Comments on: Mac OSX on Lenovo S10 Revisited

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:33 +0000

I’m having the same issue with the video scrambling. I tried to re-run the netbookinstaller and when I hit install it says “select target volume” but nothing happens when I got o select the “volume” from the drop down menu at the top. I’ve been running 10.5.6 for weeks just fine and tried to download and install 10.5.8 from the “software update” right from the mac. Do I need the usb drive with the installer disk image plugged in? What and I missing?

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By: Pete Mazzarese

Pete Mazzarese — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:31:59 +0000

EVERYTHING WORKS! EVEN THE MIC!!!!
Here’s my setup in case some are having trouble

Have S10 running 10.5.8 using Mechdrew’s Netbook Installer guide # 1 which uses Netbookmaker/ NetbookInstaller 0.8.3 RC2
http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/nbi1.shtml
(Installed with my 10.5.0 retail disk then updated using 10.5.8 combo updater via USB drive)
Had to do the mach_kernel trick at startup to be able to boot the first time and remove “.10.5.6″ from com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra folder.
Rebooted
Everything worked on the spot except Ethernet (of course) and mic. Sound worked beautifully.

Found a lovely patch here–>
http://s10lenovo.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3249

and did the following with perfect results…

1. Deleted AppleAzaliaAudio.kext from /Extra/S10Ext folder – authenticated
2. Dropped VoodooHDA.kext into /Extra/S10Ext folder – authenticated
3. Dropped VoodooHDA.prefPane into System/Library/PreferencePanes folder
4. Ran UpdateExtra app in the /Extra folder
5. Reboot
6. Followed bsiv’s setup instructions….
“Go to System Preferences > Sound > Input, set level of the Mic to MAX.
Configure VoodooHDA in System Preferences with these settings:
Speaker to 90%
Mic to 100%
iMix to <10%
Recording Level to 40%
Monitor to 100%"
VOILA! Perfectly working internal mic!

Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work on this!

Pete

By: meklort

meklort — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:29:48 +0000

Hey,
Just an update for you about the S10 status.
I’ve uploaded a new version (0.8.2 RC4) that enables sleep and audio without any user intervention. I’m currently having it instal a patched version of AppleAzaliaAudio to get sound so you will only have internal speakers.
You can still install VoodooHDA or Audeee if you want to, but now at least you will have audio from the start (w/ a 10.5.6+ dvd, otherwise once you update to 10.5.6+).

By: PiddlyD

PiddlyD — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:57:31 +0000

http://www.s10lenovo.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=862&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

22. to get fans working in 10.5.6 replace the depency in AppleACPIThermal.kext
to do this edit: /S/L/E/AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleACPIThermal.kext/Contents/Info.plist
and change the depency version below the key com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform to 1.2.4 (from 1.2.1)

Not sure exactly what this means or exactly how to do it, but I think it means I’m right. My fans are not spinning – which seems bad.

By: PiddlyD

PiddlyD — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:12:04 +0000

So, the first time I did this, and couldn’t get the sound working, the fan was spinning so much it was driving me nuts. Very loud. This time, I can’t hear the fan kicking on at all – and in fact, the only spinning I can seem to hear seems to be the hard drive. This of course, worries me. I thought I read some comments in your original S10 hackintosh post about issues with the fan. Could there be something I’m missing that is affecting the fan in this thing?

By: PiddlyD

PiddlyD — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:52:56 +0000

When I went into the Kext Helper and refreshed the main kext cache, almost immediately the speaker icon appeared in the apple bar at the top of the screen – so that seems to have done it. Prior to that neither AppleHDA or VoodooHDA showed in About This Mac\More Info\Software\Extensions. The sound would have been a deal breaker, and I actually had blown off OS X and installed Win 7 today, but thought I’d give it one more chance. Thanks for everything, Kitch.

Oh, and anyone applying the 10.5.7 patch and getting scrambled graphics – has MISSED the step of booting into safe mode and reapplying the S10 extensions. Had it happen to me on this install.

By: kitch

kitch — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:27:50 +0000

I installed only the audio kext alone from that thread, not the control panel version.

Just stuck it in the /Extra/LenovoS10Ext/ folder and ran the UpdateExtra. If that’s not working you may also need to use the kext helper to refresh the main kext cache.

It’s also worth checking in About this Mac->More Info->software->extensions to see if AppleHDA is loaded (should not be) and if VoodooHDA is loaded, should be.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:20:24 +0000

Fixed the trackpad by uninstalling, rebooting then reinstalling the trackpad preference pane.
Perhaps this might help if anyone else runs into this problem.

By: PiddlyD

PiddlyD — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:58:25 +0000

I’m stuck on the sound. Do I need to do the kext hacks to get sleep mode working before I do the VoodooHDA steps? I’ve tried your instructions and tried installing per the forum message you link to in the instructions. One thing is that there are two versions of VoodooHDA, on comes with a control panel and the other does not. It looks like the VoodooHDA itself is the same in either case?