paulicat Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hello everyone, Just to let you know, I have tried adding in my edid information through the Natit driver, but it kept causing kernel panics. I didn't pursue it much further since shortly afterwards I made the breakthrough that got me proper display without the edid information. For the record, the old Tiger framebuffer gets the edid information for us and populates it in ioreg so its easy to get, but it wasn't too easy to put it back. I'll see if I can look at that again. I'm feeling a touch of a cold so I'm not working on anything tonight. Paulicat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Great work, Paulicat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keplenk Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I 2nd that! Great work =) We'll just hope for good news soon >> both x3100 and 950s =) Again, Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks for the hard work! The glitching on my system isn't terrible except when using Java applications like Eclipse or Azureus. Now if only I wasn't developing Java code for school on a regular basis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Just to confirm... I just tested the latest Natit (post 61) and still no luck with the GMA X3100 on a Dell Latitude D630. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrizz Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I tested the one for GMA950 desktops, and it works. The only problem is that it doesn't detect my monitors resolutions, it just starts @1024x768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks for the hard work! The glitching on my system isn't terrible except when using Java applications like Eclipse or Azureus. Now if only I wasn't developing Java code for school on a regular basis... Which is the one of the reasons why I now have Tiger 10.4.10, Leopard 10.5 and XP all on my laptop Java Development, Web Design etc. I like to do using Mac though due to the glitching in Leopard it's rather annoying when using CS3 (probably the application that is effected the worst by it!) so i've installed Tiger again so I can continue to use my favoritate combination - CS3 Suite, Coda and MAMP Pro. Also it allows me to do my Java work, either using Netbeans or BlueJ. Unfortuantely I still need to use Windows for a few things my university course requires ~mac.nub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delish Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Look what info clockworx dugg up link post Link wiki in short, macbooks have GMA X3100 (GM965), G33 chipsets and most other socket 775 boards use GMA 3100. GMA 3100 and GMA X3100 isn't the same errandwolfe: looking at the spec of Dell Latitude D630 (max 256MB and DX9) it looks like it might be GMA 3100 and not GMA X3100, so that could be why natit doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Look what info clockworx dugg up link postLink wiki in short, macbooks have GMA X3100 (GM965), G33 chipsets and most other socket 775 boards use GMA 3100. GMA 3100 and GMA X3100 isn't the same errandwolfe: looking at the spec of Dell Latitude D630 (max 256MB and DX9) it looks like it might be GMA 3100 and not GMA X3100, so that could be why natit doesnt work. Good find, Delish, and good lord why can't manufacturers, never mind suppliers, display accurate specification listings? I find that if I want accuracy I very often have to get google to translate the site in question into English, which adds another ludicrous layer. One site has a laptop listed as GMA X3100 and the next as GMA 3100. Do we really have to rely on third party applictions to tell us what we just bought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Has anybody got the 9A3110 (new MacBook 10.5 build) X3100 kexts to confirm if they're different versions to those shipped with 10.5 GM. It might be that these incomplete/buggy kexts are causing our glitches (which seem far less prevalent on my machine than you have described) and that the MacBook shipped with new/fixed versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 For the sake of documenting what progress I have made, if I F8 and type cpus=1 and if I have my laptop plugged into an external monitor... initially I got a distorted mess where the Leopard welcome introduction animation should be. I rebooted and this time it worked. I could even change screen settings and everything was animated and smooth. At a pinch I could even live with that if dual booting into Tiger would give me better than pointless Vessa graphics via the laptop's screen. I think my ACER Extensa 5620 does have the X3100 but I need to run a thirty party program under vista to find out and, I guess, to find the vender devs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Which is the one of the reasons why I now have Tiger 10.4.10, Leopard 10.5 and XP all on my laptop Java Development, Web Design etc. I like to do using Mac though due to the glitching in Leopard it's rather annoying when using CS3 (probably the application that is effected the worst by it!) so i've installed Tiger again so I can continue to use my favoritate combination - CS3 Suite, Coda and MAMP Pro. Also it allows me to do my Java work, either using Netbeans or BlueJ. Unfortuantely I still need to use Windows for a few things my university course requires ~mac.nub Just FYI: With the EFI patch installed on my notebook (specs in the sig) and running the stock Leo kernel and AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, paulicat's new Natit.kext loads and works perfectly. No tearing or artifacts of any kind. Now if only speedstep worked on the stock kernel, I'd have no complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 By the way, any laptop will have either GMA 950 (GM945/GM940 chipset) or GMA X3100 (GM965/960 chipset) - there are no 'in between' non-X 3xxx series GMAs (which are, in fact, clocked up GMA950s) on laptop chipsets. Those are part of G31 and G33 desktop chipsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Look what info clockworx dugg up link postLink wiki in short, macbooks have GMA X3100 (GM965), G33 chipsets and most other socket 775 boards use GMA 3100. GMA 3100 and GMA X3100 isn't the same errandwolfe: looking at the spec of Dell Latitude D630 (max 256MB and DX9) it looks like it might be GMA 3100 and not GMA X3100, so that could be why natit doesnt work. Delish, according to all the documentation I can find, the D630 DOES have the GMA X3100. See the link to the product spec page below. http://www.dell.com/content/products/produ...=biz&cs=555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Just FYI: With the EFI patch installed on my notebook (specs in the sig) and running the stock Leo kernel and AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, paulicat's new Natit.kext loads and works perfectly. No tearing or artifacts of any kind. Now if only speedstep worked on the stock kernel, I'd have no complaints. O.o which new natit? Since you last posted there have been no revisions here. Are you're using a Dell? Your sig doesn't mention what laptop it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sziggle Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Just FYI: With the EFI patch installed on my notebook (specs in the sig) and running the stock Leo kernel and AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, paulicat's new Natit.kext loads and works perfectly. No tearing or artifacts of any kind. Now if only speedstep worked on the stock kernel, I'd have no complaints. also (additional to mac.nub's question), does your display wake up from sleep ok? on my D620, currently non-efi and using the kexts from the ToH rc2 DVD along with the latest compiled speedstep kernel and appleSMBIOS from #10.5 on irc, i can sleep my laptop and wake it up, but when i wake it up the screen stays black. has anyone with the 945GM mobile graphics successfully gotten sleep and waking to work (with leopard or otherwise)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Sziggle, Maybe you want to start a new thread with this line of questioning. Many of us are still having problems getting basic functionality. This has been a very helpful thread along that path and I just would hate to see it getting clogged discussing more advanced features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sziggle Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Sziggle, Maybe you want to start a new thread with this line of questioning. Many of us are still having problems getting basic functionality. This has been a very helpful thread along that path and I just would hate to see it getting clogged discussing more advanced features. you're right, mea culpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 FYI...There are new GMA950 and GMA X3100 kexts in the new 10.5.1 release. I have not tried these yet on my Dell. Once I do, here is hoping we can finally get it working with Natit. I will report on any success or failure later. In the meantime anyone with some time, feel free to grab the update and test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keplenk Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 FYI...There are new GMA950 and GMA X3100 kexts in the new 10.5.1 release. I have not tried these yet on my Dell. Once I do, here is hoping we can finally get it working with Natit. I will report on any success or failure later. In the meantime anyone with some time, feel free to grab the update and test. Good luck =) I hope its gonna be goodnews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Well unfortunately for me at least there is no difference in the 10.5.1 and 10.5.0 kexts. I get the exact same result, (since I boot in verbose mode always), loginwindow.app starts and thats it, the gui never displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Just upgraded to 10.5.1 (thanks 'PC_EFI' ) and the kexts are indeed new. AppleIntelGMAX3100 1.5.18.7 - 10.5.1 AppleIntelGMAX3100 1.5.16.0 - 10.5.0 GM Haven't seen any glitching yet, so maybe they've fixed it Also seems snappier, but that's a typical placebo from upgrading, so it's entirely possible I'm imagining it Edit: I'm not. OGLEV benchmark scores are much improved, plus, we now have full OpenGL 1.5 compliance, plus the most part of 2.0 and 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zikman Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 The new kexts are being loading perfectly... Now I think all gma950 users will have no tearings problems... Problem with resolutions were also solved! Just use new gam950 kexts,AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer kext and the Natit.kext from 10.5.0 Have a nice night from Greece:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Can anyone tell me a free program for finding my x3100 vendor/dev id? I'm running Vista and I have lost count of the number of times I have read not to use Vista to try and find your vender dev id, that you should install XP and run the old everest home edition, or is it the case that Vista's inaccurate reporting is down to people trying to run Everest or other old and non compatible system programs on it? Not sure XP would work with my 965M/Sata/GMA X3100, though? The Natit.kext didn't work for me; I still have a solid blue screen on boot up, even after chown and chmod and sudo rm exensions mkext and kextcache... repaired permissions, no joy alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Detox, Do you by any chance have a Dell laptop? What hardware are you running? There appear to be quite a few of us left who are unable to use our X3100's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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