Tech notes and things

Dependency issue and fix upgrading Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04

2018-11-24T15:24:00.000-05:00

When attempting to upgrade Ubuntu 17.10 to version 18.04 it would give a message about 'failed to update Ubuntu-Desktop.'

Failed to start session after the upgrade and restarting. Issue was dependency that was broken: "ligbm1"

Answer from k.child90 from askubuntu.com below:

https://askubuntu.com/a/1080242/731657

"I took this along to a laptop clinic who solved the issue. The login screen, importantly, looked identical to the 16.04 Unity login screen which betrayed the problem in transferring to 18.04 (which has a very different looking login screen).

In TTY attempting to install certain packages gave unmet dependencies, and following the chain down gave the ligbm1 package at the base. This is the dependency for a lot of unity and xserver packages (attempting startx also failed). Uninstalling ligbm1 and then installing it again allowed installing ubuntu-desktop without error." --k.child90

vim (gVim 8.0+ on Windows) configuration notes and settings

2016-09-19T17:41:00.001-04:00

1. In Windows, drag and drop OLE (:drop) functionality will be disabled if the program is launched as an Administrator. So remember to NOT set launch as administrator in the app's properties dialog box so drag and drop will continue to work. This also allows the right click context menu to work for 'edit with vim' and 'edit with vim (existing)' commands to open files properly. Windows won't allow drag and dropped files to escalated programs or at least it didn't work with vim.

2. As a side effect of #1, not launching as admin, means the program might not have write rights to the vimrc config file (c:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\_vimrc) so even doing :w! didn't work. E212 Can't open file for writing was the error.

Also,
cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/nul
didn't work. What DID work was going to the _vimrc file in Windows file properties security dialog and change the file permissions to allow users full access.

3. colorscheme (filename without .vim) only read from c:\Program File (x86)\Vim\Vimfiles\colors and not the default %HOME%\vimfiles\colors folder. Solution: copy the filename.vim to the program files folder.

4. Airline not showing patched font properly. Out of the prepatched fonts available the OTF fonts didn't seem to work. One font that did work that I like is Inconsolata-g.

set guifont=Inconsolata-g_for_Powerline:h11

with
set guioptions-=e "guitabs off

and

let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1

let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1

turned on it worked fine. I had to make sure the following WASN'T set as this killed the special symbols.

"if !exists('g:airline_symbols')

" let g:airline_symbols = {}

"endif

" unicode symbols

"let g:airline_left_sep = '»'

"let g:airline_left_sep = '▶'

"let g:airline_right_sep = '«'

"let g:airline_right_sep = '◀'

"let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '␊'

"let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '␤'

"let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '¶'

"let g:airline_symbols.branch = '⎇'

"let g:airline_symbols.paste = 'ρ'

"let g:airline_symbols.paste = 'Þ'

"let g:airline_symbols.paste = '∥'

"let g:airline_symbols.whitespace = 'Ξ'

and to have it show properly with airline updating the status line and tab line upon starting gvim:

autocmd VimEnter * silent AirlineRefresh | wincmd p | wincmd p

That seemed to fix it to get working right at startup.

2016-09-13T12:12:00.001-04:00

Disable UAC prompts on Windows 10 and still have metro apps working

Not from me but from http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/12065-cant-open-any-windows-app-uac-disabled-2.html#post557465

04 Feb 2016 #11
Greg R

This fix worked for me

Hello,
I disabled UAC and when I try to open Edge, Calculator, etc I get a window message that says that I cant open it with UAC disabled, I find it something very annoying that makes me think about going back to Windows 7, is there any around this?
In Windows 7 for example, I was able to open the calculator with UAC disabled.
Thanks!
I have a fix that will allow you to still keep UAC enabled, provide no prompting for a user, while still being able to run all Metro apps - calculator, Edge, weather, news, calendar, etc
Either through Group Policy or Local Security Policy
Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\SecuritySettings\Local Policies\Security Options
User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account = Enabled

User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Prompt for Credentials
Next, make some registry changes ....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Make the following changes
ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

ConsentPromptBehaviorUser 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

EnableLUA 0x00000001 stays at 0x00000001
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI
Change (Default) from the (value not set) to 0x00000001(1)
Reboot your Windows 10 machine and enjoy all the metro apps that require UAC/escalation without the nags

Remember to reboot first!

Sony Movie Studio 12 Platinum (Vegas) and x264vfw64 on Windows 7 64bit

2012-10-24T23:03:00.000-04:00

I had a heck of a time getting the 64bit version of x264vfw to work with Sony Vegas...I mean "Movie Studio" as it is now called in version 12. You have to use the 64bit codec to encode with the 64 bit version of Movie Studio but after installing the codec wouldn't show up when I go to Render as....

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (Google Affiliate Ad).

Note: If you want to use 64bit windows with the 32bit version of vegas and the 32 bit version of x264vfw it will work fine. The below information is for getting x264 encoding to work with the 64bit version of Vegas (Movie Studio).

Problem: 64 bit version of x264vfw (x264vfx64) would not show up in Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 (or Vegas Pro) for encoding with the 64 bit version of Movie Studio.

Solution: Default install location of x264vfw is c:\Program Files\x264vfw64 instead of C:\Windows\SysWOW64....so the fix is to change the install path when installing x264vfw64 to:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64

I guess if you install it to the default location (Program Files) that you might be able to add that to the Windows path environment variable and have it work...maybe (haven't tried it).

Long story:

I tried many different versions of this 64 bit codec and got it to work but only sorta....when i updated to the newer version it wouldn't work anymore and I couldn't figure out why version 20 of the codec would work yet version 37 would not. By 'would not work' I mean it would install and I could run the configure shortcut it installs to the start menu but it would not appear in Movie Studio's codec list to actually use it from within Movie Studio....finally figured it was the install location (an think it might work if adding to the Windows path if using the default codec install location...but haven't tested that).

Notes from X's Art of the Let's Play Audio Editing for Video Game Recordings

2012-10-02T00:21:00.001-04:00

Notes from X's Art of the Let's Play Audio Editing for Video Game Recordings

Source video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIO1W4INxE

I watched the above video by davidr64yt (a.k.a. "X") and made these notes. I'm going to use these to create my own work flow. There's a lot of good advice and reasoning in his video so I suggest you watch it. I took these notes so I wouldn't have to re-watch the 1.5 hour video again to remember how to do some of things mentioned in it.

Record separate commentary/narration using Audacity (or Dxtory's separate audio track) from the game sound. If using FRAPS, use Audacity for your voice instead of FRAP's mixing both game and voice into a single track.

Work in Audacity starting with the voice over/commentary/narration track.

1. Eliminate Spikiness:

Select whole track, Effect -> Compressor...

Find your own settings (ex. from X: -20db threshold, ratio 6.5:1, X uses a Koss SB45 headset). Compressor increases volume on track so best to start recording at a quiet volume if your microphone supports that.

2. Eliminate Background Noise:

Select a quiet section of audio, Effect -> Noise Removal...

Click Get Noise Profile.

Select whole track, Effect -> Noise Removal...

Again, Find your own settings (ex. from X: 15db reduction, 1.79 Sensitivity, Frequency smoothing 130, Attack/decay time 0, Noise remove)

Click OK.

It's a good idea to save frequently and here is a good time if you haven't already.

3. File -> Export... as WAV file your narration/commentary.

4. Add exported WAV file to your video editor (X uses Premiere Elements which I don't recommend due to its bugginess, try Sony Vegas instead) and place it on the video timeline. X's video actually shows some of the audio import bugs of an older version of Premiere Elements.

5. Play narration along with game to get an idea of how they sound together. X's example shows his game audio is still too loud and overpowers his voice narration. This will be fixed in Audacity after extracting the game audio track.

6. Extract game audio as a WAV file using your video editor or another tool for use in Audacity.

7. Import the extracted/exported WAV of the game audio into Audacity.

8. Select whole game audio track. Effect -> Compressor...

Find your own settings (ex. from X: -35db threshold, ratio 5:1, check compressed based on peaks).

9. With whole game audio track selected still, Effect -> Amplify...

Find your own settings (ex. from X: -20db, That's negative 20 (not positive) Tip: you can use the gain slider to temporary change the gain to see what your offset for amplifying should be). A negative amplification will bring the total volume of the track down (and bringing the game audio volume to a better, more balanced, level which goes nicely with your narration).

10. Preview game audio with narration for balance again. How do they sound together? Anything too low or too loud?

11. Export game audio from audacity. Remove original audio from video editor and replace with imported game audio we edited.

Good time to save your work :)

12. Watch/Listen to entire video in your video editor and make notes of any places that need emphasis or de-emphasis. Mute any parts of your narration that need muting such as when talking over a NPC.

13. When overall balance is good go back to Audacity.

Be sure to have your game track up top and voice over/commentary underneath the game track. Select the entire game track for the autoduck effect. Autoduck decreases game audio when you're talking (when there is audio in the bottom/lower/commentary track).

Effect -> Autoduck... A subtle effect is better. Find your own settings. (ex. from X: -3db, probably not more than -5db).

14. Export finished game audio as WAV.

15. Re-import finished game audio back into video editor.

16. Maybe lower game audio again a bit if still slightly too loud (can do in video editor adjust gain negative db slightly.)

17. Using notes file, emphasizing quiet parts. X does this by creating key frames in Premiere Elements and the audio volume fades up and then down. Use subtle fade increases/decreases in volume of about 1-3 db.

18. Listen using speakers...make possible adjustments to audio if it sounds different from using headphones.

19. Pay attention to details. Watch final video and make final adjustments.

FRAPS, Vegas, x264vfw codec, SFK files and Black Screens Showing in Video Previews and Rendered Video

2011-07-29T15:08:00.001-04:00

PROBLEM:

I noticed other's have an issue sometimes with their FRAPS footage showing black or blank screens for a second or two as if the frames were dropped in their videos. I encountered this problem myself and found a solution. The blank screens were not only in the rendered video, when the problem occurred they were also in my Sony Vegas Video Preview window before rendering -- YET playing back the source avi movies (the raw FRAPS footage using Media Player Classic Home Cinema (using the k-lite codec pack and x264vfw codec) there was NO blank screens in the raw footage -- only in the video preview and rendered video.

SOLUTION:

Delete Sony Vegas's SFK files which are found were the original source files are located (C:\FRAPS\Movies) and re-render if needed. Might be a good idea if you run in to the problem frequently to do the long solution below.

LONG SOLUTION:

Import all of you source FRAPS footage movies by dragging them into Vegas, save your project, then DELETE the created SFK files. Apparently, importing everything at once, Vegas has trouble sometimes randomly and the SFK files become corrupt. They will be recreated after you delete them, then close and reopen the project. I have no idea why this happens but the solution is pretty easy and the re-rendered footage rendered fine.

TL;DR:
Blank screens in FRAPS not a FRAPS issue, was a Sony Vegas issue, fix is to delete the SFK files and reopen project. Restarting Vegas may also work if deleting the SFK files does not.

Seatools for Windows 1.2.0.5 and DOS 2.20, 2.23 and Nvidia's older nForce 4 (ultra amd) chipset SMART error with Nvidia SW IDE driver

2011-05-26T10:18:00.004-04:00

I purchased a new Seagate 1TB 3.5" SATA hard drive and wanted to ensure it was good before using it as my main new hard drive in my most used computer.

Problem:

Seatools in Windows reports SMART error and my chipset is nForce 4 ultra AMD using Nvidia's IDE driver. The IDE driver is the problem for the SMART fail in Seatools for Windows and poor coding is the reason for Seatools in DOS (and Seagate's software not understanding the Nvidia IDE driver's response to the SMART test in the Windows version).

Solution:

For the SMART error appearing in Seatools under Windows: remove Nvidia's IDE driver. (Start, Control Panel, Nvidia Drivers, Check Remove only Nvidia IDE). For the DOS crashing of Seatools: use the older text based (non-crashing version) of Seatools to run a test on the drive. Version 1.09PH worked for me no problems.

Long story:

So I started Seatools for DOS 2.20 and did long tests and Seatools would crash, meaning the long test after several hours running would not report a pass or fail and the majority of the graphical interface was still visible behind the text based interface which was in the upper left corner of my screen. The graphical interface crashed and did not reset the resolution or text mode back so that the text screen would show, the one where it tells you about viewing the log or saving to floppy. If I tried to view the log it would give an error message about it being an invalid display mode. I could copy the log to a floppy drive however and view that log which only stated that the long test had started and gave no result or mention of a pass or fail for the test.

So I figured I upgrade to the latest version of Seatools for DOS which at the time of this writing in May 2011 is/was 2.23. Same results except this time for the long test in DOS it would show passed and then it would freeze at the end of the test (couldn't use alt-keys or mouse to exit Seatools). Seatools doesn't like the Nvidia nForce4 chipset it seems.

I should also mention at this point in dos versions of Seatools SMART has not been tripped is mentioned in all versions.

Now in the Windows version of Seatools 1.2.0.5, All tests would pass except SMART (basic test was the only option I had). This would say:

SMART - FAIL 5/25/2011 6:14:46 AM
SeaTools Test Code: A9E9E24A

I couldn't find information on this test code but did find some forum thread about Segate's failing the SMART test. This is a brand new drive in fact and I do understand how brand new equipment can fail but I just wanted to point that out. Note that every other hard drive SMART monitoring program I tried reported SMART status had not been tripped (as Seatools for DOS correctly reported) and that the drive is in perfect health after running a scan with diagnostic tools other than Seatools.

Here are two such thread I found:
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/SeaTools/drive-status-SMART-FAIL-incorrect/td-p/7944
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barracuda-XT-Barracuda-Barracuda/SMART-FAIL-in-SeaTools-Diagnostics-and-Drive-Detect-results/td-p/18901

The latter thread points to the SMART fail as a possible driver issue. Which is what the problem was the Nvidia IDE driver in fact. Removing it and running the Seatools for Windows again did not give a fail. Instead I get:
SMART - Pass 5/26/2011 9:25:19 AM

And for a second and third opinion: I tried HD Sentinel and HDDScan for Windows and the drive is in perfect health and passed all tests including the SMART tests and none of the SMART data on the drive has exceeded any thresholds.

So Seatools for Windows...you just don't like the Nvidia's IDE driver...and Seatools for DOS (graphical version)...your coding just sucks....Seatools for DOS (text-based)....you still work with no issues.

All tests now pass once I removed this conflicting Nvidia IDE driver.

General disclaimers:

If you get a report about a SMART failure it may be a false positive from Seagate's Seatools as above with the driver conflict but you should check it out with other diagnostic tools just to be sure you don't actually have a failure.

And, as always, Have a good, verified backup before running any intensive hard drive tests or what not.

More info:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1390&bih=839&q=+site:forums.seagate.com+smart+fail+seatools

Hard drive feedback heard through headphones and fix ac-97 audio

2011-05-24T22:59:00.001-04:00

I could hear my hard drive through my headphones buzzing and making various noises. Quite annoying. Turns out it is feedback not from the hard drive but from the CD-Audio input of the sound mixer. I have XP SP3 with the most recent on-board AC-97 audio codec from Realtek which is more up to date than the one on Asus's website. (Asus makes my motherboard).

Volume control -> Options -> Properties
Adjust volume for Playback -> Check CD Player -> OK
Click Mute under CD Player

That will stop the buzzing and audio feedback gain from the cd audio cable which feeds into the onboard audio mixer. You might also have to do the same thing for Aux In, Line In, etc if you have something in those ports.

The microphone input volume can also cause feedback of a different kind (a steady buzzing). The hard drive feedback I was getting was from the hard drive making noise and it was mostly quiet when the hard drive was not active. Muting the CD audio above did the trick.

Fraps, Vegas, x264vfw codec and Audio/Video Sync Issues FIXED

2011-04-11T13:53:00.000-04:00

Trying out various solutions to find a fix for a audio video sync issue when using the x264vfw codec on fraps footage. I Used Sony Vegas Movie Studio to compress/encode the video but it would also have the audio start and then the video would lag behind 1-3 seconds and be out of sync with the audio.

Here's the description of the problem:

Video and audio are IN sync in fraps raw footage (everything's fine).

Encoding in Virtualdub a/v is in sync. (all good so far)

Encoding in anything else video and audio are out of sync after encoding. Audio plays about 1-2.5 secs before video starts. (bad playback locally using Media Player Classic Home Cinema).

Problem is the setting "Zero Latency" from the x264vfw codec settings. That needs to be checked to fix the problem. (Unchecked the problem occurs during local playback on media player classic).

To note: even if the local playback is out of sync, when uploaded to youtube the video and audio will be back in sync from youtube's processing.

Remember to CHECK Zero Latency option in x264vfw codec settings to avoid this out of sync issue when encoding using Sony Vegas or any other compressor besides VirtualDub (which didn't have this problem).

It took a long time for me to find that fix because most of the stuff about out of sync audio out there is about a slow drift off problem (which I didn't have) instead of this immediate a/v sync problem. So maybe this will help if you're recording with fraps and encoding with x264vfw.

Dual booting XP and Mac Snow Leopard on Asus EEE 1000he pc - and getting to 10.6.6

2011-01-22T20:50:00.005-05:00

Dual booting XP and Mac Snow Leopard on Asus EEE 1000he pc - and getting to 10.6.6

Download Files here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/3xrcs6

Most of what will be used is in there but not all of it.

Notes are for a 1000he, not 1000h, not 1000x not anything other than 1000he and I have the US version and got lucky with the wifi card in it working right off the bat in 10.6.0 (and continued to work in 10.6.6). Also the dual boot part would be different for windows 7 or another operating system but I only wanted xp and snow leopard and this method worked for what I wanted. Back up your hard drive before doing anything. Most of this info is out there already but I've compiled what worked in my particular case and it might be useful for you as well especially the little annoyances and things needed to get setup required a lot of searching and reading, maybe this will save you some time if nothing else. I may not be available to help with all issues here and since there are minor differences in the 1000he's available you'll likely not be able to follow this guide exactly. Just work through any issues you have, do some reading and trial and error (that's how I got this all working).

There are some files I have attached which work with this guide, you may need to use different version depending on your setup or particular EEE 1000he pc.

Getting started:

This assumes you still have your eee in original condition with xp on it.

BACKUP YOUR DRIVE/FILES/PARTITIONS/EVERYTHING FIRST!

ghost eee backup the full drive and all partitions, the recovery partition too if you want to save it
create parted magic usb drive use unetbootin to do so
create windows xp recovery usb drive use the file usbrecoveryconsole.zip to do so

Create a XP RECOVERY CONSOLE USB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JUTNIeBVw0
http://www.briteccomputers.co.uk/downloads/usbrecoveryconsole.zip

turn off xp pagefile
reboot safemode and defrag
reboot from the parted magic usb drive to
use gparted to shrink file system
ghost again just xp partition

by ghost i mean image...i've used that so long as a verb for clone/image/backup the drive it's ingrained...but i used ghost the program ghost 9 for only the xp partition...and used clonezilla to back up everything the whole disk several steps along as I got farther so I wouldn't have to repeat the work already done. You're advised to do the same -- backup using clonezillia using your bootable parted magic (has clonezilla on it) usb drive that you'll need for making the hybrid mbr so windows will play nice on the mac's "turf" (aka a guid partitioned disk).

A note
---
Early on I noticed DSDT files are specific for the hardware AND bios version of your 1000he so I updated my bios from 0605 to 1002 because there were some dsdt files that matched that bios but not yet the latest bios which is 1104 as of this writing. You're advised to update to 1002 or 1104 at least since asus fixed some things it won't hurt to update them. Just don't get hacked or patched bioses, they're NOT needed for installing OSX. We'll update our dsdt.aml file that netbookinstaller helps create for us later to fix some issues (like backlight not turning on from wake from sleep, power button not used etc).
---
End note

use mac diskutility to create 3 partitions - GUID (GPT not MBR) -----> THIS ERASES YOUR EEE's HARD DRIVE -- DID YOU BACKUP YET?
FAT32 for the EFI partition 200mb or so doesn't have to be exact
MAC HFS+ Journaled partition about 73.6gb
FAT32 XP NTFS partition about 75.5gb
mac disk utility only allows FAT32 so we have to create the efi and ntfs partitions
to create the efi partition, use gdisk http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/walkthrough.html
change the partition type to 00EF and save
to create the ntfs partition use parted magic live (gparted) usb/cd to format that empty fat32 at the end to ntfs -- use unetbootin to create the parted magic live usb drive.

now use ghost or your drive image/cloning software of choice (clonezilla = free and works well) to copy over the windows partition to the last partition the newly created ntfs partition, ensure the ghost option to restore the mbr is not chosen (we'll fix that later). I used ghost 9 here YMMV.

Use the XP RECOVERY CONSOLE usb you made to boot and then run these commands in order: type "fixmbr" then press enter and yes it is ok to update it. Then type "fixboot c:" and yes write the boot sector to the xp partion, then run "bootcfg /rebuild" and don't add any new ones if you only have one xp install so say no to adding to the boot.ini (you can edit this file manually if you need to using ultimate boot cd/usb for windows ubcd4win usb or by hooking up the hard drive to another computer and doing it that way). With this setup XP will be the 3rd partition so it should look like multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS since '0' is the first, '1' is the 2nd and '2' is the 3rd. The last command to run in the recovery console is "chkdsk c: /r" to check the xp partition for errors/fix them if found. Type "exit" to leave the recovery console

Now install chameleon bootloader. The version I used at the time was Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin. This allows us to boot xp, mac, or off the external usb drive. Without this bootloader working, you'll likely get boot0: error or similar when trying to directly boot off the usb hard drive/flash drive.

To install chameleon do this (i chose to install to the mac partition):
Plug up your hdd to an external sata-usb adapter and connect to working mac or linux machine, you could also boot off a linux
Using a Mac with terminal
su
cd /to the directory of the chameleon files you downloaded
on the mac it's:
fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk1 <---that last number must be the number of the hard disk. It will probably be 1 if you're hooking up via the usb adapter and have only that as the external drive, it will probably be 0 if using a bootable linux distro to do this but i didn't use the linux method so not sure (the linux terminal command might be similar but maybe not) dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk1s2 cp boot /Volumes/nameofvolume <-that will be the name of the partition (aka volume) you're using for Mac.

While here also run gdisk and create the hybrid mbr windows needs to function while on a guid partition table (gpt) -- run from linux (parted magic usb) gdisk /dev/sda (mac terminal would be something like /dev/disk0 i think) then press p then enter to show current partition table then hit r for recovery/transofrmation then h for hybrid then 3 for just the xp partition then no don't put the efi partition at the begining keep the partition types the same (should be ef for efi partition, af for hfs+ mac partition and 07 for ntfs xp partition) and be sure to NOT set them as bootable or your chameleon won't boot and will need to be reinstalled. hit w to write and yes to confirm then exit it. YOU WILL NEED TO DO THIS PART OF GDISK WHENEVER THE PARTITION TABLE IS UPDATED INCLUDING AFTER MAC OSX SYSTEM UPDATES THE PARTITION TABLE (I had to do this from 10.6.0-10.6.4 and again when going from 10.6.4 to 10.6.6)

Now reboot and hit a key when chameleon boots to choose xp and xp should run disk check and boot. If not you have to figure out why yourself or restore from backup (I had to reghost just the xp partition back from a backup once because i didn't have the hybrid mbr set up exactly as above when testing out how to get osx installed right, but after changing the hybrid mbr to the settings above i was able to reghost, run the xp recovery console running the fixes above and xp booted right up, actually reghosting might not have been needed i think just fixing the hybrid mbr with gdisk would have been enough to fix the hal.dll error as I found out with later subsquent mac os updates but the 'overkill' solution didn't hurt, so now just re do the hybrid mbr after the mac os update and that's all you really need).

Now that XP is set up and the disk is ready for the osx installation we can install that. It probably can be done without a working mac handy but i just happened to have my old G4 running Leopard so I haven't tried any ways without a mac to install this.

INSTALLING OSX

A note ---
Before installing OSX:
My wireless card was recognized right after install but not the internal ethernet. There are various models of wireless cards for the 1000HE but I got lucky. Well my luck meant I had to later swap the en0 and en1 network names because en0 is traditionally ethernet and en1 is traditionally airport wifi. But some mac apps like Time machine don't like them to be swapped so to fix it it would be best at this point to just disable your wlan/wifi in the bio before installing OSX, then install (meaning drop in the ethernet kext into /Extra/General Extensions) the ethernet driver after you get to the mac desktop and run the updateextras program and reboot, then go to network properties and set up the network connection then you can reboot, enable wifi and airport should be en1 and the ethernet should be en0 like it's supposed to be. If they're switched, disable wifi in the bios, delete /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and networkidentification.plist and reboot. Then set up ethernet, reboot enable wifi and you should be good then.
--- End note

But there are two ways installation can be done with the mac:

1) install via usb bootable drive (must have chameleon installed on local hdd to boot the external drive) RECOMMENDED since you'll have a bootable install usb drive to act for repairs/backups. This is what I used but I've also tried the method below and include some instructions for the curious.

OR 2) install via hacked OSInstall.mpkg NOT RECOMMENDED unless you want to take our your eee's hard drive to do repairs, it is installed by running OSInstall.mpkg on working mac to install directly to the hard drive for the eee pc (which is attached via a sata/usb adapter to the mac). You do NOT NEED TO HACK THE OSInstall.mpkg ON INTEL BASED MACS. As I only had a Powerpc mac I had to change the installer to let it run the install script so I could put snow leopard on my eee's hdd (hooked up to the ppc mac via usb). On my old G4 which is ppc only this wouldn't work unless I patched the osinstall.mpkg package because the SL installation will run only on intel macs without patching. To patch it i used the program xar which is the compression/encoding that the package uses but i found out later there's an easier way: use the developer tools package manager's flat package editor. I found out along the way I needed to UPGRADE the xcode development tools to 10.5 leopard on my g4 as I had installed them previously for 10.4 but forgot to upgrade them for 10.5 leopard. So upgrade your dev tools by installing xcode from your leopard or snow leopard disk (whichever your working mac is currently running). Then you can run the flat package editor to edit the OSInstall.mpkg file to add ppc before the i386, so: "ppc, i386" (there's a comma and a space in there too don't forget that). Then save it and drop it off on your writable snow leopard image or external usb which is writable and run the osinstall.mpkg from there careful to select the eee pc's hard drive only and not your internal mac's hard drive which would be a problem since the g4 powerpc can't run intel mac code so be sure to select your external usb eee hard drive.

Installing via bootable usb drive (RECOMMENDED) Used Snow Leopard 10.6.0 dvd, made disk image dmg file from it using diskutility, then mounted the disk image, then restored mac osx install dvd to external hdd used netbookbootmaker 0.8.3 on the usb drive (other versions wouldn't work for me using the 10.6.0 disk I had). booted using internal hdd in eee pc chameleon boot loader, tab at startup to boot into external usb hdd that was prepared installed mac osx then it rebooted to mac desktop run new netbookinstaller for 10.6.4 (the nov 27th, 2010 version) no options for anything except update installation button so click it

UPDATE TO 10.6.4

Without restarting, after the NBI is done running exit it and run the 10.6.4 combo update then restart. The new netbookinstaller i used patched the kernel for me so no need to manually use the patched kernel for 10.6.4. When it reboots it shows lots of scrolling text and you'll see some NetbookinstallerCLI stuff too -- it's doing its job :) Eventually it will go to the desktop so you can do this: Run netbootinstaller again and it will update more extensions and such then reboot.

UPDATE TO 10.6.6

After getting 10.6.4, update to 10.6.6 normally. I used the combo update but reports are the built in software update will work fine. Keyboard/trackpad issues after update: Run netbookinstaller again to fix things up (like trackpad/ps2 driver) after the OS update. I used a usb mouse to make it easier to launch but you could launch it without the mouse if you need to: key combo for spotlight is apple-space and the alt key acts like the apple key on my 1000he presently so hit that and type in netbookinstaller and then enter to launch it and space to prepare drive to run the fixes, reboot after it finishes (control-f2 for the apple menu, then arrow down to restart and enter twice)

SWAP ALT-APPLE KEYS

Mac OSX has a built in swap for the keys under System Preferences, Keyboard, Modifier Keys and there you can make it so your Alt key on the keyboard acutally acts like the alt (option) key on the mac and the 'windows' key acts like the apple (command) key.

TRACKPAD ISSUES FIX

You might need to temporarly use a usb mouse to fix the trackpad if it isn't working for you. Still ps2/trackpad issues so I found a stable driver (not the package 0.98 that is available) but a slightly older version that uses the appleacpips2nub with voodoops2controller.kext (not the latest version but the previous version included in files zip with this post). That seemed to take care of the ps2/trackpad/touchpad issues. Link: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=238085 and http://www.sendspace.com/file/pk6bzc

Remember after the updating to FIX THE HYBRID MBR with gdisk so windows will boot again. You could install gdisk for the mac side so it can be used to fix the problem after every update. Install gdisk, then enable the root user in the terminal if needed: system preferences ->accounts -> login options ->join...->open directory utility->click the lock and authenticate->edit->enable root user->and set your root password->click lock again and close directory utility and system preferences, then go back into terminal and you can, sudo gdisk /dev/disk0 or su, then gdisk /dev/disk0 and then recovery/transformation options just like above and continue as above. Don't forget to write and reboot after updating the hybrid MBR. I've found this will fix the hal.dll problem if XP doesn't boot because a change to the partition table occurred (from a Mac OS update or otherwise).

You might get kernel panics after updating the mac...fear not, just restart and it will load up again. Be sure not to miss the netbookintaller step before you upgrade the first time, that will insure it patches the kernel so you can boot up (or maybe it is chameleon that patches the kernel but anyway it doesn't hurt to run the netbookinstaller before and after an update -- same goes for disk utilities repair permissions).

I could never get Kext Helper b7.app to run properly it would appear to work then freeze when trying to quit it. Best thing to do is not use it, just copy your kexts into the /Extra/General Extensions or /System/Library/Extensions (whichever the kext requires) and then run the UpdateExtra program.

If you add kext files to the /Extra directory (meaning /Extra/General\ Extensions or /System/Library/Extensions then be sure to run the UpdateExtensions ("shoe") program that netbook installer puts in the /Extra directory and reboot after it is finished.

SOUND BUZZING FIX (it's the microphone input gain set too high)

Fix was found here: http://code.google.com/p/voodoohda/issues/detail?id=8#c8

Run these terminal commands:

su
nano /System/Library/Extensions/VoodooHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist
Ctrl+W
Gain

You can find like this :
MixerValues

iGain
90

Change the 90 to 0 Then save it

Now clean the cache:

sudo rm /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/*
reboot

That reboots and the sound will be normal now without the microphone buzzing. You can still adjust your input levels in the control panel.

ABOUT THIS MAC FIX

Run AboutThisMac.pkg to fix the about this mac screen. This shows the cpu correctly on the about this mac screen. It doesn't show the cpu correctly on the system profile however. That will be fixed later in this post.

I was also able to run the software update and get the safari fixes and other updates available after the 10.6.6 combo update. App store works nicely.

After putting the kexts in the proper folder, running the update shoe program and restarting I was able, one by one to get bluetooth, ethernet, ps2 trackpad/keyboard, working. Still have a problem with it waking up from sleep and read about a DSDT fix that might help. DSDTSE is a program which can edit and recompile the files.

EDITING THE DSDT.AML (compiled version of DSDT.dsl)

FOUND A FIX FOR SLEEP! The issue I had was sleep was working properly and waking up properly except the backlight wouldn't come back on when waking up. This fixes that.

Have to edit the dsdt and add the code here:
http://s10lenovo.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4128&sid=b1410b25b262cfeac22bbe30e3163594&start=10#p28606
before the Device (PWRB) block of code.

Device (PNLF)
{
Name (_HID, EisaId ("APP0002"))
Name (_CID, "backlight")
Name (_UID, 0x0A)
Name (_STA, 0x0B)
}

USE DSDTSE OR DSDT Editor to extract, add the code above and save the dsl then compile the aml file. The compiled dsdt.aml file goes into /Extra and you may want to open a terminal and run these commands on the file after you've copied it in there:

Put your new dsdt.aml in /Extra first. Then run these commands in a terminal

su
cd /Extra
chown root:wheel dsdt.aml
chmod 755 dsdt.aml
exit
exit

I also installed InsomniaX here and set it for my login options and to run at startup so I can close my lid without the computer sleeping but that is just personal preference.

POWER BUTTON FIX

To get the power button working you can run the DSDT autopatcher found here and select Generic as the motherboard type to auto patch your new dsdt for the power button fix. You could probably find some dsdt code like the above backlight fix if you search around and want to do it manually. In my case the autopatcher fixed this really easily.

Download Link for DSDT editor:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=223205
Download Link for old dsdt patches:
http://olarila.com/forum/packs.php (free login required) These are the patches from the old autopatcher which has been discontinued in favor of the new DSDT Editor and Patcher. The Generic.txt patch still works to fix the power button issue.
~~Old Download: (login required)~~
~~http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=235523 (old autopatcher link not working)~~
~~http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=f2e355ef75410639c7238621d6f01add&act=attach&type=post&id=85365 (old autopatcher link not working)~~

After running that and rebooting your power button will now give you options to restart, sleep, cancel or shutdown.

FUNCTION (FN) KEYS "FIX"

The newer Voodoops2 driver wouldn't work for me (specifically 0.98) so I used the older version mentioned above. This means my FN keys wouldn't work (fn-f1 'sleep' worked and the pgup/down/home/end keys though but none of the others). So I used a program called Spark to remap my Control CTRL key for the specific system functions like brightness up/down and volume controls. Get Spark Here:

http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php

I used spark 3.0b9.

STILL NEED TO GET WORKING OR TWEAK

Bluetooth turn off (stuck on or off, toggle in bios, can't be toggled in mac osx unless fixed?)
set serial number in smbios.plist and other hardware info, how and where to find the right info?
system profiler shows wrong cpu speed
chameleon settings/default/timeout
list the extensions in /extra/ and /system/library/extensions and ensure nothing extra needed (might want to list on a forum of those who know)

AFTER THE INSTALLATION:

install xcode developer tools/and other optional installs
ntfs-3g for snowleopard (includes mac-fuse) to save stuff to xp partition
if you have high cpu usage after installing ntfs-3g it is likely spotlight trying to index the ntfs volume,
i just set the privacy to not index my xp volume and cpu usage went from 50%+ down to 1-4% idling.
maybe hfs+ software on xp side to write to mac partition
mac app store works so you can download your apps :)
set dock to left side personal preference, more vertical room on the tiny netbook screen
set up desktop background/apps/screensaver (if any) etc

MAIN SOURCES AND CREDITS:

http://osx86.co/f47/my-asus-eeepc-1000he-and-how-i-installed-t6316/
http://minhdanh2002.blogspot.com/2010/10/dual-booting-mac-os-x-1064-and-windows.html
insanelymac
voodooprojects
technow.cc
osx86.es
meklort
etc (meaning lots of reading and trial and error...and determination to make it work because now it does :)