dwfmagik Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hey there everyone. First, let me thank you for taking time to read this post and for helping me. I know there are no shortages of requests (as believe me, I've read most of them!) and there are just as many methods and ideas regarding the issues...but alas, none seem to have worked for me. The Issue - Ok, so I've got a fresh snow leopard installation using 'Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental).vmwarevm' (google it), I've done all apple updates and installed VMTools + sound drivers. Nothing else. It's fresh, its new and its working well so far. Now, what I want is for it to register my nvidia 8800gts 640mb card. At present, its displaying the following; Display: Type: GPU Bus: PCI VRAM (Total): 128 MB Device ID: 0x0405 Revision ID: 0x0000 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Vendor ID: 0x15ad </P><P> Which, is no good. So, what are my PC's specs? CPU : Intel Q6600 G0 quad coreMobo : gigabyte ep45-ud3lr Graphics Card : BFG 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 (http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g80-2/bfg-8800gts-front.jpg) Memory : 8gigs 1066mhz DDR2 Sound : On Board Monitors : 2x22'' LG Monitors plugged into the DVI outs What I've read/tried : I've seen and read it all, most of which I didn't understand. My ultimate aim is to get AVID + Final Cut Pro experience, so I need to get this working as soon as possible. I've read up on 'strings', 'nvinject', 'xtexts', 'GeForece8xxxGLDriver.bundle' and christ knows what else. I've tried copying and pasting various lines into a hundred different plists and am starting to give up. I don't understand most of it at the best of times, I'm usually well technically minded, and i can follow clear instructions (he says!) but there are just so many alternatives, uncertainties and abbreviations I get lost in this really fast. I've read about Charmion as a boot - but have no need for it...(I don't think!) What I'd like someone to do: Clear, simple instructions (with video+images)?. That would be amazing. Perhaps a very brief explination on the main terms, who does what, whats outdated, what may be of use ..but most of all, some clear cut suggestions on getting my grahpics card installed and recognised so I can start editing would be AWESOME! Like i said, pictures would be awsome if possible. If someones willing to dedicate some time helping me out with this, upon completion I will be willing to make a donation over paypal... Little baby jesus help me please! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211339-can-i-get-some-clarification-too-many-expressionsmethods/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwfmagik Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 please anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211339-can-i-get-some-clarification-too-many-expressionsmethods/#findComment-1416676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilemma Prison Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 You should probably go purchase a copy of the retail edition of the OS and use that, and not someone's experimental vmware image of the server version of the OS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211339-can-i-get-some-clarification-too-many-expressionsmethods/#findComment-1426038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwfmagik Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 You should probably go purchase a copy of the retail edition of the OS and use that, and not someone's experimental vmware image of the server version of the OS. I do have the retail disc, and I installed using it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211339-can-i-get-some-clarification-too-many-expressionsmethods/#findComment-1426386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushishi Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 But vmware dont have supported GPU drivers... So there is nothing wrong. Remember Vmware DONT show your real hardware like gpu, sata controller, network card, soundcard to the virtual os, but uses virtuelle versions of them and that is what the os see... and they do NOT have drivers for the gpu. If you want it supported then you have to install as a real os and not a virtual os. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211339-can-i-get-some-clarification-too-many-expressionsmethods/#findComment-1426387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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