Rammjet Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 is this some kind of replace of what callisto did or is it a complement to This replaces Callisto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic Design Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Anybody tried this one? I didn't try because I dont have much experience about it! I hope this one work better than Callisto's one! So If someone tried already, please post the result! Thank you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I tried it and posted all results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 so far hows ur xbench joe? accelerated opengl? i mean much like those of intel gmas? or faster.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman100 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I take it this work work for an ATI RAGE XL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I'm stuck with only half screen. The top half is my desktop x5 and the bottom is the end of the startup log that hasn't gone away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic Design Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 So, it works good? QE&CI supported? Joe75, how U feel? This one better than Callisto's one? Should We replace Callisto with this XRadeonFB? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 No replaceing yet Installation is a success but I cant test or see anything because "I only have half screen" and have explained that four times. The build is still early and should be tested be someone with a real monitor joblo10 still has work to do on this and testing and feedback will only help to speed things up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarForge Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I'm not sure if its something I did, but I removed Callisto, changed the FrameBuffer entry in ATIRadeon9700GA.plugin/Contents/Info.plist to 'XRadeonFB' and after reboot, my display showed the grey Apple screen then after that went to a black screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffein Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Tried to install it screen went black.. had to remove the file.. do i have to edit something in the file to get it to work ??? some info about my system Intel 845G Chipset Intel P4 2,53Ghz SSE2 512MB Ram Ati Radeon 9600 256MB AC97 Sound 17" Lcd Screen cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I'm not sure if its something I did, but I removed Callisto, changed the FrameBuffer entry in ATIRadeon9700GA.plugin/Contents/Info.plist to 'XRadeonFB' and after reboot, my display showed the grey Apple screen then after that went to a black screen? This is not Callisto and there is no need to edit in framebuffer in 9700GA joblo said you need to remove Callisto to keep it from loading before XRadeonFB and that would mean to put 9700GA back to original too;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarForge Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Ahh thanks joe75, I'll try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 dont forget to repair permission too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarForge Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I removed Callisto Reverted ATIRadeon9700GA.plugin/Contents/Info.plist (removed the FB entry) Repaired permissions Rebooted ... and my monitor went immediately into powersave mode after the grey apple screen. I've a Radeon 9800 AH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 what does it say when you enter -v on bootup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarForge Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Good point, I should have noted that, I'll give it a go again in the morning and report back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo10 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 There's a tool I should have speak of first, I attached it. In case you get a scambled display or something really weird, you can run this script to switch to 1024x768x32 mode. It helped me a lot of times. For the QE/CI thing, I forgot to tell it also needs the GA.plugin trick, putting either "XRadeonFB" or "IOFramebuffer". I'm considering going back to the original kext name "IONDRVSupport" for some reasons so it may change next time. I don't like the trick that this driver or Callisto use to prevent IONDRVSupport to load at boot, there should not have any initialization of the hardware at this stage of the boot process. Furthermore, the ATIRadeon driver rely on the IONDRVFramebuffer methods, so we get two framebuffer ~= "runinng". I'm building a small forum to continue the dev somewhere else as this is not going the way it was supposed to here concerning forum management. There will be updates once it's done. Also, this is in an early ALPHA stage, I'm using the "same code" Callisto did, so don't expect anything better for the moment. *edited for sake of clarity. I wasn't really present since thursday because I got a ot of homeworks, but I'll be back on track at the beginning of the week. what does it say when you enter -v on bootup? yes thanks, I forgot.. :mellow: I really need to know what he driver says duting boot to know where it hangs... setdisplay.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 tnx for the update joblo, sorry most of us aint that much help, anyway wishing a lot of luck and progress with this project, and it would be nice to hear from you again if a RC driver is available- and dont let annoying guys bug yah mate- we cant have another callisto issue with this ATI driver.. cheers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffein Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 tried the driver on another screen got the driver working in 800x600 and lower.. tried to switch to 1024x768 screen went into power save mode.. "NO SIGNAL" Maybe some isues With Powercolor Ati Radeon 9600 256MB, On higher resolutions ? cheers m8;s Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo10 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 tried the driver on another screen got the driver working in 800x600 and lower.. tried to switch to 1024x768 screen went into power save mode.. "NO SIGNAL" Maybe some isues With Powercolor Ati Radeon 9600 256MB, On higher resolutions ? cheers m8;s Chris I think this have to do with improper timings use for resolutions under 1024x768. Did you try higher ones such as 1280x960 or 1152x870? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffein Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Tried "1152x870 1280x1024" they both went black the highest i could go was 832x624 without the screen going to power save mode "NO SIGNAL"... cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo10 Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Tried "1152x870 1280x1024" they both went black the highest i could go was 832x624without the screen going to power save mode "NO SIGNAL"... cheers Chris Ok thanks for the info, I have found an relatively "easy" way to get all proper timings with each display mode so this will probably fix this issue. I didn't had much time to implement it yet but this shoudn't be too hard. I'll keep you updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffein Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 thanks keep up the good work joblo10 cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeRunner Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I tried on my test system - IBM ThinkCentre (8183-32u) - Pent 4 - SSE2 - 1GB ram Video card is Diamond Stealth Radeom 9250 - 256Mb ram - PCI To be sure I had no residuals from Callisto, I booted under my maintenance partition and removed all files from /System/Library/Extensions, restored the group in my ExtensionsBackup folder and then added XRadeonFB.kext. I removed the Extensions.kextcache & mkext - set ownseship and permissions. When I boot from my normal boot partition the system shows the gray Apple with pinwheel. Then there is a flash to black for about a second followed by the gray Apple & pinwheel again. Then all disk activity stops. When I try to boot the system with the -v flag I can see some messages about finding the ATI 9200 Pro, and a huge flood of r2d2 messages. Then it stops after a message about launching the login window. There are several (7 or 8) messages similar to: (89) .. SystemStart ... fail (0) tfp Sorry I didn't write it down exactly - I should have If I boot the maintenance partition and remove the XRadeonFB.kext file from Extensions folder the system boots correctly. I see from the info in the System Profiler - > Software Extensions that some of the extensions say "No valid version of this dependency can be found". However a version of the extension is loaded. It looks like things might work if all the versions fit togather. Any comments on how to resolve the miss-matched versions? System specifics: CPU Type: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 3.4 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB CPU Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM EST Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 533 MHz Boot ROM Version: 2AKT42AUS (IBM) Serial Number: 6A57448 Display: Type: VGA-Compatible Controller Bus: PCI Slot: PCI Slot #2 - J901I VRAM (Total): 128 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x5960 Revision ID: 0x0001 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Not Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported clip from System Profiler - > Extensions ATIRadeon8500: Version: 1.4.26 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: ATIRadeon8500 1.4.26.11 (3493) Location: /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon8500.kext kext Version: 4.2.6 Load Address: 0x2f621000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Incomplete Dependency Errors: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found Integrity: Kext is modified IOKit: Version: 8.4.1 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: I/O Kit Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 8.4.1 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/IOKit.kext kext Version: 8.4.1 Load Address: 0x0 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Satisfied Integrity: Correct IOKit6.0: Version: 7.9.9 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: I/O Kit Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 7.9.9 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/IOKit6.0.kext kext Version: 7.9.9 Load Address: 0x0 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Satisfied Integrity: Correct IONDRVSupport: Version: 1.4.3 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: 1.4.3, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2004 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONDRVSupport.kext kext Version: 1.4.3 Load Address: 0x2f5a0000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Incomplete Dependency Errors: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found Integrity: Kext is modified IOGraphicsFamily: Version: 1.4.3 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: 1.4.3, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2004 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IOGraphicsFamily.kext kext Version: 1.4.3 Load Address: 0x2f568000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Incomplete Dependency Errors: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found Integrity: Kext is modified IOPCIFamily: Version: 2.0 Last Modified: 10/7/06 1:40 PM Get Info String: 2.0, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2004 Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IOPCIFamily.kext kext Version: 2.0 Load Address: 0x2486f000 Valid: Yes Authentic: Yes Dependencies: Satisfied Integrity: Kext is modified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 How do I run the setdisplay script Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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