SojuGarden IRC

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So a few of us got together and opened a new IRC network, we had been hopping in and out of a few other networks over the years and we finally got tired of some of the administrative details of those networks… mergers with other networks bringing new opers in that interfere with our channels, outdated services, etc.

I had actually ran a rather large network for many years but I shut it down about 5 years ago when I moved abroad and I have contributed to the development of several IRC services including anope, denora, and magirc (which is still in alpha development). So it was a no-brainer to get up and running with a little help from my friends in the community who have generously offered the use of their own dedicated servers and their vast knowledge and experience to help others in the community.

You will notice the link to our network’s portal and statistics in the main site menu, please connect to the network round-robin and join us in #hackintosh – it’s just getting started but the more users join us the more useful it will become. You will notice there is a link/ssl link on all channel lists on the website but I will also provide a direct link here for your convenience:

SojuGarden IRC #hackintosh – Standard Connection | Secure Connection

We only have one small request to make for the use of our #hackintosh support channel. If you come in seeking help, and receive it, please stick around and help others whenever you can with whatever you can. Give a little something back =)

We look forward to seeing you there!

-Conti

 

Chameleon Sources

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To make things a little easier on myself in preparation for the release of myHack 3.0+ I’ve pulled the latest chameleon from svn, applied some fixes specific to git, myHack and my ML patch, and pushed it to my git account. You will now be able to view/access the Chameleon source I use for myHack there. The link will be placed in the appropriate places on this site as well as in the footer for future reference.

https://github.com/Conti/Chameleon

Facebook “like” linking fixed.

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I noticed that the ‘like’ button was picking up the wrong logo and description – instead of listing the description of the post or even the main site description – it was picking up my little blurb for people using adblockers. It took 3 hours and the creation of a customized wordpress plugin to get the ‘opengraph’ meta tags to pick things up correctly and it appears to be working properly now.

Social Media Integration

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I’ve added some social media sharing links as well as some twitter and facebook integration + a fan page on facebook. It is my hope that since so many use these services now that this will make it more convenant for people to stay up to date with the latest releases, news and updates. I have never used any form of social media in the past personally so I’m just going to see how this works out, hopefully everything will run smoothly and prove to be useful.

myHack 2.2

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This version is now deprecated, consult the myHack guide for a link to the latest version.

This version was downloaded 13599 times.

I noticed two things while testing some more unorthodox configurations with myHack 2.1. Since I was testing on multiple systems I had renamed some Extra directories from them, for example “Extra_Notebook_ML”. When installed with myHack I noticed that instead of installing to /Volumes/myHack OS X Install Disk/Extra – it would end up in /Volumes/myHack OS X Install Disk/Extra_Notebook_ML/. Oops. So I fixed that.

Also I was able to reproduce a very random error that only a small number of people have ever reported to me. I’m not sure if the error I reproduced was caused by the same problem as these users but I have added an enhancement to myHack to prevent it from ever happening again. The symptom was an instant reboot before chameleon menu loaded. It was really rather confusing to me as there was no reason for it (code wise) and the same version of chameleon installed on the USB stick worked fine… Then I noticed something – that wasn’t reported in myHack or even the terminal when installing chameleon by hand – for some reason when booting from the USB stick OS X was mounting all the HFS+ partitions (other than the root volume) as read-only!

So now myHack performs a check on the target volume prior to running any tasks, and will alert the user to unmount, and mount the drive again using disk utility if it is mounted as read-only – this method resulted in a volume that was writable in all of my tests, as it should, unless the device is physically damaged or has a ‘read only’ switch, as some USB sticks do. Hopefully in the extremely unlikely event that anyone runs into this issue, this simple check will save you a headache.

I’ve also taken the time to bump the chameleon version while I was at it, I have once again applied the patch for mountain lion support.

I’ve cleaned up some other internal things that don’t require mention, but sufficed to say the app runs a little bit smoother now.

Changes from myHack 2.1:

  • Updated Chameleon to 2.1svn r1827*[1]
  • Bugfix: User supplied Extra with name other than Extra will now be installed correctly.
  • Enhancement: Test to ensure target volume is mounted read/write before running any tasks.
  • Cleaned up and improved a few things in the code.

*[1] I have edited Chameleon 2.1svn r1827 to include support for OS X 10.8 – these modifications have not yet been added to the official Chameleon trunk.

Make sure to read the release page for myHack 2.1 if you have not done so already, for a complete list of changes, contents and features.

Additional details of the myHack app’s contents are maintained on the downloads page. Credits and instructions are maintained on the guide page.

Please post thank you comments or report successful Mountain Lion installs on this post but for support or to report a problem you encounter – please use the myHack forum instead.