User:Tom
From OSx86
I'm using a Asrock 4CoreDual Motherboard with Kalyway 10.5.2 (Leopard), with combo update to 10.5.6.
Update: Macdrive on Windows Vista has corrupted my Kalyway Installation, i had to reinstall (possible fix). Now i'm using iPC X-DL 10.5.6, updated to 10.5.8.
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[edit] Thoughts about buying a notebook
Seems as if Apple is specially limiting OSX86 to normal PCs, keeping the graphics drivers for notebooks (mobility versions) at a very few level.
[edit] Bug 1: No action after large file transfer
copying many files (>8 GB) -> network stops working, applications don't respond anymore, even shutdown isn't possible (no dock, only background image is shown, but no switching off) -> you have to manually disconnect power cord
[edit] Possible Explanations
- Harddisk Journaling problem
- too much "load" (a bit similar to Bug 2)
- problems with UDMA
[edit] Bug 2: Network dropping
Network drops after a while. Little Snitch shows outbound traffic, but no data is received. There is no exact connection between time, data transfered, but it's liklier with more traffic generated (100mb can be enough!).
Update I bought a Apple USB Ethernet Adapter/PartNr MB442Z/A (~30€) from Amazon. No more dropouts (since 5 months)!
This issue is showing with:
- VIA Rhine II (onboard) adapter, ViaRhine.kext.
- Realtek RTL8139 nic, several different kexts.
[edit] Workarounds
- reboot (temporal fix)
- or boot with startup argument cpus=1 at darwin, but of course only one core
[edit] Possible explanations
The research shows, that users have this problems only with OSX Leopard.
[edit] Leopard network buffer
It seems to be a network buffer issue, at least some ppl report, that changing network settings (MTU-size, full/half-duplex,...) sometimes works.
[edit] Leopard multithreading
It seems to be a network buffer issue, perhaps generated by a different multithreading behaviour of Leopard <-> Tiger (this explains, why cpus=1 helps).
[edit] Weblinks
- [1] Thread Network Connection Drop & 'Self Assigned ip' Problem. at Insanelymac
[edit] USB Problems
Mass-Storage USB doesn't work, if kernel version differs from system.kext (mind also seatbelt.kext!).
uname -a cat /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/Info.plist
[edit] Itunes Issues
If you get an -50 error in iTunes if you try a play a bought song from the Store and have to activate your Hackintosh, it might be because you don't have an en0 network device (see ifconfig).
[edit] Fix
If you have this issue, you can remove the network settings in OSX save mode:
a) boot with -x -s in the darwin bootloader
b)
mount -uw / rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.network.identification.plist rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
d) Reboot
[edit] Windows keyboard layout
to use a legacy keyboard see [2]
