Hello Calvintml.
You were helpful with a query I posted a few weeks ago (see below) regarding a PC version XFX ATI 5770 card under 10.7.1 Lion in a Mac Pro 3,1 so I hope you can help me now with a crisis.
I think I followed your instructions correctly, but I've ended up with two black DVI screens and now I can't even see my Mac Pro on my network. I've tried a couple of reboots but without luck, I'm afraid. I'm not even sure if my Mac Pro is rebooting - I hear the chime, but after that everything is very quiet.
My 5700 card was working fine, but I couldn't use my DVD player, which I know is normal. I downloaded the latest 'ATY_init.kext' (22 July, 2011) and modified the info.plist file, changing all instances of 'Uakari' to 'Vervet' as you advised. I saved the changed file and installed the kext using 'Kext Wizard', which automatically does the permissions and cache clearing after installation.
Have you any suggestions for how I might reverse out of this problem? Should I have changed 'Uakari' to 'Vervet' before or after I installed the kext?
Thanks,
Roy
Re: displayport working with 5xxx cards and sandybridge (and Lion too?) ATI drivers
« Reply #48 on: July 31, 2011, 10:55:53 PM »
Quote from: pipkato on July 31, 2011, 02:08:51 PM
Can I just clarify what I need to do to get my XFX HD 5770 XMF3 working in Lion with my Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008)?
I've seen posts from Calvintml and Redratto about this, and Redratto seems to have the same card as I have working in Lion. I'm just not clear how it's done or what compromises are involved. At the moment the DisplayPort is not that important to me, since I don't have any displays that use it.
1. Can the XFX HD 5770 XMF3 work as well as the Apple version in Lion without any drawbacks such as broken DVD read/write?
2. Do I need to modify the drivers, and, if so, is there a beginner's guide somewhere?
your card should work without doing anything, but geekbench steam will crash.
if you want to fix that, then use aty_init.kext (recently posted on netkas.org with fix for 57xx cards). replace all instances of Uakari with Vervet in the Info.plist. repair permissions, clear caches, and now your card should work without geekbench/steam crashes
if you want displayport to work, edit the info.plist of ati5000controller as described here
http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,1069.0.htmlif you want eyefinity 3 monitors to work, that problem has not been solved with the lion kexts. see here for more info:http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,1070.0.htmlgood luck