radeon 7870 partially working, help needed

[pixellegolas]

PS. posted this on other forums too so I am "reaching out"

Hi guys! I have some issues these past days when it comes to my build. I can successfully start osx with 7870 but I have no acceleration. Here is a screenshot with info from system to tell you a bit more. Sometimes when I look at info it says 7870 and sometimes it says 7XXXX. I try to combine graphicsenabler with both yes and no, tried some different aticonfig like hamachi etc.

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Do you guys have any pointers what to do next? I read somewhere about must having DSDT inject etc. I have never used DSDT before. The system works good except graphics.

I have theses specs:

ASROCK z77 pro

I5-3570k 3,4GHz

GIGABYTE 7870 OC 2Gb editition

[artur-pt]

hello

what kext from ati are loaded in boot ?

see in terminal

kextstat

good hack

[pixellegolas]

75    2 0xffffff7f80c8a000 0x66000    0x66000    com.apple.kext.AMDSupport (8.1.0) <73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
  76    0 0xffffff7f80cf0000 0x1da000   0x1da000   com.apple.kext.AMD7000Controller (8.1.0) <75 73 10 9 5 4 3 1>
  77    3 0xffffff7f80ab8000 0x8000     0x8000     com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily (5.2.0d16) <9 7 6 5 4 3>
  78    1 0xffffff7f80eca000 0x12000    0x12000    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy (1.0.0) <77 9 7 6 5 4 3>
  79    2 0xffffff7f80edc000 0xc000     0xc000     com.apple.driver.AppleSMC (3.1.3d11) <9 7 5 4 3>
  80    0 0xffffff7f80ee8000 0x10000    0x10000    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin (1.0.0) <79 78 77 10 9 7 6 5 4 3>
  81    2 0xffffff7f80ef8000 0x12000    0x12000    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport (2.3.4) <73 10 7 5 4 3>
  82    1 0xffffff7f80a7d000 0x3000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl (3.2.6) <81 73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
  83    0 0xffffff7f80f0a000 0xc000     0xc000     com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl (3.2.6) <82 81 73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
  84    0 0xffffff7f80b26000 0x3000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleLPC (1.6.0) <77 10 5 4 3>
  85    0 0xffffff7f80b7e000 0x8000     0x8000     com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver (5.0.0) <38 34 5 4 3 1>
  87    0 0xffffff7f80f1c000 0x5000     0x5000     com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (7.0.0) <79 7 4 3 1>
  88    0 0xffffff7f80f21000 0x14000    0x14000    com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer (8.1.0) <75 73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
  90    0 0xffffff7f80f3e000 0x11000    0x11000    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface (86.0.2) <7 5 4 3 1>
  91    1 0xffffff7f80ac4000 0x3000     0x3000     com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily (1.1) <5 4 3>
  92    1 0xffffff7f80f4f000 0xe000     0xe000     com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController (1.0.10d0) <91 10 9 5 4 3>
  93    0 0xffffff7f80f5d000 0xc000     0xc000     com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl (1.0.33) <92 73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1>
  94    0 0xffffff7f80f69000 0x5000     0x5000     com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient (3.5.10) <73 10 9 7 5 4 3 1

[pixellegolas]

Tried Aji, Hamachi, duckweed and now Dashikawa. Mostly I dont see 7870 anymore but 7XXX instead. Will try a reboot with graphicsenabler=no once again

[artur-pt]

hello

i don't see

amdradeon4000 ?

or amdradeonaccelerator ?

what mac os x are u using ?

take a good read here

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=736

must understand how it works..

and for that must read and googling

good hack

[pixellegolas]

I am using 10.8.4 as you can see in picture. I have upgraded from 10.8.2 to 10.8.3 and then 10.8.4, but at both times I had some errors. Finally I copied the kext files to extensions

Will read alittle on that thread you posted now

[Mirone]

@Pixellegolas

send me a copy of your DSDT + ioreg untouched.

[pixellegolas]

Hi! That's the thing, I have never used DSDT so I need to make one. Will check some guides about it.

[Mirone]

Hi! That's the thing, I have never used DSDT so I need to make one. Will check some guides about it.

run this app and send me the generated folder on your desktop.

http://Olarila.com/apps/RunMe.zip

[pixellegolas]

https://www.box.com/s/uf21sc30u2f209g8vcnd

this should be it

[pixellegolas]

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So here are the kexts. Could this be the bad boys making all the frustration?

PS. link to my files on previous page

Edit: So I saw that my Id was not present in ATIFramebuffer.kext so I found a new kext online and stuffed it in there instead. Also chose aticonfig=Chutoro that I think I saw somewhere is the correct one.

It booted into black osx and could not sleeptrick out of it. Had to restart and choose GraphicsEnabler=no to boot again

[pixellegolas]

Ok, I see now that I dont even have AMDframebuffer. I have ATIframebuffer though. Could someone post the AMDframebuffer.kext?

[Mirone]

@pixellegolas

Try this DSDT.aml

The Pitcairn Family is your Graphics Card.

Boot with GraphicsEnabler=No

get back to me with results.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jmlfma

[pixellegolas]

Should I skip the aticonfig?

[Mirone]

Should I skip the aticonfig?

Yeah!

try this.

[pixellegolas]

Booting up with GraphicsEnabler=no and no aticonfig gives me same result as always. But now card is named 7xxx instead of 7870 again.

Could it be bios settings? Kext errors? I read somewhere about using hdmi or dvi port could do the difference. Stating ports etc. Trying all I can here

PS. By the way, I used the dsdt by choosing it in the chameleon wizard. I have it on desktop still. Do I need to use it in some other way? I see in chameleon wizard I can also Patch the dsdt etc

[Mirone]

Booting up with GraphicsEnabler=no and no aticonfig gives me same result as always. But now card is named 7xxx instead of 7870 again.

Could it be bios settings? Kext errors? I read somewhere about using hdmi or dvi port could do the difference. Stating ports etc. Trying all I can here

PS. By the way, I used the dsdt by choosing it in the chameleon wizard. I have it on desktop still. Do I need to use it in some other way? I see in chameleon wizard I can also Patch the dsdt etc

you have to put the dsdt the root system or the extra folder.

[Mirone]

@pixellegoas

try this:DSDT.zip

Boot with GraphicsEnabler=No

[pixellegolas]

No change. Now I saw in bdmesg that it loaded the dsdt and I chose graphicsenabler=no

I do however notice an error that occurs just before the white screen:

 

kx(com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator)
Can't load kext com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator - link failed
Failed to load executable for kext com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator
kext com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator failed to load (8xdc000016)

stuff in parenthesis is fussy so dont know what it really says

further down:

ATY_init: Starting
ATY_init: Checkingg dev-id 6818
ATY_init: Card 0x6818 was posted
ATY_init: Quitting for card 0x6818

[Mirone]

@pixellegolas

in a terminal type:

sudo ketcache -prelinked-kernel

then repair the permissions and rebuild caches using kextwizard.

[pixellegolas]

First I did the sudo kextcache

Then I repaired in disk utility, here I saw the it fixed the broken amdradeon kext

Then I used kext wizard to repair again and chose rebuild cache

In chameleon I have UseKernelCache=Yes and GraphicsEnabler=no

I still get the error about linked kext and still slow in os

Strange stuff

[Mirone]

@pixellegolas

using GraphicsEnabler = No

Do you have QE / CI?

This using the DSDT in the root system?

Edit: try this: http://www.sendspace.com/file/mkk8sp

[artur-pt]

hello

use only original kext from the system u have installed

now that thing is a mess...

with kext from one version.. others from other..

good hack

[pixellegolas]

Hi! Yes, seems that I have some different kexts now and don't know witch one is witch? Would it be a good idea to get kext from someone on 10.8.4 so I can put them there again?

oops, saw in the zip now that you provided files for me

[pixellegolas]

Hm, I have now recopied the kexts to s/l/e and repaired permissions and rebuilt cache. I also for the first time put these kexts in EXTRA folder.

Still I get kext error at boot. Now I get 7870 in system info at least but still no go. I don't know how to check QE but not transparent bar and no ripple effects in launchpad.

Shouldnt chameleon/chimera load the new kexts in EXTRA instead of the one in s/l/e?

Edit: I saw that I had no Extensions in EXTRA so created it and moved the kexts there. I also read the you should not use UseKernelCache=Yes because it will ignore the EXTRA folder.

Still get the same error....this is getting weird