Dimituri Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hi. I'm on Kalyway 10.5.2 and the only problem's I've had so far (LAN, USB, graphics, etc.) were resolved using the info from this wonderful community. There is one though. Resently I've tried to run a few games (namely, Quake 4, NFS Carbon and Fallout 2) but all I get is the audio – I can hear the intro music, but the screen stays black. I've run a bench using Xbench and it says I've at 175 fps, and I can see the graphics in a windo. So I can't figure out the issue. Halp? My specs are the following: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz 2 GB Memory NVIDIA 8600GT 512 MB (NVinject 0.2.1) Update: There actually is the video. The screen isn't black, it's just that the colors are very very dim. Hovewer, I still can't figure out, why it works in window mode and doesn't in fullscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimituri Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Aw come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuck1989 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I'm having the same issue. Did you work anything out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparm Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 same here (only with my config 2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergo Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I tried running Quake III Arena and got the same problem. Can hear the menu music, mouse sounds, but the screen is black. After that I can't get out of the game without pressing the reset button (how can I kill the game process?). Regards, Fergo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxbydt Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I'm 99% sure that this is caused by the fact that you have a video card that supports dual monitors. Most likely you have your monitor plugged into the "secondary" port and when you go into a full screen game it is trying to display it on the "primary" port. Try switching your DVI or VGA cable to the other port and then running the game. This should solve your problem -Dxbydt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergo Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I'm 99% sure that this is caused by the fact that you have a video card that supports dual monitors. Most likely you have your monitor plugged into the "secondary" port and when you go into a full screen game it is trying to display it on the "primary" port. Try switching your DVI or VGA cable to the other port and then running the game. This should solve your problem -Dxbydt Oh my god, thanks man! I would never imagine that this problem had something to do with the DVI port I was using. I just changed to the left one (viewing from back of the computer) and the games are now working! (at least Quake III and Quake IV are running damn nice now). Fergo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytzu Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Or the issue might be that your hackintosh video driver can't switch the resolution (this is my issue on 9500GT - I can change it but I have to reboot after each attempt because of black screen - the game does the same thing, attempts to change your resolution to it's default when it starts). In this case, you have to find out the default resolution the game starts and set your desktop to that one, then start the game and set to the resolution you want, then put back your desktop at same resolution and it will work (ex UnrealTournament 2004 works in 800x600 default). for some games you can set the resolution in their config.txt file (if any) and in that case you don't need the trick above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapata Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have the same problem but on a laptop (HP nc8430/ATI Mobility X1600) i have NO external monitor connected. I get a blue screen when changing resolution and a black screen when searching for monitors in the OS X Systemsettings. QE/CI works and i have no problems with screensavers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfesq Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I can't be sure that you have the same problem that I had but I couldn't get Quicktime player to play xvid videos in full screen and after messing with all sorts of codecs and getting no results, I started messing around with the openGL.framework. I found that I could get full screen video when I imported the openGL.framework from version 10.5.4 into my installation of 10.5.1. Whether this will work for you, or cause damage to your installation, I can't say. But I suspect you are having an openGL issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexPiss Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Is there any way to know which video port is the primary and which is secondary by default. Also it there a way to switch secondary and primary ports. I have had the same problem listed here with my 8600GT. I'm currently using the vga port, but I'd like to know if I can switch primary before I go out and by a dvi converter. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexPiss Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Is there any way to know which video port is the primary and which is secondary by default. Also it there a way to switch secondary and primary ports. I have had the same problem listed here with my 8600GT. I'm currently using the vga port, but I'd like to know if I can switch primary before I go out and by a dvi converter. Thanks Yup. Plugged it into the dvi output and viola! resolution change working now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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