Moveteam Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hey! I have just installed Mac OS X Jas image and it's worked nearly perfect. When I boot I could use Mac OS X normal, but in a bad resolution (1024x768), my notebook has a widescreen with 1440x900 pixels. So I installed the Macvidia drivers and the system won't boot now. It's that because VMware emulate their own graphic adapter and not the physical in the system (Nvidia Geforce Go 7600). How could I get the 1440x900 resolution in VMWare in fullscreen? Which drivers should I install? Please help My notebook has following specs: HP Pavilion dv9045ea AMD Turion X2 TL-52 1024 MB DDR2 667 MHz RAM 160 GB SATA 5400 RPM (2x80 GB) Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with 256 MB dedicated video memory Thank you, and sorry my bad english, I'm 14 years old and come from Denmark! Best Regards Jakob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Try the macvidia drivers for you gfx card,that should get you your native res and frefresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Try the macvidia drivers for you gfx card,that should get you your native res and frefresh. I agree that you are going to need MacVidia to get the resolution you need. Try again installing the drivers even though they gave you problems before: So I installed the Macvidia drivers and the system won't boot now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moveteam Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 thanks for your replies;) The problem is that Mac OS X don't will start now, it's just hang after it's load something. How could I come in to the system wihout to reinstall? When I boot up in VMWare and type: ?video, I get a long list of supported resolutions. Before in System Preferences there was only 1024x768. Now there is from 320x200 to 1920x1440, and many crazy resolutions. But I can't find 1440x900. Please help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 From the Macvidia install instructions: What if everything is going wrong 1) At the darwin boot loader. Press enter and type -s followed by enter 2) Wait until system is booted 3) In console: Type mount -a 4) Type rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NVidiaHAL.kext 5) Type reboot This assumes you are booting from the install DVD. When booting from the installation, do the following to start: When you boot OSX, first the screen turns black and then grey with a spinning icon. As soon as the screen turns black, start tapping the F8 key quickly and repeatedy until a command prompt appears. Type -s at that prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phor2zero Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 the macvidia drivers work great for 1440x900 when you boot natively.... BUT..... they require you to remove IONDRVSupport.kext in order to work. This is why you can't boot with vmware. The older 1.07 version of the macvidia drivers work with the IONDRVSupport.kext so you can use them and still boot with vmware, However, the macvidia drivers will only give you the benefit when you boot natively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moveteam Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 Thank you! It still won't boot. But I will reinstall it today, what should I do? I mean should I install the 1.07 drivers? Will I so get 1440x900 in VMWare? R. Jakob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phor2zero Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 if you're only going to boot with vmware, then the macvidia driver won't work for you. you're not going to be able to get 1440x900 in vmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdb424 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 if you're only going to boot with vmware, then the macvidia driver won't work for you. you're not going to be able to get 1440x900 in vmware. Agreed. This won't work because they have there own drivers in vmware. I do suggest finding the drivers from the new server edition that is supported and hacking those video and other drivers in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Liberal1026 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I now have Mac OS x86 10.4.8 Jas PPF1 running at 1680x1050 in a VM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk21 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Abd how did you manage that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Abd how did you manage that? Have you tried a custom resolution in the com.apple.Boot.plist? Worked for me on my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gankmore Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I now have Mac OS x86 10.4.8 Jas PPF1 running at 1680x1050 in a VM Can you please let us know how you did that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautje Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 From PCWiz: Method 1: Temporary When OSX is booting, tap F8 to get to the boot prompt Type in "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" (with quotations, replacing the resolution with the resolution you want) Method 2: Permanent Boot OS X Open the TextEdit program in the Applications folder With TextEdit, open the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Open the file, and add these two lines (right after the <string>Yes</string> line if you are on Tiger or <string></string> line if you are on Leopard) <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> Replace the 1280x1024x32 with the resolution you want Then, in go to File >> Save As.. Save the file as com.apple.Boot.plist on the Desktop (make sure the .plist part is there!) Navigate the the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder Drag your com.apple.Boot.plist file on the Desktop into the folder window When a messages appears, click Authenticate and Replace and enter your password You're done! Reboot OS X to see the changes Here is an example of what the com.Apple.boot.plist file looks like with Leopard: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//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></string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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