so close, please help! (dual screen)

[daven1986]

Hi there, I have read through all of the threads about this pretty much, and have tried so many things.

 

1) NVinject / NVinject + EDID info = doesn't work

2) natit = doesn't work

3) titan = doesn't work

 

I am running 10.4.8 on an AMD opteron 170, 2gb ram, nvidia 6800 GPU.

 

The card is detected fine and it runs with QE and all that, but only on the VGA out. The DVI out doesn't work at all. The screens are both identical. I am about to try natit with the EDID info but im not holding my breath.

 

Please help me fix this, it is the last thing that needs doing.

 

Thanks

 

Daven1986

[roxen]

I get my GeForce FX 5200 dual screen only working with one DVI cable and one VGA cable, not with a DVI -> VGA adapter or with a VGA KVM switch.

You need Natit to use dual screens.

[daven1986]

bah my screens are both analogue, is there any hope?

 

am using natit with EDID

[roxen]

am using natit with EDID

That should be the way to go, but I just bought a DVI cable because my screens have VGA and DVI input.

[Common Sense]

get yourself an adapter and run vga on your dvi out and get the version of natit that supports dual monitors.

[daven1986]

i do have an adaptor. both screens are the same. one is on the vga out and that works, one is connected via an adaptor to the dvi and it doesn't work.

 

it works up to the grey logo (ie i can see the grey logo on both screens) then it turns off.

 

i am using natit 0.01, am just about to try it with the neo installer.

 

thanks

[RyanThaDude29]

I'm using Natit 0.01 for my dual-screen and it works great for my 7600GT. Both my displays are analog using the DVI2VGA adapter. It worked when using 10.4.8 through 10.4.10 which I'm using now on my Hac. All I did was make sure I used the right nVidia kexts for the kernel then just copied over Natit.

[daven1986]

would you mind uploading your nvidia kexts? i'd like to see if they'll work. neo installer made a black screen

[daven1986]

here is my natit.kext, can you see anything wrong?

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>

<string>English</string>

<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>

<string>Natit</string>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.dmweb.Natit</string>

<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>

<string>6.0</string>

<key>CFBundleName</key>

<string>Natit</string>

<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>

<string>KEXT</string>

<key>CFBundleSignature</key>

<string>????</string>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>1.0.0d1</string>

<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>

<dict>

<key>Natit</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.dmweb.Natit</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>com_dmweb_Natit</string>

<key>IOMatchCategory</key>

<string>IOFramebuffer</string>

<key>IONameMatch</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>IOPCIMatch</key>

<string>0x000010de&0x0000ffff</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>0</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>entriesToAdd</key>

<dict>

<key>@0, EDID</key>

<data>

AP///////wA0OIwHmwUAABkQAQNoKxp4KskFo1dLnCUS

UFS/74CVAIHAgc+BgHFPAQEBAQEBmimg0FGEIjBQmDYA

mgARAAAcAAAA/wAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAAAA/QA4Sx9T

DgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABCMTkyNVMxVwogICAgAEA=

</data>

<key>@0,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@0,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@0,fboffset</key>

<integer>131072</integer>

<key>@0,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>

<key>@1, EDID</key>

<data>

AP///////wA0OIwHrAQAABkQAQNoKxp4KskFo1dLnCUS

UFS/74CVAIHAgc+BgHFPAQEBAQEBmimg0FGEIjBQmDYA

mgARAAAcAAAA/wAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAAAA/QA4Sx9T

DgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABCMTkyNVMxVwogICAgADA=

</data>

<key>@1,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@1,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@1,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>

<key>NVCAP</key>

<data>

BAABAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAACgAAAAA=

</data>

<key>device_type</key>

<string>NVDA,Parent</string>

</dict>

</dict>

</dict>

<key>OSBundleLibraries</key>

<dict>

<key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key>

<string>1.0.0b1</string>

<key>com.apple.kernel.iokit</key>

<string>6.0</string>

</dict>

<key>OSBundleRequired</key>

<string>Safe Boot</string>

</dict>

</plist>

[RyanThaDude29]

I didn't change my natit.kext one bit. It was placed in as-is. Also my kexts are for 10.4.10 so they would not work for you. Have you tried DiaboliK's installer? Check out the Natit forum here. Also check out DiaboliK's site for installers here.