Yeah I'm using the first image from the Macintosh Garden archive. Was not aware of more than one image... I'll have to look around. this project takes me back to my jailbreak tweak days lol. Now I'm gonna have to learn xcode again
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10.6 Snow Leopard PowerPC Development
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Ah, I have one small and silly, but rather annoying issue: sometimes opening About this Mac window takes unreasonably long, which seems to be somehow connected with running browser. I.e., if I am switched to a browser and try open About this Mac, it is very slow, but from Finder it is normal. Also often opening Finder dialogs from within the browser can be slow, as well as rendering previews in those dialogs. This seems specific to usage of a browser, but the same browser did not exhibit such behavior on 10a190.
(Of course, this may not be a 10.6.8 bug, but some incompatibility issue, since all browsers we have currently are built for 10.4 SDK.)
P. S. Also, pasting text into a browser does not work (both from keyboard and via menu). Copying works normally, pasting works everywhere besides the browser.
Two new tables have been added to the wikipost;
1) Downloads - to enable users to quickly find the most relevant and recent uploads
2) Known Issues - to keep track of bugs, fixes and workarounds
1) Downloads - to enable users to quickly find the most relevant and recent uploads
2) Known Issues - to keep track of bugs, fixes and workarounds
I don't know anything about the browser/about this Mac problem but the Finder preview is also a side effect of using Finder from 10.5.8, tried to improve but that was the best I could get. I'm sure someone with better skills would be able to fix these Finder problems but I certainly can't lol
By the way, tiff2icns from 10.5.8 seems to work fine so I'll replace it in the next image. Already fixed a problem with the text cursor and will rebuild the wrappers with the correct version soon.
file sharing and NTP seems to be working correctly but apparently still having network problems, I don't tink utdns works for them.
since it only happens in a browser, it might not be a problem with the OS then.
@educovas BTW, will you be okay if we also host your images on macos-powerpc.org site? Downloads are supported over http and rsync. If you wish, you may add your verification key, so that users know that an image is unmodified.
Changes in the new image:
- utdns already included and using google's DNS 8.8.8.8
- tiff2icns replaced with the one from 10.5.8
- fixed Core Text's cursor
- graphics acceleration wrappers have been rebuilt with the correct version
In order to get internet connection, the IP address, subnet mask and router have to be manually inserter since DHCP is still broken. The DNS server has to be set to 127.0.0.1.
Just to remind again: this image should work with all GPUs that were supported in 10.5.8, including Nvidia. To avoid confusion again, I won't be updating the image I built for @barracuda156.
10.6.8 image: https://mega.nz/file/AApSABha#W83ywkVUXAeemZGjz4Prdzy0_yBsLuVG8rWjvqAc98M
- utdns already included and using google's DNS 8.8.8.8
- tiff2icns replaced with the one from 10.5.8
- fixed Core Text's cursor
- graphics acceleration wrappers have been rebuilt with the correct version
In order to get internet connection, the IP address, subnet mask and router have to be manually inserter since DHCP is still broken. The DNS server has to be set to 127.0.0.1.
Just to remind again: this image should work with all GPUs that were supported in 10.5.8, including Nvidia. To avoid confusion again, I won't be updating the image I built for @barracuda156.
10.6.8 image: https://mega.nz/file/AApSABha#W83ywkVUXAeemZGjz4Prdzy0_yBsLuVG8rWjvqAc98M
I would actually be very helpful to have it updated as well. It can be marked as a -devel version, for example, so that no one installs it by accident.
Maybe in the future. There's no reason for a new image just to replace tiff2icns and to include a Launch Daemon for utdns since the other fixes are not necessary for the OpenGL from 10A190.
@barracuda156 should be able to manually update the image already provided with any further fixes etc if they are included in an archive. File size will be smaller also. We should probably move to packaged delta updates after the Core System is finished anyway to allow for easier updates for testing users. Alternatively ‘devel’ versions can be PM’d and not shared publicly to avoid confusion.
Wikipost has been updated to reflect changes.
I’m working on a tool to identify architectures of batch files at the moment based on some Apple Sample Code. Bought a number of new ADC DVDs to add to my collection. Will sort through relevant tools and reference documentation etc and upload when available.
Still compiling Apple Open Source in the background, as usual. Once i’ve tested everything i’ll share as either an image or package installer depending on the size. Any relevant tweaks needed will be shared in a table when done (Build folder alone is over 20GB now).
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Been keeping a keen eye on this thread. Great work. Excited to get Alpha 4 running on my machine!
EDIT: Just one thing I've noted that carried over to 10.6.8: NTFS USB drives can't be mounted but they can in Sorbet Leopard or 10.5.8. I think that's a curious bug personally because Snow Leopard and Leopard support NTFS already IIRC. FAT32 works fine.
EDIT: Just one thing I've noted that carried over to 10.6.8: NTFS USB drives can't be mounted but they can in Sorbet Leopard or 10.5.8. I think that's a curious bug personally because Snow Leopard and Leopard support NTFS already IIRC. FAT32 works fine.
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Not near a machine to check at the moment but I imagine some of the file system/NTFS components are still intel only and need to be rebuilt. Some of the filesystem components don’t build easily for PowerPC but will be patched and shared when available.
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ntfs.kext wasn't loading due to a missing copyright string. It should now work using the kext attached.
Unsure if this is enough to create a new image. If anyone thinks it's necessary, I'll do it.
Unsure if this is enough to create a new image. If anyone thinks it's necessary, I'll do it.
I’m happy with a text file with instructions for the wiki or just a zipped file containing the kext. Not sure about anyone else but i’m sure people don’t want to have to keep wiping and reinstalling not to mention some people don’t have particularly fast internet connections, so patches are probably better in my opinion.
Yes but I think the image has a kext from the earlier build.
Oh i didn’t realise the beta zfs kext had been carried over. Be interesting if i can be made to work.
A minor issue, possibly a bug: BBEdit / TextWrangler cannot modify files owned by root even after inputting root password. Instead, an error is delivered. However, this works fine both in 10a190 and 10.6.8 x86.
This is actually a big inconvenience for development, since every time a text file inside /opt or /usr has to be edited, one needs to run `chown` on a folder containing that file and then on file itself (or otherwise on folder recursively).
Any idea why this does not work as supposed?
TextWrangler is available on MacintoshGarder and is a free app (no serial needed). So this is easy to test.
This is actually a big inconvenience for development, since every time a text file inside /opt or /usr has to be edited, one needs to run `chown` on a folder containing that file and then on file itself (or otherwise on folder recursively).
Any idea why this does not work as supposed?
TextWrangler is available on MacintoshGarder and is a free app (no serial needed). So this is easy to test.
Is this a separate user/groups bug to the one you mentioned before? If there are multiple issues with permissions and ownership we should investigate this, as that can cause all kinds of problems under the hood.
If Apple removed support for it, I doubt it would work. I'm sure more than just a kext is necessary for it to work.
That's interesting. Never had problems editing system files with nano. I have no idea why that happens and I doubt I have enough skills to fix that.
I don’t know.
Btw BBEdit / TW do not even install their CLI tools on 10.6.8 ppc (when asked to), despite not showing any errors. At least nothing gets installed into /usr/bin/local, and calling them from terminal does not work, unsurprisingly. (They do exist inside app bundle, but that is nowhere obvious for a regular user.)
So something is very likely wrong.