ryanrhee90

I tried every single one of the 5000 framebuffers, using AtiConfig= but none of them gave me any working displays except for Zonalis. Any other suggestions?

10.8.2 didn't help. Which framebuffers should I try?

Does that mean it's not possible to show 3 monitors using my card without modifications to the kext?

Right. In 10.8, the system detects all 3 monitors, but only 2 actually show a picture. If I remote desktop into the system, I see all 3, but on the actual displays only 2 actually have a picture. The 3rd one is just black. It's not the port or the monitor, because they all work in 10.7. I've tried moving around the ports, and still the same result.

I've attached the IORegs, both from 10.7 and 10.8. 10.7 has 3 monitors working, but 10.8 only has up to 2 monitors working, and I didn't know if there was a difference in the IORegs of the two, so I got an IOReg while in 10.7 as well as an IOReg while in 10.8. 10_7_IOReg.zip 10_8_IOReg.zip

Those are adaptors... read this: http://www.overclock.net/t/721931/activ ... -the-truth I don't understand ... The monitor I'm using (Apple 24" LED) has a mini-displayport coming out of the back, with a male mini-displayport at the end of it. I plug in that port straight into my video card, which has six female mini-displayports. I've read through the post, it seems to be about going "from displayport to DVI/HDMI/VGA/w.e." Well, I don't have any "DVI/HDMI/VGA/w.e.". Everything stays mini-displayport, from the graphics card output, all the way to the monitor. For that matter, these apple monitors don't have any female ports. There is a male cable that comes straight out of the back of the monitor. This cable cannot be removed. Again, from the post: "Active adapters, on the other hand recieve a displayport signal from the video card, and convert it to DVI/HDMI/VGA." This doesn't apply, since the monitor uses the displayport signal. There's no signal conversion happening, and there are no adapters at all, whether passive or active. Here's a picture of the back of the Apple display. You'll notice a power cable (which can be removed), and a "data cable" that has a mini-displayport male end, a USB male end, and a magsafe charger. Here's a closer look at the mini-displayport male end: That mini-displayport male end goes into my graphics card, which looks like this: As you can see, there's no adapters of any kind involved in between the graphics card and the monitor. Let me know if I'm missing something, and thanks again for all your help! -R EDIT: clarity

Does the IOReg need to be from Lion or from Mountain Lion? No adapters. Mini-displayport outputs with mini-diplayport monitors.

I've tested 4 monitors with this DSDT injection, and it works, in Lion (10.7). However, I can't get any more than 2 monitors to work in Mountain Lion, whether by DSDT or GraphicsEnabler.

In ML, I still only see 2 displays. However, I don't think the statement about 3 outputs is true, as I tested outputting to 4 monitors. I could test 6 monitors, if I had enough cables In any case, 10.8 is still unable to show a 3rd display... It detects all 3 displays in the display prefs as well as system info, but the 3rd screen is blank. IORegistryExplorer shows that ATY,Zonalis is the personality being used.

Thanks! I changed a few things: [*:1ymipzbp]Buffer length of personality name string [*:1ymipzbp]Number of ports [*:1ymipzbp]Package length of the Store section in Device (GFX0) Buffer length of personality name string The name "ATY,Zonalis" has 11 chars, which is 12 including the null delimiter. In comparison, "ATY,Duckweed" has 13 including the null delimiter. The duckweed string would have needed 0x0D as its buffer, but the zonalis string only needs 0x0C, so I've changed that. BEFORE: "@1,name", Buffer (0x0C) AFTER: "@1,name", Buffer (0x0D) Number of ports The eyefinity-6 has 6 ports, not 4. I had to add the following declarations after "@3,name", section "@4,name", Buffer (0x0C) { "ATY,Zonalis" }, "@5,name", Buffer (0x0C) { "ATY,Zonalis" }, Package length of the Store section in Device (GFX0) Since I've added to the initializer list, I needed to increase the package size. (I don't really know the iasl language, but I think that's what the compiler was trying to tell me.) BEFORE: Device (GFX0) { Name (_ADR, Zero) Name (_SUN, One) Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x0C) AFTER: Device (GFX0) { Name (_ADR, Zero) Name (_SUN, One) Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x10) Side note I got the audio working using some kexts from DigialDreamer (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=185097), and using Conti's myFix to create the kextcache (and therefore not installing anything in /S/L/E). Perhaps I can find a way to incorporate d00d's DSDT modifications (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... 96771&st=0) and ditch the audio kexts later. Thanks again for all your help! 10.7 boots w/out the need for GE=Yes. I'm about to try 10.8, and will report back w/ results.

I'm having a hard time following the guide. Specifically, at this step: I opened the txt file in vim, and searched around for "(Device)", "POP" and "NPE" but couldn't find anything like that. I see the section "display@0", and "ATY,Zonalis@0" - "ATY,Zonalis@5", but I don't see any I followed JaS's guide, found at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10 to get the ioreg attached in the previous post. I've also used your post http://rampagedev.wordpress.com/2012/07 ... use-ioreg/ and save the IOReg file is attached. Thanks for all your help! -R IOReg.zip

I see. is there any difference then between booting with GraphicsEnabler=Yes and injecting the Graphics Card into DSDT? Here (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=282302) you said that I should inject the GPU into DSDT to get it to work in 10.8. EDIT attached is my ioreg dump, using this (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10) post. ioreg.txt

Thanks! What boot flags do I need to use with this DSDT? Also, what kexts should I be using? EDIT: I tried booting with just FakeSMC, lspcidrv, NullCPUPowerManagement and Patched_10.7_AppleRTC.kext. I unset all my boot flags except for "Use Kernel Cache". My framebuffer wasn't loaded, and audio wasn't working. Is this because the DSDT doesn't contain the necessary modifications for GPU and Audio? (I saw viewtopic.php?f=7&t=326 this post, but I don't know enough about DSDTs to adapt it to my situation.)

Here's the generated dsdt.aml generated by the script you supplied. I made sure to boot with DSDT=No. -R dsdt.aml.zip

Is this post (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13) what you're talking about?

The problem (and the solution) is discussed on this thread: viewtopic.php?t=221 -R

MOBO: manufacturer, model name, rev and bios Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 rev 1.0 Bios is "Main: F12 / Backup: F7" Audio codec Realtek ALC889A codec ethernet chip 2 x Realtek 8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) CPU model Intel i7-960 CPUID: 000106A5 Graphics card manufacturer and model name Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 eyefinity 6 (2gb) (UPC on box: 0840777048030) PCI Root of graphics card According to gfxutil: $ ./gfxutil -f display DevicePath = PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)

I didn't see Conti's reply until today -- but my USB stick already came in, so oh well. I've tried switching the video outputs. I've tried just about every single combination of 3 monitors. It seems like the OS only outputs a video signal to two. Weird things -- System Profiler (called something else now?) shows 3 displays in the Graphics/Display section, and they're all detected correctly as an Apple LED display. Also, when I go to System Prefs and try to change the video out, i see 3 monitors i can move around. However, when I hit (About this mac) and hit (more info...), in the displays section, there are only two monitors, not three. I don't know if this makes any diff., but it seems like the apps from Snow Leopard are detecting 3 monitors, but the new app from Lion (the new screen after "more info...") only detects 2 monitors. I'm lost. I'd try the 10.6.7 kexts, but to use them I'd need kabyl's boot, and I don't know if it's compatible with Lion. Best, -R P.S. Should I start a new topic, since that Installation was technically successful? P.P.S. I tried installing the 10.7.2 beta, but I got a KP. What's up with that?

Sorry it's taking so long to try different things -- my USB drive died, and I can't think of another place to put the myHack installer. (Only other drives are a 2tb (which can't boot b/c of its sector size?) and a 320gb which would be the target drive. The USB is being RMA'd right now, as soon as that comes in I'll try an install again and post some updates. Cheers! -R

I took Conti's advice over IRC and copied all ATI* kexts from the 10.7.2 installer over to the boot disk. I was able to see the installer screen this way! After installing, I copied the ATI* kexts from 10.7.2 installer over to the new Lion partition, and I was able to see the initial setup screen. This was all done while having all 3 monitors plugged in. Only 2 of 3 monitors were recognized, however. I'll try moving around video ports, updating to 10.7.2, etc, and post the results. Thanks ContI!

When the GUI should first appear during installation, I see a white rectangle at the top of my monitors -- I believe this is because of Lion's new video drivers not handling DisplayPort output correctly. I was able to get a picture using a mini-DP->HDMI out to a TV, but I don't have a non-displayport TV/monitor/etc available to use anymore. I've tried booting with GraphicsEnabler=n, and the system reboot. I don't remember if it was immediately after chameleon finished loading things, or if it was after the XNU kernel was about to load up the GUI. I'm currently running 10.6.7, as 10.6.8 broke DisplayPort out -- probably for the same reason that Lion GM is having trouble outputting any video when the GUI should appear. Netkas found out that 10.7.2 11C37 fixed some DisplayPort issues. He actually tested using the same video card as me. I'm not completely sure, but I think that if I somehow get Lion to use 10.7.2 video kexts during installation, I should be able to see a video output. Is there a way I can do that with myHack? P.S. In Netkas's post, he says What is this "hack"? Maybe instead of using the 10.7.2 drivers, there's a different way to get display port graphics to work. As long as I can install a 10.7 system with basic video out working -- with/without QE/CI -- I can update to 10.7.2 to get graphics working correctly. System specs: Current OS: 10.6.7 Monitor: 24" Apple LED. (I actually have 3, but I install with 1 monitor only, just in case. I tried doing combinations of 1-3 monitors on different video ports with the same results.) Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 (rev 1.0) (bios f13j, i believe) LAN chip: 2 x Realtek 8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) CPU: intel i7-960 Graphics Card: ATI 5870 2Gb Eyefinity-6 edition (6x Mini-DisplayPort). Source Media: Install OS X Lion.app myHack.app log: N/A Audio Codec: N/A (a firewire interface is used for Audio, so motherboard audio isn't necessary at the moment.) You can catch me on #lion, I'm usually hanging out trying to bother Conti with this stuff anyway. If you need any more info I'll be glad to provide it, but I don't think I missed much. Best, -R --EDIT: After reading this post by Conti, I set GraphicsMode and boot in to see what would happen. Booting -v with all 3 monitors, I got a picture on one of the three monitors -- but it was only on the secondary monitor. What I saw was the gray fabric-like texture that would have been the backdrop. The dialog box for installation would have been on the main screen, but the other 2 screens (one of which was the main screen) had no picture. Booting -v with only 1 monitor, I got no picture. Again, just LMK if any additional info is necessary and I'll be more than glad to provide it.

Hi guise! ;D *Texas here. Home in Houston, go to school in Austin. *I've been using hackint0sh since early-mid leopard. 10.5.3, I think? *I started out with my eVGA 680i board on an intel CPU. The CPU was supported but nForce SATA controllers crapped out regularly. I ended up going out to buy a ga-ep45p-ud3r for compatibility. Then later I got a ga-ex58-ud5 for shits and giggles (i really wanted an i7, lol), and that's what I'm still on. *When I got a macbook pro for college, I slowly became a convert. I was sick of Windows always becoming corrupted, and I also liked the familiar terminal environment (learned unix at work). When I found out that I could have OS X on my desktop, I jumped on it! *Currently going to be a 3rd year as a comp sci major. Interested in OS-level stuff. *Been running an ubuntu server for a couple of years now, used to know my way around XP -- not so much anymore. Usually script in perl. Working as an iOS dev, so I know some objective C. -R