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mattcurtis

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Hi!

I'm trying to get AppleALC 1.4.8 working on my CX20757 (layout-id = 3) in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Whenever I try to use AppleALC at all via boot argument alcid=3 my boot hangs indefinitely right after the AppleALC kext is loaded, eventually rebooting after several minutes (I haven't timed it.) Removing alcid means boot continues successfully.

Where should I start looking in order to fix this?

EFI: https://we.tl/t-wjJswoh7AI
 
mattcurtis said:
Hi!

I'm trying to get AppleALC 1.4.8 working on my CX20757 (layout-id = 3) in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Whenever I try to use AppleALC at all via boot argument alcid=3 my boot hangs indefinitely right after the AppleALC kext is loaded, eventually rebooting after several minutes (I haven't timed it.) Removing alcid means boot continues successfully.

Where should I start looking in order to fix this?

EFI: https://we.tl/t-wjJswoh7AI
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Clover or open core?
 
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mattcurtis said:
Whenever I try to use AppleALC at all via boot argument alcid=3 my boot hangs indefinitely right after the AppleALC kext is loaded, eventually rebooting after several minutes (I haven't timed it.) Removing alcid means boot continues successfully.
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@mattcurtis,

Try setting your layout-id via Device Properties rather than using the boot argument.

See Method 2 in the AppleALC chapter of the Lilu + Plug-in's guide :-

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An iDiot's Guide To Lilu and its Plug-ins

An iDiot's Guide To Lilu and its Plug-in's Last Update: 22nd Jan 2021 (Add note about OpenCore config.plist modifications) About this Guide Note: This guide was written when Clover was the boot loader of choice as such the config.plist examples in this guide are mostley Clover specific ... if...
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Cheers
Jay
 
jaymonkey said:
@mattcurtis,

Try setting your layout-id via Device Properties rather than using the boot argument.

See Method 2 in the AppleALC chapter of the Lilu + Plug-in's guide :-

www.tonymacx86.com

An iDiot's Guide To Lilu and its Plug-ins

An iDiot's Guide To Lilu and its Plug-in's Last Update: 22nd Jan 2021 (Add note about OpenCore config.plist modifications) About this Guide Note: This guide was written when Clover was the boot loader of choice as such the config.plist examples in this guide are mostley Clover specific ... if...
www.tonymacx86.com www.tonymacx86.com

Cheers
Jay
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Thank you, I'm following that now. I've run into a bit of an issue when using Hackintool — it's only showing one of my audio devices, the HDMI one.
 
Is this a new problem to your hack or it's your new hack you're trying to tweak? Just try out other layout-id's I'd propose. I usually try out all of them even if it works. Sometimes there are implications like sleep problems, you never know which one works best.
 
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Edd1024 said:
Is this a new problem to your hack or it's your new hack you're trying to tweak? Just try other layout-id's I'd propose. I usually try all of them even if it works. Sometimes there are implications like sleep problems, you never know which one works best.
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I've gotten this machine (the G510 in my signature) to work fine on Mojave with AppleHDA before, and back then I established it was a layout-id 3 (though I tried this new Catalina install with the other possible IDs, just to be sure). Not sure why it isn't working now.
 
Did you maybe update anything, like AppleALC. There's nothing wrong to leave a hack as is if everything works. I update my hacks earliest with Apple updates, sometimes even much later.

Anyways, yesterday I read the guide as Jay proposed and it's an excellent guide including the troubleshooting so I also think the best would be to follow it. A section in the config file is also probably better than the boot parameter.

Let us know how it goes!
 
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Edd1024 said:
Did you maybe update anything, like AppleALC. There's nothing wrong to leave a hack as is if everything works. I update my hacks earliest with Apple updates, sometimes even much later.

Anyways, yesterday I read the guide as Jay proposed and it's an excellent guide including the troubleshooting so I also think the best would be to follow it. A section in the config file is also probably better than the boot parameter.

Let us know how it goes!
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Fixed it — I'm now using the DSDT Fixes FixHPET, FixIPIC, and FixRTC (tbh I may not need all of them, I'll have to test.) I narrowed it down to those three by checking out a config.plist someone else put together for the same machine as my own.
 
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