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I have tried the 008 and 003 driver and they dont work. I will try 006 and 005, the older Boris method (now updated) showed me how, but no luck. Can someone post step-by-step instructions on how to do this for a 9200? Using the 8500 or 9700 kext?

Guest goodtime
I don't know what -v, -s boot are or how to do it. Ive followed the Callisto instructions and still no work.

 

Edit your Boot.plist file and add a separate entry for Timeout and a value of 10-90. The boot.plist file is in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration. Edit using sudo pico /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/name of the boot plist file

 

Reboot

Press F8 at Count down Boot screen. Then in the kernel command area -v (verbose) or -s (single user) or -x (safe mode).

 

If you can't get in your Machine. The easiest thing to do is reinstall from scratch and be more careful next time. Your Mileage May Vary!

 

GT

hi,

 

just managed to get 1680x1050 on my radeon 9200 with callisto 008 from http://omni.starchaser.org/callisto/ , by nothing more but following the attached instructions. I got black screen initially, but then changed the CallistoUseAltPLLMethod to true and now it's great. of course, no QE, but all resolutions to choose from.

 

Greg

no pain at all.

 

open Callisto.kext/Contents/Info.plist, find the line:

 

<key>CallistoUseAltPLLMethod</key>

 

and change the following line from <false/> to <true/>

 

Except for it, follow the installation.htm instructions.

 

good luck

Greg

Saddam Lennon, what exactly does CallistoUseAltPLLMethod do? (Other than make your card work...) Is there an associated performance gain/hit with it?

 

 

To those with failures loading Callisto, how exactly is it failing? I was having absolutely no luck getting Callisto to work until I hooked up a Dell 1907 yesterday. The problem was that the driver was running my monitor out of spec, and the monitor (a big Sun CRT) was shutting down. Even with the EFID, the driver wouldn't run the monitor correctly. Adding a "Graphics Mode"="1024x768x32" at boot would bring the resolution down and work, but it was trying to run 1280x1024 at a higher frequency than the crt wanted to be driven. If you're having failures and have multiple monitors around, it might be worth a shot to try hooking up another monitor, just for trouble shooting purpose... The 'failing' Callisto drivers on my machine started not failing as soon as I hooked up a different monitor.

I also have a Radeon 9200 and I've been trying to install Callisto with no luck. Could someone show me the details on how to edit the file, etc. I am a total Mac newbie and I'm not afraid to say that I'm totally lost. Could someone help me? You can also PM me if you wish. Thanks.

Guest goodtime
hi,

 

just managed to get 1680x1050 on my radeon 9200 with callisto 008 from http://omni.starchaser.org/callisto/ , by nothing more but following the attached instructions. I got black screen initially, but then changed the CallistoUseAltPLLMethod to true and now it's great. of course, no QE, but all resolutions to choose from.

 

Greg

 

 

This is good to know! I am going to try this tonight. I've been using 003 fixed. Will try this to see if 008 works on my ATI 9200 Radeon Mobility.

 

Thanks for the Tip!

 

GT

  • 3 months later...

Switching from Callisto b06 to b08 I got resolution switching working on my Radeon 9250, but in the process the screensaver graphics and iTunes visualization seized working and now simply crash... this was working on Callisto b06....

 

So now apparently OpenGL not working.... howto fix ? anyone ?

 

edit: removed ATIRadeon8500GLdriver.bundle... now OpenGL works.... slowly only software opengl.... we need better drivers for this card to get QE and hardware accellerated opengl going !

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