Failed to start a fan manager for macbook por on a windows laptop?

[SpinningHarlot]

Hi.

After successfully installing Winesapos, going through the setup and being prompted to reboot, Winesapos hit me with a "Failed to start A fan manager daemon for Macbook Pro" error on boot despite being on a Windows laptop and will not let me proceed any further. I tried to google a solution but my search was fruitless.

I am currently using it on a G750JW with said specs (Some bits are in French, but nothing that I would think really matters in this issue.)

Computer model: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G750JW
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Famille (10.0, Build 19045)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.40GHz 4/8
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G750JW
RAM: 16 GB
Hard disk1: CT500MX500SSD1 (465,8 GB/Fixed hard disk media)
Hard disk2: KINGSTON SA400S37240G (223,6 GB/Fixed hard disk media)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2 GB)
Monitor: AU Optronics AUO129E (1600x900 / 17,1 Inch)
Sound card1: Realtek High Definition Audio
Sound card2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Sound card3: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Keyboard: Clavier PS/2 PC/AT étendu (101/102 touches)
Mice1: Périphérique clavier PIH
Mice2: ELAN Input Device
Audio1: Proxy de service de répartition Microsoft
Audio2: Realtek High Definition Audio
Audio3: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Audio4: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Camera: USB2.0 UVC HD Webcam

Thank you in advance.

[LukeShortCloud]

The error you are seeing about the fan service is misleading. That is a separate but valid problem as, you're right, it shouldn't be running on hardware that is not a Mac.

My best guess for why it fails to boot after the setup is that it has something to do with the hybrid graphics. I do not have a laptop with a NVIDIA graphics card to fully test.

If you could get into recovery mode or re-flash the drive with winesapOS, go through the first-time setup, and then grab and upload the log file before you reboot, that would greatly help us troubleshoot the problem.

sudo cp "/etc/winesapos/$(sudo ls -1 /etc/winesapos/ | grep setup | tail -n 1)" /home/winesap/Desktop/
sudo chown winesap:winesap "/home/winesap/Desktop/$(ls -1 ~/Desktop/ | grep setup_)"

[SpinningHarlot]

Really sorry for the delay. I had a lot going on this week.

Here's the log file. I tried the second command you gave me, but It did nothing. I am not that knowledgeable with Linux, especially with Arch

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXs0is-o0aWZ3UQ2sEihWmnGr-Qk408j/view?usp=share_link

While going through the process, I did notice that my fans would randomly ramp up. Maybe it's related, or at least a result of the issue.

Please inform me if there's any issue with the link or if you need any more info.

Edit: Btw, supposedly the Linux support for the 765m is pretty limited nowadays so no harms in telling me it's a lost cause lol. I'm kinda just messing around with my old laptop. I do have a main desktop so it's not like it's an urgency.

[LukeShortCloud]

@SpinningHarlot Thanks for sharing that log file! The good news is that the NVIDIA driver (major version 525) did install correctly. The bad news is that the latest NVIDIA driver does not support the 765M.

I found this document that says that the old 470 driver will work.

https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/495.44/README/supportedchips.html

Also, on winesapOS, only the "Linux LTS" kernel will work for NVIDIA (not "Linux SteamOS").

Here are some related issues I'm working on. I hope to support legacy NVIDIA drivers one day but we don't today.

• [setup] Support older NVIDIA drivers #440
• DKMS modules fail to build against linux-steamos #532

[SpinningHarlot]

Thanks for the quick answer. I had a feeling something like that would be an issue since Steamos and NVIDIA doesn't really play nice together.

I'll keep an eye out for any future update.

[LukeShortCloud]

Valve really puts a lot of effort into making SteamOS only work on AMD graphics devices and stripping out support for other hardware. In winesapOS, we put a lot of work into making SteamOS work on a wide range of hardware including newer NVIDIA cards. I'd definitely love to get older NVIDIA cards working, too, as I'd hate to see old hardware go to waste.