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Testing framebuffers, so far with no luck. ATI Mobility 5730.

 

Not Working:

Eulemur

Gliff

Hoolock

Kipunji

Langur

Uakari

Vervet

 

Untested:

Alouatta

Baboon

Colobus

Douc

Galago

 

Any other names I can try? Also, can't read the card BIOS in windows using GPUZ or it's derivatives. Will this be a problem for ATY_Init?

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Jeez, mobility isnt supported atm.

 

Gotcha, not a lot of information floating around on exactly what is working with these kexts. Seems the general answer to most questions is keep fiddling with it till it works.

 

Is there a IRC room I can join to help with dev work and/or get status updates on development?

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netkas,

 

a 5830 basically a rejected 5850 with a lot of things disabled right? So shouldn't the config be close to a 5850? On your site I didn't see any 5830s confirmed working, but I would love to buy one and try (and post results) if you think it might have a chance.

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spatimouth01

 

Have you managed ? If yes, how ?

I have Sapphire 5830 1GB DDR5,Asus P7P55D and i5 750...and I have only 1024x768 :) in Snow 10.6.4 ...

 

Best regards for all in InsanelyMac Forum :)

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I think you are really, really close to get QE/CI :)

Now you can only test all framebuffers because we simply don't know which one is correct. Thanks for your post and we're waiting for more reports.

I think Netkas would be helpfull.

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erm sorry. I don't really know how to change the framebuffers without screwing it up hard. I tried fresh installs of SL and I got black screens. So...

What does framebuffers change anyways? Sorry I'm really bad at this stuff.

All I know is, the card is detected however, no hardware acceleration or QE/CI.

Sorry for the bad feedback. :)

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Just go to ATY_Init.kext and edit info.plist.

Find

 

</dict>
		<key>ATI Radeon 5600 Series</key>
		<dict>

And Replace Uakari to other fb:

 

Alouatta

Baboon

Colobus

Douc

Eulemur

Galago

Gliff

Hoolock

Kipunji

Langur

Uakari

Vervet

 

If i'm think wrong please correct me -_-

And to be clear, the framebuffer is the most important think to get working all cards :) If you get black screen or stand-by light on your monitor try to switch connectors (DVI, HDMI, changing places etc.)

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Ohk, so just change DVI places and stuff? Before I got a random black screen after a fresh install of SL and updating to 10.6.4, I solved this by changing the "Graphics Mode" in the boot to something I could support, then changed it back to default after I got it working.

 

I'll try the framebuffers now, seems like alot of hard work to do, let's just hope that I don't have to go through all of them to get hardware accell up. ;)

 

Oh and btw, I think you change EVERYTHING under ATI 5600 Series that has Uakari (default in ATY_Init.kext) to another framebuffer. So like...

 

<string>ATY,Uakari</string>

to

<string>ATY,Vervet</string>

 

and

 

<string>ATY,UakariParent</string>

to

<string>ATY,VervetParent</string>

 

Please correct me if Im wrong!

 

Test 1, Vervet not working. No black screen at boot. *Phew*

Test 2 coming up. :rolleyes:

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"Graphics Mode" I don't know what you meant by that ;) I think you can try to boot in safe mode when you get a black screen. I'm just suggest to not use any switches because you may simply miss the right framebuffer during the tests. I'm not expert let's wait for netkas, maybe I'm giving you a wrong advises :rolleyes:

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It's okay. Netkas is probably busy anyways.

I've tried safe mode before. Doesn't work.

You know how you have boot commands at the boot loader?

Such as, "-v, -x" and such? You use "Graphics Mode"="800x600x32" or a different resolution to boot into a different res.

Anyways, I'm only changing screens when I get a blank screen. :rolleyes:

 

Test 2, Eulemur, not working.

How do I actually tell when it works? LOL!?

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According to topic with HD4670

"Wait? The screen is black?!? You screwed me!

 

Negative, try switching ports. VGA works best, period. If you wanted to use HDMI or DVI, BOTH HDMI AND DVI will have to be plugged in at the same time to two monitors."

If you tried with VGA dongle with no success I have any ideas left :/ But probably you have almost matching framebuffer. We just need some help from Netkas :D

 

BTW. Is this a first time when you get standby screen? Which fb you are using now?

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