[Guide] Dell XPS 9560 Mojave VirtualSMC, I2C Trackpad, Clover UEFI Hotpatch

[blazinsmokey]

@blazinsmokey... I get a LOT of double clicks. It doesn't matter whether I'm using the trackpad or a USB mouse. Any ideas?

First time hearing of this problem. Maybe it's your settings in accessibility, change your double click speed?

 

[brpc]

I tried setting it to the fastest setting and it has had no effect

 

[gaiaweylyn]

Just got my XPS 15 working brilliantly with this guide. Everything I've tried so far seems to be working. I do have one question, however.

I'd like to use the INS key as a Push-to-Talk key for TeamSpeak and/or Discord since macOS does not use the key as Windows does, but as it is, it doesn't seem like keypresses from that key are being passed through to macOS at all.

Tested first by trying to bind the key to different programs, since I thought they might be the problem, but then I installed Karabiner-EventViewer, and they don't show up there either. I also checked to see if it works in my Windows 10 dualboot, and it does, so it's not a hardware issue. Does anyone know if this could be an issue with the SSDT/DSDT or kext implementation? And if it is, can it be remedied?

 

[blazinsmokey]

3/25/19 Updated to 10.14.4 after updating Clover to r4895, kexts, etc. I uploaded my current clover folder, Clover v3.1 zip for you guys as it includes all the latest kexts to this day and AptioFix R25. Rebuild kext cache and permissions after to get touchpad working again.

 

[blazinsmokey]

I'd like to use the INS key as ...Tested first by trying to bind the key to different programs, since I thought they might be the problem, but then I installed Karabiner-EventViewer, and they don't show up there either.... And if it is, can it be remedied?

I'm not sure about this at all but here are some ideas to try. The insert key will register something when you press the Fn key and Insert. I think it puts the laptop to sleep. So the key is there. I don't have time to test it but check out the repository for voodoops2, https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller.

Then specifically try SSDT-KEY-DELL-WN09.dsl, this may get it working? I dunno. Also SSDT-PrtSc-F13.dsl is a nice example of possibly how you could map it yourself.

 

[InertiaSelling]

Has anyone tried to update to 10.14.4? Does it break anything?

EDIT: I'm dumb. Missed the notification for the previous messages and posted without looking. My apologies.

 

[blazinsmokey]

Has anyone tried to update to 10.14.4? Does it break anything?

Yes I updated and no it doesn't seem to break anything. Look at post 265, 2 posts above yours. Also I updated the guide with latest files. Checking the bottom of the guide for latest updates as well as last couple pages of the thread for recent info goes a long way.

 

[TwelvePointFive]

My update to 10.14.4 resulted in my machine getting stuck during the update process, and it will stall and never finish. I haven't updated to the latest files though so I'll try that.

@blazinsmokey did anyone find a resolution to the issue where the laptop would wake up during sleep? That was also happening to me and it would overheat in my bag.

 

[blazinsmokey]

... find a resolution to the issue where the laptop would wake up during sleep? That was also happening to me and it would overheat in my bag.

Personally used it for like a year off battery and never had this problem. Fill out your profile or signature so people know your hardware.

 

[Wingpin]

Also upgraded from 10.14.3 to 10.14.4 and all my kexts in kexts/Other; however my hackintosh does not get past the Apple logo now. I've upgraded from 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 to 10.14.3 with no issues along with updating my kexts, aside from rebuilding kextcache for touchpad to come back to life.

The kexts I updated along with 10.14.4 were WhateverGreen, Lilu, and AppleALC.

The first error message was "HASH data from ME never returned", which I got past with -disablegfxfirmware in boot args. After that I'm stuck at AppleACPICPU timeout / IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3.

My config.plist and kexts/Other is identical to yours; the only thing I did not update was the Clover version. My clover is at Clover_v2.4k_r4844 versus the current 4895. Not sure if that's the problem. Is there a way to update Clover from Windows?

Another solution I can think of is replacing WhateverGreen/Lilu/AppleALC with the previous version. I can mount EFI from Windows, but I don't have write permissions to mv/move the older version from my Windows drive to the EFI drive even with an elevated command prompt.