No Graphics Acceleration after upgrading to 10.6.7

[agustingr10]

Well, as the title says, the problem I am having is that once I update from 10.6.3 to 10.6.7, I got no graphics acceleration and as a result, lot of errors and issues. For example:

 

1. Cant watch videos in the browser. The console shows a lot of errors when trying to watch one.

2. Cant make the mac bar translucent.

3. Cant see pictures when opening them. All I see is white instead of the picture.

 

My VGA is a GeForce 7600GT. Is anyone having the same problem or know how to fix these?

 

Thanks in advance!! Looking forward to fix these as soon as possible and start enjoying Mac OS.

[Gringo Vermelho]

You must boot in 32-bit mode, from 10.6.3 and up there is no 64-bit driver for Geforce 7xxx cards.

[agustingr10]

You must boot in 32-bit mode, from 10.6.3 and up there is no 64-bit driver for Geforce 7xxx cards.

 

Thanks for answering Gringo Vermelho, but I am booting in 32 bits mode and no changes.

I've tried the vanilla installation today, and everything is working fine except for the

video, the 5,1 sound (I only have sound in two speakers) and a PS2 mouse. But the problem

that is making me angry is the one with the video card.

 

I've tried natit, nvenabler and nvinject kexts and no changes... Inserted EFI with OSX86 Tools, and no luck.. At this moment, I cannot even change my resolution, I only got 1024x768 option.

 

Somebody please help me, I don't know what to do, I'm running out of ideas. As I've said, I am running snow leopard 10.6.7 in 32 bits mode.

 

My specs:

 

Intel Dual Core E2160 @3.0Ghz

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

GeForce 7600GT 256MB Foxconn

2GB SuperTalent DDR2

HDD 1TB Samsung SATA II

[Sn1pest3r]

use NVEnabler 64, i had the same issue but with a different card (Geforce 9500 GS), now it works like a charm, there you go, here you will find everything about the kext:

 

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?...amp;p=1170&

 

P.S. delete all the injectors and enablers you installed before, and this kext uses 64-bit mode, so boot with 64

[ifrit05]

use NVEnabler 64, i had the same issue but with a different card (Geforce 9500 GS), now it works like a charm...

 

That wont help. NVEnabler64 just enables the card to use OSX's built in drivers. As Gringo said, since the drivers are still 32-bit only for 7xxx, it still wont work. You must boot into 32-bit mode.

 

He could try NVEnabler32 though.

[agustingr10]

That wont help. NVEnabler64 just enables the card to use OSX's built in drivers. As Gringo said, since the drivers are still 32-bit only for 7xxx, it still wont work. You must boot into 32-bit mode.

 

He could try NVEnabler32 though.

 

Thanks to both of you mates..

 

I had already tried NVEnabler ( I supposed it's the same kext as the NVEnabler32 you suggest ) and it didn't work. I tried NVEnabler64 and nothing.. no luck..

May I be doing something wrong? Because I have tried several kexts and the video and system remains exactly the same, no acceleration, only 1024x768 option.. no kernel panic.. just like if I would not have made any changes..

 

I am using Kext Utiity to install the Kexts..

 

Thanks!

[agustingr10]

I just wanted to thank you and also tell you that I've just managed to make the video work as expected.

 

The steps I followed were:

 

1. Uninstalled all injectors and enablers I previously installed such as NVEnabler, Natit, etc..

2. Run [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and install NVIDIA 256.02.05f01 (Not sure at all if this step is needed)

3. And the most important thing to do was changing com.apple.Boot.plist file.

I had to change both : com.apple.Boot.plist located in the /extra folder and also the one located in /library/preferences/systemconfiguration/

 

The guide that helped me do that was: Add EFI Strings

 

Finally, my com.apple.Boot.plist:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
 <key>Kernel</key>
 <string>mach_kernel</string>
 <key>Kernel Flags</key>
 <string>arch=i386</string>
 <key>Timeout</key>
 <string>2</string>
 <key>Legacy Logo</key>
 <string>Yes</string>
 <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
 <string>Yes</string>
 <key>device-properties</key>   <string>6a02000001000000010000005e0200000d00000002010c00d
041030a010000000101060000010101060000007fff04001e000000720
06f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000002d0000006
e5669646961204765466f72636520373630304754204f70656e474c204
56e67696e65205b4546495d22000000400030002c0064006500760069
00630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c617910
0000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000400
000000000007000000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000b00000064
6973706c617914000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000
004e5644412c446973706c61792d41100000006d006f00640065006c000
000190000006e5669646961204765466f726365203736303047540e000
0004e00560050004d00000020000000010000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000014000000400031002c006e0061006
d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400
031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000
004e5644412c4e564d6163220000005600520041004d002c0074006f007
40061006c00730069007a0065000000080000000000001020000000400
030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000
004e5644412c4e564d616322000000400031002c0064006500760069006
30065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791c0000
006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004
e5644412c506172656e74</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

I hope this post could help somebody..

Now I have to dedicate time trying to get working 5.1

[r2d2]

You must boot in 32-bit mode, from 10.6.3 and up there is no 64-bit driver for Geforce 7xxx cards.

 

they are also 64 bit mode !

when you do lipo GeForce7xxx -extract x86_64 -output test  inside Geforce7xxx.kext/Contents/MacOS/

you get a test file of 900k+ that contains 64bit code.

 

GraphicsEnabler seems to be linking/putting values incorrectly. chameleon is to blame for something. Having a better NVinject/natit and dropping GraphicsEnabler would help, or fixing chameleon code it self.