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Project 081 is a simple to use unofficial Mac OS X modification which can install Tiger on some specific models.
https://speedie.gq/projects/project081.php
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Issue: MBP4,1 stuck at a blue screen after rebooting #3

Open speedie1337 opened 2 years ago

speedie1337 commented 2 years ago

MacBookPro4,1 fails to play the intro video and instead of turning gray, it stays blue.

Maybe a GPU thing, maybe a package from the "hidden" folder.

speedie1337 commented 2 years ago

Will be fixed with 0.6, fix is having a third build for the MacBookPro4,1.

KirbsterN4 commented 1 year ago

Experiencing this issue also on my MBP4,1, although it appears to work fine when booted in safe mode. Is 0.6 still planned to release at any point?

speedie1337 commented 1 year ago

That's my intention, however it hasn't happened yet due to the complexity. The current roadblock is how I need to get my environment for creating Project 081 images set up for this to work.

Ideally, for testing I would set up a QEMU virtual machine that is as similar to a real Mac as possible, but I highly doubt it will be accurate enough to test hardware. I can test Project 081 on my iMac8,1 but this only allows me to test that specific configuration, which can cause problems like what you're experiencing here. 0.5 boots on my Mac but clearly not any of the other MacBook Pro machines.

Even without testing, I would still need an environment to build the images and packages. This likely means an older version of Mac OS X and Xcode, because Apple is Apple and keep dropping support for old software, which in this case we really need.

This environment was previously a Snow Leopard virtual machine, which worked fine for a while but it is really inconvenient and an absolute pain to test. Even something small like a Bash script that doesn't work could potentially waste hours and hours of my time. Not ideal.

I know I've said that I'm working on it, and while I am working on it, I'd be lying if I said I've worked on it much. Install packages that haven't been tested at all have been completed, and I believe the Project 081 'make your own image' wiki article links to it.

As for a solution, I'm going to post updates regarding 0.6 progress in issue #6! I hope to have a separate RSS feed for Project 081, but for now this will have to do (unless we want to delay 0.6 even further)

I apologize for my lack of communication with the people who follow this project, and not actually fixing this.

speedie1337 commented 1 year ago

@KirbsterN4 Important detail here, are you experiencing this issue AFTER installing the operating system or when booting from the USB?

KirbsterN4 commented 1 year ago

No worries! I appreciate the reply and completely agree that Apple loves to make things difficult. I'll definitely have a read through the custom image page as well.

Also, just to clarify, the issue occurs after the OS is installed. The USB environment appears to be completely fine.

speedie1337 commented 1 year ago

Interesting, I've had others report that it doesn't even boot into the installer. Who knows why there are two different outcomes, none of which are desired.

I'll see what I can do regarding this.