PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Installed 10.4.7, and it works swimmingly (after some tweaking). I'm using an italian PC keyboard and even with the correct italian OSX profile, a lot of keys are displaced. How can I fix it? Also, I can't choose 1152x864 screen resolution, only 1024 and 1280. Is there some file I can edit for that? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiekiller Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 no idea about the keyboard, but if you have a Nvidia graphics card, then go here: http://macvidia.starchaser.org/ I'm pretty sure there are some drivers for ATI cards as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Resolution - what video card do you have? Keyboard: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.ph...item_id=ukelele http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2056.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Rammjet: Intel 950, connected to bog-standard Dell CRT 17" monitor. Thanks for the Ukulele thingie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Some people find they need to install the GMA900 package under Customize in order for GMA950 video to work properly. You should be able to boot the DVD, go to Customize and select ONLY the GMA900 package. The Install button will now say Update. Click it. Warning, if the GMA900 package doesn't help, it will probably hurt and you will probably be reinstalling. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Yep, thats exactly what happened to me, but that was before my first post. Now accelleration is working fine. There has to be a .plist with all the resolutions that can be edited. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 If the drivers and acceleration were working fine, you would be able to select the resolutions in the System Preferences. Since you cannot, the drivers are not working and you are in VESA mode. The available resolutions are read from the card, not a plist. You can try to set an arbitrary resolution at boot and if you happen to find one that works, you can add that to a boot.plist to force the video card to that resolution. During boot, you need to get to a command prompt. When you boot, the screen first turns black and then grey with a spinning icon. As soon as the screen turns black, start tapping the F8 key quickly and repeatedly until a command prompt appears. Typing ?video will display a list of available resolutions. Typing the following at the command prompt will force the resolution at boot. However, if the video card and monitor cannot sync, you will end up with a black screen. At the prompt, type: "Graphics Mode" = "1280x1024" You must use the quotes and you can replace the 1280x1024 with a value you found from ?video. Once you find an acceptable resolution, you can add it to the boot plist file: Edit the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Add the following to the file: <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024</string> (or whatever resolution you select) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Did some experimenting. ?video at boot does not show 1152x864 as a valid resolution. Only 1024x768 and 1280x1024, plus higher and lower ones. But in OSX (system prefs/displays) I have a lot of wacky resolutions available - like 1024x497 or 1280x622 (wtf?) and they actually work. editing the boot plist does not change anything. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Never put a resolution in the boot.plist without first testing it at the command line during boot. If the resolution is incompatible and the screen turns black, you will have a devil of a time editing the boot.plist to remove it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks. Those strange resolutions I see in the options panel, where are they stored? I might try adding one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The resolutions in System Preferences are determined from the video card and the monitor. There are no resolution selections pre-stored in OSX anywhere. Utilities to check out: http://www.switchres.info/ http://www.3dexpress.de/index.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantOS Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 So no way of tricking OSX into letting me choose 1152x864, right? It's so strange ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28669-works-keyboard-layout-and-screen-rez-problems/#findComment-196504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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