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Need GMA 950 Driver (ID 2772)

Right now I have a driver that semi works with 10.5.6, I'm using the same driver I had for 10.5.2 however somehow I lost QE/CI support. Also the driver likes to crash System Profiler. Does anybody have a driver they are using that gives…

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@OrangeJuice Published 2008-12-30
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Leopard 10.5
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28,571 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 8 dispatches) · 2008-12-30 – 2009-01-05
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Right now I have a driver that semi works with 10.5.6, I'm using the same driver I had for 10.5.2 however somehow I lost QE/CI support.

Also the driver likes to crash System Profiler.

Does anybody have a driver they are using that gives QE/CI support, doesn't crash VNC and allows resolution changes?

The default driver in the 10.5.6 update said it had QE/CI support, and it worked in DVD player. But Teeworlds and VNC crashed it.

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @OrangeJuice

Author Update #1 @OrangeJuice 2009-01-02

This is the problem that I'm having now. I have resolution changing but QE/CI fails to work and when I check them I get this kernel panic.

Author Update #2 @OrangeJuice 2009-01-04

The 10.5.1 Framebuffer makes no difference. I'm in the same boat I have QE/CI but I don't have full resolution (1024x768 as opposed to 1280x1024) and the VNC server causes a kernel panic.

Author Update #3 @OrangeJuice 2009-01-05

Yeah it is an absolutely amazing fix, although I lost the ability to connect to the network.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

4 technical responses curated from 8 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Ianxxx 2008-12-30

I think you need

AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext with (version 1.4.20.28) From 10.5.1

Field Note #2 @nfoav8or 2008-12-30

download the 10.5.1 update and pull it from there?

is that what you were advising Ianxxx? just wanted to clarify a bit, sorry.

Field Note #3 @Ianxxx 2009-01-02 ↳ Re: @nfoav8or
@nfoav8ordownload the 10.5.1 update and pull it from there? is that what you were advising Ianxxx? just wanted to clarify a bit, sorry.

Yep that would be my suggestion download update extract kext with pacifist and then open the package copy framebuffer and place in the installed kext

Field Note #4 @pαuℓzurrr. 2009-01-04 ↳ Re: @Dr. Hurt

Try this thread here;

Final solution (FIX) for GMA950 Desktop edition - NEW 28 DEC 08, Use all stock GMA950 files - full resolution and zero artifacts. ↗

@Dr. HurtLadies and Gentlemen, We've done it! It was a DSDT issue -- and now it's fixed. Now after using the attached DSDT.aml file and kexts, you should get: - Full resolution changing using the most up-to-date stock kexts (including the 10.5.6 framebuffer) - Quartz Extreme and Core Image support - Rotation - requires reboot to return to…

Hope it works

Edit:

I see you already found that thread?

Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #1839)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@OrangeJuicePrimary Author42008-12-30 → 2009-01-05
@IanxxxContributor22008-12-30 → 2009-01-02
@nfoav8orContributor12008-12-30
@pαuℓzurrr.Contributor12009-01-04