hi everyone,
I tried to make the gfx-string to work in my Sony Vaio using the New Guide =) Now, my problem is BEFORE that.
From minority (his great guide):
Also, this tutorial does not tell you in detail how to mod your own graphics string - this is however relatively easy and is described in some other threads, basically you need to convert a string dump (hex) to bin, then to plist with a util called gfxutil, whereafter you can edit it, and once done convert it back.
Ok, I think I got the hex dump by theslug for x3100 (its in the other thread) and I uploaded it in this message as well. I'm not sure if this is the "hex dump" .. I dont know how hex or bin looks like.
Now, I'm not sure what to do with it. Should I convert it using the gfxutil tool? Is this txt file really the HEX format? So lets say that this is the "hex dump from an original mac book", how do I convert it to plist?
THe instructions from the new gfxutil (from mcmatrix) from the example:
examle1 (Convert from hex to plist)
./gfxutil -i hex -o xml ./7300.hex ./7300.plist
Ok, should I rename the file from theslug
from:
dump_X3100_13-inch_MacBook.txt
to
dump_X3100_13-inch_MacBook.hex
If this is the right instruction (which I dont think so, lol), but lets say this is the right one,
after converting dump_X3100_13-inch_MacBook.hex to the "plist", the instructions say to edit the plist using plist editor to match your system.
What do I edit in this "plist" file? Is this the EDID LCD information that you can get from Windows or is there anything else? Should I put it there? What exactly do you edit or put inside the converted plist file before you convert it back to hex again.
What I actually tried is copy the long text inside theslug's txt file in my com.apple.Boot.plist
added:
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>then the long text from the text file of theslug</sting>
removed my Natit (from Paulicat)
I tried to load but the screen became distorted. Which I think it is detecting it because I can see my mouse moving (hovering) over the distorted screen and I can enable voice over and hear the computer talk. I just think I put the wrong thing in <key>device-properties</key><string>blablablablab</string> ... I know I have to do something with the dump by theslug and not just put it in my com.apple.Boot.plist .. I just tested it hoping to get lucky. Apparently not =(
I'm really sorry for asking too many questions, but when I tried to read other threads, I cant understand it.
Please shed me some light ... I'm really interested on how to make this work using gfx-string because it sounds promising.
Please?
Thank you very much
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