[Solved] NVIDIA Web Driver iBooks Bug

[mlg]

Hi everyone. I wrote a kernel extension, which resolves the problem for those of us without the option to enable an internal GPU. It permits iBooks, Little Snitch and other software to do their rendering with the NVIDIA Web Driver.

EDIT 2: Use this new, secure version instead: https://github.com/mologie/NVWebDriverLibValFix/releases

The below information is for the old, insecure patching method.

https://github.com/mologie/macos-disable-library-validation

I'm not releasing a precompiled kext until I got a few confirmations that this works on more than just my machine. I kindly ask you to not distribute precompiled versions of the kext either - there'll be an official release once I get a few OKs. (EDIT: Link to precompiled version added to the end of this post.)

Please only follow these instructions if you're familiar with recovering Hackintosh systems. The kext loads on boot, and you may have to boot an installation disk or attach your disk to another Mac to remove it if things go haywire.

Quick start:

1. Install Xcode
2. Open Terminal
3. Run the commands below

xcode-select --install
git clone https://github.com/mologie/macos-disable-library-validation.git
cd macos-disable-library-validation
./install.sh

You'll be prompted for your passcode for installing the kernel extension. All source code is available for review on GitHub.

EDIT: The precompiled version is available at https://github.com/mologie/macos-disable-library-validation/releases

 

[UA3]

Thanks @mlg !! worked just fine.

 

[zakklol]

First of all, thanks for finding the proper function in the kernel. You have more patience and/or stubbornness than I did when I looked at it.

That being said, you can also do it via a clover kernel patch.

                <key>KernelToPatch</key>
                <array>
                        <dict>
                                <key>Comment</key>
                                <string>Disable Library Validation</string>
                                <key>Disabled</key>
                                <false/>
                                <key>Find</key>
                                <data>
                                VUiJ5VNQuwEAAACDPZInNwAAdR1Ihf8=
                                </data>
                                <key>Replace</key>
                                <data>
                                SDHAw1NQuwAAAACDPZInNwAAdR1Ihf8=
                                </data>
                        </dict>
                </array>
                <key>KextsToPatch</key>

For those that are using clover configurator:
Kernel and Kext Patches -> KernelToPatch
Find: 554889e5 5350bb01 00000083 3d9227370000751d 4885ff
Replace: 4831c0c3 5350bb00 00000083 3d9227370000751d 4885ff

Verified working on my GTX970 and 10.12.6 PB

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Hi @mlg and @zakklol

Thanks both for your efforts on this ...

Very much appreciated

Sadly I'm still getting a transparent window in iBooks. I've double-checked my copy-n-pasting, checked it's in the correct section etc. Rebooted twice ...

Don't currently have Xcode installed so could only try the config.plist method.

Great to be so close at last though

 

[mlg]

Thanks for testing everyone.

@zakklol, your configuration unfortunately will not work on anything but your specific kernel version (of the preview release), and neither is it possible to create a reliable Clover kernel patcher configuration for our scenario. This is why I chose to write a kernel extension instead (should have mentioned it - sorry.)

The reason why Clover can't handle it is that immediately after the generic function header, you'll find a reference to the global variable _cs_library_val_enable. That variable's address changes per kernel release.

@UtterDisbelief, do you have the option to install Xcode and test the kernel extension instead?

 

[riden666]

@mlg
thank you so much, working great!

 

[mlg]

I've made a precompiled binary of the kernel extension available at:

https://github.com/mologie/macos-disable-library-validation/releases

The above is the official releases page, which will always display the latest version. Please don't directly link to the files, but only to the releases page. (It won't go away any time soon.)

 

[boywithaxe]

@mlg Thank you for your hard work!

this has been quite a sizeable thorn in my side especially when trying to work with Xcode's Debug View Hierarchy. But now it's finally working!

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Thanks for testing everyone.

@zakklol, your configuration unfortunately will not work on anything but your specific kernel version (of the preview release), and neither is it possible to create a reliable Clover kernel patcher configuration for our scenario. This is why I chose to write a kernel extension instead (should have mentioned it - sorry.)

The reason why Clover can't handle it is that immediately after the generic function header, you'll find a reference to the global variable _cs_library_val_enable. That variable's address changes per kernel release.

@UtterDisbelief, do you have the option to install Xcode and test the kernel extension instead?

Hello @mlg

Thanks for the beta pre-compiled binary kext. I'll be able to install Xcode tomorrow, however ...

I've just downloaded the kext and YES it works! (I'm running the system as per my profile and macOS 10.12.5)

Great work on this. Really appreciated.

I was a little daring though and have installed it in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other instead. However, if that causes problems, I can always move it to /Library/Extensions.

 

[D-vise]

Thank you so much! It works perfectly for me.

From the bare source code I could not understand how it works. Would it be possible to build a live switch for this?