DurexBandit Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Hey this is my first post an need some help. My computer is fairly old now but i managed to install x86 natively with no problems what so ever using this version - macosx_10.4.3_8f1111_for_dtk_userdvd.dmg converted to iso and burnt to dvd patched using JaS 1111a Generic Patch v4.2b PPF. The OS runs smoothly but i have two problems, Firstly my graphics card is an AGP GeForce 6200 256mb and doesnt show under hardware profiler. I tried the guide to installing the NVidia.kext from macvidia but once it got to this point # vi /System/Library/Extensions/NVidia.kext/Contents/Info.plist (use nano if you don't want to/can't use vi) # look for the line with IOPCIMatch i cant see the line IOPCIMatch anywhere, the terminal window is just blank with these several lines of this symbol > in blue, so i couldnt get that working. Second problem, i use aol with By Voyager 100 usb adsl modem an i downloaded the mac drivers to see if that would work , installed them and the modem shown up but wouldnt let me configure the device. Is there anyway i can get online using this device? Any help would much appreciated Intel Celeron 2.6Ghz Columbia V (GA-8SIML-NF5) Ver 2.0 768mb Ram GeForce 6200 256mb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I don't know anything about the modem deal (aol is the devil in my opinion ) As for your graphics, I think you're stuck in the same boat as the rest of us Nvidia users. Until macvidia puts out their next release *please be soon* the best most of us have managed is to get VESA 3.0 support, and maybe define a custom resolution/color depth/refresh rate in com.apple.Boot.plist. You can try to macvidia 0.1 release, but it's not supposed to do much besides show the proper agp card name in sys profiler. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurexBandit Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Yeah aol is a bit of a pain , i had a feeling it wouldnt work using drivers made for os x and not x86 but it was worth a try because aslong as i can get it online i can cope without graphics untill a patch for it is released. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge.dessy Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Anyone knows if a nvidia 6800 PCI express working not in VESA mode? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurexBandit Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 Well , i was playing around with it today and i managed to add the device i.d into nvidia.kext using nano instead of VI in terminal then proceeded with kextcache -k etc, rebooted and still no joy my graphics still shows up as VGA Compatible-Controller under system profiler with nothing supported. Although i have noticed boot up times are very fast. Also still not able to get online at all, my modem is actually recognised under system profiler as GlobeSpan USB ADSL Modem yet cant be configured with PPPoE or anything. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I was thinking this USB device was a regular dial-up modem, not ADSL. Whatever mac driver that exists for it is going to be PPC code, and PPC drivers are more likely to be incompatible than not with OSx86. We still have people (ok, maybe just myself) struggling with getting a standard ol' PS/2 keyboard working with OSx86... this tells me that we have a system approximately as mature as the very first public distro of Linux... be amazed it works at all...! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Macvidia 0.1a was compiled for 10.4.1 and it has been reported to work with 10.4.1 ONLY. The next version (ifwhenever it is released) will work with 10.4.3. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-55934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurexBandit Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 I'm actually suprised the OS even runs as well as it does without coreimage or quartz support on my machine. I suppose its just a matter of waiting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-56064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phor2zero Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 MacOSX86 runs VERY well on my AsusAMD-Nvidia system. The only thing I'm missing is CI and Quartz, which I understand to be the 3D graphics. So I can't really play Chess, but otherwise the graphics are superbly smooth and fast. I believe that some of the iLife apps need CI and Quartz to funtion properly, so I'm hoping that the Macvidia release will solve those problems. If it only supports 2D acceleration, then it'll be kinda pointless, cause the 2D graphics are already as fast as my eyeballs anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-56067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurexBandit Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 I Haven't tried many apps, the ones i have tried worked though. I tested iChat an that worked , iTunes wouldnt open (something about this version being out of date). Only time i've noticed a bit of slow down was rendering the screen saver. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-56116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurexBandit Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Quick update on this ...after downloading the new itunes installer from apple , it now works perfectly. As for graphics, under system profiler it constantly says no kext loaded under graphics profile, anyone know a way i can get it to load the Nvidia.kext i edited ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8863-graphics-and-modem-trouble/#findComment-57269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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