On Jun 14, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote: > > Hi again Dan (et al.), > > On 14/06/2010, at 2:02 AM, Dan Shoop wrote: > >> On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Don Montalvo wrote: >>> Since Apple doesn't provide post-10.6.3 device drivers to the public, all >>> you can do is start with the OSX install that came on that computer and >>> migrate your stuff over manually. Or, as you stated, wait for 10.6.4. Heck, >>> if you have an ADC login... ;) >> >> Note, as I said, this is not purely a driver issue (not that we have real >> drivers in OS X anyway) and 10.6.4 may not resolve this, you may need to >> wait for the next bootable release, not just an update. > > Could you elaborate on this please?
We don't have drivers like they do on Windows or Linux, b/c of the way IOKit operates. You don't need I/O drivers to support a device. As I said you may need a more recent kernel build, machine profiles, kexts, ... It's not going to be solely an issue of "drivers". > Why it is so? Um... Because. > Any idea why an install from the restore DVD over the previous version left > me with horizontal black (and then dark blue) and white lines. I could speculate. You had kexts clobber each other, the hw was only partially supported by the overlays, basically since there should have been no expectation for that to work you were lucky to see whatever artifacts. > The boot got much further than before, the login screen even blinked on the > display for a second before the thick lines appeared. Meaning... nothing. >> Your best options in order are: >> >> (1) Clean install from the Installer CD/DVD, reinstall any third party app, >> copy over your $HOME and data. >> >> (2) Clean install from the Installer, as root (preferably in SUM, logged in >> via ssh or the Terminal) copy over any missing applications (which should be >> self-contained .apps or should have supporting code in /Library), and >> everything in /Library. You shouldn't have anything in /System that doesn't >> belong to Apple. Then copy over your $HOME and data. > > Both much messier than I'd hoped for (but, of course, that's not your fault). You're woolly thinking, not mine. You aren't accounting for how the OS operates from the kernel up properly. -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Shoop Computer Scientist [email protected] GoogleVoice: 1-646-402-5293 aim: iWiring twitter: @colonelmode _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
