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1. #INTEL GMA 4500 GRAPHICS TEST UPDATE#
2. #INTEL GMA 4500 GRAPHICS TEST DRIVER#
3. #INTEL GMA 4500 GRAPHICS TEST PATCH#

I did notice that without the patch System Info shows that I have a Inbuilt Display attached, however when using the patched kext's it shows no display attached. When using pre-patched kext's I get the native resolution, but with white horizontal lines every other pixel, making the display hard to read. I have a Toshiba 元50-20G and the patch fails too, for some reason the device ID is not injected into the kext at all, it's just left with >8086 Last update: Jat 23:17 CET: New patcher script > No workaround yet, looking into it atm > workaround: change the cursor size in system preferences - mouse (till it's really huge, not so handy, but at least it works )

#INTEL GMA 4500 GRAPHICS TEST UPDATE#

I'll update this thread every time a (more or less) stable breakthrough has been made, and everytime a new patcher script comes out. If you don't get response here, you can (most of the time) find me or other guys willing to help you on the IRC channel #GMA_X4500 at In your post please include hardware info (both laptop type/brand and video card device ID) and software info (osX version and distro) Please post your results in this thread, be it good results or bad results, we'll try to help you. This only applies to people previously running kernel extensions provided by me in the other thread. Make sure you have the vanilla version of the kernel extensions (being AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext and AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext in /System/Library/Extensions).

#INTEL GMA 4500 GRAPHICS TEST DRIVER#

Once you executed the script, repair permissions using disk utility (in Applications/Utilities, click on your primary harddrive, and on the first aid tab click on repair permissions.) This might take a while, but will make sure that your driver can be loaded.The command will give you some output for feedback. at the end of the line, add following options: -rf *your device ID* (it should look something like /Users/username/Downloads/patchX4500.bash -rf 2A42.drag the script from the location you downloaded it from to the terminal.type sudo -s and enter your user password.Once you know your device ID, download the script attached to this post, then follow these steps: The device ID starts with 0x and then 4 numbers, probably 0x2A42 (for X4500MHD) At the moment only framebuffer works, which means getting native resolution, no QE or CI yet, but hey, it's already great to have native resolution.Ĭoldequation has modded a patcher script provided by Trauma, with wich you can patch the stock AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext's to give support for X4500 graphics cards.Īll you need atm is your device ID (you can find it in system profiler (/Applications/Utilities/System Profiler or about this mac -> more info) under graphics section. Over the last few weeks there's been a lot of advances in getting X4500 support in osX86.