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[pwm8]

Ok, I have spent most of the morning struggling with the 10.5.7 Ideneb update, but I finally have it mostly working.  I was running Ideneb 1.3 updated with the Ideneb 10.5.6 updater. 

I spent most of the morning in safe mode trying to figure out how to get back to working condition.  Needless to say, this update was a bit of a struggle, so here's some tips to help others.

Main points:

1.  Backup to a flash drive or SD card ALL of your AppleIntelGMA950 files.  This includes AppleIntelGMA950.kext, the two bundle files containing "950" in the file name, the plugin file with "950" in its file name, and the AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext from your 10.5.6 install before you do anything.  All of these files are located in your System/Library/Extensions file.  The AppleIntel950 files are next to each other in that file so are easy to find.

2.  Also backup IOBluetoothFamily.kext from the same file

3.  Download the Ideneb 10.5.7 Combo update from Ihackintosh or from the link posted in the first page of the large thread on this forum titled: "OS X on Asus eeePC 1000HE - Updated 5/18/09"

4.  Install the combo updater, reboot.

5.  Reboot should work, but your machine will be in 800x600 stretched mode (much like the first time you installed).   Also, bluetooth will be working, but will not be able to be turned off.

6.  Using Kext Helper, reinstall AppleIntelGMA950.kext, AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext and IOBluetoothFamily.kext.  Dont reboot yet.

7.  From your backups, copy the 2 bundle files and the 1 plugin file that have "950" in the file name into your hard drive System/Library/Extensions folder.  You will have to tell it to replace existing versions of all those files.

8.  Reboot.  You should be back to normal, with correct resolution and bluetooth able to be turned on and off.

A couple of issues:  I don't see anything different regarding power with this update-a couple of posters have noticed better battery life, I haven't seen that yet.  Also, no difference in the power management stuff in GenericCPUPMControl-one side's graphs jump up and down and the other side stays at 100% (this is showing VoodooPower.kext 1.2.3 for reference)

I haven't noticed that anything else is broken.  Yet.

[nickca]

You don't actually need to replace the display kexts with your old ones. Those are patched kexts from an older version of OSX. Also, you don't need to do anything with the bundle files, or at least I didn't on either the 10.5.6 or 10.5.7 update. You just need to patch the vanilla kexts to recognize the eeePC's video hardware. I've attached a shell script to this post that will patch the video kexts (AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext and AppleIntelGMA950.kext) so that OSX will properly recognize the video hardware and Core Image/Quartz Extreme will work, and you will be able to set the proper screen resolution.

After you update to 10.5.7, open a terminal and cd to whatever directory you downloaded the script to and run "sudo sh ./VideoKextPatcher.sh". You should get the messages "Unknown AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer version (might work anyway)" and "Unknown AppleIntelGMA950 version (might work anyway)" (don't worry, it will work). Just to be safe, before you reboot, open up OSX86Tools, check repair permissions and clear extension cache, and run it. After you reboot, run OSX86Tools again and click the "Enable Quartz Extreme" button. You will need to do this every time you update OSX.

I have the 1000HEB (Best Buy version w/o BlueTooth, but identical video hardware), so I don't know about the BlueTooth kext. There's probably a similar patching method for it floating around. Replacing the kexts with the old pre-patched versions probably won't hurt anything, but it's probably better to just patch the current versions.

Also, just as a rule, it's a good idea to make a full backup before you update OSX or apply any security updates. Get Carbon Copy Cloner, which is free (well, it displays banner ads while it backs up, but they're unobtrusive and it's a small price to pay), and use it to back up your boot volume to a read-only disk image. That way, if you mess up and roach your system, you can boot the iDeneb installer, open Disk Utility, and restore the image to the drive. The iDeneb 10.5.6 and 10.5.7 updates both worked perfectly for me, but better safe than sorry.

[ppar]

after running the videokextpatcher script, all I get is a grey screen when booting.

[pwm8]

Agree with ppar above.  I couldn't get the script to work.  Gray or scrambled screen on boot.

I ended up  reinstalling the 10.5.7 update and redoing my steps listed in the first post.  Has anyone else had success with that script?