Swad Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 A single thread to make this discussion a little easier. http://omni.starchaser.org/ Site is now public; Callisto build 001 Alpha is available for download. Remember, if it does not work for you now, wait and see what happens in the future. This is an Alpha stage of the driver. Big thanks go to np_ for putting up with me asking all kinds of questions for the past few weeks, and for providing me with guidance during the development process of Callisto. Cheers man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 okay guys, seems that my monitor doesnt like this a lot: the screen flashes 1/2 and cant see anything have to restart the computer until it works Meanwhile it looks like maybe i m wrong, that now smooth scrolling works fine and "smooth" ehehe let me ur impressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najt Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Works fine except that when I boot the screen gets all distorted. Then I change the refresh rate in Preferences (I can't read anything but a little guesswork does it) and then it is all fine. Also there is still mouse tearing and color banding in the gradients with the DVI connection. Ati Radeon 9600 thanks for all the efforts omni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Tried it on my X850 XTPE 0x5D4D1002 and it gave me a kernel panic (not too surprised, but a little sad) and so far I'm working on getting it to work with my 9700Pro. I'll get back to you on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peakymonster Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 tried driver no sucess with radeon x700se just get gray screen restart computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjtd Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Greets. Some problems here. 1024 is working fine with CI and QE, but no 1280x768 Also, on my laptop the screen is detected as CRT at startup. If I change to 800x600, I get a 800x600 image, but the resolution stays the same. Also, there is a copy of the 800x600 screen on the bottom of the real 800x600. Even thus, thanks omni. I hope you will fix this too EDIT: If I change my resolution, the screen flashes and goes black. I can see garbled images before it goes black. Also, I already tried to add 1280x768 with SwitchResX but no luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Doesn't work for me: HP laptop ATI Radeon 9000 (ID 4c66) I start correctly in 1024x768 then go to Displays Then pick up my panel's native resolution: 1280x800 Then I get a blue screen without any pointer Cursor up to go back to 1024x768 doesn't reset the screen so I need to power down... Even switching to 800x600 or 640x480 doesn't give a correct screen... I also deleted every ATI* kext inside extensions and ran a disk repair permissions but still no go... Is there ANY kext that needs to be deleted in order to get this working or am I currently out of luck? Take care, Tek_No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 The site clearly states xXXX[X](x800, x1400, etc) cards don't work yet. Just adding my input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJJJ Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 the same for me with ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (4c66) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Anybody tried an xxxxx series card ive tried x600 pro pcie and x1600xt pcie both kernal panic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Read my above post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 in fact the smooth scrolling work even without omni's driver i switched back to the original driver since my monitor works 1/5 else i get a white screen with lots of bugs (using DVI or CRT)...I dont think it's linked to 10.4.6 drivers...If it works fine with radeon9700 under 10.4.5 let me know but i doubt..I think it's linked to the signal sent to the monitor.i'll wait for a fix if there is one ever. Good job OMNI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Mobility 7500 (4c57). Driver appears to load ok and displays out good information while booting in verbose mode. However the GUI does not properly load with Callisto loaded. I get a mouse pointer, but nothing more. I even can move it around and tell by disk access that applications have been loaded (blindly), but all I see on the screen in the text from verbose mode sitting there. This was the same result I got when I first tried omni's old open ATI driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoy Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Fat kernel panic with x700 as expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najt Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Mobility 7500 (4c57). Driver appears to load ok and displays out good information while booting in verbose mode. However the GUI does not properly load with Callisto loaded. I get a mouse pointer, but nothing more. I even can move it around and tell by disk access that applications have been loaded (blindly), but all I see on the screen in the text from verbose mode sitting there. This was the same result I got when I first tried omni's old open ATI driver. Read the FAQ... 8. I get a black screen with a mouse pointer after I boot with Callisto?You are using ATI KEXTs from 10.4.6, that's why. Apple has changed something between 10.4.5 and 10.4.6 versions so that happens. Go back to 10.4.5 ATI KEXTs and you should be fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepito Grillo Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 No luck with my 9600 mobile,.... my native res is 1920x1200 but I get out of sync with this and with all other resolutions. Thanks omni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himalayas Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 It doesn't wrok with my Xpress 200 and Hitachi CRT. It says "Invalid scan frequency". Mine is 10.4.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjtd Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 This FAQ can be fixed. Ppl are not able to do autologin because they delete loginwindow.plist. To have autologin enabled again, just go to preferences, users and in login options set the autologin user. "FAQ I used to be able to autologin and now I get a login prompt? That seems to happen here as well, not sure why. Some people report they do not have this happen on their systems with Callisto, and yet others do experience it. Might investigate this further when I get a chance" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elRey Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 thank you Omni ATI Radeon 9600: Chipsatz-Modell: ATI Radeon 9600 Typ: Monitor Bus: PCI VRAM (gesamt): 128 MB Hersteller: ATI (0x1002) Geräte-ID: 0x4151 Versions-ID: 0x0000 Monitore: Monitor: Auflösung: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe Core Image: Unterstützt Hauptmonitor: Ja Synchronisierung: Aus Eingeschaltet: Ja Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince29 Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 It almost works ! after installing Callisto kexts and cleaning the config files, I cant boot with gui in 1024*768 (the default res). When I try to switch to 1280*800, the screen goes black. Using up arrow, I managed to get back to 1027*768, but I only get a messed up display with a nice wistle sound. However, when I reboot, it gets back to normal. Oh, and booting in verbose mode indicates me that my card and display are detected as CRT. ati radeon x700 mobility, 1280*800 tft display, Acer 1692wlmi notebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellmacx Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Hey tek_no does CI and QE work with radeon 9000 ? is it just the res that wont change? Any CI and QE working on radeon 9000 or 9200? THanks Casey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doesn't work for me: HP laptop ATI Radeon 9000 (ID 4c66) I start correctly in 1024x768 then go to Displays Then pick up my panel's native resolution: 1280x800 Then I get a blue screen without any pointer Cursor up to go back to 1024x768 doesn't reset the screen so I need to power down... Even switching to 800x600 or 640x480 doesn't give a correct screen... I also deleted every ATI* kext inside extensions and ran a disk repair permissions but still no go... Is there ANY kext that needs to be deleted in order to get this working or am I currently out of luck? Take care, Tek_No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactogo Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Mobility 7500 (4c57). Driver appears to load ok and displays out good information while booting in verbose mode. However the GUI does not properly load with Callisto loaded. I get a mouse pointer, but nothing more. I even can move it around and tell by disk access that applications have been loaded (blindly), but all I see on the screen in the text from verbose mode sitting there. This was the same result I got when I first tried omni's old open ATI driver. Same result here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 I did put the 10.4.5 kexts back.. as well as i tried the 10.4.4 ones. 7500 users are gonna have to sit tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 so what about the white or worst the messed up screen? r u using like me 10.4.6? cause omni said he ran it on 10.4.4 .5 and .6 so i dont get it... i m sure it comes from monitor detected as CRT when it's a LCD anyone tried switching back to 10.4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJJJ Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 my monitor is detected as crt too and it's LCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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