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Title: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: academy on December 18, 2009, 08:45:04 PM
After booting Snow Leopard a few times, it suddenly stops working for no apparent reason.  After clicking Snow Leopard in Chameleon RC4, I see one line detailing the loading of SystemVersion.plist and a chameleon in the background and then it just hangs.  If I ignore caches, I instead get a blank screen with a chameleon.

The only solution I have found is repartitioning.  Erasing the chameleon partition doesn't work.  Repairing the permissions doesn't work.  Reinstalling Snow Leopard without formatting doesn't work.

Any ideas?  I'd really appreciate the help.

Adam
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: CharredPC on December 19, 2009, 12:32:34 AM
This is interesting. I ran into the same error with RC4 whenever I tried to use deep sleep (hibernate). It seems that as long as a new sleep file is never created (set sleep mode to 0, never try hibernating) I'm able to use RC4. Otherwise, it sticks like you describe until the boot file is replaced with RC3 (RC4 can be put back after a successful RC3 OSX boot). Is it possible that your issue is caused by the same thing?
Title: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Sam3oun on December 22, 2009, 04:51:44 PM
Yeah im having the same thing ... it was working normally b4 updating to rc4 .... installed rc4 successfully ... even booted a few times with rc4 with no problems, all of a sudden it hangs on "Loading HSF+ /../../../SystemVersion.plist" (using verbose mode) deleted my whole system did it all over again (SL 10.6.2)
everything went well, thought id give RC4 a second chance ... installed rc4 successfully ... and booted a few times well ... next day what do i see ??? the SAME LINE!!!! "loading HSF+ [somehing/something/.../.../.../SystemVersion.Plist]" AGAIN??? WHY????   
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: CharredPC on December 22, 2009, 09:08:41 PM
Sam3oun:

It is annoying, but you can get around it by typing "Wake=n" at boot, and never ever use hibernate again  ::)
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Gringo Vermelho on December 22, 2009, 09:26:06 PM
Can this somehow be related to the new PlatformUUID that RC4 sets?

Maybe the hibernatefile or something in SystemVersion.plist is looking for the old PlatformUUID that you had before installing RC4 and then getting stuck because it doesn't match.

I can't check for this myself because I don't use hibernation.

Maybe it's as simple as booting in single user mode and deleting the hibernatefile first?
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Sam3oun on December 23, 2009, 12:56:38 AM
Sam3oun:

It is annoying, but you can get around it by typing "Wake=n" at boot, and never ever use hibernate again  ::)

tried that didn't work, plus i dont use hibernaion ... anyway i just copied the "boot" file from RC3 and its working gr8 ... guess no RC4 for me
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: GFX on January 26, 2010, 11:34:21 AM
I experiened the same thing for three times. Even after the updates it happened.
The only thing not to live the same problem is to install every updates manually and before it stars 'Repair Permission'. Otherwise it gets stucked.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Apex on February 01, 2010, 10:40:41 AM
I was very happy when i saw that RC4 should fix wake-from-disk. But i am having exactly the same issue. The System hangs with the "Loading HFS+ File .... SystemVersion.plist" line when the boot device is selected.
All i can say is, wake-from-disk worked ONE time when i had two harddrives in my system. But i had to remove one harddrive and it stopped working. Maybe someone gets a idea here...
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on June 17, 2010, 10:51:18 PM
Any updates on this?
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: CharredPC on June 28, 2010, 04:37:46 AM
I've been forced to roll back to RC3 in order to reliably boot my computer. Otherwise, I have a very good chance of getting stuck at the SystemVersion.plist line. This is somewhat annoying, since RC4 fixed cpu detection for me... but I'd rather have a usable machine and deal with a "2.6 GHz Unknown" cpu. It would be wonderful if someone could fix this.

(Triple booting OSX 10.5.8, OSX 10.6.2, and Win7- use 10.5.8 daily. Problem only occurs on my Leopard install, and often occurs after booting into Win7. Sometimes is able to be fixed by booting to SL, then back to Leopard (???). Otherwise, any RC3 boot cd gets me back in, and can boot itself thereafter.)
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: zef on June 28, 2010, 09:24:05 PM
I've been forced to roll back to RC3 in order to reliably boot my computer. Otherwise, I have a very good chance of getting stuck at the SystemVersion.plist line.

Do you still stuck at SystemVersion.plist even if you boot with trunk/r151+ builds?
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 07, 2010, 05:34:03 PM
@zef do you mean i need to compile the latest builds myself? I am not too sure how to compile, but i think i got one of the compiled rekusor build.

This one i think. http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/02/chameleon-rc5-prerelease-installer.html

and i still get the issue.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: zef on August 07, 2010, 06:49:37 PM
This one i think. http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/02/chameleon-rc5-prerelease-installer.html

and i still get the issue.

There were fixes committed regarding this issue since February, try the recent trunk revisions here: http://goo.gl/iLu2 - thanks Azimutz! :)

Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 07, 2010, 08:04:59 PM
This one i think. http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/02/chameleon-rc5-prerelease-installer.html

and i still get the issue.

There were fixes committed regarding this issue since February, try the recent trunk revisions here: http://goo.gl/iLu2 - thanks Azimutz! :)

Alright, will test it out. Thanks!

EDIT: Testing it. So far so good i guess, but we'll see. ^_^ Great that it fixed my CPU detection information. I think it fixed my Webcam too. Somehow. ^_^
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 08, 2010, 06:19:40 PM
Zef :)

Zane, do a full install if you're using old stuff.. check my signature.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 15, 2010, 01:10:15 PM
Zef :)

Zane, do a full install if you're using old stuff.. check my signature.

Full install meaning full reinstall of chameleon using everything from RC5 or reinstalling whole OS and doing it again.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 16, 2010, 12:03:16 AM
Zane,
just Chameleon stuff. I see it's working fine now... missed your comment update, somehow :P
Can you confirm the topic problem is solved for good? :)
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 18, 2010, 09:24:47 AM
Zane,
just Chameleon stuff. I see it's working fine now... missed your comment update, somehow :P
Can you confirm the topic problem is solved for good? :)

I'll do that when my exams are finally over. I can't really confirm whether its fixed. It happens somewhat randomly. Sorry.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 18, 2010, 10:08:42 AM
Ok Zane, no sorry needed. When you get time :)
Good "luck" on the exams!
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: zef on August 18, 2010, 11:32:10 AM
I'll do that when my exams are finally over. I can't really confirm whether its fixed. It happens somewhat randomly. Sorry.

I would need a filesystem dump in a state when this error happens. I can provide an ftp account for posting such large images if needed. The same offer goes for everyone :)

You should boot into another working system, then create a dump (rdiskXsY is your "broken" filesystem), please unmount it before running the dd command below:

Code: [Select]
dd if=/dev/rdiskXsY of=wontbootfs bs=4096
gzip wontbootfs

What we need is the wontbootfs.gz
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 19, 2010, 09:02:05 AM
Working system by meaning another working mac? or working OS. Because if i'm not wrong that dd command is for mac or unix. Not for Windows. I apologize for not knowing anything. I'm just an average user but if you could teach me i would get you that dump with no problem if it ever happens. :S

EDIT: @Azimutz Okay, listened to you and found that i had some extra free time. Reinstalled everything using a tutorial at InsanelyMac and yes i used the fdisk440 that came with it so that it doesnt screw up my windows something identification thingy. Boot up was fine, used the latest files from 18th of August. Some other stuff were missing when boot, i get at message of Forcewake=Y or something like that but previously i had this messages of Slot 1 , Slot 2 something. Sorry, cant really remember. But seems alright now. The last time i got the SystemVersion.plist was my OS X suddenly hung and when i rebooted it became like that. I've been trying to reproduce it for at least 4hours now and my mac still hasnt hung. So i think its good. It even fixed the CPU Detection and some other cosmetic issues. I love the hide partition and rename partition feature too. Just curious, do i really need to use the SMBios.plist and how do i test if Sleep is working?

Regards
Zane
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 20, 2010, 07:29:34 AM
Hi Zane,
i'd say it's fixed :) we'll see. If it ever happens you know what to do. I'm not the best to advise on the dd command.

About the other stuff;
Chameleon has default values for smbios, that are set according to the cpu and machine type (desktop, laptop);
if those suit your needs and you have correct info under System Profiler, there's no need for smbios.plist. A good
Test you can do to determine if a certain MacXYZ model is the best for you, is run Geekbench; if it says you have
a hackintosh, try another Mac model and use the plist for that purpose. The one bundled with the package is just an example. You can also change just specific values; the values on smbios.plist always override the defaults.
On another note, is the memory modules info showing correct?

Sleep/hibernation, another stuff were i'm not the best to advise; this stuff doesn't work properly on my machine,
specially hibernation and besides this fact, i really don't use it a lot on a day to day basis. So, it's not one of my
priorities! You'll have to do your reading on that :P
I can tell you that the message about Forcewake=y has to do with the "age" of the sleepimage (/private/var/vm/sleepimage); it's too old to be a valid wake image, i think?! You can just delete it. It will be created again if needed
and hibernation is enabled.
Any more and i'll probably be  saying bs, if i'm not saying already :P

Stay safe
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 20, 2010, 05:07:38 PM
Thanks for the great information! It's alright realy, even though its bullshit. At least you're saying something. :) The OSx86 Community is actually really "lonely" in a sense. Not many people help other people compared to other forums if you get what i mean? Basically its a really rough ride and alot of Trial and Error. Even i'm still abit stumped by DSDT. But i need to get a whole new DSDT. If you did seen, i posted a thread in the VoodooBattery Bug Reports section, gotta research on how to fix the brightness issue thing too. I shall try what you stated. I'll check on the memory module in abit. Oh and one more thing, somehow it seems now that my mac is more stable. It doesnt hang that much either. Attributed to Chameleon?

I will try the GeekBench thing. I am really new to the OS X Scene ( New in a sense that i dont know what kexts or applications that are good or required for my machine). I just fixed sleep with the installation of LidSleep Kext from Merklot, it seems its working but i didnt test with wifi or anything. I just recently ordered a Apple AR5BXB72 Wifi Card so i can replace the one in my laptop. Yeah, i did background checking on bios locks and etc. Someone taught me how to patch the bios. I just hope it works. If not im gonna go in a merry go round.

EDIT: Curious, what was the problem causing this?

EDIT 2: By memory you mean this right? (http://kitty.meowblog.org/memory.png)

EDIT 3: Memory is not displaying correctly. Only displaying correctly for the first Slot. Oh, and one more thing. When i look at process manager, i only see one core. Weird. I'm on a i7 720QM.

(http://kitty.meowblog.org/i7.png)
(http://kitty.meowblog.org/mem1.png)
(http://kitty.meowblog.org/mem2.png)

EDIT 4: Just figured i did tell you. I placed the values in SMBIOS.plist to detect as DDR3 1066 Rams and all the serial numbers and stuff. When i boot with -v i get to see this being loaded. But the memory module still shows the same as above.

EDIT 5: Oh and i was playing around abit with kexts and stuff. Very weird. But i got this. I am using Revision 416.

(http://kitty.meowblog.org/error.jpg)

-Zane
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 23, 2010, 07:16:26 PM
Hi Zane,
sorry about the delay.. had to set some priorities.
I know what you mean! But, we have to keep in mind the "nature" of OSx86 , if you catch my drift.
As you say, you're still new to the scene; i'm around for almost 3 years and i still consider don't know nothing or anyone,
for that matter  :P if you stick long enough, you'll see that there's still plenty of people around helping and creating.
But in the end, it's mostly dow to read, read, read...
Knowing what's needed it's the major pain in!! Take one thing at a time, baby steps.

Oh   and one more thing, somehow it seems now that my mac is more stable. It   doesnt hang that much either. Attributed to Chameleon?
The stability can be Chameleon's doing, yeah; proper cpu detection or memory speed, is enough
to make a big diff, depending on what you had before.

  Curious, what was the problem causing this?
If you mean the topic problem, the fix was adding conversion to data type that can hold bigger values (long long).
Check the changes committed on rev 151 (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/source/commit/151/), look for the long long.
   
  Memory is not displaying correctly. Only displaying correctly for the first Slot...

Just   figured i did tell you. I placed the values in SMBIOS.plist to detect   as DDR3 1066 Rams and all the serial numbers and stuff. When i boot with   -v i get to see this being loaded. But the memory module still shows   the same as above.

I read about that problem on some laptop, i think. Check this topic (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=225766) towards the end, like a week ago or so.
Did the smbios.plist work fine before in this situation? with older version of the booter...

Oh and i was playing around abit with kexts and stuff. Very weird. But i got this. I am using Revision 416.
You got that one time or you get it always? And what are you really pointing here? just to be sure :)
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 23, 2010, 11:16:48 PM
Hi Zane,
sorry about the delay.. had to set some priorities.
I know what you mean! But, we have to keep in mind the "nature" of OSx86 , if you catch my drift.
As you say, you're still new to the scene; i'm around for almost 3 years and i still consider don't know nothing or anyone,
for that matter  :P if you stick long enough, you'll see that there's still plenty of people around helping and creating.
But in the end, it's mostly dow to read, read, read...
Knowing what's needed it's the major pain in!! Take one thing at a time, baby steps.


Yeah its alright. I know reading is alot but honestly its sometimes hard to understand what the people are explaining. Their english in a sense is kinda off so when i read i have to do it by trial and error or have a reference to what people did to get it working. =\

The stability can be Chameleon's doing, yeah; proper cpu detection or memory speed, is enough
to make a big diff, depending on what you had before.

I was using RC3 and i think a DSDT Patch that made it detect as Xeon, but now it shows i7 but only 1 core in the Task Manager app.

If you mean the topic problem, the fix was adding conversion to data type that can hold bigger values (long long).
Check the changes committed on rev 151 (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/source/commit/151/), look for the long long.

Yeah i was asking about the topic's issue. Thanks.
   
I read about that problem on some laptop, i think. Check this topic (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=225766) towards the end, like a week ago or so.
Did the smbios.plist work fine before in this situation? with older version of the booter...

I didnt have a smbios.plist before i read uhh, one of the moderators threads about adding the memory information yourself as chameleon supports it. Before i added it, it was like that. After i added it, it was still like that. But inbetween there were issues detecting it as DDR3 1066, it actually detected it as DDR2 667. But still, after using chameleon r416. Slot 1 was DDR3 1066 and Slot 3 was DDR2 667, which is wrong. Were you talking about this (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=225766&st=425#) guy's post?

EDIT: I didn't realise you could set SMmemtype_1 and SMmemtype_3. Fixed. Values are all correctly awesome.

You got that one time or you get it always? And what are you really pointing here? just to be sure :)

Well, not always. It doesnt come up if i don't do anything to mess with S/ L/ E/ but if i do then that will have a probability of happening. I am running Windows 7 with OS X dualboot. If i can't boot my OS X, i usually delete the kext file that i just added with MacDrive on my computer. Then the next thing i know, i get that. I wonder why. Not really pointing anywhere, just to let it be "known". But i've been doing trail and error on my laptop as i am not sure which kext's work and which don't. So yeah.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 24, 2010, 02:41:26 PM
Zane,

Quote
I know reading is alot but honestly its sometimes hard to understand what the people are explaining.
yep, that can be a problem indeed. Anyway, it's better than nothing! ;) Your English is not perfect too... neither is mine.

Quote
...but now it shows i7 but only 1 core in the Task Manager app.
Task Manager?? do you mean System Profiler or Activity Monitor? i'm guessing SP...
It should show the correct number of cores. You should report it.

Quote
Were you talking about this (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=225766&st=425#) guy's post?

EDIT: I didn't realise you could set SMmemtype_1 and SMmemtype_3. Fixed. Values are all correctly awesome.
Nope.. it's an earlier post, a guy with exact same problem as yours.
You should report this too, even though smbios.plist works; in this case it's only hiding the problem as most of the times
these smbios.plist values are only cosmetic (it seems that there are exceptions, but i never experienced them!).

Quote
It doesnt come up if i don't do anything to mess with S/ L/ E/ but if i do then that will have a probability of happening.
Well, as far as i can see, messages are missing and/or incomplete; have no clue about this. There are some situations
i run into, that cause something similar (messages missing), but nothing to do with Macdrive. You can avoid doing it like that,
i mean using Macdrive; i have it installed on Win 7 but, i don't let it write to OS X partitions in a long time (just read).
You can boot in Single User Mode (-s) and delete the kext or load test kexts from a ramdisk;
or use one of the booters on my branch and use kext=<folder> ;)

Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 25, 2010, 06:23:35 PM
yep, that can be a problem indeed. Anyway, it's better than nothing! ;) Your English is not perfect too... neither is mine.

Definitely true. :)


Task Manager?? do you mean System Profiler or Activity Monitor? i'm guessing SP...
It should show the correct number of cores. You should report it.

I actually meant Activity Monitor, it only shows one "activity bar" there at the bottom.

Nope.. it's an earlier post, a guy with exact same problem as yours.
You should report this too, even though smbios.plist works; in this case it's only hiding the problem as most of the times
these smbios.plist values are only cosmetic (it seems that there are exceptions, but i never experienced them!).

Ah, will go through and look at it again. By report you mean in Chameleon SVN? But isn't your branch handled by you hence it has nothing to do with the original Chameleon trunk?

Well, as far as i can see, messages are missing and/or incomplete; have no clue about this. There are some situations
i run into, that cause something similar (messages missing), but nothing to do with Macdrive. You can avoid doing it like that,
i mean using Macdrive; i have it installed on Win 7 but, i don't let it write to OS X partitions in a long time (just read).
You can boot in Single User Mode (-s) and delete the kext or load test kexts from a ramdisk;
or use one of the booters on my branch and use kext=<folder> ;)

Ah okay. I didn't know that, i always did a reinstall if i got that message. rofl. Took loads of precious time away.

EDIT: Oh and this is offtopic but do you know any way of keeping a kext constantly loaded? The way i run my sound is that i have a LegacyAppleHDA, and i am assuming that when OS X Calls for the audio, it calls for AppleHDA and then calls LegacyAppleHDA. Is there a way for it to just keep LegacyAppleHDA Constantly loaded.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 26, 2010, 01:57:28 PM
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I actually meant Activity Monitor, it only shows one "activity bar" there at the bottom.
hum.. and what does System Profiler say about number of cores?

Quote
By report you mean in Chameleon SVN?
yep.. on the forge Issues, here (voodoo forums) or on any forum topic related with the problem you're reporting
(like that one i pointed you on InsanelyMac).

Quote
But isn't your branch handled by you hence it has nothing to do with the original Chameleon trunk?
Well, my branch has everything to do with Chameleon. It's a "branch" not a new bootloader!
The problems you've been describing are not exclusive to my branch so, you should report them to the team.
I added some "literature" to my branch.. you should read it if you're using it :)

Quote
EDIT: Oh and this is offtopic but do you know any way of keeping a kext constantly loaded? The way i run my sound is that i have a LegacyAppleHDA, and i am assuming that when OS X Calls for the audio, it calls for AppleHDA and then calls LegacyAppleHDA. Is there a way for it to just keep LegacyAppleHDA Constantly loaded.
We are "off topic" a long time ago :P we better continue this in private!
Anyway, all kexts needed/used by the system are loaded at boot by the kernel and stay loaded until shutdown/restart.
Usually those "legacy..." kexts have only the info.plist inside; they are used to change just the settings on the "target" kext,
in this case AppleHDA.kext.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 26, 2010, 03:02:30 PM

hum.. and what does System Profiler say about number of cores?

8 cores. The correct number.

yep.. on the forge Issues, here (voodoo forums) or on any forum topic related with the problem you're reporting
(like that one i pointed you on InsanelyMac).

So i am assuming i report here (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/issues/)

Well, my branch has everything to do with Chameleon. It's a "branch" not a new bootloader!
The problems you've been describing are not exclusive to my branch so, you should report them to the team.
I added some "literature" to my branch.. you should read it if you're using it :)

Literature? You mean in your help documentation. Where is that? =\

We are "off topic" a long time ago :P we better continue this in private!
Anyway, all kexts needed/used by the system are loaded at boot by the kernel and stay loaded until shutdown/restart.
Usually those "legacy..." kexts have only the info.plist inside; they are used to change just the settings on the "target" kext,
in this case AppleHDA.kext.

In private where? IRC, Skype, MSN? ;) Ah. But then if the Legacy kexts are used to change the settings then why cant i just replace the info.plist in the various plugin kexts inside AppleHDA. I tried but it didnt work. Need to find a way to keep the Legacy settings constantly loaded.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 26, 2010, 03:58:47 PM
Zane,

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8 cores. The correct number.
That's what counts! Maybe Activity Monitor is just feeling lazy :P with so many cores..?!
Don't know about this. My two cores are showed and i have a Pentium D 925.

Quote
So i am assuming i report here (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/issues/)
yep, that should be the ideal place, though i can't know if it's the fastest way to get the problem solved.
Anyway, were ever you do it, check first if the issue isn't already reported.

Quote
Ah. But then if the Legacy kexts are used to change the settings then   why cant i just replace the info.plist in the various plugin kexts   inside AppleHDA. I tried but it didnt work. Need to find a way to keep   the Legacy settings constantly loaded.
Because this way, when the kexts are updated by Apple, you don't lose the patch; that's the point of "Legacy" kexts.
Note that i don't know if that LegacyAppleHDA is a info.plist only kext?!
I'm having troubles understanding the problem here.. doesn't LegacyAppleHDA load at startup?

My "literature" is on CleanCut for now, on "doc-azi" folder.
On the "private" side, you forgot pm :) for now i don't have time for more instant stuff.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 26, 2010, 06:26:13 PM
That's what counts! Maybe Activity Monitor is just feeling lazy :P with so many cores..?!
Don't know about this. My two cores are showed and i have a Pentium D 925.

Maybe, it's only cosmetic but still.

Anyway, were ever you do it, check first if the issue isn't already reported.

Alright.

Because this way, when the kexts are updated by Apple, you don't lose the patch; that's the point of "Legacy" kexts.
Note that i don't know if that LegacyAppleHDA is a info.plist only kext?!
I'm having troubles understanding the problem here.. doesn't LegacyAppleHDA load at startup?

Basically my problem is that when i use audio 1second before i hear the actual audio, i get a "pop" sound. I am figuring out a way to get rid of the pop sound. When i don't use audio for let's say a minute. It's like the kext unloads itself, and when i want to use sound again, i hear this "pop" , like a pop of static before the actually audio comes in. But if i play a video constantly with sound, there are no issues.

My "literature" is on CleanCut for now, on "doc-azi" folder.
On the "private" side, you forgot pm :) for now i don't have time for more instant stuff.

Will take alook. PM? hahaha. But I don't really have issues at the moment. Only some other issues and projects. They are killing me. Not even a speck of document without spending money. I'm a cheapo. ;p
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 26, 2010, 08:10:10 PM
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Maybe, it's only cosmetic but still.
Don't know, really. Maybe it doesn't have space... did you try resizing the window?

Quote
Basically my problem is that when i use audio 1second before i hear the actual audio, i get a "pop" sound. I am figuring out a way to get rid of the pop sound. When i don't use audio for let's say a minute. It's like the kext unloads itself, and when i want to use sound again, i hear this "pop" , like a pop of static before the actually audio comes in. But if i play a video constantly with sound, there are no issues.
Nope, don't go that way, kexts don't do that, afaik! You can kill that "theory" easily... check if the kext is loaded before you play some sound; just type
Code: [Select]
kextstaton Terminal; it will show all the kexts loaded. I read something but i'm not sure what and if it was related with AppleHDA or VoodooHDA?! i think it was something about bit-depht; check those settings on Audio MIDI Setup app, under "Format".

Yep... PM, private message, in case of doubt ;D
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 27, 2010, 08:47:16 AM
Don't know, really. Maybe it doesn't have space... did you try resizing the window?
Okay forget that, Activity Monitor does detect but i guess the one bar just shows overall, I have to go to Window -> CPU Usage or History to see all eight cores.

Nope, don't go that way, kexts don't do that, afaik! You can kill that "theory" easily... check if the kext is loaded before you play some sound; just type
Code: [Select]
kextstaton Terminal; it will show all the kexts loaded. I read something but i'm not sure what and if it was related with AppleHDA or VoodooHDA?! i think it was something about bit-depht; check those settings on v, under "Format".

Okay, just checked AppleHDA is loaded but not Legacy as i assume that because it is just a info.plist file. Hmm. I can't find a bit-depth setting, do i need to install something or what? Weird.

Yep... PM, private message, in case of doubt ;D

Alright. :)

EDIT: Oh and figured you might wanna know that there is something wrong with r432 of Chameleon you just uploaded. I get this if i set the TimeOut key in com.apple.boot.plist. If i go back to r416 everything is fine.

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Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 27, 2010, 11:26:51 PM
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Okay forget that, Activity Monitor does detect but i guess the one bar just shows overall, I have to go to Window -> CPU Usage or History to see all eight cores.
Great.. by the way, i had forgot that one, "Window -> CPU Usage..."

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Okay, just checked AppleHDA is loaded but not Legacy as i assume that because it is just a info.plist file. Hmm. I can't find a bit-depth setting, do i need to install something or what? Weird.
yeah... i could have checked this first, i forgot i have AHCIPortInjector.kext in use; it doesn't show.
About bit-depht, there's no tag for bit-depht, it's the right most drop down under Format, e.g. 2ch-24Bit.

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EDIT: Oh and figured you might wanna know that there is something wrong with r432 of Chameleon you just uploaded. I get this if i set the TimeOut key in com.apple.boot.plist. If i go back to r416 everything is fine.
I'm on to it... it's somehow related to the latest update. But, i managed to isolate this to one situation only on my machine; will post here (http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,1450.0.html). Still need to do a bit of testing to confirm stuff...

Hey... PM ;) unless related to the topic, of course.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 27, 2010, 11:56:56 PM
Just PMed you. Not sure if it went through...
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Azimutz on August 28, 2010, 01:27:45 AM
Yep... but check your Perssonal Messaging settings... probably is set to receive pm's only from Admin.
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User 'Zane' has blocked your personal message.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on August 28, 2010, 05:18:31 AM
done.
Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: crazyblane on May 02, 2011, 03:45:33 AM
Found a simple solution:
Delete sleepimage file and set Wake=No once working again.
  Mount the drive via another MAC OS
In terminal, run:
rm /var/vm/sleepimage

Set key value pair Wake and No in Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

Everything Works fine now


Title: Re: Hang on reading SystemVersion.plist
Post by: Zane on May 30, 2011, 05:36:13 PM
Seems like you post without reading the thread. Someone specifically stated that Wake=no didn't work for them in the first page and just so you know, this issue has been FIXED for a very long time.

Though, thanks for trying to contribute.