post installation problem 10.8

[ssd_20072]

Hi guys,

I have a Lenovo G460 running 10.8 with following configuration:

Intel core i5 520M

500gb hdd

4 gig ram

nvidia 310m 512mb

Problem is that the system freezes after a couple of minutes after boot. I looked up the system log and found this:

NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00200000 00008597 00000474 00000040

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000047e 000017b4 00000001 0000000a

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000002

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00200000 00008597 00000474 00000010

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000047e 00000dfc 0000002b 0000000a

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000403

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000010 00000000

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00200000 00008597 00000474 00000010

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000047e 00000dfc 0000006e 0000000a

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000403

Jul 18 20:20:49 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000010 00000000

The graphic card show up in system profiler with all the info but the system hangs after a few minuted of boot. I can move the mouse but the screen is frozen. The card used to work fine in Lion. I have edited my DSDT in the following manner :

Device (PCI0)

{

Device (PEGP)

{

Name (_ADR, 0x00010000)

Device (GFX0)

{

Name (_ADR, Zero)

Name (_SUN, One)

Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)

{

Store (Package (0x26)

{

"@0,compatible",

Buffer (0x0B)

{

"NVDA,NVMac"

},

"@0,device_type",

Buffer (0x08)

{

"display"

},

"@0,name",

Buffer (0x0F)

{

"NVDA,Display-A"

},

"@1,compatible",

Buffer (0x0B)

{

"NVDA,NVMac"

},

"@1,device_type",

Buffer (0x08)

{

"display"

},

"@1,name",

Buffer (0x0F)

{

"NVDA,Display-B"

},

"@0,built-in",

Buffer (One)

{

0x01

},

"@0,EDID",

Buffer (0x80)

{

/* 0000 */ 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00,

/* 0008 */ 0x30, 0xAE, 0x35, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x13, 0x01, 0x03, 0x80, 0x1E, 0x13, 0x78,

/* 0018 */ 0xEA, 0x01, 0xF5, 0x97, 0x57, 0x52, 0x8A, 0x27,

/* 0020 */ 0x23, 0x50, 0x54, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01,

/* 0028 */ 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,

/* 0030 */ 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x0A, 0x1B, 0x00,

/* 0038 */ 0x84, 0x50, 0x20, 0x11, 0x30, 0x34, 0x40, 0x33,

/* 0040 */ 0x00, 0x2F, 0xBE, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x0A,

/* 0048 */ 0x1B, 0x00, 0x3B, 0x51, 0x20, 0x44, 0x30, 0x34,

/* 0050 */ 0x40, 0x33, 0x00, 0x2F, 0xBE, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0058 */ 0x19, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x81, 0x0A,

/* 0060 */ 0x32, 0x81, 0x0A, 0x28, 0x16, 0x09, 0x00, 0x4C,

/* 0068 */ 0xA3, 0x41, 0x54, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFE, 0x00,

/* 0070 */ 0x00, 0x4C, 0x54, 0x4E, 0x31, 0x34, 0x31, 0x41,

/* 0078 */ 0x54, 0x31, 0x35, 0x30, 0x30, 0x31, 0x00, 0x82

},

"AAPL,aux-power-connected",

Buffer (0x04)

{

0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00

},

"AAPL,backlight-control",

Buffer (0x04)

{

0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00

},

"@0,backlight-control",

Buffer (0x04)

{

0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00

},

"@0,pwm-info",

Buffer (0x14)

{

/* 0000 */ 0x01, 0x14, 0x00, 0x64, 0xA8, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0008 */ 0x08, 0x52, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00

},

"NVCAP",

Buffer (0x14)

{

/* 0000 */ 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,

/* 0008 */ 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07,

/* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00

},

"VRAM,totalsize",

Buffer (0x04)

{

0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20

},

"device_type",

Buffer (0x0C)

{

"NVDA,Parent"

},

"model",

Buffer (0x0D)

{

"nVidia G310M"

},

"ATY,EFIVersion",

Buffer (0x0D)

{

"256.01.00f03"

},

"rom-revision",

Buffer (0x1B)

{

"nVidia G310M OpenGL Engine"

},

"reg",

Buffer (0x78)

{

/* 0000 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0008 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02,

/* 0018 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0020 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,

/* 0028 */ 0x14, 0x00, 0x01, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0030 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0038 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02,

/* 0040 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0048 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,

/* 0050 */ 0x24, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0058 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0060 */ 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02,

/* 0068 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,

/* 0070 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00

}

}, Local0)

DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))

Return (Local0)

}

}

}

Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

[ssd_20072]

Anyone there??

Is this a problem related to AGPM kext or something else? I booted in verbose and came across this:

AGPM Controller unknown platform

The system boots up btw and i can see the desktop and full QE/CI is enabled but the hangs don't stop.

Is there a way to edit the AGPM kext for my gpu? The guides i saw were for the fermi cards and i don't know the threshold values for my gpu.

[Cassio]

I don't think it's AGPM related, but you can try a legacyAGPM kext from this topic (laptop) http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=629

Edit it with your SMBIOS (replace MacBookPro6,2) and graphics device ID (replace Vendor10deDevice0df0).

[ssd_20072]

I don't think it's AGPM related, but you can try a legacyAGPM kext from this topic (laptop) http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=629

Edit it with your SMBIOS (replace MacBookPro6,2) and graphics device ID (replace Vendor10deDevice0df0).

 

Thanks a lot for your reply. Will give it a try. Will i have to remove the existing agpm and install the legacy one or install both?

[ssd_20072]

ok so i installed the legacy kext but still the same problem. I looked up the system log and found this also :

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Couldn't alloc class "AppleHDAController"

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Kext com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC - library kext com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily not found.

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Can't load kext com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC - failed to resolve library dependencies.

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Kext com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC failed to load (0xdc00800e).

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Failed to load kext com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC (error 0xdc00800e).

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Couldn't alloc class "AppleSMCPDRC"

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: ARPT cannot assert wake from D3cold

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Kext com.apple.GeForce - library kext com.apple.NVDAResman not found.

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Can't load kext com.apple.GeForce - failed to resolve library dependencies.

Jul 21 08:26:21 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** Verbose boot, will log to /dev/console. ***

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Kext com.apple.GeForce failed to load (0xdc00800e).

Jul 21 08:26:21 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** Shutdown logging is enabled. ***

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Failed to load kext com.apple.GeForce (error 0xdc00800e).

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Couldn't alloc class "NVKernel"

I also got the NVDA(OpenGL): Channel Timeout!

I ttried to add my device id to Geforce.kext and NVDANV50HAL.kext but i get stuck at 1024x768 without QE/CI.

I have attached my system log along with a picture when the system hangs. Thanks for helping me out. I really don't get it....the card used to work fine in Lion so why its giving problems in 10.8?

system.txt.zip

[Cassio]

You must keep the original AGPM, just install the legacy.

 

Jul 21 08:27:09 localhost kernel[0]: Kext com.apple.GeForce - library kext com.apple.NVDAResman not found.

This looks like corrupted or missing files, did you try a fresh install?

NVDAResman is essential for nVidia cards (resolution manager).

[ssd_20072]

You must keep the original AGPM, just install the legacy.

This looks like corrupted or missing files, did you try a fresh install?

NVDAResman is essential for nVidia cards (resolution manager).

 

Yes i tried a fresh install a couple of times. Btw i'm installing on a USB external drive before i install the retail version when it comes out just to check things out. When i kextstat in terminal i see that NVDAResman in loaded but geforce is not and also iographicsfamily.

[ssd_20072]

You must keep the original AGPM, just install the legacy.

This looks like corrupted or missing files, did you try a fresh install?

NVDAResman is essential for nVidia cards (resolution manager).

 

Ok so i mounted the basesystem.dmg and searched /System/Library/Extensions and did not find the Geforce.kext and its different plugins. Is this normal or i have a corrupt installation dmg?? But when i install ML i see them on the drive that i installed but their size is small as compared to the ones in Lion.

[Cassio]

It's normal, some kexts are not in the base system, but they are installed to the system.

About size, it's also normal, Lion has both archs (i386 and x86_64) and ML is 64 bit only.

[ssd_20072]

Ok got it. So what do you think the reason behind this problem is? Is the graphic card not supported in ML? But then how can it work perfectly in lion. Btw thanks a lot for your help.

[Cassio]

I really have no idea.

By the log messages you posted earlier (kext ... failed to load) I thought you had corrupted files or filesystem, but if the problem persists after a fresh install, it makes no sense.

Did you check md5 of installer dmg?

[ssd_20072]

I really have no idea.

By the log messages you posted earlier (kext ... failed to load) I thought you had corrupted files or filesystem, but if the problem persists after a fresh install, it makes no sense.

Did you check md5 of installer dmg?

Ummm.......how do i do that?

Edit: Nevermind that. The md5 is 8b4869920cd740414fe6b7e3f0b1be3e

[ssd_20072]

ok so now i did a fresh install to the internal sata hdd and now everything is loaded properly. the geforce kext and nvresman also. but still i get system freezes. the cpu fan starts to spin very fast and the laptop heats up. This happens only when i do something which uses my gpu. I have attached my system log. Would be really helpful if u could take a look at it. Thanks a lot.

system.txt.zip

[Cassio]

Are you using legacyAGPM?

Change LogControl to 1 and post kernel log after running an app that uses plenty of GPU.

[ssd_20072]

Are you using legacyAGPM?

Change LogControl to 1 and post kernel log after running an app that uses plenty of GPU.

nope i'm not using legacyAGPM. I also get graphic artifacts when the system hangs.

I get a system freeze when i go to mission control or when i do gestures on my magic trackpad like the 3 finger pinch to open launchpad. Or sometimes even when i swipe between fullscreen apps.

[artur-pt]

hello

must use the legacyagpm

and insert u dev id in nv*100hal* kext

i think u dont use the right kext for the gpu

do a kextstat in terminal

and post what nvidia kext are loaded

good hack

[ssd_20072]

hello

must use the legacyagpm

and insert u dev id in nv*100hal* kext

i think u dont use the right kext for the gpu

do a kextstat in terminal

and post what nvidia kext are loaded

good hack

Hi thanks a lot for your reply. Kextstat gives me nvdaresman and com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal are loaded and when i insert my device id in nv*50hal i dont get system freezes at all but the resolution is stuck at 1024x768 instead of 1366x768 and i dont have QE/CI

Edit: I removed legacyAGPM, used MacBook Pro 6,2 smbios and edited the macbook pro 6,2 part of the AGPM kext with my device id 0a75. Now AGPM is loaded properly which before it used to say AGPM controller unknown platform. Added my device id to NVDANV50Hal but still the system freeze is there but now i get full resolution with qe/ci. If i boot in safe mode then qe/ci is disabled and system does not freeze.

So overall conclusion from this, what i think is that AGPM is not causing any problems. When QE/CI is enabled i get the freezes and when it is disabled the freezes are gone. So whats your thoughts on this?

New system log:

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x6 = Fifo: Parse Error

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000069

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(DMA): Channel exception! exception type = 0x6 = Fifo: Parse Error

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000069

Jul 29 17:21:06 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00200000 00008597 00000474 00000010

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 0000047e 00000dfc 00000300 0000000b

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000403

Jul 29 17:21:28 Sankets-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: 00000010 00000000

Jul 29 17:21:31 Sankets-MacBook-Pro.local SystemUIServer[161]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.

Jul 29 17:21:31 Sankets-MacBook-Pro.local SystemUIServer[161]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.

[artur-pt]

hello

why nv50*.*

with u dev id ?

i think u dev id must be in nv100*.*

good hack

[ssd_20072]

hello

why nv50*.*

with u dev id ?

i think u dev id must be in nv100*.*

good hack

Really? But then why in verbose does it say that nvdanv50hal is loaded and registered?

[artur-pt]

hello

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=154

good hack

[ssd_20072]

hello

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=154

good hack

Yes i have seen that before but nvdagf100hal is for fermi 4xx and 5xx cards...right? And i have the geforce 310m so how will it work?

[Cassio]

Actually your card uses NVDANV50Hal and not NVDAGF100Hal.

Did you try using GraphicsEnabler=yes instead of DSDT patch to enable drivers?

[ssd_20072]

yes i tried that but still no luck. On the verge to give up now. Unable to figure out whats exactly the problem- hardware, software,buggy drivers or power related.

Btw how can i downgrade to Lion without loosing my data? Can i just boot into the unishit lion installer and install over my ML drive??

Or should i keep trying more to get my gpu working in ML?

[Cassio]

No idea.

You can try to downgrade only video kexts.

[ssd_20072]

I'm thinking of upgrading my gpu. Maybe to 460m or 540m. Coz about a year back my laptop was not working so i took it to the service center and the guys said that the graphics chipset was toasted so they replaced it so it means that i probably will be able to upgrade it.