ptesone Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I use a GeForce 7300 GS and was wondering if anyone has had anyluck with their NVIDIA cards in Leopard? (I can only run leopard using -legacy in my bootup prefs) if so plz list how and what driver! thx!!! (running an AMD with ToH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Sure, my 6600 works QE/CI et all. Look for macnub's installer of NVinject for Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 yeap. mine's working too it's a 7600GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Works 7300 GT out of the box under leo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptesone Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 Well at this point I can only run Leopard in -legacy mode I get kernel panics otherwise I already tried the macnub's installer of NVinject for Leo with no avail I guess I'll just wait for a more baked version of LEOPARD. . .(using a patched ToH for AMD currently) I've read in another post I need to be using the original NVIDIA kext in my extensions folder (GeForce.kext, GeForce*.bundle (5 of them), NVDAResman.kext, NVDANV10HAL.kext, NVDANV20HAL.kext, NVDANV30HAL.kext, NVDANV40HAL.kext) before I can use NVinect anyways. . .I can't seem to find them on the ToH DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realogic Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I have a GeForce Go 7300, working well (QE/QI/All Resolution) thanks to Titan kext from uphuck 1.4 r3 dvd. Remove any natit.kext before install, or KP will happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptesone Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 I have a GeForce Go 7300, working well (QE/QI/All Resolution) thanks to Titan kext from uphuck 1.4 r3 dvd.Remove any natit.kext before install, or KP will happens uphuck, is that leopard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 No, with uphuck he means the 10.4.9 distro from uphuck Im trying to get my 6800 to work atm, will try with the original kexts and nvinject now. Tested my 10.4.10 kexts (Natit.kext, GeForce.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext) from my 10.4.10 installation - Natit did not load, but the others, which gave me Res-Change and Dual Monitor support, No QE/CI or OpenGL Will post my results later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 OK, got everything working: Geforce 6800 (PCI-E) with Dual Monitor Support, Res-Change, OpenGL, QE/CI What i did: 1. Grab ORIGINAL Nvidia Kexts from Leopard DVD, i took all, maybe not all are necessary (GeForce.kext, GeForce2MXGLDriver.bundle, Geforce3GLDriver.bundle, GeForce8xxxGLDriver.bundle, GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle, GeForceGA.plugin, GeForceVADriver.bundle, NVDANV40Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext) 2. used Marvins AMD Utility to patch NVDAResman.kext (because I'm on AMD) The Utility can be found here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...Marvin++Utility 3. Edit GeForce.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext with your Dev-ID 4. Copy all Files to /System/Library/Extensions 5. Copy Natit.kext (v 0.02 Dual for Dual Screen Support) to /System/Library/Extensions (delete Titan.kext if it is already there, should work with titan also but no Dual Monitors then) 6. Set correct permissions cd /System/Library/Extensions sudo chmod -R 755 * sudo chown -R root:wheel * 7. Delete /System/Library/Extensions.mkext 8. Reboot Everything should work, enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 OK, got everything working: Geforce 6800 (PCI-E) with Dual Monitor Support, Res-Change, OpenGL, QE/CI What i did: 1. Grab original Nvidia Kexts from Leopard DVD, i took all, maybe not all are necessary (GeForce.kext, GeForce2MXGLDriver.bundle, Geforce3GLDriver.bundle, GeForce8xxxGLDriver.bundle, GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle, GeForceGA.plugin, GeForceVADriver.bundle, NVDANV40Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext) 2. used Marvins AMD Utility to patch NVDAResman.kext (because I'm on AMD) The Utility can be found here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...Marvin++Utility 3. Edit GeForce.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext with your Dev-ID 4. Copy all Files to /System/Library/Extensions 5. Copy Natit.kext (v 0.02 Dual for Dual Screen Support) to /System/Library/Extensions (delete Titan.kext if it is already there, should work with titan also but no Dual Monitors then) 6. Set correct permissions cd /System/Library/Extensions sudo chmod -R 755 * sudo chown -R root:wheel * 7. Delete /System/Library/Extensions.mkext 8. Reboot Everything should work, enjoy HOLY SMOKES everything I have been looking for in the last week, right here... gonna try ASAP edit: wait is this possible under 10.4.10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 worked for me in 10.4.10 too, with the 10.4.10 kexts ofcourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoe Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 6 series: Well, I don't have an Nvidia 6xxx card so I didn't do any research. 7 series: Try NVinject 256/512MB, or Natit/Titan, maybe... 8 series: Experimental driver for 8xxx made available by mac.nub, but there really ain't support , well, there is none EXCEPT for the experimental one... I really wanted it to work on my really good PC but unfortunately it had a 8800 ultra, no go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 6 and 7 series both use NVDANV40Hal.kext, as long as they have less then 512mb of memory they should work with the method i described, for 512mb cards try NVinject. And yeah, 8xxx users still have to wait i guess. Thats why i won't uprgrade my graphics card at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twophive Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 What about 5/FX series? I had my FX5500 CI/QE all the way in Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 FX5500 could also work, I think for you it should be NVDANV30Hal.kext . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 2 things though. Im on an intel, and every other time Ive tried this I get a kernal panic, how is this one different? ALSO, What was your device id? Mine should be formatted like so correct? 10DE00C0 did youg et rid of the FFFFF part in the kext? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plprado Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 What about 5/FX series? I had my FX5500 CI/QE all the way in Tiger. I have this same issue. My FX5500 woks in tiger with CI/QE but not in Leopard. I tried everything I could and nothing worked... Please, if anyone got FX5500 working with full CI/QE in leopard tell us how! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 ALSO, What was your device id? Mine should be formatted like so correct? 10DE00C0 did youg et rid of the FFFFF part in the kext? My device id is 00c1, my vendor id is 10de, the string i put in was then: 00c110de i deleted the ffff part completely, i also deleted all other dev-id's, 0x00c110de was the only thing i left in there, in all 3 kexts. After a bit of research i found that this is important, even delete that "&" stuff. It has to look like this: <key>IOPCIMatch</key> <string>0x00c110de</string> (with YOUR ID ofcourse) NOTE: this instructions are for Leopard, for 10.4.10 i simply added my dev id to the kexts (didn't delete the other id's) and installed natit.kext . Hope this helps, aKy EDIT: Here is another guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=70775 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 My device id is 00c1, my vendor id is 10de, the string i put in was then: 00c110de i deleted the ffff part completely, i also deleted all other dev-id's, 0x00c110de was the only thing i left in there, in all 3 kexts. After a bit of research i found that this is important, even delete that "&" stuff. It has to look like this: <key>IOPCIMatch</key> <string>0x00c110de</string> (with YOUR ID ofcourse) NOTE: this instructions are for Leopard, for 10.4.10 i simply added my dev id to the kexts (didn't delete the other id's) and installed natit.kext . Hope this helps, aKy EDIT: Here is another guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=70775 Yea i got the formatting reversed when i replyed. its the same as yours (the 00c0 being the only difference) im in the current struggle of installing leo so ill be trying this after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 oh my god.... let's hope it works for me! i'll report back soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plprado Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 My device id is 00c1, my vendor id is 10de, the string i put in was then: 00c110de i deleted the ffff part completely, i also deleted all other dev-id's, 0x00c110de was the only thing i left in there, in all 3 kexts. After a bit of research i found that this is important, even delete that "&" stuff. It has to look like this: <key>IOPCIMatch</key> <string>0x00c110de</string> (with YOUR ID ofcourse) NOTE: this instructions are for Leopard, for 10.4.10 i simply added my dev id to the kexts (didn't delete the other id's) and installed natit.kext . Hope this helps, aKy EDIT: Here is another guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=70775 would it help to put the device id in natit.kext as well? Or doesn´t make any difference? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptesone Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 -aKy- thanx for your help! However, When I run Create Patcher Package for NVDAResman.kext I get: WARNING! Patcher folder won't have decrypts - none were created could u possible send me a patched one? I will PM you. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Its correct that no decrypts are found, but marvin utility should have placed a folder on your desktop where you can find a newly generated cpuid.txt. with this file you can patch the kexts (NVDAResman.kext) using Marvins Utility. for Marvin Utility: select your Extensions folder and use 'patch all binarys' it should start patching and stop with that 'no decrypts found' thing. the utility creates a folder on your desktop. Now use 'Patch cpuid's using cpuid file' in Marvins Utility, select the Extensions folder again, and select the cpuid.txt from the newly generated folder on your desktop. Patching should work then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptesone Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Its correct that no decrypts are found, but marvin utility should have placed a folder on your desktop where you can find a newly generated cpuid.txt. with this file you can patch the kexts (NVDAResman.kext) using Marvins Utility. for Marvin Utility: select your Extensions folder and use 'patch all binarys' it should start patching and stop with that 'no decrypts found' thing. the utility creates a folder on your desktop. Now use 'Patch cpuid's using cpuid file' in Marvins Utility, select the Extensions folder again, and select the cpuid.txt from the newly generated folder on your desktop. Patching should work then. yup, works great! thanx man !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jephyb Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 While we're on this topic, I thought I'd throw out another little stumper for you all... I'm running a 10.4.8 partition (JaS) and 10.5 partition(BrazilMac). On both I have NVinject installed for my 7900. When I boot into Tiger, everything is fine. When I boot into Leopard, the fan on my graphics card sounds like a jet engine taking off. I don't think it's related to NVinject drivers, and no other drivers (Natit, Titan) are in the extensions folder. Still does this even when booted into Safe Mode (-x). I am running a GeForce 7900 GS on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe Mobo. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! I really don't want to kill my fan from these high RPMs jephyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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