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Cloudane
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Brilliant, thanks for the list.

 

Like an idiot I tried a random one and rebooted while my backup DSDT is stored on my desktop... with spaces in the filename (which DSDT= command doesn't seem to support). I am now stuck booting to a blank screen even with DVI. -x doesn't help. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] doesn't help (kernel panic at desktop), DSDT=null doesn't help (same problem), AtiConfig=Duckweed makes no difference, AtiFb=Duckweed makes no difference.

 

Halp! :x

Edit: halp no longer required. Forgot I can simply use Screen Sharing from my Mac Mini and fix it from there *foreheadslap*

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Thought I'd bricked my card for a moment there.

 

All I did was try booting with GraphicsEnabler=Yes (clutching at straws trying to get DP working on boot) and even from a cold boot the card didn't work at all.. fan sat at full speed, no BIOS display, nothing. Thankfully I just had to plug a Dvi cable in.

 

Makes me wonder if the DP on my card is actually at fault rather than OSX. Do others have it working on boot with 6850s?

The best way to make sure whether your DP port is working is booting to Windows 7 in which you can activate any display port of your 6850 card.

Also you need a DP-->DP cable and monitor.

Alternative choice is using a DP-->HDMI, DP-->DVI, or DP-->VGA convertor and monitor.

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The best way to make sure whether your DP port is working is booting to Windows 7 in which you can activate any display port of your 6850 card.

Also you need a DP-->DP cable and monitor.

Alternative choice is using a DP-->HDMI, DP-->DVI, or DP-->VGA convertor and monitor.

 

Yeah was being paranoid, I don't think it's faulty, just it's strange that nobody else seems to be mentioning the problem of DP not working on boot of OS X. (I have a DP cable and monitor.) It works fine if I unplug it and plug it back in again (regardless of framebuffer thus far- it does the same even with the default without any DSDT edits). Thinking it must be a driver issue, just I'd be more comfortable if someone else was having the same problem!

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Yeah was being paranoid, I don't think it's faulty, just it's strange that nobody else seems to be mentioning the problem of DP not working on boot of OS X. (I have a DP cable and monitor.) It works fine if I unplug it and plug it back in again (regardless of framebuffer thus far- it does the same even with the default without any DSDT edits). Thinking it must be a driver issue, just I'd be more comfortable if someone else was having the same problem!

With correct DSDT, Chameleon bootloader, Kabyl boot file and patched ATIFramebuffer as well as those cables/monitors I mentioned, my Asus 5850 and MSI Hawk 5770 cards can get DP working on boot of Hackintosh 10.6.5/10.6.6/10.6.7

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Just for info a new one has appeared in the latest lion update 'Muskgrass'

 

Here is the display connector info for the various FB personalities derived from BCC9's perl script in the 487O HDMI thread. Don't have dp2 so no info for muskgrass. None of the personalities exactly match the 5 port 6870. Duckweed matches the 4 port 6850. Cattail and bulrushes seem to match the 6 MDP eyefinity cards.

 

According to Mucha this is the table of connectors:

00 04 = Display Port

00 08 = HDMI

04 00 = DVI

02 00 = LVDS

10 00 = VGA

 

 

Kext ATI6000Controller

Personality: Pithecia
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 500508
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  04
0000010	04  00  00  00  14  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  04  03
0000020	10  00  00  00  10  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  00  01
0000030
Personality: Bulrushes
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 6
Disk offset in decimal 500572
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000020	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000030	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  04  04
0000040	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  10  00  05  05
0000050	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  20  01  06  06
0000060
Personality: Cattail
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 500668
0000000	02  00  00  00  40  00  00  00  29  05  00  00  00  00  00  05
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000020	00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000030	00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000040
Personality: Hydrilla
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 500732
0000000	02  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  09  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000020	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000030	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  05  04
0000040	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  10  00  04  05
0000050
Personality: Duckweed
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 500828
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  04  01
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  05  02
0000020	00  08  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  03  04
0000030	00  02  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  06  05
0000040
Personality: Fanwort
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 500892
0000000	02  00  00  00  40  00  00  00  29  05  00  00  00  00  00  04
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000020	00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000030	00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000040
Personality: Elodea
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 500956
0000000	02  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  09  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000020	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000030	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  04  04
0000040	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  10  00  05  05
0000050
Personality: Kudzu
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 501052
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  03  03
0000010	00  08  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000020
Personality: Gibba
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 501084
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  05  01
0000010	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  04  02
0000020	00  08  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  06  04
0000030	00  02  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  03  05
0000040	04  00  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  03
0000050
Personality: Lotus
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 501180
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  01  01
0000010	00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  01  00  00  21  03  02  02
0000020	00  08  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  04  04
0000030
Personality: Ipomoea
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 501244
0000000	00  04  00  00  04  03  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  01  05
0000010	00  08  00  00  04  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  11  02  04  03
0000020	10  00  00  00  10  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  00  02
0000030

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Don't have dp2 so no info for muskgrass.

 

Here you go - personality info from latest Lion kexts..

 

Kext ATI5000Controller

Personality: Douc
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020
Personality: Langur
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030
Personality: Uakari
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030	05  50  6b  02  00  78  01  02  00  c7  04  24  50  6b  02  00
0000040
Personality: Zonalis
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 6
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030	05  50  6b  02  00  78  01  02  00  c7  04  24  50  6b  02  00
0000040	e8  ab  ff  ff  ff  83  c4  08  5d  c3  55  89  e5  b8  50  6b
0000050	02  00  5d  c3  55  89  e5  31  c0  5d  c3  90  55  89  e5  53
0000060
Personality: Alouatta
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030	05  50  6b  02  00  78  01  02  00  c7  04  24  50  6b  02  00
0000040
Personality: Hoolock
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030
Personality: Vervet
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030	05  50  6b  02  00  78  01  02  00  c7  04  24  50  6b  02  00
0000040
Personality: Baboon
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030
Personality: Eulemur
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030
Personality: Galago
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020
Personality: Colobus
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020
Personality: Mangabey
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020
Personality: Nomascus
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020	78  01  02  00  83  c4  18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7
0000030	05  50  6b  02  00  78  01  02  00  c7  04  24  50  6b  02  00
0000040
Personality: Orangutan
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	24  08  50  6d  02  00  c7  44  24  04  ac  55  02  00  c7  04
0000010	24  50  6b  02  00  e8  d6  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  50  6b  02  00
0000020

[b]Kext ATI6000Controller[/b]
Personality: Pithecia
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030
Personality: Bulrushes
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 6
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040	f2  01  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8  a1  ff  ff  ff  83
0000050	c4  08  5d  c3  55  89  e5  b8  f0  60  02  00  5d  c3  55  89
0000060
Personality: Cattail
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040
Personality: Hydrilla
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040	f2  01  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8  a1  ff  ff  ff  83
0000050
Personality: Duckweed
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040
Personality: Fanwort
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
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0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040
Personality: Elodea
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040	f2  01  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8  a1  ff  ff  ff  83
0000050
Personality: Kudzu
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 2
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020
Personality: Gibba
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 5
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040	f2  01  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8  a1  ff  ff  ff  83
0000050
Personality: Lotus
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030
Personality: Ipomoea
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 3
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030
Personality: Muskgrass
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040
Personality: Juncus
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 332616
0000000	c7  44  24  0c  14  00  00  00  c7  44  24  08  00  00  00  00
0000010	c7  44  24  04  18  4a  02  00  c7  04  24  f0  60  02  00  e8
0000020	cc  ff  ff  ff  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40  f2  01  00  83  c4
0000030	18  5d  c3  55  89  e5  83  ec  08  c7  05  f0  60  02  00  40
0000040

 

So it looks like we have 2 new ones in the ATI6000Controller: Muskgrass and Juncus

 

Something looks a bit screwy with that info - possibly I didn't run the script correctly or installing the kexts onto a very borked snow leopard install with a 6970 and running the script over screen sharing has messed it up idk :wacko:

 

It may be useful for the names and number of outputs of the current lion framebuffer personalities though :unsure:

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Given up with displayport for now. It's all a bit over my head.

 

Anyone had mouse issues with the new cards? (As unrelated as it may sound). Ever since switching from the NVidia "Freezemeister" GTX 460 to the ATI 6850 my mouse has had the hiccups. It just fairly randomly and frequently (once every 5-30 seconds) stops moving for half a second - just long enough and frequent enough to be irritating.

 

It's one of those fancy Logitech MX Revolution mice, and about 1 in 10 times that it does this little pause the scroll wheel clicks off from "ratchet mode" into "spinny mode". It's the sort of thing that normally happens if the batteries are running low, except this now happens even when fully charged.

 

I have removed NVinject.kext and rebuilt the cache as that was suggested at one point for someone with mouse issues but alas, it didn't help.

 

It's driving me nuts - any ideas greatly appreciated!

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Here you go - personality info from latest Lion kexts..

 

Kext ATI5000Controller

Hi Andy,

 

Any chance to add HD5470 Mobility suppot to ati.c in your boot? Just tried your boot with HD5470M and got

ATI card POSTed, reading VBIOS from legacy space

 

Memory allocation error! Addr=0xdeadbeef, Size=0x0. File=ati.c, Line=700

I believe that is due to there is simply no entry for this card in ati.c.

 

FYI, HD5470M:

Vendor ID: 0x1002. Device ID: 0x68E0 SubSys ID: 0x04561028

Default framebuffer personality = Eulemur

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Hi Andy,

 

Any chance to add HD5470 Mobility suppot to ati.c in your boot? Just tried your boot with HD5470M and got I believe that is due to there is simply no entry for this card in ati.c.

 

FYI, HD5470M:

Vendor ID: 0x1002. Device ID: 0x68E0 SubSys ID: 0x04561028

Default framebuffer personality = Eulemur

 

Give the attached a try

boot.zip

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Anyone solved the safe boot (-x) problem where you end up with a white screen (with mouse pointer)?

 

You're the first person I've seen with such a problem with a 6850, don't worry though I'm sure it's a simple fix.

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Given up with displayport for now. It's all a bit over my head.

 

Anyone had mouse issues with the new cards? (As unrelated as it may sound). Ever since switching from the NVidia "Freezemeister" GTX 460 to the ATI 6850 my mouse has had the hiccups. It just fairly randomly and frequently (once every 5-30 seconds) stops moving for half a second - just long enough and frequent enough to be irritating.

 

It's one of those fancy Logitech MX Revolution mice, and about 1 in 10 times that it does this little pause the scroll wheel clicks off from "ratchet mode" into "spinny mode". It's the sort of thing that normally happens if the batteries are running low, except this now happens even when fully charged.

 

I have removed NVinject.kext and rebuilt the cache as that was suggested at one point for someone with mouse issues but alas, it didn't help.

 

It's driving me nuts - any ideas greatly appreciated!

 

Have you tried to use a normal, wired USB mouse to see if it has any issues? Just to eliminate the possibility that it's your mouse that's having problems. I say this because I have the Logitech Performance MX (the follow-up to the Revolution). It works great now, but the first one I got was defective. Every 30 seconds or so, it would stop tracking the cursor, skip a bit, and then it would return. This was even with a full battery charge. I called Logitech support and had them exchange me a new one, and now it has worked perfectly so far for over a year. The tech explained that the defective mouse was "going to sleep" intermittently. It's supposed to do that to save power, but only after a much longer period of inactivity.

 

Maybe your mouse is starting to fail around the same time as when you replaced video cards. It's unlikely, but stranger things have happened. I have a 6870 and not a 6850 like you, but I doubt that would be the issue.

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Could be worth a shot if I can find one. Will have to get Windoze up and running again as well and compare with that.

 

What I can say is I've tried a completely clean install on a blank HDD without any other drives installed and the mouse still hitches and the Displayport still doesn't work on boot so at least it rules out residual NVidia cruft for both problems.

 

Curiously it seems a little happier with the receiver in another USB port (2 of the ones I tried - in 2 places, not on top of each other), most ironically the one closest to my bluetooth dongle (which btw has never conflicted with the mouse before so I can't see why it would now). If it was still the 1990s I'd think it was an IRQ conflict!

Invariably though when you fart around blind and think you've fixed this type of thing it proves you wrong within a few hours.

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Give the attached a try

Hi Andy, thank you so much! Your boot now works with HD5470 Mobility!

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bje5y0.jpg

 

It works with correct resolution 1366x768 but no QE/CI, no screensaver and display won't go to sleep mode.

 

No "water effect" when adding widget to desktop and white translucent taskbar, cannot see spotlight because it only show a white box

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same white box shown in the background instead of "water ripple" effect while dropping widget in dashboard. I believe this should be ATI kext's problem...

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Hi Andy, thank you so much! Your boot now works with HD5470 Mobility!

 

It works with correct resolution 1366x768 but no QE/CI, no screensaver and display won't go to sleep mode.

 

No "water effect" when adding widget to desktop and white translucent taskbar, cannot see spotlight because it only show a white box

 

Have you seen this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...50256&st=20 ?

 

Also you could try a different framebuffer. Try booting with AtiConfig=Hoolock

 

 

Could be worth a shot if I can find one. Will have to get Windoze up and running again as well and compare with that.

 

What I can say is I've tried a completely clean install on a blank HDD without any other drives installed and the mouse still hitches and the Displayport still doesn't work on boot so at least it rules out residual NVidia cruft for both problems.

 

Curiously it seems a little happier with the receiver in another USB port (2 of the ones I tried - in 2 places, not on top of each other), most ironically the one closest to my bluetooth dongle (which btw has never conflicted with the mouse before so I can't see why it would now). If it was still the 1990s I'd think it was an IRQ conflict!

Invariably though when you fart around blind and think you've fixed this type of thing it proves you wrong within a few hours.

 

You could always switch the bluetooth off in the bios to test it!

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Hi Andy,

 

Any chance to add HD5430 Mobility support to ati.c in your boot? Just tried your boot with HD5430M and got I believe that is due to there is simply no entry for this card in ati.c.

 

FYI, HD5430M:

Vendor ID: 0x1002. Device ID: 0x68E1 SubSys ID: 0x1426103C

 

Thanks, Yanovski

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Hi Andy,

 

Any chance to add HD5430 Mobility support to ati.c in your boot? Just tried your boot with HD5430M and got I believe that is due to there is simply no entry for this card in ati.c.

 

FYI, HD5430M:

Vendor ID: 0x1002. Device ID: 0x68E1 SubSys ID: 0x1426103C

 

Thanks, Yanovski

 

Yep, I'll take a look this evening when I get home from work.

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I got it working with Duckweed framebuffer, however it's not working intentional! While my screen is connected with DVI connecter there is nothing on my screen. Then here's the kicker: When i put my tv into the HDMI (While still connected in DVI with my computer screen) THERE comes the picture on my computer screen. however the resolution is 1280x768 or something. and whenever i plug out some of the cables it's disconnecting the other screen too!

 

If anyone can give me advices please do so!

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I got it working with Duckweed framebuffer, however it's not working intentional! While my screen is connected with DVI connecter there is nothing on my screen. Then here's the kicker: When i put my tv into the HDMI (While still connected in DVI with my computer screen) THERE comes the picture on my computer screen. however the resolution is 1280x768 or something. and whenever i plug out some of the cables it's disconnecting the other screen too!

 

If anyone can give me advices please do so!

 

Have you tried manually selecting different framebuffers to see if any of the others produce a better result?.

It may help also if you can tell us what graphics card you are using, which version of os x you are on and what you have tried so far etc.

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Hi Andy,

 

Any chance to add HD5430 Mobility support to ati.c in your boot? Just tried your boot with HD5430M and got I believe that is due to there is simply no entry for this card in ati.c.

 

FYI, HD5430M:

Vendor ID: 0x1002. Device ID: 0x68E1 SubSys ID: 0x1426103C

 

Thanks, Yanovski

 

Here you go..

boot.zip

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