NVdarwin alternative
I've been trying to use NVdarwin with my Nvidia GeForce 5200 FX (little old, but it works ) but upon boot w/ -v I just am halted by something like: then a few spotlight notifications, then nothing. So.. my instincts told me to do what I…
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I've been trying to use NVdarwin with my Nvidia GeForce 5200 FX (little old, but it works )
but upon boot w/ -v I just am halted by something like:
NVCARD=NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200 FXthen 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.
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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
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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
As per my post when I was working on my card:-
Msi nx 6600 td256e - qe | ci →
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.
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That's the link to the Injector.
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| @SaCleoCheater | Primary Author | 2 | 2009-05-27 |
| @Voyn1x | Contributor | 1 | 2009-05-27 |
| @Undead Surfer | Contributor | 1 | 2009-05-27 |