sparkythewondersquid Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is as far as I have been able to get I have used Duckweed GE=no GE=yes PCIRootUID= whatever there are people out there who got thios to work why wont you share? What I have done I installed using the old fashioned way no ihack I repaired permissions if I remove the ati6000 kext can only boot in safe mode or no acceleration I just don't know why any one I have asked cannot just give me an answer? are we all not here to help one another? I just need to know what anyone running an AMD Radeon 6870 did to get the thing to boot thats all it does not matter what I did or did not do all I care about is what you did Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Hi the problem is not that they don't want to share their secrets but that most don't want searching. You can tell me you've already tried, maybe maybe not, but the question is how could they succeed if they were not searching before ? I don't know if that can help you, but you can base on this topic : http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=275546 Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is as far as I have been able to get I have used Duckweed GE=no GE=yes PCIRootUID= whatever there are people out there who got thios to work why wont you share? What I have done I installed using the old fashioned way no ihack I repaired permissions if I remove the ati6000 kext can only boot in safe mode or no acceleration I just don't know why any one I have asked cannot just give me an answer? are we all not here to help one another? I just need to know what anyone running an AMD Radeon 6870 did to get the thing to boot thats all it does not matter what I did or did not do all I care about is what you did Help! Hmm, please keep in mind not every 6870 is the same and different manufactures will make minor changes to the port layout that can change what you may need to do compared to someone else with a 6870. That said, most likely config you will need is Gibba, Graphics Enabler=Yes and AtiPorts=5 I saw from another post you were able to restore a working version of the ATI6000Controller.kext, did you add your device ID to it's info.plist if it's not there already yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvega12575 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I got mine to work by going into my lion partition before my first boot on my mountain lion partition and removed ATI6000Controller.kext. Then booted into 10.8 and went through the first boot process and that was done i installed back ATI6000Controller.kext using kext wizard. Repair permisions and reboot. GFX is working perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkythewondersquid Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 First of all thank you for the help I tried to do fresh install and start with nvega12575s advice result was the same them eep357 got me closer booted with -v AtiConfig=Gibba AtiPorts=5 Black screen I connect through mini displayport (apple cinema 27") thinking it was tyhe port I connected another monitor using HDMI same black screen If I use "Duckweed" boots to gray screen with pointer and a white chessboard in the upper left I found something interesting after clean install the ATI6000Controler.kext has no Info.plist using pacifist I extracted the kexts from Basesystem and the info.plist was there also I cannot find the AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext anywhere in the installer so I still am where I started so I extracted the kext (ATI6000Controler) added my device ID installed with kextwizard same result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uachu Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 First of all thank you for the help I tried to do fresh install and start with nvega12575s advice result was the same them eep357 got me closer booted with -v AtiConfig=Gibba AtiPorts=5 Black screen I connect through mini displayport (apple cinema 27") thinking it was tyhe port I connected another monitor using HDMI same black screen If I use "Duckweed" boots to gray screen with pointer and a white chessboard in the upper left I found something interesting after clean install the ATI6000Controler.kext has no Info.plist using pacifist I extracted the kexts from Basesystem and the info.plist was there also I cannot find the AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext anywhere in the installer so I still am where I started so I extracted the kext (ATI6000Controler) added my device ID installed with kextwizard same result Install this kext with kext wizard or similar on S/L/E in your installer. works for me. sorry my english https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1052480/ATIRadeonX2000.kext.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 here you go dude, AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext, AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle and AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12515989/AMDRadeonKexts.zip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkythewondersquid Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 here you go dude, AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext, AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle and AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle https://dl.dropbox.c...RadeonKexts.zip Thank you it worked the funny thing is the text stops at PCICofiguationBegin but it still boots dual monitors also work I appreciate your help Thank you again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 sssh, don't tell nobody-i'ts a secret! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hi. I am suffering from a white screen+cursor with my 6870. I tried adding those kexts to my installer's /S/L/E but I only get corrupted graphics. I have tried both GE on and off, Duckweed and Gibba, no success. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I don't have a 6870, but my understanding is you have to remove from installer, add back after installed. Should just need t remove the ATI6000 controller during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtfspiff Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I am in the same boat! If I remove the ATI6000 controller from the S/L/E on installer USB. The installation doesnt even start! it gets stuck at the spining wheel below the apple logo. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 boot with -x -v -f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Kenobi Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I've got a 6850 and I get to the same grey screen and black arrow. I've not been able to get past it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 grey screen with arrow? is it the linen textured grey screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Kenobi Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 grey screen with arrow? is it the linen textured grey screen? Nope, first grey screen where I should get the menu bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 thats the linen in the installer. you have another monitor hooked up like a tv maybe? or try diff port on card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabu Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 same boat here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Just a quick update for you guys, the AMD*.kexts are not included in the BaseSystem.dmg but are actually part of the Essentials.pkg. Not having the ATI6000 controller loaded during install will probably prevent these from being installed during installation as well. After install and once you've added it back and rebooted to your installed OS, just rerun the Essentials.pkg from within OSX or extract and install them using Pacifist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Kenobi Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Just a quick update for you guys, the AMD*.kexts are not included in the BaseSystem.dmg but are actually part of the Essentials.pkg. Not having the ATI6000 controller loaded during install will probably prevent these from being installed during installation as well. After install and once you've added it back and rebooted to your installed OS, just rerun the Essentials.pkg from within OSX or extract and install them using Pacifist. holy {censored} i have so much more to learn..... {censored} me I've tried every which way to get it to install. I actually got it to install once, but I forgot what method I used because I tried booting into it and couldn't get it, so by that time I'd forgotten what I'd done. So I'm going to go back to the very first vanilla install and do that step by step. Then I need to remove the ati6xxx kext from the installer drive. Then I need to reboot and install. Then I need to boot back into Lion, and install the kext on ML via the kext wizard. Do I have that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 holy {censored} i have so much more to learn..... {censored} me I've tried every which way to get it to install. I actually got it to install once, but I forgot what method I used because I tried booting into it and couldn't get it, so by that time I'd forgotten what I'd done. So I'm going to go back to the very first vanilla install and do that step by step. Then I need to remove the ati6xxx kext from the installer drive. Then I need to reboot and install. Then I need to boot back into Lion, and install the kext on ML via the kext wizard. Do I have that right? There's always more to learn! You pretty much got it right there, would need to use Pacfist to extract the kexts if your installing them to a separate partition. If your following a guide on creating the installer, read this first com.apple.pkg.SIUResources not found , see post #7. I haven't got around to putting together a pkg cause I get side tracked easily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Kenobi Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Thanks! I'm giving it another go today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekokimushi Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 i managed to get my XFX 6870 to work. if u get a white screen and arrow with disappeared menubar, http://www.insanelym...howtopic=281127 see if this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockinron_1 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 So I'm going to go back to the very first vanilla install and do that step by step. Then I need to remove the ati6xxx kext from the installer drive. Then I need to reboot and install. Then I need to boot back into Lion, and install the kext on ML via the kext wizard. Do I have that right? When you remove the kext make sure you keep a backup of it somewhere to make it easier to re-install. Also if the installer won't boot after you've removed it type -x -v -f at the boot loader screen and try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilindisguise Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hi, I have HD 6950 and the screen freezes at the below screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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