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cbreaker

Dec 1 2006, 06:25 AM

I have your basic box with an Opteron 165 (dual core) CPU, with a bunch of cards and all sorts of disks and partition types =)

The Asus A8V apparently is a good choice for this. It just happens to be the one I'm using. LAN, Sound, it works. I got lucky.

I have a BFG 6800GT card with two HP L2335 monitors. One is connected VGA and the other DVI. Right now, using the current Natit.kext and the 2.1u2 AGPGart, I am able to use both displays at 1920x1200. It works!

Kind of. When I installed this 10.4.8 image, it came with the Titan driver. Only the VGA screen worked, but it did work, and CI/QE was enabled. Unfortunately, I had no idea how to get dual screen working (this is my first attempt at a Hackintosh.)

I replaced Titan with Natit, and now both screens do work. I had to use some tool I found to add a custom resolution to the VGA screen because it only had 1920x1200@75Hz which the monitor doesn't support. Once I added the 60hz mode, it works.

So, I don't expect someone to solve this for me, but I don't even know where to start. What should I try doing? What could I change? Where do I start? I'm not a CLI newbie; been using Linux for years. A little push in the right direction would be all I need!

Thanks in advance, this forum has been indispensable.

ps. Sorry for opening up another thread on this. I've read many, many pages of posts about this type of thing but I can't follow a lot of it since this is my first foray into the OSX world.

I'll post a few things I think might be helpful:

This is the Profiler list for my video:

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nVidia GeForce 6800 GT:

  Chipset Model:    nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
  Type:    Display
  Bus:    AGP
  VRAM (Total):    256 MB
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0045
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  Displays:
hp L2335:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Not Supported
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Not Supported
L2335 Analog:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Not Supported
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Not Supported

This is the Natit bootup message:

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Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Starting.
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: device-id: 0x0045
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Found device
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Found device name
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,EDID=<data not shown>
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,NVMT=<data not shown>
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting device_type=NVDA,Parent
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,device_type=display
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,EDID=<data not shown>
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,compatible=NVDA,NVMac
Nov 30 19:37:46 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,fboffset=0x00020000
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,compatible=NVDA,NVMac
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,name=NVDA,Display-B
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,name=NVDA,Display-A
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting NVCAP=<data not shown>
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,device_type=display
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting model=nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device.
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: Aperture requested 08000000
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: Detected 1 Hammer Miscellaneous Control unit(s).
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: Aperture Base[0]: 0x00000078
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: physPage = 0000e1b5, gartPhys = 0000e1b5
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: gartPhys = 0000e1b5
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: Aperture [f0000000:02000000]
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: sysB = f0000000, sysL = 02000000
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: Setting AGP v3 mode 8
Nov 30 19:37:47 localhost kernel[0]: AGP: AGPCMD in bridge = 00000312, in agp device = 1f00e312

macgirl

Dec 1 2006, 04:06 PM

Better visit Natit Forum on X-Labs Section, more info there

cbreaker

Dec 1 2006, 04:40 PM

Yea okay, I'll post it there too. I looked all around that forum but the information is so discombobulated that I can't make heads or tails out of most of it. "Edit the thingymabob, and you're all set." "It works!!! Thanks!!!!"

jMac

Dec 3 2006, 04:37 AM

^ +1

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