General Discussion

[baughmann]

This issue is for general discussion that is not really a bug report or anything else. Anyone can post here for any reason.

[Delitants]

@baughmann I use a magic mouse and keyboard via the Bluetooth card and keep experiencing the freezes that you guys are talking about. The frequency is so random that I haven't been able to find any pattern to it. There is also nothing in the system log. Is your wife not having the freezes? Does she use a USB Apply keyboard and mouse? I could try that for a while.

Oh, one more observation. I was charging my MacBook Pro via one of the USB-C ports from the back of the motherboard. The IO kept freezing once/twice per hour until I unplugged that cable. Not sure if it is related.

Yes it does, very random, my BT magic and keyboard just stop responding and BT icon gets crossed. Have to reset he PC. Super annoying.

[baughmann]

@Neolo @idioma @jiribanas Has anyone had the freeze occur when using a keyboard with a USB dongle or cable?

[Delitants]

@Neolo @idioma @jiribanas Has anyone had the freeze occur when using a keyboard with a USB dongle or cable?

I don't have any mac type KB with dongle. I have PCIE Fenvi BT+Wifi and official Apple mouse and KB.

[MattGeiger]

@Neolo @idioma @jiribanas Has anyone had the freeze occur when using a keyboard with a USB dongle or cable?

That’s what I have. I use a Microsoft Sculpt wireless desktop with USB dongle connected to the 2.0 ports.

[j0hnny8rav0]

Hi, I’m currently using the keychron k2 keyboard and not experiencing this issue. The keyboard has wired and wireless option and works fine for me. I also use a glorious mode o wireless mouse it can also use wired too and haven’t had issue.

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@Neolohttps://github.com/Neolo @idiomahttps://github.com/idioma @jiribanashttps://github.com/jiribanas Has anyone had the freeze occur when using a keyboard with a USB dongle or cable?

That’s what I have. I use a Microsoft Sculpt wireless desktop with USB dongle connected to the 2.0 ports.

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[jiribanas]

It may be worth opening a new discussion thread just for this specific freezing issue.

Not sure if this is related, but it froze three times today for me. The last time it did, I found this in the log after reboot:

`panic(cpu 12 caller 0xffffff80035f9a25): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.logd in 120 seconds service returned not alive with context : unresponsive dispatch queue(s): com.apple.firehose.io-wl service: com.apple.logd, total successful checkins since load (4150 seconds ago): 404, last successful checkin: 120 seconds ago service: com.apple.WindowServer, total successful checkins since load (4120 seconds ago): 412, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago

Backtrace (CPU 12), Frame : Return Address 0xffffffb948e4b670 : 0xffffff800028e0dd 0xffffffb948e4b6c0 : 0xffffff80003d4f33 0xffffffb948e4b700 : 0xffffff80003c552a 0xffffffb948e4b750 : 0xffffff8000232a2f 0xffffffb948e4b770 : 0xffffff800028d8fd 0xffffffb948e4b890 : 0xffffff800028dbf3 0xffffffb948e4b900 : 0xffffff8000a9d884 0xffffffb948e4b970 : 0xffffff80035f9a25 0xffffffb948e4b980 : 0xffffff80035f9660 0xffffffb948e4b9a0 : 0xffffff8000a1e13e 0xffffffb948e4b9f0 : 0xffffff80035f8a34 0xffffffb948e4bb20 : 0xffffff8000a2837b 0xffffffb948e4bc80 : 0xffffff8000380961 0xffffffb948e4bd90 : 0xffffff800029375d 0xffffffb948e4be00 : 0xffffff8000269cf5 0xffffffb948e4be60 : 0xffffff8000281312 0xffffffb948e4bef0 : 0xffffff80003a982d 0xffffffb948e4bfa0 : 0xffffff8000233216 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[C29AFC04-7113-39AA-80DF-00F4DDAD0F46]@0xffffff80035f7000->0xffffff80035f9fff

Process name corresponding to current thread: watchdogd Boot args: alcid=7 chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev

Mac OS version: 20F71

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.5.0: Sat May 8 05:10:33 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.121.3~9/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: 52A1E876-863E-38E3-AC80-09BBAB13B752 KernelCache slide: 0x0000000000000000 KernelCache base: 0xffffff8000200000 Kernel slide: 0x0000000000010000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8000210000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8000100000 System model name: iMac19,1 (Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95) System shutdown begun: NO Panic diags file available: YES (0x0) Hibernation exit count: 0

System uptime in nanoseconds: 4177793830599 Last Sleep: absolute base_tsc base_nano Uptime : 0x000003ccb7ead1be Sleep : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 Wake : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000c86793228 0x0000000000000000 `

unresponsive dispatch queue(s): com.apple.firehose.io-wl It mentions IO in its name. Is anyone familiar with this thingy?

[baughmann]

Agreed, I will open an issue and tag everyone when I’m at my desk next.

Appears this is a problem on real macs too since updating to Big Sur. Someone said an NVRAM and SMC reset did them good: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/667376?page=6

[baughmann]

@Neolo @idioma @jiribanas And anyone else:

I have opened #51 regarding this and will begin investigating. Please chime in there with any relevant details.

[hellojere]

@baughmann, I moved the conversation from https://github.com/baughmann/designaire-z390-intel-i9-9900k-opencore/issues/51 here, as it's not related to the issue itself.

I've tried with all 4 EFI backups I have and they all hang the same way; apple logo appears but the loading bar gets stuck in the very beginning.

The BIOS reverted automatically to "Last working copy", which gets me to the Apple logo, but loading the manually saved BIOS configuration does not boot at all - that worked just fine before. I'm also running an older BIOS, as that worked fine before, so might be time to upgrade to F9i - or even F9j.

Btw, any links to how to reset the NVRAM on this setup?

[hellojere]

@baughmann Upgrading the EFI to the latest did not work by itself, but straight after upgrading the BIOS to F9i and loading the BIOS config from this repo it booted just fine.

Now even the automatic updates are finally showing up on System Preferences, which I never managed to get to work before. However, now the SIP is enabled again, so need to get that disabled (TotalSpaces requires this).

Anyone running the macOS 11.5.1 yet?

EDIT: The OpenCore install guide's SIP section had been updated, and apparently the automatic updates have an issue with disabling the SIP. Just disabled it and the issue is back. Not a big deal though, only macOS updates seem to be missing, and it's not a big deal to download the installer manually through AppStore when the time comes. Happy Hackintosher here again, thanks!

[baughmann]

Sorry for the radio silence @hellojere I didn’t mean to leave you hanging. I’m glad you got it worked out!

[arashster]

Anyone facing issues with Bluetooth audio stuttering?

[j0hnny8rav0]

No issue here. Using fenvi card.

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Anyone facing issues with Bluetooth audio stuttering?

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[baughmann]

@arashster I can't say I've been experiencing this :/

[hellojere]

Anyone facing issues with Bluetooth audio stuttering?

I had this, but that was caused by a weak signal. In general the signal seems to be nowhere near as good as it is with real Apple devices, especially with some devices like the Wacom tablet.

[Shaninnik]

@baughmann I just wanted to say big thanks for this repo. Worked almost as is for me with i9 9900k + Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi, only thing I had to change was USBPorts (was getting prohibitory sign when starting install), I just copied mine from existing clover install and it worked. Seamlessly upgraded from clover + Catalina to BigSur, no issues so far.

[baughmann]

@Shaninnik Don't thank me, thank the OC creators. I just made an EFI for myself.

Since you're using a different mobo, it makes sense you had to use a different USBPorts.kext. Could you send it to me so I can post it here for those who have the same board? Maybe also use some relevant Google-friendly words in the commend that you attach it to for future Googlers?

[Shaninnik]

@baughmann yes, but you also open sourced it and saved me, and other people a lot of time, that worth a thank.

Attaching my USBPorts.kext for Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi. I've been only using it for a day with OpenCore but so far it seems that everything that I need works. (top 4 USB 2.0 ports, half of the USB 3.0 ports, 4 PC case USB ports) At a minimum it can be used to swap your USBPorts.kext to install the system and then tweaked if necessary. It was the only thing I've changed to get it running. I also installed F12k BIOS available for my mobo before attempting anything.

USBPorts.kext.zip

[arashster]

With regards to the bluetooth issue, interestingly, resetting the NVRAM (pressing space at the Opencore boot menu and picking reset nvram) a few times fixed it.

[MjayNL]

All, I have updated to the latest OC and can confirm it works with Big Sur 11.5

Are you on OC 0.7.3?

[baughmann]

@MjayNL Negative, still on 0.7.1 (the version in this repo)

[jahwookie]

More a hardware question this time, but one that could probably only be answered with a group like this...

I was moving my self-built Intel tower a couple of feet across the space under my desk, and because that entailed unplugging everything, I flipped the switch on the power supply, so that the LEDs on the motherboard all went dark.

When I plugged all the cables back in and restarted, the machine found the boot drive, but could not move forward, instead flashing a message that the BIOS had been reset. Thanks to the series of screenshots @Nick Baughman @.***> was good enough to post a while back, I was able to get back to square one and boot back into a normal running state.

Can anyone suggest why this happened? I thought the BIOS was designed to survive a complete power down. Does this maybe mean that little round watch battery on the m'board has gone dead, or something along those lines?

Thanks in any case for leaving the recovery aids posted! John W.

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@MjayNL https://github.com/MjayNL Negative, still on 0.7.1 (the version in this repo)

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[baughmann]

That is super weird… I can say I’ve turned off my PSU and unplugged my computer several times since installing macOS, sometimes leaving it unplugged for hours. I’ve also lost power in the middle of working. I’ve never had the BIOS config reset though…

That said, the CMOS battery shouldn’t be bad yet, as your mobo is probably only a few years old.

Mighty strange…

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 More a hardware question this time, but one that could probably only be answered with a group like this...

I was moving my self-built Intel tower a couple of feet across the space under my desk, and because that entailed unplugging everything, I flipped the switch on the power supply, so that the LEDs on the motherboard all went dark.

When I plugged all the cables back in and restarted, the machine found the boot drive, but could not move forward, instead flashing a message that the BIOS had been reset. Thanks to the series of screenshots @Nick Baughman @.***> was good enough to post a while back, I was able to get back to square one and boot back into a normal running state.

Can anyone suggest why this happened? I thought the BIOS was designed to survive a complete power down. Does this maybe mean that little round watch battery on the m'board has gone dead, or something along those lines?

Thanks in any case for leaving the recovery aids posted! John W.

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@MjayNL https://github.com/MjayNL Negative, still on 0.7.1 (the version in this repo)

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[jiribanas]

For general discussion, has anyone had the guts to try macOS Monterey with this EFI and hardware yet?

[hellojere]

How about the latest Big Sur? Anyone on 11.6 yet?

[arashster]

How about the latest Big Sur? Anyone on 11.6 yet?

Yep, updated - no problem.

[baughmann]

Anyone have any luck on Designare BIOS version F9j? I seem to have bricked my machine with it while trying to update it and OC

EDIT: Oops... does anyone have a mirror for F9i handy?

EDIT EDIT: Found a F9i mirror. Will post the ZIP on the releases page and update documentation advising against F9j

[baughmann]

Published a new version of the EFI after doing a bunch of cleanup etc., etc. Let me know if you all have any problems with it.

[JonMcL]

I'm gonna give your build a try because I've been having random freezes with Big Sur and my own EFI build.

Question, on 10 April 2021 you stated:

Fixed USB port issue occurring after upgrade to 11.3 by re-disabling USBInjectAll.kext, re-enabling USBPorts.kext (this mobo's USB map) and setting Kernel > Quirks > XhciPortLimit to 0

But new release 11 October 2021 seems to have USBInjectAll enabled? Deliberate or ?

[jordanurbs]

Published a new version of the EFI after doing a bunch of cleanup etc., etc. Let me know if you all have any problems with it.

2 issues for me:

1-my main machine is the exact same hardware as yours. I accidentally upgraded to big sur 11.6 and so it stopped booting; but so did my backup boot disk, for some reason. So I replaced the backup EFI with your new EFI, re-configured the config.plist, even flashed your BIOS settings to make sure... and still won't boot anywhere. Very bizarre. Any ideas? Haven't tried verbose mode yet.

2- my second machine (new) is the same hardware except no dGPU, just using the integrated graphics. I enabled iGPU on BIOS but otherwise the macOS installer won't even load (some times it loads about halfway on the apple logo, other times not at all). I've tried using debug mode and verbose and it does not create any files.

Curious if anyone else had problems with the upgrade or it's just me. Have really appreciated you keeping this up to date and your support.

Thanks.

[arashster]

Curious if anyone else had problems with the upgrade or it's just me. Have really appreciated you keeping this up to date and your support.

Thanks.

I've had a similar issue with one of my machines. It freezes at the Apple logo right before the loading bar is about to start. Reverting to the previous version worked for me (0.7.1).

It worked on two other machines I have.

[jordanurbs]

Curious if anyone else had problems with the upgrade or it's just me. Have really appreciated you keeping this up to date and your support. Thanks.

I've had a similar issue with one of my machines. It freezes at the Apple logo right before the loading bar is about to start. Reverting to the previous version worked for me (0.7.1).

It worked on two other machines I have.

Thanks for this. Any important differences/changes to config.plist, kexts or BIOS for 0.7.1 compared to 0.7.4 (in context of this repo)?

[djresal]

I had issue with the new EFI (11/10/2021). My keyboard, mouse and wacom tablet are not recognized and therefor are not working. I was on big sur 11.0.1 and decided to updated to 11.6. But had the issue with USB... I decided to upgraded to bios F9i and used your bios config. I copied your new EFI but still have the usb issue. i had to use my bluetooth apple keyboard and mouse to use my computer. I have the exact same config as you. i don't know how to fix this issue...

[JonMcL]

I had issue with the new EFI (11/10/2021). My keyboard, mouse and wacom tablet are not recognized and therefor are not working. I was on big sur 11.0.1 and decided to updated to 11.6. But had the issue with USB... I decided to upgraded to bios F9i and used your bios config. I copied your new EFI but still have the usb issue. i had to use my bluetooth apple keyboard and mouse to use my computer. I have the exact same config as you. i don't know how to fix this issue...

I'm hardly an expert, but you might have to go through your own USB port mapping procedure. Not all of the ports are enabled and not at all speeds. You could also just try moving the USB mouse & keyboard to other ports until they start to work. I ended up disabling USBInjectAll, and using my own USBPorts kext. (based off the one I created for Catalina and OC 0.5.x) I made it with Hackintool and it was a slow and paintful process of trial and error. I also don't have all ports working at all speeds, but it works for me.

Also, make sure all your BIOS settings match the screenshots provided in this repo.

[JonMcL]

I'm gonna give your build a try because I've been having random freezes with Big Sur and my own EFI build.

A quick update. I've been successfully using Big Sur (11.6) for 3 days now. No freezes or crashes. Only restarted a few times. I did as much stress testing as I could come up with, particularly with leaving music playing through Bluetooth headset and copying large TM sparse images to and from a USB 3.1 drive encosure (operating at 10gbps).

I had previously had lots of problems with Big Sur and OC 0.7.4 (and 0.7.3). I was using new builds of OC, I tried upgrading my old build, I also tried the previous release of this repo. I tried my old F8 BIOS and the current F9j BIOS (don't use it!). All resulted in freezes with Big Sur, usually within an hour, sometimes 2 or 3 hours in.

Now I'm using this repo's current release, with my own USBPorts kext (and disabled USBInjectAll), AND the F9i BIOS. I don't know if it's the perfection of this repo's config and research or the F9i BIOS, but everythign is rock solid so far.

First full work day and hopefully all goes well. If it does, I'll tweak for overclocking again tomorrow :)

Thank you for provided us with a great working baseline!

[baughmann]

I'm gonna give your build a try because I've been having random freezes with Big Sur and my own EFI build.

Question, on 10 April 2021 you stated:

Fixed USB port issue occurring after upgrade to 11.3 by re-disabling USBInjectAll.kext, re-enabling USBPorts.kext (this mobo's USB map) and setting Kernel > Quirks > XhciPortLimit to 0

But new release 11 October 2021 seems to have USBInjectAll enabled? Deliberate or ?

Uh oh... No, it's not deliberate... I completely rebuilt the config.plist using ProperTree. PT enabled it by default and I did not disable it again. Strange, as this latest release fixed the USB issues my wife's machine and I have noticed no problems.

It's also possible that the USBPorts.kext that I created is incorrect. Do you have the same mobo as I do?

@arashster @jordanurbs @djresal The above could be a reason for your problems. I will need to make a new release to re-disable USBInjectAll.kext. I'm keeping it in the repo just in case others may have USB issues and need to disable USBPorts and enable USBInjectAll to get their systems limping.

[jordanurbs]

@arashster @jordanurbs @djresal The above could be a reason for your problems. I will need to make a new release to re-disable USBInjectAll.kext. I'm keeping it in the repo just in case others may have USB issues and need to disable USBPorts and enable USBInjectAll to get their systems limping.

Please save us!! We'll be waiting for that new release... do you accept cryptocurrency tips?

[baughmann]

@jordanurbs lol download the latest config.plist and paste it into your EFI/OC folder and let me know if it works

[JonMcL]

It's also possible that the USBPorts.kext that I created is incorrect. Do you have the same mobo as I do?

I think so :) Designare Z390. I can attach the file or a Hackintool screenshot if that's helpful.

My (limited) understanding is that USBInjectAll can inject all the USB ports (and sub-ports) but only 15 can be active at any one time. So if you leave USBInjectAll enabled, and you don't "light up" more than 15 ports, you are all good. The problems come in when you start plugging devices into ports and you end up going over 15 (with sub-ports included, a USB 3 hub will likely "light up" the USB 2 sub-ports). So a USBPorts kext lets you specifically choose which ports and sub-ports are enabled on startup. Plugging a device into a port that is not enabled means that it won't work. But at least you know which one will work and which ones don't.

So if my understanding is true, it's just a coincidence that all of your wife's USB ports work correctly. In @djresal situation, where his mouse and keyboard aren't working, it's likely because he has too many devices spread out across too many ports.

Anyway, my understanding of all this could be wrong :)

[jordanurbs]

@jordanurbs lol download the latest config.plist and paste it into your EFI/OC folder and let me know if it works

Did I miss a step? I didn't delete usbinjectall.kext

[jordanurbs]

@baughmann I kept my original config.plist and deleted the USBInjectAll.kext from the OC folder, then used ProperTree to do a clean snapshot... it works now, my machine boots again! On 11.6. At this stage I have no idea which one of your repo versions I am using.. but at least it works. Thanks for your support.

Now if I can only figure out this new machine. Should there be any changes to anything if there is no dGPU?

[baughmann]

@jordanurbs Mighty weird.... those errors suggest OC and the config.plist are out of sync (i.e. on different versions). That's not a good sign.

To be honest, I'm not sure. Is it the same mobo?

[jordanurbs]

@jordanurbs Mighty weird.... those errors suggest OC and the config.plist are out of sync (i.e. on different versions). That's not a good sign.

To be honest, I'm not sure. Is it the same mobo?

Same mobo, same everything just no GPU except from the mobo. I've copied my exact EFI folder from my main machine to this new one on the Big Sur 11.6 USB installer disk, and it just freezes about 1/5 the way through the loading bar

Thread here

[baughmann]

@jordanurbs Check @JonMcL 's comment in your issue on this subject. Would you mind removing the logs from your above comment and just linking to the issue instead? Kinda clogs this thread a little bit.

Also, I updated the latest release to re-disable USBInjectAll. Seems to work well on my machine, but I wasn't having problems even when it was enabled. Can someone else verify that it works for them? I think @jordanurbs May have accidentally gotten his EFI folders mixed around, or maybe needed to clear NVRAM or something because it looked like the config.plist his EFI was using and his OC version might have been out-of-sync

[baughmann]

As a side note, has anyone here looked into running macOS on KVM or QEMU or another hypervisor? Will need to find a longer-term solution to do iOS development once Intel chips are no longer supported. Been meaning to get back into using Linux a bit more anyways

[jahwookie]

Years ago I tried running a couple of different OS's in KVM. Never found they ran fast enough to consider them useful, but the virtuality tech is said to be much closer to directly accessing the machine these days.

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[baughmann]

@jahwookie Yeah that's what I'd heard, but I have yet to see anything concrete. I'm no guru so I'd definitely want something easy to set up and maintain.

At first glance, these virtualization solutions don't seem to have much of a leg up on native. They don't seem to get you away from OpenCore. In fact, them seem to add another dependency on another volunteer-only group (at least, in the case of OSX-KVM). Maybe as the end of the world [of native hackintosh] approaches, there will be more focus put on better virtualization.

[jordanurbs]

@jahwookie Did I hear correctly that you use an AORUS Z390 with this repo's EFI? Did you have to make any major modifications?

This refurbished Designare I bought has some defects, might swap it out for the z390 AORUS Pro Wi-Fi

[Shaninnik]

@jordanurbs I have Z390 Aorus pro wifi, my usbports.kext attached earlier in this thread (it won’t start with the one from repo). Not a single freeze or crash or any other major issue in 2 months, and I use it for work (iOS/Android dev) as my mbp is too slow and I didn’t want to upgrade until Apple release new 16in.

One minor issue that I am having is that sometimes audio stutters when using usb audio interface 🤔

[jordanurbs]

@Shaninnik thanks :) to the Aorus Pro I go!