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MacRetail
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OK, i'm running OSX 10.4.8 on a Pentium IV (SSE2) with an old Geforce3 Ti 200. I run the newest exp6 kernel (with iTunes 7 :D ).

 

I installed Natit too. Natit detects my Geforce3 fine, but when Mac should boot, i get this message:

NVDA: probe display (1)

NVDA: start display (1)

NVDA: start display (1) <failed>

 

However, NVDANV20Hal.kext, Geforce.kext and NVDAResman.kext all load fine. Why doesn't the display start?!

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Ezhoon
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This is exactly what happened to my Sony Vaio laptop, which has Geforce Go 6200 turbocache.

 

Welcome to the club ;)

 

NVDANV40HAL loaded and registered.

NVDA::probe(NGFX)

Titan: By omni, built November 4, 2006

Titan: Testing for NVidia card...

Titan: Found NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

Titan: All set, cross your fingers!

NVDA::start(NGFX) <1>

NVDA::start(NGFX) <1> failed

IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled

Silent1
Silent1
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I have the same issue, and i see a blue screen and i can move the mouse around. I can also ssh in and change settings then reboot.

6800GT on my dell 2407fpw,

p4 3.0ghz (sse2)

10.4.7 jas install then the jas 10.4.8 beta9 kernel update.

In safe mode i can login at 1920x1600 res but not qe&ci

 

 

The system log just repeats this,

kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.

 

 

Other Log info,

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV40HAL loaded and registered.

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::probe(display)

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Starting.

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,NVMT=<data not shown>

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting device_type=NVDA,Parent

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,device_type=display

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,compatible=NVDA,NVMac

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,compatible=NVDA,NVMac

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,fboffset=0x00020000

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,name=NVDA,Display-B

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,name=NVDA,Display-A

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting NVCAP=<data not shown>

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,device_type=display

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting model=GeForce 6800 GT

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(display) <1>

Dec 16 22:56:02 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(display) <1> failed

 

 

Tried varios natit kexts and titan no luck. Thanks in advance.

  • 4 weeks later...
malibusurf
malibusurf
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Same Problem here. it was initially working perfectly, but this morning i booted and have just a black screen on both monitors. Using 7800GTX 256, and 2x 2001fp. is there any hope of a fix?

 

ive managed to boot into safe mode with -X from the bootloader and both displays were working even though i got the display failed message.

  • 1 month later...
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Same problem here, Running 10.4.8 Kernel 8.8.1 and using Nvidia Geforce 6600 PCI-E 265 MB.

Can anyone please help.

Before Installing Titan I used to work fine, But when I try to drag a window, it becomes as if it was invisible and it screws up. After installing the systems starts normally but all I can see right is the mouse pointer. I can log in using -x (safe mode) and it seems well only without QE and Ci support.

Obi
Obi
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I join the club

 

Same problem with a EN7300 GS

 

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV40HAL loaded and registered.

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Starting.

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Iterating IORegistry.

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Match found.

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting device_type=NVDA,Parent

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,device_type=display

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,device_type=display

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,compatible=NVDA,NVMac

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,compatible=NVDA,NVMac

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,name=NVDA,Display-A

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,name=NVDA,Display-B

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,fboffset=0x20000

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting model=GeForce 7300 GS

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::probe(PCE1)

Mar 16 23:10:07 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(PCE1) <1>

Mar 16 23:10:08 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(PCE1) <1> failed

 

and blanck off frequency screen

 

grr

Obi
Obi
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Installed the new Diabolik's Natit 0.2 and the screen is still black BUT the monitor's light stays green.

 

Anyway still

 

Mar 18 14:00:44 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting model=GeForce 7300 GS

Mar 18 14:00:44 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(PCE1) <1>

Mar 18 14:00:44 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA::start(PCE1) <1> failed

 

Grrrrr

MacRetail
MacRetail
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I think I used to get a "display: family specific matching fails" error in verbose mode, but I didn't check the log files. Sadly, I recently damaged my OSX86 installation when I was trying to install the 10.4.9 update, so I can't look at it right now.

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  • 9 months later...
SticMAC™
SticMAC™
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Maybe, maybe NOT!

 

I have an ASUS EN7300GS, with Dual output. My displaay is on the secondary port(DVI)

Ever since I loaded the EFI gfX string AND added the EXACT address to BOTH the NVDANV40Hal.kext and the NVDAResman.kext it came up with this error as well!

Then I removed the exact ID from each and let the original string run and the error went away.

Then I added them again but this time booted with the display on the VGA port, NO ERROR!

 

I then figured that the card must have two Device ID like my old ATI x1300 had, so I ADDED the second port's ID as well and no more error!

 

Now I,m not saying this will work, but mine only gives an error on display 1 if I have the DVI connected and an error on display 2 if the VGA is connected, I don't have two screens to see if the error will go away again!

 

I MIGHT OF COURSE BE COMPLETELY WRONG BUT HEY, MINE IS WORKING!!

 

 

SticMAN

sorry for the long description but one should be thorough :):D:D:D

SticMAC™
SticMAC™
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UPDATE:

 

I've removed the Device ID's from both kext files and left the original Id strings in and no more probe errors!

the "matching display errors" are NORMAL as the driver hunts through the complete string lists to match it to your particular ID!

Once it finds it it continues without any further errors!

 

Both methods,

1)with ONLY one device ID in the string, (with the probe error) WORK!

2) with the original set of strings(with display match errors) WORK!

 

 

SticMAN

 

"...don't fixit if it ain't broke......"

  • 5 months later...
K-Zimir
K-Zimir
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Hi Obi,

 

I see we have the same motherboard, and the same problem.

I believe it's impossible to have Leopard running QE/CI with it and NVIDIA because I am trying EVERY solution since 6 days.

 

MotherBoard : AsRock 4Core-DualVSTA (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Mode...-VSTA&s=775)

Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

Graphics : Asus EN8800GTX 768 Mo (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=2&amp...amp;modelmenu=1)

Memory : 2x1024 Mo Corsair DDR800

Harddrives : 3xATA 80Go

CD-Rom : 1 DVD SATA

 

MacOS X : leo4allv3

 

I've gone trough 10.5.2, 10.5.3, Natit, NVinject, NVkush, EFI + Gfx-Strings, full ids strings in plists, only the good id in plists, with -x, with -64_bit, with LCD (Samsung B206W) connected on DVI1 then DVI2, and every combination of these...

 

The result is each time the same : some "flash" near the end of boot but no graphical interface loaded. The system seem to load properly but just stay on boot logs.

 

Finaly I have to delete NVDAResman to boot without QE/CI and watch in the system properties the graphic card being well recognised.

 

If someone here can help making the thing work, or if your finally resolve this, PLEASE let me know.

Advanced users, be sure you're not wasting time, it's not newbie mistakes, you have a real challenge here ;-)

Ask me any info you need (logs, hardware, softs, etc...) and thanks for the tuts and infos you already posted in these forums.

 

EDIT :

Another user in the same situation as us : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=100782

  • 2 years later...
SqueakyMac
SqueakyMac
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Did anyone find a solution to this problem? Except for perhaps all the graphics cards listed are incompatible?

 

I have the same problem. I have 2 graphics interfaces on my PC - an onboard i845G Intel Chipset (unsupported above 10.3 I think) which will boot in a horrid 4 colour display which is unreadble! At a forced Graphics Mode of 800x600x16 I could decipher some menus and things

 

I tried Natit v1 and 2, Titan (now installing with AGPGart, haven't tried yet)

 

With Natit and Titan, they 'see' my grapics card - a GeFroce4 MX 440 (nvidia), but then I get:

 

NVDA: start (display) <1>

NVDA: start (display) <1> failed

 

The boot continues, but the screen goes black.

 

With no graphics drivers ticked, the boot hangs after 'login window started'

 

Any suggestions? I am waiting on a GeForce FX5200 as I have read in the wiki that people have used this card successfully in their setup.

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