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eyvind

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System Profiler & smbios.plist
« on: May 29, 2009, 07:12:06 AM »
I just updated to 10.5.7... Everything is running smoothly and perfectly. All the USB functions work (they didn't even need to be patched). The one problem I have is that in system profiler, under the hardware tab, it says: There was an error while gathering this information.

It worked  in 10.5.6. I have read on some other places that people are having the same problem. THere some people fixed it by swithcing to SMBIOSResolver. I don't want to try that right now, since i enjoy the fact that I can customize Smbios options in Smbios.plist. has anyone else got the System Profiler in 10.5.7 to work?

BTW, this is my setup:
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8800GT (working with EFI)
« Last Edit: May 29, 2009, 07:29:31 PM by rocksteady »
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rocksteady

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System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 07:28:45 PM »
has anyone else got the System Profiler in 10.5.7 to work?

Yep, to be exact I had it working since 10.5.4 and never broke between updates. All from /Extra/smbios.plist. I didn't go nuts about it as it's all about aesthetics, I just filled in the proper RAM info.

Have fun/experiment with the relevant key/string in your /Extra/com.apple/Boot.plist while issuing ioreg -l |grep board-id from the Terminal  :):
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<key>SMBIOSdefaults</key>
<string>Yes</string>
or
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<key>SMBIOSdefaults</key>
<string>No</string>




(Edited your title, I bet this thread is gonna get popular)
« Last Edit: May 29, 2009, 07:49:41 PM by rocksteady »
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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2009, 07:34:23 PM »
Mine didn't break either after updating. I was using smbios.plist with vanilla AppleSMBIOS.kext in 10.5.6.

Some stay with SMBIOSResolver.kext to fix the UUID error 35 issue but that just complicates things imo.
A superior fix for error 35 is using UUID.kext with a UUID generated by UUIDGenerator.app.

 
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eyvind

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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 09:12:56 AM »
Hmm thanks for the replies.:)
 I'll try and see what happens as soon as I get home (i'm on vacation right now).
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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 03:50:01 AM »
also check here.. Chameleon with SMBIOS patching

~2.22 MB
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http://rapidshare.com/files/237815997/Chameleon2_SMBIOS_man_rev2.dmg
http://www.mediafire.com/?zydjnzr3mgg
- Manual rev.1 (pdf) and some pics.
- Chameleon-2.0-r431-core.pkg
- smbios.plist some Mac Idenftifier
- SysProfiler_Fix_rev1.mpkg
- AboutThisMac_Fix.pkg
- Original AppleSMBIOS.kext for 10.5.6 & 10.5.7



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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 04:42:07 PM »
I read so many posts here from people who seem to understand what smbios is for, and how to set it up. Where did they find the information? The Chameleon release doesn't seem to come with any information about it.


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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 10:22:01 PM »
^ You can find some info here: smbios.plist documentation and uuid injection?

Some more (started with a misleading title) here: CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35

There should be some info over at insanelymac's labyrinth if you dare (might be under a title "Big Problem PLLZZ HELP")
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eyvind

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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2009, 01:28:03 PM »
Hmm thanks for all the feedback - anyway we'll see soon (im doing a completely clean install :D, not becuase of this :P - my HD said kaput).
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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2009, 05:55:29 PM »
anyone know if this will only make a cosmetic change in system profiler or will actually resolve issues with the mac reporting itslef to drm systems e.g. via microsoft silverlight

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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2009, 06:09:03 PM »
anyone know if this will only make a cosmetic change in system profiler or will actually resolve issues with the mac reporting itslef to drm systems e.g. via microsoft silverlight
how to check it? lemme know, I'll test it.
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eyvind

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Re: System Profiler & smbios.plist
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2009, 04:57:56 AM »
I beleive some software does actually use these values. Somewhere in the labyrinth at InsanelyMac, i read a post about someone who reinstalled OSX86 with different "About This Mac" values, then some expensive software he owned told him that his computer was not licensed, or something similar.

Anyway for my previous problems - im just about to install 10.5.7 on a completely clean system, with a Vanilla OSX partition and EFI for all the hacks (currently no version specific hacks, only fake plists).
My new notebook:
MSI X-340, Slim as an Air
2 GB Ram, Intel 723 ULV processor (SSE3 capable), Intel 4500MHD Graphics
Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Ubuntu 9.10 64bit, Currently installing Snow Leopard Vanilla, BackTrack
Currently installing Snow Leopard Vanilla, BackTrack