8400 guide on 10.5.1 (not tried on 10.5.2)

[Gabik123]

I recently managed to set up my card in 10.5.1, which was a pain, so I thought I would try to share what I learned.

 

The guide i refer to for doing parts of this is located here - http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3113

 

i tried to install the 10.5.2 update and got a kp, so i actually had to reinstall leopard on my system. Since doing that, i haven't been able to get the card working again, but i think i know what the problem is. However, I DID have it working completely before.

 

Now, you need to follow the guide on how to set up the card - all the kext files you need to download and copy, etc. Most importantly, though, DON'T USE THE NEWEST NJINJECT! When i used 0.2.0 i got it to work, but with the newest one, 0.2.1 i keep getting KPs in -v mode saying that the OS can't find the right vga controler, and its related to that file. I'm not totally a pro at doing this, but i have gotten pretty good, and it seems that there is a problem there, so stil with 0.2.0 for the nvinject.kext to download. Also, make sure you download xcode tools (its free, just register) because u will need the plist editor.

 

Now, assuming that you have all the files you need, the opengl part is easy. Just delete the folder that was already there (it won't let you empty the trash, and you can't copy over it) then move the downloaded one into that folder.

 

Now, for the other 15 kexts that need to go to the system/library/extensions folder, 3 of them don't let you copy (openglga, nvresman10, and nvresman50, i think, i could be wrong). To copy those, you need to open the package contents of the modified one and the existing one by right-clicking on the file and saying "show package contents"

 

Once you have done this, for the 2 files that aren't the openglga kext, you can copy the "contents" folder, i believe it is (its the only folder when you say show package contents) while holding alt for administartor privalages, then continue holding alt and paste the downloaded contents folder over the existing one. This allows you to modify the kext even though it wouldn't let you do it by simply copying the new one over the old one (it kept giving me errors, so i found this workaround). New, you can do this like i said for both of the files that aren't the openglga file. For that one, you need to go into the contents folder, and you will see i think 4 or 5 files and a folder in the modified downloaded kext but only a folder in the original. Copy the files out of the downloaded one and paste them in exactly the same location in the original. Then, go through that folder path until you reach the end and you will see a file. Copy that one and paste it into the same place in the original file.

 

This process has modified or copied all the original files to be the ones you just downloaded.

 

Now, open the nvinject kext by doing the show package contents process, then open the contents folder, and you will see a file called info.plist. If you have downloaded and installed the xcode tools, you can open that file using the plist editor from xcode. Follow the directions on the nvinject download site about how to manually tell the nvinject file how much vram you have (and its caps sensative).

 

http://nvinject.free.fr/downloads.php

 

If you are using an 8400gs, your best bet is to tell it you have 128mb, as the 8400 has that much dedicated then can use up to 256 from RAM as necessary. Once you have done this, save and close the plist. A tip: for the plist, when you insert and new string and set the type as data, that is easy. However, when you name it vram.TOTALSIZE, it gets sorted alphabetically and if you don't pay attention, the cursor doesn't move down to the file you were working on, but the file that has now moved to the line that the modified string was on before. Make sure you scroll down to the right string before you start typing or else it won't work and will give you a KP, lol.

 

The last step is to perform the terminal commands from the guide to installation. Once you have done those, restart and it should work.

 

good luck

 

(btw, when you restart the computer, do it with commands -f and -v.)