I was greeted with blue screen on startup. Just stuck there. No cursor, icons. Nothing loaded.

And yes, I deleted the vanilla AppleIntelGMAX3100FB binary from the kext, renamed AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.soft-cursor to AppleIntelGMAX3100FB before applying patch4500 -rf 2A42

The idea was to replace AppleIntelGMAX3100FB binary in vanilla AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext with the patched binary (AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.soft-cursor) right? And then use your 4500 patch on top of it?

You do realize "AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.soft-cursor" is an executable and not a kext right?

1.5.44.13 here. Hope it helps

Worked for me as well!! On a HP 6730b laptop

1.5.44.13 here. Hope it helps

Haven't had the problem with the script. Technically the end result of the script and the pre-patched kexts should be identical. 8086 is actually the Vendor (Intel) so it should stay as this. It is OK that it says it does not have a display attached. Going by others results it does not affect anything (at the moment ).

Interesting though about the lines. I also get them but when you connect to an external display the lines are not there on external display (they stay on the built-in). At the moment I'm trying with tienneke to address the no cursor issue which seems to be only affecting Lenovo users. Anyways hope to find a solution for this too. Its kind of hard to use with no mouse and white lines everywhere

iPoco

Ok so i tried it but it gave me a blue screen so what do i do? I dont think I had the vanilla kernel but I dont know how to get it because I'm a noob. Also does iAtkos work or do i need to switch distros?

The blue screen probably is because the normal 2A42AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext (without FB) is still in /System/Library/Extensions. Try booting in safe mode (-x at the bootloader prompt), you should get to the normal login window, and you can remove the kext with finder Hope this helps.

It wont let me boot in safe mode the same thing happens to me. It says hibernate is too old on the top left. so should i boot in ignore caches?

No, that hasn't got anything to do with it..

Hmmm.. Do you know how to work a terminal?

somewhat. just tell me what 2 type i have some terminal experience in Linux so. I think i can do it. As long as it doesnt involve compiling cause idk how to do that.

Okay, then boot to single user mode (-v -s at boot prompt)

you'll eventually get to a console. Enter following commands:


This will remove the kext that usually causes the problem.

If that doesnt work, then boot into single user again, and enter following:


This will remove the patch in its whole.. So you'll be able to boot to normal, but won't have native resolution.

Ok so i deleted the 2A42AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext and im still get the Blue Screen.... man this sucks...

maybe, but I can't help that.. Merely trying to help.. Got to continue working though. Did you also remove the FB one?

I will, thanks for all the help! Should I try a differeny distro? Heres all my specs http://www.gateway.com/product_spec.php?pr...recid=529668228

So if any ideas pop into anyones heads feel free 2 post em thnx

Well, the problem is that it's more of an issue with how a company implements its GM45 architecture, not that you have a certain hardware or stuff.. The specs tell me not so much.

I think somebody else also had that laptop in this thread, maybe try searching through all the info, maybe he found a way to fix it

k thanks I looked through and i must be blind cause all i found was http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...00#entry1249103 we have same video card but I dont think this is the post you were talking about

Thanks .... Work Great with My notebook

Acer Aspire 4330
Intel Celeron Dual Core T1600
RAM 1,5 Gb DDR2
Video Intel GMA 4500M
iDeneb 1.6 10.5.8

Wait the whole thing works or just the frame buffer?

Don't work for me
BLUE SCREEN ))
Samsung R418
Pentium Dual Core T3400
Intel GM45
GMA 4500MHD
iDeneb 1.6 10.5.8

- vanilla kernel
- ICHx Fix
- GMA 3100
...

But work with kext from Mr. Vaught... but mouse problem - Cursor vanishes
and load without USB Mouse i have broken cursor...

I think GMA4500 - normal work impossible ))
f///

Suffering from Mouse Artifact problem???

Read this topic to Solve the mouse artifact problem in Intel X4500 native Resolution.

Suffering from Mouse Artifact problem???

Read this topic to Solve the mouse artifact problem in Intel X4500 native Resolution.

Updated version

Over the last few weeks there's been a lot of advances in getting X4500 support in osX86. At the moment only framebuffer works, which means getting native resolution, no QE or CI yet, but hey, it's already great to have native resolution.

Coldequation has modded a patcher script provided by Trauma, with wich you can patch the stock AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext's to give support for X4500 graphics cards.

All you need atm is your device ID (you can find it in system profiler (/Applications/Utilities/System Profiler or about this mac --> more info) under graphics section. The device ID starts with 0x and then 4 numbers, probably 0x2A42 (for X4500MHD)

Once you know your device ID, download the script attached to this post, then follow these steps:

1. Start a terminal
2. type sudo -s and enter your user password
3. drag the script from the location you downloaded it from to the terminal
4. at the end of the line, add following options: -rf *your device ID* (it should look something like /Users/username/Downloads/patchX4500.bash -rf 2A42
5. Press enter. The command will give you some output for feedback.
6. Once you executed the script, repair permissions using disk utility (in Applications/Utilities, click on your primary harddrive, and on the first aid tab click on repair permissions.) This might take a while, but will make sure that your driver can be loaded.
7. Reboot and (hopefully) enjoy native resolution

Make sure you have the vanilla version of the kernel extensions (being AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext and AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext in /System/Library/Extensions). This only applies to people previously running kernel extensions provided by me in the other thread.

Please post your results in this thread, be it good results or bad results, we'll try to help you . In your post please include hardware info (both laptop type/brand and video card device ID) and software info (osX version and distro)

If you don't get response here, you can (most of the time) find me or other guys willing to help you on the IRC channel #GMA_X4500 at irc.voodooprojects.org

<I>I'll update this thread every time a (more or less) stable breakthrough has been made, and everytime a new patcher script comes out.
known issues

• Cursor vanishes
  --> workaround: change the cursor size in system preferences -- mouse (till it's really huge, not so handy, but at least it works )
• vertical stripes
  --> No workaround yet, looking into it atm

Last update: July 15, 2009 at 23:17 CET: New patcher script