ATI Radeon 9550

[hack4ev3r]

Hey people, i have OSX 10.4.6 installed and i downloded the 10.4.4 ATI Drivers(.bundle files)

put it in my extensions directory and repair premission and still not a thing,

some one on the IRC told me i need to put my vendor id in the bundle or something?

i have a ATI Radeon 9550 that is supposed to supported some people told me with minor fixes.

 

can anybody explain me how to do this please?

Thanks.

[belgrano]

You have to add your Device ID (not Vendor) to ATIRadeon9700.kext file.

This file is in /System/Library/Extensions/. Copy that kext to your desktop. Right-click on it and choose 'Show Package Contents'. Go into the Info.plist file inside your ATIRadeon9700.kext folder, open it with TextEdit and add the Device ID of your video card (you will find it in System Profiler at Graphics/Display) to the list which begins at line 49. Make sure that is somethind like 0xDeviceID1002. Your Vendor ID is probably 1002.

Now go to /System/Library/Extensions and delete the original kext (make sure to have a back-up of the kext before you do that). You will have to authenticate yourself to do that. Then drag-n-drop the modified kext from the desktop. Again you'll have to authenticate yourself.

Repair your hdd permissions.

Reload your kernel extensions cache by typing in Terminal:

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

 

Now try a manual load of your driver before the reboot:

kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext

 

Reboot.

[demo]

You have to add your Device ID (not Vendor) to ATIRadeon9700.kext file.

This file is in /System/Library/Extensions/. Copy that kext to your desktop. Right-click on it and choose 'Show Package Contents'. Go into the Info.plist file inside your ATIRadeon9700.kext folder, open it with TextEdit and add the Device ID of your video card (you will find it in System Profiler at Graphics/Display) to the list which begins at line 49. Make sure that is somethind like 0xDeviceID1002. Your Vendor ID is probably 1002.

Now go to /System/Library/Extensions and delete the original kext (make sure to have a back-up of the kext before you do that). You will have to authenticate yourself to do that. Then drag-n-drop the modified kext from the desktop. Again you'll have to authenticate yourself.

Repair your hdd permissions.

Reload your kernel extensions cache by typing in Terminal:

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

 

Now try a manual load of your driver before the reboot:

kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext

 

Reboot.

 

i dont have ATIRadeon9700.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/ ... what can i do about it?

[demo]

up ... can anyone help please?