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No QE/CI on my GeForce 6600GT AGP

Hi , i installed Zephyroth's DVD without any probs but only graphics driver were not really working (only 1024x768 and no qe/ci). i tried all titan, natit then nvinject again. no one could help me to adjust the driver so that it worked for…

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@Huppat Published 2008-01-25
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Leopard 10.5
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7,955 historical reads · 18 curated field notes (from 28 dispatches) · 2008-01-25 – 2008-03-05
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Hi , i installed Zephyroth's DVD without any probs but only graphics driver were not really working (only 1024x768 and no qe/ci).
i tried all titan, natit then nvinject again. no one could help me to adjust the driver so that it worked for me
no i have installed "zephyroth nvidia universal installer" which based on nvinject and now i can change my resolution but dont have QE/CI .
What did i have to change in the kext or plist to get that running ?
me i try it since 3 days and soon i`m getting a heartattack :-s

my system :

AMD 4200 x2 Brisbane AM2
AsRock AM2NF3-VSTA
NForce3 250 chipset
NVidia 6600GT AGP
2 GB Memory
SoundBlaster 128 PCI
RealTek 8139 NIC
1 Maxtor 160GB IDE
1 Samsung 320GB Sata
LG DVD Sata

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @Huppat

Author Update #1 @Huppat 2008-01-27

@ roisoft: what did i have to change there ?
can you pls explain it ?

Author Update #2 @Huppat 2008-01-27

i used zephyroth's installer and there are sooo many id's
i think i dont get it work ... (sorry i'm too stupid)
could you change this for me ? on the screeny above you can see my device id.
it would be great
Edit:
i've installed nvinject 0.1.5 and now i have QE/CI but if i start an openGL prog leo reboots

Author Update #3 @Huppat 2008-02-07

which driver is the best for 6600GT AGP? any suggestions ?
i have installed nvinject 0.1.5 WITH agpgart 2.4.6 is this right ?
i cant run trough all opengl extensions viewer tests .
xbench runs fine.
call of duty 1 runs with poor performance.
other games and benches will be tested. to be continued…

Synthesized Community Field Notes

18 technical responses curated from 28 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @naquaada 2008-01-25

Huh? An AM2 board with AGP? Crazy combination. I also have an AGP board, my Radeon X1600 is fully working but it's detected as PCI. Could you describe what System Profiler shows in Graphics? A screenshot would be great.

Field Note #2 @naquaada 2008-01-26

Yes, looks the same on my AGP system. But I don't know how to patch nVidia cards

Field Note #3 @roisoft 2008-01-26

You can try to add the device ID into the info.plist for nvdaresman.kext, geforce.kext, nvdanv40hal.kext

Field Note #4 @crawle 2008-01-26

I've also got a NVidia GeForce 6600GT, and I want to get Dual Monitor work. My 19" Screen on VGA works with 1280x1024, but my 20" Screen on DVI doesn't work.

So let's wait together for help.

Field Note #5 @crawle 2008-01-26

Oh, excuse me. Mine is working (or not) over PCI-Express. But the problem is the same. I've got the newest NATIT-Kext (for Dual Monitor support on NVidia), but my 20" DVI Screen only shows the Boot-Screen, after that he's got no signal.

-crawle

Field Note #6 @zephyroth 2008-01-26

Have you tried to put your monitor on the second DVI-out (if you have one) ?

Field Note #7 @crawle 2008-01-27

I don't have two of them. I've got a DVI and a VGA output. If I plug in both monitors, it shows the VGA-Monitor. If I only plug in the DVI-Monitor, it shows the DVI-Monitor. "Detect Monitors" doesn't work.

Field Note #8 @roisoft 2008-01-27

add the device ID , for do it, open a terminal and type this:

sudo -s
(password)

nano /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext/Contents/Info.plist

you will see something like this

                                <string>GeForceGA.plugin</string>
                        </dict>
                        <key>IOClass</key>
                        <string>NVKernel</string>
                        <key>IOMatchCategory</key>
                        <string>IOAccelerator</string>
                        <key>IOPCIMatch</key>
                        <string>0x014F10de 0x00F310de (put here your device id)
                        <key>IOProbeScore</key>
                        <integer>100</integer>
                        <key>IOProviderClass</key>
                        <string>IOPCIDevice</string>
                        <key>IOSourceVersion</key>

for exit and write press "ctrl+O", then press "enter" and finaly press "ctrl+X"

repeat this step for all the kext nvdaresm... ok?

before reboot type from terminal "diskutil repairpermissions /"

Field Note #9 @sda 2008-02-01

imo - may be AGPGart.kext 2.2 (joblo) could improve things? (works for me on Tiger).

Field Note #10 @iero 2008-02-14

I have an Nvidia Card which is defined in "System Profiler" as an "0x00cd" and I installed on Zeph's 10.5.1 the last Nvidia Universal Installer.

[cite] roisoft:You can try to add the device ID into the info.plist for nvdaresman.kext, geforce.kext, nvdanv40hal.kext

I added the id on those 3 pList files, and I've done the repairpermissions command. Do I need to add the string to the others nvdanv[1-5]* files ? I just have nvdaresman, no any other nvdaresm* files. Its' normal ?

After reboot, I just have "1024" in my screen section. Do I need to do something else ?

Thanks,

iero.

Field Note #11 @iero 2008-02-14

Ok, I added "10de" in device IDs, but since then, my X freezes 10 seconds after log in…

Erk !

Field Note #12 @roisoft 2008-02-14

If your device id is "00cd" (not the revision id ok?), add this line "0x00cd10de" to the info.plist and for the permissions open a terminal and type

sudo -s
(your password)

cd /system/library/extensions

chmod -R 755 * && chown -R root:wheel *

cd ..

rm extensions.mkext 

kextcache -a i386 -e

reboot

boot with -f flag

6600gt I28 AGP 0x00f110de
6600gt 128/256 PCI-e 0x014010de

Field Note #13 @iero 2008-02-14

Thanx roisoft, I've done that.

Now, at reboot, the system freezes at "dsmos: Starting..."

The end is not so far away !

Thanx for your help,

iero.

Field Note #14 @ziska 2008-02-29

this is my configuration :
ASROCK AM2NF3 VSTA
Athlon 64X2 4200+

My problem is :
I can"t boot the new AMD EFI 10.5.2 Zephyroth on my system ..; because it always freezes on the blank OSX page (which ask you to reboot) and with the -x command it freezes on the blank page (but without asking you to reboot)..

What's the problem with my configuration ?
Do i have to change something on my system ?

thanks a lot and congratulations to zephyroth !

Field Note #15 @roisoft 2008-02-29

and why are you posting here? this is for 6600gt AGP, right?

Field Note #16 @roisoft 2008-03-01

ok, boot with -v and post the error "kernel panic" in question, support...?

Field Note #17 @ziska 2008-03-04

ok i'm sorry for that
here it is in good quality :

In fact, i have sometime the picture1's problem and sometimes the picture2's problem ... but it never boot i'm sure of it !

Field Note #18 @roisoft 2008-03-04

boot with -v -f and post a pic where the screen stops

Corroborated & Participated: @naquaada @ziska
Sources & Contributor Provenance (8 credited usernames · Thread #92)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@HuppatPrimary Author62008-01-25 → 2008-02-07
@roisoftCore Contributor62008-01-26 → 2008-03-04
@naquaadaCore Contributor42008-01-25 → 2008-01-27
@ziskaCore Contributor42008-02-29 → 2008-03-05
@crawleCore Contributor32008-01-26 → 2008-01-27
@ieroCore Contributor32008-02-14
@zephyrothContributor12008-01-26
@sdaContributor12008-02-01