Glauber Lobo Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Please, need GMA 900 support in Leopard 10.5, any idea, any help ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.J. Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Do you still have Tiger on another partition? If you do I suppose it might be possible to copy drivers over to Leopard. Alternatively you could search the demon for "9a527" (without quotes) under the category "Applications" and the sub-category "Macintosh" and the last time I checked there is only one torrent that when used, will eliminate all hardware checks, allowing Leopard to be installed even on OLD g3's! ..I have no idea how to use it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glauber Lobo Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Hi C.J. thanks. i did the install with no problem. But, the Leopard dont get QE/CI support on GMA900 card... others functions are ok without problems.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thireus Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Does anyone has GMA900 working well under Leopard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocoman Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Photo Booth doesn't work, and I can't get System Profiler to run (always crash) How can I tell if QE/CI is enabled without going to System Profiler (using GMA 900 also) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 In console, type "system_profiler" (without quotes of course). I assume it still works in 10.5. In my 10.4.10 install, you get a large amount of output.... such as.... Software: System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2232) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.10.1 Boot Volume: OSX Computer Name: OSX User Name: spaz (spaz) Graphics/Displays: Intel GMA 900: Chipset Model: GMA 900 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2582 Revision ID: 0x0004 Displays: Display: Status: No display connected Display: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocoman Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I got the system profiler working with the division by 0 patch at osx86scene. but GMA900 doesn't seem to be supported anymore like how Vista Beta supported Aqua and now final version no more. Things works ok but just under software emulation Intel GMA 900: Chipset Model: GMA 900 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2592 Revision ID: 0x0003 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Display: Resolution: 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported (the 800x600) is because of the 1-wire patch for external monitor/bluescreen problem in Tiger. I have not remove it yet. Front Row just black screens also Photo Booth says video card (QE/CI) not supported I haven't try DVD player yet, etc System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A581) Kernel Version: Darwin 9.0.0 Boot Volume: Leopard Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: ’s ACPI User Name: Time since boot: 3 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackBook Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I suppose the only thing we can now do is hope that the Uphuck /iATKOS release has support for these and someone uploads the patches, or hope that a talented group of coders manage to crack this. I really hope they do, as the lack of QE / CI is the only thing that is making Leopard unusable right now on my machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten18 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I vote for support, too! Everything works on my Dell except my BCM5751 (I can deal with it, external NIC) and my GMA900... Tried the GMA900.pkg from Kalyway, and no dice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnon Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Somebody made it "GMA 900 Leo 9a527.zip" on Demonoid Have Fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordormx Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 anyone has tried GMA 900 From Kalyway Leopard 9a527? if somebody can get it, does it work on ToH installations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigoed Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Doesn't work with ToH....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooly Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 SAD.. GMA controllers wont work anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Look. It's not going to happen. Apple haven't updated the GMA900 kexts since early releases in the 10.4.x series and were becoming increasingly untenable to use even late-on in the 10.4.x series. Asking for it to work under 10.5 would basically mean somebody learning all of the Mac OS graphics frameworks and writing a driver from the ground-up based on the Tungsten OSS Linux driver. Apple don't have a reason to support or write drivers for hardware they don't use. I think we're just going to have to accept that GMA900 machines are untenable under Leo. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackBook Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Has anyone tried using the 9a527 kexts on a non ToH version of Leopard? Perhaps the ToH guys removed some features from the install that may be preventing it from working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten18 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I tried the Kalyway GMA900 pkg from 9a527 on my 9a581 BrazilMac install, and it didn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimalco Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 i've tried too and the driver doesn't work, it causes a kernell panic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazWiLLiE Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Any updates regarding a i915 driver on leopard? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 It's not working, look @ what Azureal said. Sad but true. Apple included this because there were developer kits that used the GMA 900, but now those days are over, they have no reason to support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekgoat91 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 any word on a custom driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_jnr Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 yes... here is a few words.....buy a $50 7300GS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thireus Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hi there, I have Leo 9A581, does anyone have the solution for GMA900? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantjohnston Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 yes... here is a few words.....buy a $50 7300GS Yeah, except that might be kinda hard to do on a laptop.. I just talked with ezkurza (from the uphuck/iATKOS developers) and he said there will be no support/drivers for the 900. Granted, it sucks, but, we're just going to have to deal with no QE/CI. Looks like it's time to start finding a good deal on a laptop that's OSx86 compataible..... grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I kinda got it working, using a custom version of AppleIntel915.kext, but alot of things don't work now.. CoverFlow (both in the Finder and iTunes), Preview, and the transparent menu bar are a few of the problems that I have noticed so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurysquad Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Intel 915 *will* work on Leopard, we just need to figure it out. Instead of focusing on the 915 kext from Tiger, we should focus on the 950 kext in leopard. How can I say this? Because the official system requirements for leopard say you can run it on any intel, G5 or G4 based computer. I don't think Apple is going to drop QE/CI on macs (minis) released barely 2-3 years ago. To start off, can someone who owns such a mac mini with i915 please report if QE/CI works in Leopard? Also, on opening up the GMA950 kexts and bundles from leopard, you can see liberal use of the "i915" keyword. The driver bundle name itself is Intel i915 Graphic Driver if I remember correctly. In fact the GMA950 kext specifically lists 0x8086 0x2592 as one of the supported VID/PID - which is a 915GM graphic card, same as mine. All in all, I think instead of having a separate AppleIntel915.kext in leopard, Apple has integrated the drivers for intel 915, 945 etc. into one driver named AppleIntelGMA950. Already people are reporting success with prelim QE/CI support using 915 kext referencing the 950 bundle/plugin. But not full support (of course). Though I come from a linux world and am relatively inexperienced in OSX, I'm determined to get it to work. Will report back if I have any good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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