mercurysquad Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 What is it? This is an enabler kext which gives your Intel GMA900 (i915) graphic card hardware acceleration (QE/CI) support under Leopard. This is not a patched or modified kext. It is supposed to be used in addition to the GMA950 kexts that come with leopard. Details: There are a lot of patched kexts floating around for GMA900 support in Leopard. dfe aka David Elliott has made a great enabler kext which allows GMA900 cards to use stock GMA950 kexts. This means NO patching or hacking is required and you can keep using Apple software updates and take advantage of updated graphic kexts. How to use - Install these two kexts. Reboot. That's all. This works for all GMA900 device IDs (0x2582, 0x2592, 0x2792) Notes You must have all stock kexts. If you are using patched kexts currently, please revert all AppleIntelGMA* to the ones that came with your version of Leopard. The framebuffer is old. Some people may be able to use stock framebuffer too, but most often you will need this older framebuffer kext. Resolution changing and mouse artifacts are related to framebuffer. So if you are trying to fix those, the framebuffer kext is what you want to experiment with first, followed by original GMA950 kexts. Please no OpenGL.framework hacking either. Everything should be original Leopard version. I have not made these kexts, the work is dfe's, I am only bringing it to the OSx86 community and therefore cannot offer any support except maybe adding any new device IDs ElliottAppleIntelGMA950LegacyEnabler.kext.zip AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext.zip 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Great, I will test it with 10.5.4, 10.5.5 and 10.5.6 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1003499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Works brilliantly using the old framebuffer. Slight artifacts due to this framebuffer, but newer ones give worse performance and kernel panics when applications try to set a resolution. Thanks, DFE, for the work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1003566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
opfobo Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 THANKS A LOT! I reverted all changes and used your newer FrameBuffer together with the other file and have now QE & CI enabled on my Intel 915 Video Card on my HP dv1000 notebook :-) Specs: HP dv 1000 (actually dv 13something) 7MB Video and 64 Virtual RAM (Bios Settings) on my Intel 915 Card Distro iDeneb 10.5.5 Audio: AC97 Trackpad with Scrolling as mentioned here (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=88811&hl=touchpad) works without a problem - but it's a bit tricky to figure out how to use it actually ;-) LAN - OOB BT - OOB Wireless - 2100 do not work but I have a USB Stick ;-) I think I'll patch my CMOS and get an ATHEROS based MiniPCI WiFi adapter Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1003853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien2xx Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 THANKS A LOT! I reverted all changes and used your newer FrameBuffer together with the other file and have now QE & CI enabled on my Intel 915 Video Card on my HP dv1000 notebook :-) Specs: HP dv 1000 (actually dv 13something) 7MB Video and 64 Virtual RAM (Bios Settings) on my Intel 915 Card Distro iDeneb 10.5.5 Audio: AC97 Trackpad with Scrolling as mentioned here (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=88811&hl=touchpad) works without a problem - but it's a bit tricky to figure out how to use it actually ;-) LAN - OOB BT - OOB Wireless - 2100 do not work but I have a USB Stick ;-) I think I'll patch my CMOS and get an ATHEROS based MiniPCI WiFi adapter Hi, did you get transparent tool menu bar with this? I use a different kext and I get QE/CI support under system profiler but no transparency on the tool menu bar. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1003948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggor Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Really? i will try it , wait a moment ...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1003966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It could be a sticky but in Hardware->Grpahics Cards IMO BTW, I tested with 10.5.4 with success. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 How about an enabler for the new framebuffer to load on desktops with GMA950? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggor Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Perfect! i use it at my leo 10.5.6, it's great, my quicktime is ok too, no video black/white, it's color! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redoctober Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 What is it? This is an enabler kext which gives your Intel GMA900 (i915) graphic card hardware acceleration (QE/CI) support under Leopard. This is not a patched or modified kext. It is supposed to be used in addition to the GMA950 kexts that come with leopard. Details: There are a lot of patched kexts floating around for GMA900 support in Leopard. dfe aka David Elliott has made a great enabler kext which allows GMA900 cards to use stock GMA950 kexts. This means NO patching or hacking is required and you can keep using Apple software updates and take advantage of updated graphic kexts. How to use - Install these two kexts. Reboot. That's all. This works for all GMA900 device IDs (0x2582, 0x2592, 0x2792) Notes You must have all stock kexts. If you are using patched kexts currently, please revert all AppleIntelGMA* to the ones that came with your version of Leopard. The framebuffer is old. Some people may be able to use stock framebuffer too, but most often you will need this older framebuffer kext. Resolution changing and mouse artifacts are related to framebuffer. So if you are trying to fix those, the framebuffer kext is what you want to experiment with first, followed by original GMA950 kexts. Please no OpenGL.framework hacking either. Everything should be original Leopard version. I have not made these kexts, the work is dfe's, I am only bringing it to the OSx86 community and therefore cannot offer any support except maybe adding any new device IDs It is the 1 i need but i don't know how to INSTALL. im new be in OSX86. anybody pls teach me. thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauℓzurrr. Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It is the 1 i need but i don't know how to INSTALL. im new be in OSX86. anybody pls teach me. thx Use this http://cheetha.net/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien2xx Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Installed on a sx280 small form factor running iDeneb 10.5.5, full QE/CI and I got transparent top menu bar, excellent!!! thanks so much... (now if I can only make the NIC to work could be a perfect install "BCM5751" ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
opfobo Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Hi, did you get transparent tool menu bar with this?I use a different kext and I get QE/CI support under system profiler but no transparency on the tool menu bar. Thanks! I do not exactly know what you mean with transparancy... If it's the background image which shines through I will check it later, but I musst say I do not like it at all... It anoyed me all the time on my other machine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Installed on a sx280 small form factor running iDeneb 10.5.5, full QE/CI and I got transparent top menu bar, excellent!!! thanks so much... (now if I can only make the NIC to work could be a perfect install "BCM5751" ) What's wrong with your BCM5751? 00:00:00:00:00:00 MAC address? If yes, then check out my DC7100 guide at http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...amp;mode=linear and follow the steps to get BCM5751 working. It involves using a script that sets your MAC address once en0 is created. Works well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien2xx Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 What's wrong with your BCM5751? 00:00:00:00:00:00 MAC address? If yes, then check out my DC7100 guide at http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...amp;mode=linear and follow the steps to get BCM5751 working. It involves using a script that sets your MAC address once en0 is created. Works well. I tried different kexts I found and I think one of them gave me the 00:00.... mac address but I cant find it anymore, the one I tried last night hangs my pc when booting so I need to get it back to the original kext.. the one is for pci14e4,1677 - which is already listed on the kexts. I will try yours tonight and get back with the results, thanks - once I get this fixed the mac should be perfect. opfobo - Yes, its the background that shines through the top menu bar, I like it, I can see that some dont like it but I do :-), of course also depends on the wallpaper used I guess... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1004746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cman4ever Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Great Job! Got my Dell Dimesnion 5000 up and running now. Are you working on a fix for the framebuffer. Best Regards and thanks for this gorgeous method cman Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1005056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manzrachman Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 great job!!! this is what i am looking for!! thanks for the info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1006825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
downdowndown Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Man, we have been waiting MONTHS and some even YEARS for this... "yeah 900 GMA...not going to happen, get a better graphics card" and then you come and conjure up this piece of work. Awesome job. Gonna try it out after ccc, andy4life, h2a's method. I wonder if it comes with no paperclip/external monitor support. Again, nice job! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1006933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
downdowndown Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 It works! But since I'm using speedstep, I don't know if it hinders the performance of videos and audio. With the other method (the not done right method), the videos seemed to be okay. Or it could be something else. Which is one requires more resources? This method or andy4life, h2a's, ccc's etc. method? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1010338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwafu Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Really good job! It works on my HP dx6120 (Intel GMA900 desktop) with leo4all 10.5.5. Since QE/CI are enabled, the graphics performance is significantly improved. However, I have only used the ElliottAppleIntelGMA950LegacyEnabler.kext. It seems that AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext is unnecessary. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1013432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggor Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Coooooooool ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1014296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsyn Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 This works great on my D610! I have to use the AppleIntelIntegrated Framebuffer because the original from 10.5.6 gives me a blue screen. I also changed some settings on the AppleIntelIntegreated buffer to control the brightness. Anyone interested for D610 brightness control, let me know Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1014331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkard Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hey why not ?! post it anyway, i'm sure it will be fine for some people thanks by the wey for these excellents KEXTs !!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1014600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpyo69 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hi Guys... It doesn't work!!! I'm desperate! i've tried with the attached framebuffer and I had a black screen with the pointer. Then I tried with the latest from leopard 10.5.6 from my other mac and no success either: the computer is working fine but instead of the blue screen i have the Apple grey screen stuck. So i revert to the tiger one. 10.4.7. Either no success. BLACK SCREEEEEEN. In all the cases the computer is working. the id is 0x2582 Any help is really appreciated. My sister is going to kill me if I don't fix her "Mac"!!! pleeeese.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1014625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpyo69 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Did It!!! Thank you! I had to download and install the leopard graphics package upgrade for 10.5.2. Reboot it and.. now QE/CI is working great! Still I can't change the res, but i won't quit... good work!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141549-how-to-intel-gma-900-done-right-full-qeci-for-leopard/#findComment-1014750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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