Guest Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Yep, exactly the reason, its the exact same for me or any other Vaio user with ANY nVidia driver, except those who have the SZ series... They have something called a Stamina/Speed switch which allows then to change from the Intel Graphics Media Acceleration which is integrated graphics in the chipset, use that and you get QE/CI etc... but that's only for those who have that, otherwise Nope.. So yep, a lotta vaio users are affected by this problem, unfortunately i don't have money.. or enough skills/time to do the work Though i can do some tests if a driver is released =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackshore Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Are there any good driver writers at this community who you could pay to get this running? Could any one take this up as a serious project and make it flow?! How much would they charge? A donation page would do it?! Do google still sponsor code projects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 is there any hope for VAIO nvidia users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anomie Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 is there any hope for VAIO nvidia users? I check this page frequently. I was looking to get a MacBook or iMac, but Apple keeps releasing overpriced and disappointing computers. I really hope there's a solution for VAIO owners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitorus Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I check this page frequently. I was looking to get a MacBook or iMac, but Apple keeps releasing overpriced and disappointing computers. I really hope there's a solution for VAIO owners hello, nvidia vaio owners, I discovered a few days ago something very interesting. Under Ubuntu I managed to redirect the video signal using SNC : either in the LCD either in the VGA port or both. Now there is a hope to make this internal screen to work. compile sony_acpi_mod load the driver to test this driver under unbuntu 8.10, please remove the sony-laptop driver from the memory, sonypi as well then compile switchScreen run it or you can type in a console echo -n "1" > /proc/acpi/sony/sodv sony_acpi_mod.zip switchScreen.c.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matheo Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 any working solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 hm cool but i dont use ubuntu??? can someone make test kext for leopard?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitorus Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hello I started to write a little driver KEXT to switch the screen under Leopard iDeneb 10.5.5 using XCode I used the class IOACPIPlatformDevice but although there's no crash, the screen doesn't switch. I know that the method "SODV" in the SNC device is found, because when I evaluate an object that doesn't exist, the function evaluateObject returns an error. here the source code project hope this works someday... VaioSNC.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 hmmm so how can i test this?? can u post some test kext? programmers c'mon take ur time and code vaio_nvidia kext pleasee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitorus Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 hmmm so how can i test this?? can u post some test kext? programmers c'mon take ur time and code vaio_nvidia kext pleasee in the folder build/Release of the archive there is a kext : VaioSNC.kext to test to view the message of the driver, in a terminal make: tail -f /var/logs/system.log to load the driver, in another terminal make: sudo cp -R VaioSNC.kext /tmp sudo kextload -v /tmp/VaioSNC.kext to unload the driver make : sudo kextunload /tmp/VaioSNC.kext ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 ok ill try this week.... do i need some drivers???... or i need just clean osx install...without any natit or else..... i have nvidia 7600go 128mb in vaio vgn fe41z... cheers oh and for info i use iPC 10.5.6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitorus Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 oh and for info i use iPC 10.5.6... you have to recompile the code and modify the info.plist in the project and put the version of AppleACPIPlatform inside, I don't remember (1.2.4???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 oh before i start installing ... is that version of AppleACPIPlatform included in iPC ??? thats what i have to choose... if not where can i download it... im newbe sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitorus Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 there's nothing to choose, AppleACPIPlatform.kext is a driver provided by OS X iPC 10.5.6 this is the DSDT method of the device SNC, which allows me to switch the video output under ubuntu 8.10 Method (SODV, 1, NotSerialized) { DBGC (0xF6, 0x80, BCEN) If (LNotEqual (DSEN, Zero)) { Return (Ones) } Store (Arg0, AODV) If (LNot (And (AODV, CADD))) { Store (One, AODV) } If (LNotEqual (CADD, PADD)) { Store (CADD, PADD) Notify (PCI0, Zero) Notify (PEGP, Zero) Sleep (0x02EE) } Notify (GFX0, 0x80) Notify (^^^PEGP.NGFX, 0x80) DBGC (0xF6, 0x81, BCEN) Return (Zero) } I modify this so that there is only the line Notify (GFX0, 0x80) I compiled the dsl file, copied in initramfstool, then I made a "dpkgreconfigure" and it's enough to switch the video output under ubuntu 8.10. (with the driver and program I provided) but under OS X 10.5.6, nothing happen, but I know "SODV" the method is executed by evaluateInteger, since if I put Return(0x01020304) in the dsl file , I see 0x01020304 as result So there are several questions: does OS X support full ACPI ? does the NVidia Driver turn off the power of the LCD on its own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroboto Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 why don't you try to modify DST with DSDT patcher instead of making a full kext? should be easyier at least for testing, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 hmm huh im confused now... can u do that epitorus in DSTD like mrroboto sayd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I am glad to see some people working on this issue. I have a MacBook Pro but would like to get OS X on my parents Sony Vaio NR21 with 8400M GT for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milance Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 epitorus is only one hope for us ! vaio users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anomie Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Well, I'm impatient and I think I could possibly help at this point, so I'm installing OSX again. There's another thread where a person was able to adjust screen resolution, but (maybe) still no QE/CI. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...amp;pid=1115065 I'll keep everyone updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yep screen resolution can be changed, mine is set to the correct resolution that i should have, but of course the problem still remains with no graphics acceleration, thus QE/CI not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaups Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Is there a chance that Epitorus' kext works...but we do not have the correct NVCAP value? Seems the best test would be with the kext and trying vary nvcaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anomie Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 well, i followed "Code#"s steps from here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...amp;pid=1115065 Post #9 (not his first one since that didn't work for him) i am able to at least adjust the resolution and the special effects may be handled by the processor and RAM, rather than the video card. i am not 100% certain. i am about to mess with QuartzDebug and see what's going on. so far, i'm happy...better than my first attempt installed 6 months ago when i couldn't even adjust the resolution, or if i installed an nvidia solution, i wouldn't be able to see anything on my laptop.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anomie Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Well, "Enable Quartz Extreme" is grayed out in Quartz Debug. Under System Profiler, I get: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x01d8 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackshore Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Well, "Enable Quartz Extreme" is grayed out in Quartz Debug. Under System Profiler, I get: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x01d8 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Sweet! This thread i going to the right direction! Should the CI be set at Software? Quartz Extreme is only supported if open GL is supported..right? I would really like to get it fully Open GL support! So I can run Autodesk Maya and other cool stuff! Great job everyone who are trying to solve this issue!! Kisses to you all! THANKS for THIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anomie Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Sweet! This thread i going to the right direction! Should the CI be set at Software? Quartz Extreme is only supported if open GL is supported..right? I would really like to get it fully Open GL support! So I can run Autodesk Maya and other cool stuff! Great job everyone who are trying to solve this issue!! Kisses to you all! THANKS for THIS! I'm looking into ways people not using VAIO's resolved issues with "Quartz Extreme Not Supported" with video cards that are capable of supporting it (nvidia 7xxx Go's should be fine). This may end up being a different path than the original poster (Krazubu) suggested. I think we're all looking for the same solution though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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