TheDirTchamber Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hi guys. I'm having a problem with a nvidia 8600GT 512MB video card on SL 10.6. Adding the efi string for this video card (from efi studio) to the boot.plist makes everything work, but only on the monitor that's connected to the vga port. I have a secondary one, connected to the dvi port, but that one doesn't work. If I boot with both monitors connected, I get a black screen on both. If I remove the one connected to the dvi port, everything works. What can I do to make both monitors work? I tried everything, GraphicsEnabler, NVEnabler, efi... This is the contents of my boot.plist, maybe it helps: <?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>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>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</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hi guys. I'm having a problem with a nvidia 8600GT 512MB video card on SL 10.6. Adding the efi string for this video card (from efi studio) to the boot.plist makes everything work, but only on the monitor that's connected to the vga port. I have a secondary one, connected to the dvi port, but that one doesn't work. If I boot with both monitors connected, I get a black screen on both. If I remove the one connected to the dvi port, everything works. What can I do to make both monitors work? I tried everything, GraphicsEnabler, NVEnabler, efi... This is the contents of my boot.plist, maybe it helps: <?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>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>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</string> </dict> </plist> This boot flag is unknow for me: <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> Use this boot flag in your boot.plist: <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/#findComment-1627005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDirTchamber Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 You can't use GraphicsEnabler and efi at the same time. And that flag is just the animated logo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/#findComment-1627008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 You can't use GraphicsEnabler and efi at the same time.And that flag is just the animated logo. OK!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/#findComment-1627012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Quiet boot=no is the Chameleon default, you don't need that flag unless you want to set it to yes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/#findComment-1627094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDirTchamber Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Quiet boot=no is the Chameleon default, you don't need that flag unless you want to set it to yes. Thank you, but I doubt that has something to do with my problem. By the way, I forgot to mention, I installed iatkos s3 v2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/244523-dual-monitor-issue/#findComment-1627350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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