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SaCleoCheater
05-27-2009, 02:11 AM
Hi,

I've been trying to use NVdarwin with my Nvidia GeForce 5200 FX (little old, but it works :P)
but upon boot w/ -v I just am halted by something like:

NVCARD=NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200 FX
then a few spotlight notifications, then nothing.

So.. my instincts told me to do what I always do, mess around with it. (At that point in time I didn't know NVdarwin was to blame for the unknown halting.)

I guessed it was something to do with the graphics, as I have experienced on my HacBook
Air.

I booted in -s and typed...
rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions/NVdarwin*

typed exit and waddya know! It booted into the setup assistant w/ 800x600 no QE/CI graphics.

Is there an an alternative to NVdarwin?

I think NVKush and NVinject are just framebuffers, with means full res. but no QE/CI.
Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you!
~ Cleo :)

Voyn1x
05-27-2009, 08:34 AM
NVkush and NVinject are both injectors, the same as NVdarwin, so yes they will also work. But if you can, I would advise trying an EFI string instead as it makes your install more 'native'. ie. one less kext

SaCleoCheater
05-27-2009, 09:42 AM
OK thanks for your help Voyn1x. I will try an EFI string.

EDIT,

I've never actually used EFI strings. I've never needed to.

Do you have any idea what the EFI strings should be?

Thx,
~ Cleo :)

Undead Surfer
05-27-2009, 12:36 PM
As per my post when I was working on my card:-

http://www.infinitemac.com/f7/msi-nx-6600-td256e-qe-ci-t2925/

NVDarwin was succeeded by CoreVidia. I've had good results with CoreVidia. I guess you can try this out and see if it helps and then go to an EFI String from there.

http://translate.google.com.vc/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://osx86tuga.com/index.php%3Fshowtopic%3D55%26mode%3Dthreaded%26pid %3D272&ei=7qEUSraTDMzflQfhkcTEAw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCoreVidia%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

That's the link to the Injector.