snow leopard my install

my experience with sl has been bad, nothing ever worked.
well today I thought id try a new approach, so i donwloaded netbookbootmaker
restored sl dmg to a partition
ran netbook bootmaker
install boots first time
reformatted (was a brand new zif hdd) with guid
let it install defauult options
went to a lecture
returned and its on the welcome screen
somehow its installed chameleon 2 on the internal hdd automatically
and im all happy, graphics worked with qe ci oob
just got realtekr1000 and voodoohda and i was done

anyone having probs, try it

 

Hey Rory,

Can you post a screen shot of the graphics/display that you have from the System Profiler? I'm interested because, i really dont see anything on mine that says 'Hardware Accelerated'.

Thanks!

 

I used NetbookInstaller and Bootmaker too on a Dell 10v and an EEE 1000H, very easy, works great.

 

cba to post a screenshot but ill just copy all the text

No hardware accelerated here either.... but the menubar is transparent so its definitely got qe on

 

What, exactly, is NetbookInstaller and NetbookBootMaker?

I folowed the link but on I found no information under main page (the internet connection here on work is very limited and blocked).

 

Not sure exactly, but all the netbook sites except here seem to use them for the guides. So i just tried it and 100% worked

 

I used this method to upgrade a working 10.5.6 install to 10.6 and it worked perfect! Only sound and ethernet are not working after the install.

 

I was able to get the sound output working with voodooHDA.kext, but the mic does not work. I also installed the realtekr1000.kext, but the ethernet still will not work. WIFI works fine.

 

Is that the built in mic thats not working or the line in mic?

 

ymy ethernet is broken too, tried some specific recompiled for sl kext and its detected but doesnt work. and i want it to share my wirelss connection to my desktop...

 

To fix the ethernet install realtekr1000.kext, reboot then run these command in terminal:

sudo chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions
sudo find /System/Library/Extensions -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
sudo find /System/Library/Extensions -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo kextcache -v 1 -a i386 -a x86_64 -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

Reboot again. Your screen will now be 800x600. To fix this run NetbookInstaller and only check install general extensions. Reboot and enjoy!

 

Which WIFI card do you use?

 

DW1390

 

Did that work for you Rory?

 

Nope. But I'm nto fussed. Only wanted ethernet for internet sharing and I get internet in 4 days. So I can go without.

 

Yeah, I think it wouldn't kill me either. But hopefully there will be a fix for it soon. There are times when you need the ethernet port for whatever reason, and it would be real annoying for it not to work!

Might just take the plunge anyway, is snow leopard that much better than leopard for the AAO?

 

Just a heads up. I followed this method as well. VERY easy. Thanks for the help guys. Just need to reinstall some kexts, my sound is missing right now.. not sure qhy my OS86X tools isn't working, but I'll figure something out!

Thanks again, the addition of proper 2 finger trackpad support is great, and things feel snappier too!

EDIT: Well, now I know that OS86X only works in leopard. Thats fine. I've installed Kext Utility 2.32 to help installing kexts. Problem is I've installed the voodooHDA.kext and still dont have any sound, both input or output.

I have installed on top of a working (as far as it can be) 10.5.6. Any ideas people?

 

Make sure you have the snow leopard specific voodoohda

 

I'm not sure if internet sharing works with Snow Leopard. My dad had problems (connected via ethernet, sharing via Airport), so he downgraded his Mac back to 10.5.8. I haven't tried SL so far.

 

Yep my ethernet works fine as I found out yesterday when we got our 50 meg virgin installed. But no internet sharing. But it does work.