chrisdarl Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hi there, I recently installed Mac OS X from my Retail Leopard DVD. I've got most(I think) things working.. previously I had Kalyway installed.. with NVKush for my Graphics, which gave me QE & CI Support.. I've tried using EFI Strings for my GeForce 8400m GS 128mb, which give me a clean display, but I have lost the Quartz Extreme, and Core Image (is now only Software, not Hardware Accelerated). I've tried using MacGirls boot.plist, which has given me the same thing as what I already had. Does anyone have any tips I can try? or a solution for me? Many thanks, Chrisdarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Anyone, any ideas? :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon135 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hello I use 8400gs 256mb by XFX.I feel the same. And now I can fixed it done.Would you want to try my kext.I attach it in reply. Good luck. NVinject.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks for your reply. I'm trying to use EFI Strings, with the 10.5.5 kexts from NVInstaller.com. Apparently EFI Strings are the best thing to use? The display's working fine, just want to have CI and QE enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiftedx Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I hear you I restored back to 10.5.4 just to keep the quartz and all that lol hopefully someone finds a solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS EFI: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS EFI Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 128 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0427 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVinjectGo 0.2.0c EFI Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported QuartzGL: Supported 26LC2R-ZJ: Resolution: 1360 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported QuartzGL: Supported Here's my System Profile Dump =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Use Pacifist to apply the LeopardGraphicsUpdate to the system. I am running the same thing as you and have to use those nVidia kexts to get QE/CI working correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Forgive my stupidity.. lol Where do I get LeopardGraphicsUpdate? it's not available on my Software update list? Found v1.0 on apple's website, they're 10.5.2 kexts aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiftedx Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I think Chrisdarl is trying to get graphics back in 10.5.5 which at this point nvinject and other forms of inject will not work =[ efi strings would in theory fix the problem but I'm not quite sure how to make it work I've always used nvinject. I have an idea that mite make it work and its not risky to try either but try using this code in your com.apple.boot.plist it should recognize the graphics on startup using EFI strings. I would try this myself but for some reason my efi boot loader is not working rite I'm having to boot from the dvd. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>6c0200000100000001000000600200000d00000002010c00d041030a01000000010106000004 101060000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d000000200000000100000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c0073 069007a006500000008000000000000101c0000006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700 650000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b000000646973 06c617922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000 00646973706c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f007400790070006500 0000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e5669646961204 65466f726365203834303020475320000000400031002c0063006f006d0070006100740069006200 c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d00650000001 0000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000 04e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d007000610074006900620 6c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e005600430041005000000018000000 4000000000003000c00000000000007000000001e00000072006f006d002d0072006500760069007 0069006f006e0000002e0000006e5669646961204765466f7263652038343030204753204f70656e 74c20456e67696e65205b4546495d</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Yes, you have to use the 10.5.2 kexts. I have been unable to get QE/CI to work with anything higher than 10.5.2 while using an EFI string. v1.0 of the graphics update is the only one available. Shiftedx, that EFI string will allow the graphics card to be detected but will not enable QE/CI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks for your comments guys.. much appreciated!! Which of the files from the Graphics update do I need to use? Is there any way of getting QE+CI back in 10.5.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 I tried copying : Geforce.kext GeForce8xxxGLDriver.bundle GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle From LeopardGraphicsUpdate v1.0 (10.5.2 kexts), into my Extensions folder.... When I boot back into Leopard, I get a messed up display, multicoloured pixels in blocks. btw. I'm using macgirl's com.apple.Boot.plist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 You have to use Pacifist to run the installer like I stated earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobb1x Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 i solved the problem on mine downloading the whole leopard graphic update and reapplying it, then using only Macgirl's efi string. i'm not sure but it seem to me that the latest nvidia driver package (10.5.5 beta?) change another kext too, not only nvidia related,try to open the pkg with pacifist (i erased it sorry). i can confirm on mine too the latest package recognize the card but don't enable qe/ci (8400m gs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 @wingrunr oh okay, I assumed when you said to use pacifist to "apply" them, I was to extract the GeForce kexts, and apply them. Rather than re-installing the whole bunch. I'll give that a try though. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netik Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 For what it's worth, Apple is offering the download here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/leo...csupdate10.html I have a 7800GTX running iAtkos v4 and I have had zero luck getting it to work. I have working graphics and dual monitors but I do not have QE/CI. I have tried NVInject and an EFI string w/o NVInject and get the same result either way I am going to attempt this update this evening and see if I can restore graphics. Without CI, I can't play any games! Aside from that, my system is 100%. Current setup: Gigabyte GA965 2 250gb drives 1 500gb USB 2.0 drive Realtek 883 audio BFG GeForce 7800GTX card iAtkos v4 (10.5.4) Wacom tablet, CF card reader, a few hubs, and more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netik Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I am going to attempt this update this evening and see if I can restore graphics. Without CI, I can't play any games! Okay! IT WORKED. Here was my procedure: After the iAktos install, Go get Leopard Graphics Updater 1.0 from Apple. Run in through Pacifist and unpack it someplace, say, on the desktop in a folder called 'lg' Open up Terminal. Do the following: cd ~/Desktop/lg for i in *; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/$i; cp -pR $i /System/Library/Extensions; done rm /System/Library/Extensions.kext* Now, reboot. This should fix the Nvidia issue by replacing all of the newer kexts with the old 10.5.2 ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Doesn't the above command remove ALL of the kext's in the Extensions Folder? Not only the Graphic's ones.. Wouldn't that sort of defeat the point of me upgrading to 10.5.5? I may as well stay with 10.5.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingrunr21 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Okay! IT WORKED. Here was my procedure: After the iAktos install, Go get Leopard Graphics Updater 1.0 from Apple. Run in through Pacifist and unpack it someplace, say, on the desktop in a folder called 'lg' Open up Terminal. Do the following: cd ~/Desktop/lg for i in *; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/$i; cp -pR $i /System/Library/Extensions; done rm /System/Library/Extensions.kext* Unnecessary. Just go download the Leopard Graphics Update from Apple. Open it up using Pacifist. Right click on the package in Pacifist and choose "Install to default location". Use OSx86 Tools to delete the extensions cache and repair permissions. It should work. Doesn't the above command remove ALL of the kext's in the Extensions Folder? Not only the Graphic's ones.. Wouldn't that sort of defeat the point of me upgrading to 10.5.5? I may as well stay with 10.5.2? Just do what I said above and you'll have it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_@@ Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 So, I've got my 8400m GS card working in 10.5.4 via NVkush.kext but now I'm trying to find out what is the EFI string in order to update to 10.5.5 and get QE/CI working... I've already tried the following strings: (with no success) 6c0200000100000001000000600200000d00000002010c00d041030a010000000101060000041010 0000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d00000020000000010000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c0073069007 006500000008000000000000101c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007006500000 0f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b00000064697306c61792 000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000006469737 6c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000000b00000 646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e566964696120465466f72636 203834303020475320000000400031002c0063006f006d0070006100740069006200c00650000000 0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d006500000010000004e56444 2c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d006500000012000004e5644412c446 73706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d0070006100740069006206c00650000000e0 00004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e0056004300410050000000180000004000000000003000 00000000000007000000001e00000072006f006d002d00720065007600690070069006f006e00000 2e0000006e5669646961204765466f7263652038343030204753204f70656e74c20456e67696e652 5b4546495d a703000001000000010000009b0300001400000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000011010 0000007fff040014000000400032002c006e0061006d00650000001100000073656e736f72270617 656e7436000000400032002c00680077006300740072006c002d0070006100720061006d003002d0 760065007200730069006f006e00000008000000000000021c000000640065007600690060065005 0074007900700065000000100000004e5644412c4765466f7263650e0000006e0061006d06500000 0f0000004e5644412c506172656e7422000000400030002c00640065007600690063006005f00740 79007000650000000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c000000f0000004e5 49444941204765466f72636520383430304d2047542045464922000000400031002c064006500760 6900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791200000040032002c00720 650067000000080000000000000222000000400032002c00640065007600690063065005f0074007 00700065000000120000004e5644412c6770752d64696f64652000000040003200c0063006f006d0 700061007400690062006c0065000000160000004e5644412c73656e736f722d76172656e7422000 00400032002c002300730069007a0065002d00630065006c006c0073000000080000000000000200 0000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e000004e5644412c4e5 4d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e564441c446973706c61792d4 3a000000400032002c0068007700730065006e0073006f0072002d007000600720061006d0073002 00760065007200730069006f006e00000008000000000000022600000040032002c0023006100640 72006500730073002d00630065006c006c007300000008000000000000014000000400031002c006 0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d422000000400030002c0063006f0 6d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e54d61631e00000072006f006 002d007200650076006900730069006f006e000000080000003330322100000004e0056004300410 500000001800000004000000000003000c0000000000000700000000e0000004e00560050004d000 00200000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Does anyone have the 8400m GS working via EFI string???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steenamaroo Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 i know this is an old thread, but i too am looking for an efi string for an 8400m gs 128mb. My card is in a dell vostro 1500,and i've had no success with strings so far... i used to have an 8600m gt, and i had the same problem.... works fine with nvdarwin, nvkush, nvinject, natit, etc etc etc,,,,but not with efi strings...... has anyone ever had an M graphics card working with strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steenamaroo Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 anyone???? tried macgirls plist and it tells me that the card is 64mb?!?!?! but as soon as i put in nvinject or whatever,,it'll work?!?with qe and ci?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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