyshok
i have to correct myself. after a reboot the System-Profiler of my 1000h gives a more realistic 6283mAh value for max. battery capacity.
@solnyshok
Check your battery in the System-Profiler. It gives you current Volage, remaining and max capacitiy in mAh of your battery. Even though I seriously doubt these values are 100% correct (esp. the max. capacity), the way the figures get lower while running on battery might help you isolate the cause.
On my 1000h the battery is reported to have a max. capacity of 4200mAh (even though 6600mAh is printed on the acual battery). I get about 4-5hrs of batt. life.
@everybody
please report your experiences with the speedstep-kexts reported above by Nik on Nov. 20th
hi, I am in strange situation, where I have performed all tweaks discussed here for acpi controls, my wifi, speedstep, brightness and sound, quartz, are working well. but. Seemingly everybody enjoys some 4-6 hours of working time (when throttled to 800mhz and low voltage) but I am only getting about 1.5h even with low voltage and 800mhz. any idea what could be wrong? (I do have wireless usb mouse and sd card in the card reader, but I doubt that it could reduce running time so dramatically)
hi everyone,
does anybody know, if the Broadcom BCM4311 Wi-Fi-card is working like the BCM94321MC?
and many thnx for the incredible work you guys are doing!
Tammo,
Thank you once again. I wasn’t clicking on those little triangles. Now I am on my way again. I would not have done it without your help. Thanks!!!
@Bub
you have to expand these categories. Double klick, or klick at the arrow next to the name to do this. You´ll get more item to choose from once you´ve done that.
@totololo – VLC is a preference thing, I guess. It’s far more versatile than QT (out of the box), but more importantly, it’s a piece of software that I like and enjoy using. Fortunately…
@Robbie – Got it working! Thanks to you for your hint, re: QuartzExtreme. It wasn’t activated. Following some advice found elsewhere, I did the ‘Activate QuartzExtreme’ install process a 2nd time and got it working. I also accidentally installed some Kext I didn’t need and ended up only able to boot in safe mode. Deleted the bad Kexts, reinstalled the right ones and restarted (with fingers crossed, as the Kext Helper app recommends!). Boot went fine, QuartzExtreme is now supported and VLC plays my DivX files perfectly!
Thanks for your help.
Tammo
I want to thank you for your help and encouragement. I burned a new image based on the link you gave me however I continue to have the same problem. When I get to part 3 I select the drive and click continue. I get the “install summary” screen, and click “customize” but I only get the following options…
Language translations
additional fonts
x11
patches 10.5.5 ready
application
I do not get the options given in 3.3 of this guide. Therefore the install failed. Thanks for your help though.
@Tom
VLC works here, displays fine on either internal display or external HD TV. Try deleting VLC preferences, or look into the VLC-Preferences, Video, Outputmodule. Here, it says “Standard”. Also check if QuartzExtreme is activated in (System-Profiler, Hardware/Graphics).
Hahaha !
I’m over the moon too !!!
@ Puni :
You cannot really install OSX on the OLD version of the 901.
Because of the SSD, too small (for the 4Go SSD) and too slow (for the 8Go).
On the new 901 you habe the 8700 mAh battery. I get about 7hours wifi ON at 800 MHz.
@Tom :
Do you really need VLC or MPlayer on OSX ?
Quicktime should work just fine with Perian and flip4mac …
@ everybody :
I believe that you cannot really turn wifi OFF with the Ralink driver. Because the blue LED just stay ON all the time … I guess the wifi card is still powered but just “disconnected”
Am I wrong ?
Thanks for the useful guide – I have everything working (nearly) and I’m just over the moon to have an ultra portable Mac for only €400!
One weird problem that I haven’t found anywhere else is that VLC doesn’t display video, only a black window. Sound works fine, and video works in MPlayer, so I suspect that this is fixable… if you have nay idea, please let me know.
How long OSX working with speedstep (800mhz) and battery 6600mAh (wifi on/off)?
@Bud
this is the one i downloaded, works like a charm
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4416216/iDeneb_v1.3_(Mac_OS_X_Leopard_10.5.5)
Tammo, I am going to give it one more try. I am going to start over from the very beginning by downloading iDeneb 1.3 again. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks again.
@Bud
They should be there, maybe you dled a fake one, don´t know what else could be wrong.
sorry,
Tammo
Tammo, I really appreciate the help you have offered. I checked the iso image and it is iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5
I previously made an image of iDeneb 1_10.5.4 So I went back to that iso image. Neither seem to give me the options listed in this guide when I get to “customize.” I don’t know what I am doing wrong.
@Bud
you may have dled the wrong disk image. be sure to get “iDeneb 1.3″ this might very well be the cause.
without the above options os x wont boot.
When I get to “customize” I only get the following options…
Language translations
additional fonts
x11
patches 10.5.5 ready
application
I do not get the options given in 3.3 of this guide. Therefore the install failed. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for the response Tammo. I could not find the “option” button so I proceeded with the install. I was able to select the customize button but the options you mentioned and that this guide mentioned were not there for me. I continued with the install and at the end the OSX would not boot.
@Bud
The “option” option wasn´t there for me too. I just proceeded with the install.
Are you sure that you chose all the extentions from 3.3 correctly before the actual installing process was started?
especially those:
Select the following options:
* Chipsets and check ICHx Fixed..
* Fix and check FireWire Remove
* Video/Intel and check the box for GMA950.
I missed this the first time and got hung up after installation just as you described.
cheers, keep on trying!
I guess I am giving up. I feel I have an above average knowledge regarding computers but I am not having much success installing this on my 1000h. I have tried three times but with no success. When I get to the partitioning of the hard drive I do not get the options button. I was able to continue but at the end of the install the Apple screen come up but hangs there.
I burned a new DVD which let me begin the install process. I got to the point that says…be sure you can select the drive and select “Partition”. Press Options and you should see that the drive is partitioned as MBR$.
I selected the drive but could but did not see a partition option nor did I not see an options button. Any help for what I am doing wrong?
@Whiletrue & Nik
As you can see I’m currently connected to a WPA enterprise network. No problem.
Info from the system profiler for the Airport Card:
—–
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0×88)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.11)
Current Wireless Network: eduroam
Wireless Channel: 1
——–
Older than nik’s but still working just fine.
Cheers
I have been reading for weeks and now I am attempting this. I am at step three; installing the osx on my 1000h however it says…reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.
When I insert the DVD and press a key my 1000h boots from the hard drive into XP. I can’t get it to boot and load the osx. Maybe I did not create a proper ISO. Any advice?
@Whiletrue
This effect can happen if you don’t completely wipe the config files as suggested above.
My Broadcom shows :
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.38.9)
Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available
Nik
@whiletrue
wierd,… especially because i´ll be getting the same card soon.
will report back asa i got and tried it. would appreciate if you could do the same when you fixed the error i might run into as well.
cheers
@Tammo : I already try this. For me it’s different, i can connect to unprotected wireless network, but i can’t to wpa and wep protected wifi.
@John
Didn’t see that you got your broadcom working, so just wanted to add the suggestion of running the Bootcamp utility on another mac to make the XP drivers disc – it should be on there at that point, and you can just load it from there.
@Whiletrue
try this:
http://www.enik.ch/2008/10/osx-leopard-1055-on-the-eee-1000h/#comment-244
@Robbe and Nik :
For my broadcom WiFi card, it is this one :
http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/BCM94321MC-270mbps-mini-pci-e-Inspiron-E1405-E1505-5100_W0QQitemZ370113035455QQihZ024QQcategoryZ61816QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
I have problem to connect to protected wifi networks (wep and wpa). The card is recognise as an Airport card but in the Network section of System information, it says that it is an “Third-party wifi card”.
nik : is the card the same as yours ? I searched BCM94321MC on eBay like you said. Do you have the same problem as me ?
The kernel is Darwin 9.5.0 and i don’t reinstall iDeneb 1.3 when i changed the wifi card.
And i didn’t install the IONetworkingFamily.kext
Should i ?
@totololo
Good to know, thanks.
Nik
Thanks folks for your work.
Just a note :
On my 901, if I activate the boot booster option in the bios … my wifi will not work, the Ralink driver will not activate and the Ralink App will tell me “No device !”.
But without boot booster it works like a charm !
@Tammo
The answer should have gone to @Rene and not to you…
Thanks for your last reply
I think it is important that I keep this tutorial (and the one on ipis as well) up to date so that newbies don’t have to wade through hundreds of comments before finding the right answer.
Nik
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Added instructions for working Speedstep (not Coolbook!)
Slither2007 over at ipis-osx has had the courage to try Superhais speedstep kexts and they work perfectly.
I’ve been trying for two days now and it is really great (adds some 30 min of battery live).
The tutorial was originally here : http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-106649/speedstep-works-no-more-coolbook
@admin
thats exactly what the guide tells you to do…:)
OSX ON EEEPC 901 NEW VERSION IS FABULOUS !
You know that Asus just replaced the battery and the SSD in the new EeePC 901.
The battery is now a 8700 MAh (6600 before) and the SSD is just ONE 16 Gb FAST SSD (before, wee had a quite slow 4 Gb and a very slow 8 Gb).
On this machine, OSX runs very very well :
BOOT TIME IS ONLY 30 SECONDS (with boot booster enabled)
BATTERY LIFE IS ABOUT 7 h WIFI ON, BROWSING THE NET (moderate backlight, CPU speed fixed at 800 MHz)
Overall, it feel very snappy, but sometimes, at 800 MHz, with multiple and heavy pages open, Safari an show some slowdowns (nothing bad, just be patient).
With these settings the maachine runs very cool and very quiet (you need to set speedstep on “disabled” in the bios, so the machine manage the fan by itself).
@Tammo
The problem is that the guide is for a specific 1000h.
The provided rc.* scripts under point 3.4.7 don’t work on some machines and I jsut forgot to put it in the Tutorial.
What you’ll have to do is to
– Execute the command:
sudo reggie_se -x -D PentiumM
– Look for the line number that says “Display controller: display”
– Open your two rc.* files and put the right number in:
sudo reggie_se -D PCI -i [your number] …
The rc.sleep saves the actual brightness to a file and rc.wakeup restores the brightness.
I’ll update the guide…
Nik
@admin
may be a nice improvement in the guide to link the above thread to fix the black screen after wakeup in the corresponding section of this guide.
@totololo & rene
go there and follow the instructions very precisely, especially in 4.
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-103217/brightness-control-summery-and-instructions
@ Rene …
I know there is a very long discussion here, so it’s maybe difficult to locate, but this is a known bug, explained somewhere in the posts above.
How to deal with it ?
Simply hit Fn and F4 like to increase the backlight. It should turn ON your screen.
May I suggest you a way to make easier you reading in such a case ?
Just use the search in the page funcion of your web browser (Ctrl F or option F) with selected keywords, like “sleep” or “wake” or “screen”. It’s especially convenient with Safari.
Hello, this is directed to whoever can help me out.
I installed everything in the BASE and OPTIONAL packages, when i close my eeePC and it goes into sleepmode, i press a button to bring it out of sleep mode, and it seems to come out of sleep mode because the hard drive and wireless light come back on, but the screen stays off….It wont come back on until i unplug and plug in the AC adapter…If anyone knows how to fix this your help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
@John
someone mentioned a couple of websites in one of the posts above.
just take some time and look through them.
cheers
Forgot to mention I need drivers for XP. Leopard is working flawlessly. Fast and I never lose my connection.
Does anyone have working drivers for the broadcom BCM94321MC wireless card?
The ones I’ve tried either don’t work or are very slow. I’m talking about 56kbps (dial up speed).
If you’ve got working drivers which way did you install them? Through device manager (update drivers) or through the .exe?
Thanks
@totololo
You are welcome.
would be great if you could at least anticipate how much additional battery time you get with the tool.
@Tammo
Yeah !
Thxxxxxx Tammo !!!
It does work ! … i will see how much battery life i get now …
Thankyou Tammo, i will try it soon !
@totololo
exactly this is possible with the app that admin (nik) posted about three posts up.
Go to this post http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=474c6b2d07305d33d55243299e2f49fd&showtopic=123774 and follow the instructions. There is a nice howto at the authors website.
slainte,
Tammo
Thankyou guys (and maybe girls) for your answers. And a special thank you again Niklaus !
I don’t see where i did wrong with coolbook installation … maybe i will wait until someone write a nice guide …
I just noticed that if i disable speedstep in bios, the machine controls the fan automaticaly, so it’s not so bad … but the fan runs fast and noisy when i use the new Magnetosphere animation in fullscreen in iTunes … or anytime i use powersucking softs !
I just miss the ability to tell the machine “Be slow but keep batterylife maximized and minimal noise” or “Be as fast as possible and don’t worry about batterylife”
By the way, with these settings, i can achieve between 5 and 6,5 hours batterylife with my 901, the new model with fast 16Gb SSD and 8700MAh battery …
Hy there,
i found that particular entry as well and allready installed the tool.
What i found is that there is an improvement of about 30minutes. Even better the temperatures a the lower side of the 1000h is significantly reduced.
The author is still working on the tool, so maybe there will be future improvements at speedstep.
slainte
Tammo
Guys,
Trying to catch up a bit…
@All
I stumbled over this post at ipis-osx (http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-98321/speedstep-coolbook-power-management) and implemented it successfully.
It gives you full speedstep functionality AND conserves the possibility to sleep and wake OSX.
For the moment I cannot say if there is a big impact on battery life. But I can tell you the following:
– CoolBook (which I bought) seems to have no noticeable effect on battery life whatsoever.
– Dimming your screen by three of four steps noticeably improves the battery life (must have the AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer kext installed)
I’ll write it up in an article as soon as I have some time. Unfortunately I’m very busy at the moment.
@Puni
1. Sorry no, I don’t know how to do it and over at ipis-osx they are already discussing it.
But if franckly don’t think that it makes sense as the configs/kexts/tweaks change all the time (just look at this thread).
2. No the battery lasts for about 3-3.5 hours (see the first part of my comment)
3. The “special effects” are not something that slows down your OSX as they are not really effects but mere functions called when you press the key (it’s not as Aero in Vista which is hogging the hell out of your memory)
@Fate
First, it seems that there are some problems with the fact that the Celeron has a frequency below 1GH and OSX gets all upset about the whole timing – your timing will be all over the place and extremely unstable with the vanilla kernel.
There is a specific kernel (google for voodoo kernel) that could one day correct this… You’re on your own on this one, sorry..
Second, I don’t remember (I went through too many EEEs 701,900,901,1000h), but I think that you only have 4GB primary which will not allow you to install directly to it.
You’ll have to install to to the second 16GB SSD which is painfully slow (especially on the 900).
Third, if you can’t stand XP, install EEEbuntu, I used it on my 900 back then and it really works well.
If you’re more of a hacker type you can also install Ubuntu 8.10 with the specific kernel (see here: http://www.liliputing.com/2008/11/installing-ubuntu-810-on-an-eee-pc.html)
Cheers,
Nik
Hello Niklaus:
1. Thank you for your good work. Can You create a similar compilation OSX as msiwindosx86.iso for separate asus100H?
2. Does the future of the battery will work longer as the WindowsXP about 5h-6h? (speedstep/lowstep)?
3. Are the specjal effects OSX (ex. F8, F11, F12..) hang/suspend under work of this procesor Atom N270? Slow down?
Great guide, got everything working with a little poking and tweaking.
Even the brightness failure after sleep was not that diffult to fix with one of the posts at the ipis forum.
@Alex:
I´m still using the Ralink utility with the original wifi card.
In one of your posts here, you mentioned a script that automatically restarts the ralink utility. Do you remember where to look for it, or do you even have a link? Would be of great help.
thxs
@totololo
fist, i installed coolbook (unregistered). I think it did not show correct freq/voltage
then, i installed IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext. Coolbook now gave correct freq/voltage
after a while i thought i’d register. followed instructions. worked fine.
most other modded kexts i took from various sources, not here, though.
Ahhh …
And would you mind to tell me how you installed it, what version ?
Did you use the kext ? if yes, how did you install it after or before installing coolbook ?
I’m probably just doing something stupid somewhere …
And if don’t have time to answer all these boring questions, it’s ok anyway !
@totololo
yes, coolbook seems to work fine. I’ve not yet measured battery life improvement, though. It automatically changes CPU freuqency and voltage, according to demand. At least thats whateht controller app says. The EeePC/Mac does not feel any different. I did not have to patch anything. I am sorry to say I have no idea why it does not work on your system.
@Robbe : I found it, is was the router. I upgraded the firmware and now it’s working ! Thanks
Robbe, may i ask you if you succeded to install Coolbook ?
@ Whiletrue
sorry, but the ebay-link is dead. The “Third-party network card”-entry is not normal. In my Systemprofiler, the card is listed as “AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0×88)” and its firmware as “Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.25.8)” which is nearly exatcly the same info (one byte differs) as the Systemprofiler of my “real” Mac reports. You might be out of luck with your card.
@Fate
The Celeron CPU does not support SSE3, so try booting the the install DVD with a modded Kernel. I don’t know their names, but you might easily get some more information on insanelymac. As for everything else regarding the installation, you certainly need to find a guide for your model, as it differs from the 1000h, like totololo said.
Well, if you can stand XP (i undersand and feel the same), i think it would be easier to install Ubuntu …
omg!then do i have any method to install os x on 900?i really can’t stand xp…
Hi FATE, maybe i’m wrong but i believe this step by step install is good only for Asus EeePC 901 or 1000 …
As the 900 have a very different architecture … maybe it’s simply not possible to use this method …
hello i have an eeepc 900,which has a celeron 900M cpu
when i boot up with ideneb dvd,it runs into a screen,showing “PLEASE REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER”
everytime i boot from dvd got the same result,what can i do ?
more information from above problem :
the card is this one : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220301896436
Hello,
I’ve brought the broadcom card and i have a problem :
I can connect if to a network without security but not with a wep protected network…
Can you help me ?
The system see the Airport card as an “Third-party network card.” Is it normal ?
Thanks
Whiletrue
Hi !
First a huge THANK YOU !!! for all this work !
Thanks to you i was able to install OSX on my 901 … and it works very well .
There is only one thing that doesn’t work for me :
CoolBook.
I purchased it, installed it, and installed your “IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext” with Kexthelper.
But when i try to use i, CooBook shows voltages and frequencies, but i cannot change any setting, they are all greyed.
I tried to register, but it keeps telling me this :
“Could not save default value.
If you are using CoolBook 1.x, uninstall it, and try again.”
and sometimes, it tells me that it cannot find “Pah 2″
Does anybody know this problem ?
Thanks …
@Puni
My EeePC/Mac 1000h drives the VGA input of a 720p HDTV (1,280×720) without problems. However, mirroring is not supported (causes both screens to be illegible, so when I tried I could only get my screen back by booting from an USB drive and deleting the monitor preferences). Two screen “spanning” works just fine, though. I use it to watch/record/timeshift EyeTV on my HDTV. VLC and Quicktime also work fine with screen spanning. It turnes even more comfortable with a remote control (eg. the Sony Bluetooth Blueray for PS3) and RemoteBuddy.
Enik – very good work! Thanks! Big question:
Is it working external LCD display resolution 1280x…or small?
That did it! I don’t think I deleted enough last time haha…
Thanks =)
@Tim
It is strange, because *exactly* the same (eg. the emtpy triangle) happened to me when I exchanged my ralink to the broadcom card. But, like I said above, deleting the files in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ helped. Just be careful that if you modified com.apple.Boot.plist don’t delete it. The other files will be automatically recreated with standard values after a reboot.
I am still having problems getting wifi to automatically connect after restart/sleep. I am using the real broadcom airport card, and can connect, but have to do it manually. I was originally using the ralink card before switching, but I think I managed to delete the application (I am new to OS X, so if I need to do anything else please help me =)).
What do I need to do to fix it? I tried deleting my settings and reinitiating but either I did it wrong or it didn’t work.
Also, even though I have a strong signal, I am just getting an empty wifi signal triangle in the status bar. Any idea why that would be?
Thanks! I love it so far =)
Tim
@Nik
Thanks, I thought it would be the two different versions, like you said.
I tried installing most of the latest extensions, but could get nowhere (would not boot). It seems I have previously installed something that has dependencies. I have to investigate further, but so far have reverted to my old setup again. I’d love to have the powermanagement-features you mentioned such as reliable battery meter readings, and wake-up by pressing power button, though,
What have I learned? Keep some kind of documentation what you install when and where, and where you got it from.
Trying to chatch up a bit after a night of sleep
@Robbe
The OPTIONAL AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kexts contains the “one byte hack” from ipis and corrects the issue with the Function-Brightness keys not working.
I did not include it in the BASE package as you have to install some additional stuff in order to have the screen turn on after sleep and some noobs might have problems replacing/modifying rc.* files
@Ryan B
kextHelper backups and then deletes the old kext before installing the new one (I’d suggest you all click on the “Advanced” checkbox and you’ll see exactly what it’s doing) so you don’t have to remove the old one by hand.
Camera: it seems that there are different models used in the eee PC’s (even on the same model) and that you’re out of luck for the moment (nothing to do with your kernel – see this thread:)
Sleepwatcher: did you install both packages? If not redo the whole install following the new 3.4.7 chapter.
And the “message” from “Tim” is just spam and surely not directed to you (unless the guy has some problems typing and rpdkl@laghz.com is a valid email
@Everybody
FYI: I won’t delete the comment from Tim in this thread (I’ll delete the one the other threads) in order to leave the discussion flow intact.
In the future I’ll delete them right away if you don’t mind, so don’t comment/flame on unimportant/insulting/stupid comments so I can delete them without harming discussion coherence and integrity of this blog.
Thanks for your attention,
Nik
WOOT! Just got my bcm94321mc from ebay. Apple found it automatically and it works perfectly. Took 2 min to install and now I’ve finally got wireless working on ideneb.
I was having problems finding the driver for XP and stumbled on this website. After doing a clean install I installed the drivers and it wouldn’t connect. There is was an yellow arrow in device manager and couldn’t get past that.
http://forums.msiwind.net/post34344.html?sid=9a526e83bac96e120c61542a7ee9bb88#p34344
More searching led me to the HP website:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-53245-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3446945&os=228
Installed fine. Wireless connection popped up in the network connections window. Found many connections but when I tried to connect but was having an error message pop up…
“Windows is unable to connect to the selected Network. The Network may no longer be in range.”
After some more researching found a thread saying open up IE, go to internet options, click connections, click lan setting and check the box that says automatically detect settings. And now I can breathe. It works and it’s fast.
Of course I’m sure there are better drivers that don’t require all that research so some options would be welcome.
Again thanks admin and all for the help. Love Leopard and my next laptop may very well be an Apple (if they come down in price).
@Tim
…Was that directed to me?
edit – and the sleep/wake
I installed the sleepwatcher that was in the “Brightness Control Fix” folder, but that didn’t do it
When I have a flash drive in…best way I can describe it…the led on the drive flashes like it does when the computer is shutting down or going into sleep.
The screen looks like it’s trying to, but it never reaches sleep
-Ryan
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EDIT from admin: This is Spam – I’ll let it go for coherence of the discussion…
@Robbe
Thanks – that helped
Alright!
I’ve got everything working now except the camera (unless it’s not SUPPOSED to work in Photobooth) and wifi, but I’m still waiting for my wifi card in the mail
Kernel is 9.2.2
Does that make the difference on the camera?
-Ryan
@Ryan B
I don’t know how kexthelper works, I haven’t used it so far, will try, though. What I mean with saying that it does a backup is that I suppose it would replace the old kext with the new one, hence it would not require removing the old one, But I am argueing purely based on logic, not experience.
@Robbe
Thanks for the help.
I think you misunderstood my kext question, though – does the old kext have to be removed before installing/replacing with the new one?
@nik
Sorry to bother you, but I just noticed there are two AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kexts in the install packs, one in the ordinary and one in the optional install pack. Are they identicial or does only the optional one contain the ipsis one-byte hack?
Thanks!
@Ryan B
Sorry you are having troubles. When you boot up you can do two things after pressing F8. type “-v” to boot with lots of messages appearing on your screen which can tell you more about where your problem is rooted. Also, at the same boot prompt, you can simply enter the name of your old kernel, eg “mach_kernel_backup” (it must be in /) to boot using your old kernel.
Regarding your installation of system.kext with kexthelper, I think the program automatically does a backup of your old files.
Hey all
I am having trouble installing the other kernel/kext
I’ve gotten them from my Intel iMac, copied the mach_kernel to root via Terminal, and installed the System.kext via kext helper.
When I do this and restart, I get stuck on the white apple logo screen forever. I’ve reinstalled twice to the same effect…I must be missing something.
Do I need to remove the old system.kext before installing the new one, or could the problem be something else?
Cheers
-Ryan
@Nik
Does the fix for brightness control in your latest collection (thanks!) “New PostInstallPackage version (V 0.6)” originate from the ipsis one-byte hack of AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext or is it something different?
@Ryan
That’s what my wife always tells me when I by her a new purse
Let me know if it works out OK.
With this Package I really got almost everything working.
I just miss native Speedstep (use CoolBook instead), Microphones and Ethernet (use the MacBook Air adapter).
I’m pretty happy, and even TimeMahine works through a AirportExpress Disk.
Nik
@Nik
“I uploaded a new version of the PostInstallPackage which corrects and adds some stuff (Sound, Brightness control, remaining battery after sleep) and adjusted the article.”
How can anyone not love you?
-Ryan
@Everybody
I uploaded a new version of the PostInstallPackage which corrects and adds some stuff (Sound, Brightness control, remaining battery after sleep) and adjusted the article.
Cheers,
Nik
@Stephen Collins
I had similar problems with my iMac and a cheap Zyxel router. My EeeMac doesn’t show the same behaviour, actually it connects better than the original Mac. I improved reliability a bit by upgrading the firmware of the router, which was outdated.
For solving network problems with your EeeMac, I recommend deleting your prefences, disabling ipv6 and giving a fixed ip. Most routers let you modify the ip-adr. range of their dhcp-servers, so you could give the dhcp clients a range from eg. 10.0.1.10-10.0.1.255 which allows you to give your EeeMac a lower ip in the range from 10.0.1.2-10.0.1.9.
If you want to use your EeeMac in other places with other wifi networks, you can configure two locations, one for home (with a fixed ip), one for the rest of the world (automatic).
Maybe changing routers also helps. I am still saving for a new one, 802.1n with integrated dsl modem and usb port for nas. There are not many modell on the market and they aren’t so cheap either
@Chun Hole
Could you please elaborate what exactly “SUX”?
If it’s just to use foul language on this blog you’ll be banned in a second.
Thank you for your understanding.
Nik
@Trib
I have the same problem (from time to time) when using with my linksys router.
When using with my Airport Extreme there is no problem.
Have you tried power-cycling your router (routers cache IP Address – MAC Address pairs for a certain time)?
Nik
It SUX!!!
I’ve installed one of the BCM cards that I bought from eBay. It works out of the box insofar as it’s recognised and it sees and connects to the network.
But it only ever gets a self-assigned IP address. It’s like it won’t wait for the DHCP server…
Any ideas?
Thanks guys – I’ll work on that this morning.
Also, FYI – Buy.com has a 904ha for $350. I don’t know if this will work too or not, but wanted to share just in case.
Here’s the link:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=209708382&adid=17653&dcaid=17653
@Ryan B
3) The System.kext is in the /System/Library/Extensions folder on your iMac.
To copy it, you either drag and drop it with Finder to/from an external disk/stick or you can use cp -R /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext /Volumes/MY_EXTERNAL_DISK.
In order to install kexts I highly recommend using kextHelper (from the PostInstallPackage from the tutorial).
Just drag and drop it in the app, enter your password and hit “Easy Install”.
If you want to learn the stuff that goes on under the hood, check the “Advanced” checkbox.
4) You can repair permissions with the following command in the Terminal:
sudo diskutil repairpermissions /Volumes/YOUR_DISK_NAME/
@Ryan B
The forum somehow did not copy everything I typed. In 1), you will have to type “sudo cp place_and_name_of_new_kernel /”
@Ryan B
I’m afraid I don’t have time to give you step by step directions. I also had to learn it by searching forums. Also, I don’t wont to be responsible for screwing up your machine because I misstyped something. However, to answer your questions:
1) You don’t need to be in single-user mode. Boot up normally, enter the terminal and type “sudo cp /”. Don’t forget to rename the old kernel before! “sudo mv mach_kernel mach_kernel_backup” (just an example)
2) You will find the combo update on apple webpage. However, if you have an (intel) iMac at hand, just take it form there. You will find it there: /mach_kernel
3) Yes, i took the same file (actually, it is a directory, which makes copying and setting of permissions a little more difficult) Find one of the tutorials on how to install a system extension.
4) To set permissions of files, you have to use the commands “chmod” and “chown”. Type “man chmod” or “man chown” to get help. In my case, I typed “sudo chmod 644 mach_kernel” and “sudo chown root:wheel mach_kernel”. Repairing file permissions is something different, however, it might actually do the job, too, but I’m not sure. It is like shooting a sparrow with a pumpgun, though. Usually, people repair file permissions using Apples Disk Utility.
PS: My EeeMac booted fine just with a new kernel, without installing the matching system.kext. So you can install that later if you like. The problem was (with my install) that I couldn’t mount any usb-devices anymore. This bug disappeared after I installed the matching system.kext
Good luck!
@Robbe
Thanks! That looks like great information, but can you be a bit more detailed for me? I’m WAAAAY to new to this to follow you. Here’s what I don’t understand:
1) how does one copy a file into the root directory? I’m assuming it’s in single-user mode, but I don’t know any commands other than what Nik told me above
2) mach_kernel where would I find the combo update on my other mac? I’ve installed Pacifist, so I’m ready – but don’t know where to look
3) is the */*/system.kext ALSO on my imac (Leopard 10.5.5) somewhere that I can copy it from?
4) Is restoring permissions done by
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
passwd root
or is it something else?
Thanks for all the help!
-Ryan
@Ryan B
Installing a new kernel is easy. Simply copy the file “mach_kernel” into the root directory / of your MacOS volume. Give it the the correct permissions (like the old kernel). You should rename your old kernel to something easy to remember so you still have a bootable install if something goes wrong.
You should also install the matching /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext, which is a little more difficult. You will find tutorials “How to install a system extension” which explain the process.
iDeneb 1.3 comes with the most recent 9.5 kernel, so you will find it on the disc. The 10.5.5 combo update from Apple should also include the files. I took mine from a “real” Mac. The software Pacifist will help you extract them.
If anything goes wrong while booting, hit the F8 key enter the bootloader menu. You will be able to eg. boot into your old kernel (if you remember the name you gave the file) using a simple command. Hit “?”, which will explain a lot.
If you screw up, a bootable installation of MacOS X on an external USB disc will be of great value.
Good luck!