6600GT not recognized on 10.4.4+Update-10.4.5

[alewian]

First of all: THANK YOU ALL FOR EXISTING! I have succesfully installed MacOS on my PC and I am VERY VERY happy with it. It rocks!

 

I can access my pendrive, the sound card functions ok and the system is very fast without any speedboost (even I am running MacOS from a 2.5" USB-HDD).

 

But still I have a little problem: My grahic card (PCI-Express Nvidia 6600GT) is recognized as VESA and I can not change the screen resolution up to 1280x1024. I am stuck on 1024x768 and it is very bad because I have a TFT. Is it possible to raise the resolution?

 

My system:

- OS: MacOS 10.4.4 + Update 10.4.5 (Myz DVD)

- Motherboard: Gigabyte S939 nForce4

- CPU: AMD64 3200+ (MacOS says its clock is 3 GHz but actually it is 2 GHz )

- Graphic: PCI-Express Nvidia 6600GT

- RAM: 1024MB (Dual channel) (MacOS says I have 2048MB )

- Hard disk: SATA 200GB (Not recognized)

- USB-HD: IDE 2.5" 40GB (MacOS boots ok from it)

- PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard (OK)

[macgirl]

Please read the forum and use search function.

 

on X86 Nvidia cards only works in VESA mode right now.

 

If you want to change the resolution you can type "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" at boot options.

 

Also you can add this to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist below the kernel flags key.

[alewian]

I have just read the forum but I was not sure if it was possible to include a KEXT from a previous release. I have already tested the solution you mention (modifyng that boot file) but it does not work. In any case, thank you for your answer.

[macgirl]

There are no working drivers/kexts for nVidia cards at this moment.

[johnnyICON]

Please read the forum and use search function.

 

on X86 Nvidia cards only works in VESA mode right now.

 

If you want to change the resolution you can type "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" at boot options.

 

Also you can add this to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist below the kernel flags key.

I am new to this as you can tell, but how would I edit this file? Reading other posts I'm worried I might up my permissions. What is the safest way to go about doing this?

 

Another question as well, there is no other alternative for us nVidia users? We're stuck with VESA?

What about X11? I haven't used a *NIX based system in a while but I remember there being nVidia drivers for X11, or I am just making things up... it's been a while.

 

I'm also looking at the HCL for 10.4.3, it says:

MSI GeForce 6600GT 128mb PCI-E MSI/nVidia QE and CI not working. Basic VESA 3 support. Tested Resolution:1024x768x32 and 1280x1024x32, Video memory detected 128mb

Is this not the same for 10.4.4/5?

[macgirl]

To edit the file you need to become the root user or use root right, that is easy.

 

In Terminal you can use sudo and any command.

An example:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

 

Other way is to impersonate/become the root user:

sudo su

then all command you type are done by the root user until you type exit.

 

In both cases it will ask for your password, but only if you have admin rights, normally the first created user has the admin rights.

 

So to edit the com.apple.Boot.plist type this:

sudo nano /Library/Preferneces/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

make changes and save teh fiole, then reboot.

 

There are no Nvidia drivers that support Core Image or Quartz Extreme for X86.

 

I don't know if the X11 drivers work, but if they wotk they do only directly with Darwin and X11 not under Mac OS/Aqua.

[johnnyICON]

There are no Nvidia drivers that support Core Image or Quartz Extreme for X86.

that sucks, i really wanted to use the screensavers, they're so sexy!

 

I don't think it worked... I rebooted and it's still 1024x768. Take a look

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32"
	<string>-v</string>
	<key>Boot Graphics</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>10</string>
</dict>
</plist>

[temis]

If you want it to work things have to be in the right order : key then string = 2 lines OR key + string = 1 line but with a specific syntax + watch your keyboard when typing ... com.apple.Boot.plist is CaSe SenSitiVe

 

It should look like this :

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$'>http://www.apple$

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>-v</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024x32</string>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>10</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

or like this

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>-v</string>

<key>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32"</key>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>10</string>

</dict>

</plist>

[johnnyICON]

Success!

Thanks.