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How to modify NVIDIA Web Driver for 10.12.6

assoc said:
That post doesn't say how to modify the kext.
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No, I did some research. Look here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...date-to-sierra-10-12-5.2045839/#post-24581703

Posts Nos. 6&7.

Asgorath said:
No. If you have an unflashed card, you need some kind of EFI card (e.g. GT 120 or an old AMD card) to get a boot screen and to the desktop with the stock drivers, at which point you can install the new NVIDIA web driver. This has been standard practice for the past 6+ years.
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Or modify the kext.

Lou
 
Asgorath said:
No. If you have an unflashed card, you need some kind of EFI card (e.g. GT 120 or an old AMD card) to get a boot screen and to the desktop with the stock drivers, at which point you can install the new NVIDIA web driver. This has been standard practice for the past 6+ years.

Edit: This is covered in FAQ #24 here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...out-nvidia-pc-non-efi-graphics-cards.1440150/
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Does disabling acceleration with "sudo nvram nv_disable=1" not work?
 
assoc said:
Does disabling acceleration with "sudo nvram nv_disable=1" not work?
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It does, but if you have an unflashed card you'll boot to a black screen. You can probably connect to your machine via VNC or remote desktop, and then install the driver from there.
 
mmomega said:
You can use the 10.12.5 drivers on 10.12.6.
If you already had the webdrivers installed previously. Just open terminal and paste

sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :IOKitPersonalities:NVDAStartup:NVDARequiredOS "$(sw_vers -buildVersion) /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartupWeb.kext/Contents/Info.plist
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

you'll enter your password to make the change, restart and you should be good to go.

it just tricks the drivers into loading.

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Mhhh i've noticed now... you are on imac 5k ...with a GTX1080 TI... could you please tell me how is it possible ? Which external adapter are you using ? :)

Regards
 
leon771 said:
Just wondering how you knew where to find this driver? When I go to Nvidia and look at their drivers for the 680 GTX I'm only given options to go up to 10.12.5 There isn't 10.12.6

This is how I usually go and find driver packages that I need.

Thanks.
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It's now on the Nvidia Website:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/120845/en-us

The posting to the website usually appears a few hours after the drivers are available. To find them, there are a few sources I search. Sometimes it takes awhile, but I can usually come up with something before Nvidia posts it:rolleyes:

Lou
 
flowrider said:
It's now on the Nvidia Website:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/120845/en-us

The posting to the website usually appears a few hours after the drivers are available. To find them, there are a few sources I search. Sometimes it takes awhile, but I can usually come up with something before Nvidia posts it:rolleyes:

Lou
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Right, as soon as the driver goes live it'll show up via the NVIDIA preference pane's auto-updater, and once you know the exact version number you can construct the URL (or just guess what the URL is based on previous releases). The web site often takes longer to be updated.
 
i have installed a gtx 880m to my imac 2011 and the newest webdriver and stil got a black screen.
do i need to modify any file before its actualy working ?

yZxe7o7.png
 
^^^^What do you mean by a "black screen"? Looks liked it's working to me. Are you talking about the boot screen? If you are not getting a boot screen, that's normal in Mac OS, because the card does not have the Macintosh EFI, necessary for the boot screen. I don't know if the GTX 880m has ever been flashed for a Mac. You may want to message MacVidCards:

http://www.macvidcards.com

And ask your question there.

As a side note, this is the first time I have ever seen a system with more video RAM than main RAM!

Lou
 
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wiruzdk said:
i have installed a gtx 880m to my imac 2011 and the newest webdriver and stil got a black screen.
do i need to modify any file before its actualy working ?

yZxe7o7.png
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This thread may be useful for you

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-5-1-no-signal-with-gtx-980.2063989/


flowrider said:
^^^^What do you mean by a "black screen"? Looks liked it's working to me. Are you talking about the boot screen? If you are not getting a boot screen, that's normal in Mac OS, because the card does not have the Macintosh EFI, necessary for the boot screen. I don't know if the GTX 880m has ever been flashed for a Mac. You may want to message MacVidCards:

http://www.macvidcards.com

And ask your question there.

As a side note, this is the first time I have ever seen a system with more video RAM than main RAM!

Lou
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I suspect that he really only get black screen. Therefore, he can only remote control the Mac in order to provide screen capture.
 
h9826790 said:
This thread may be useful for you

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-5-1-no-signal-with-gtx-980.2063989/




I suspect that he really only get black screen. Therefore, he can only remote control the Mac in order to provide screen capture.
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yes i can only get acces with remote control cause i only got black screen on it
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h9826790 said:
This thread may be useful for you

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-5-1-no-signal-with-gtx-980.2063989/




I suspect that he really only get black screen. Therefore, he can only remote control the Mac in order to provide screen capture.
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i dont have a original imac gpu but this guy posted.

Well presumably we can still PHYSICALLY do an nv_disable just by yanking the card out and booting headless, using VNC to do the updates and then replugging the card, but is there a more elegant way?

what does that mean ? i have to unplug the card and connect through vnc and just install drivers or what ?
 
wiruzdk said:
yes i can only get acces with remote control cause i only got black screen on it
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i dont have a original imac gpu but this guy posted.

Well presumably we can still PHYSICALLY do an nv_disable just by yanking the card out and booting headless, using VNC to do the updates and then replugging the card, but is there a more elegant way?

what does that mean ? i have to unplug the card and connect through vnc and just install drivers or what ?
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Try the simple stuff first. e.g. remote control, open terminal, and type

sudo nvram boot-args="nvda_drv=1"

And then restart.
 
h9826790 said:
Try the simple stuff first. e.g. remote control, open terminal, and type

sudo nvram boot-args="nvda_drv=1"

And then restart.
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i get this error https://i.imgur.com/BJi3YtY.png
h9826790 said:
Try the simple stuff first. e.g. remote control, open terminal, and type

sudo nvram boot-args="nvda_drv=1"

And then restart.
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i get this error
nvram: Error setting variable - 'boot-args': (iokit/common) general error

i think it has to be done from recovery mode but i don't have a original iMac gnu

but it seems like its already 1 ?
BJi3YtY.png

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flowrider said:
^^^^What do you mean by a "black screen"? Looks liked it's working to me. Are you talking about the boot screen? If you are not getting a boot screen, that's normal in Mac OS, because the card does not have the Macintosh EFI, necessary for the boot screen. I don't know if the GTX 880m has ever been flashed for a Mac. You may want to message MacVidCards:

http://www.macvidcards.com

And ask your question there.

As a side note, this is the first time I have ever seen a system with more video RAM than main RAM!

Lou
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i dont care about boot screen just whant it to work in OSX a a few guys already did a succesfully upgrade

https://www.ifixit.com/Story/18646/Successful_iMac_Upgrade_to_GTX_880M
 
Hey Folks,

I am on Mac OS X version 10.12.6 (16G1811) on a MacPro 4,1 flashed to 5,1. I am currently using a flashed 570. I have tried numerous fixes listed here and elsewhere with no luck. What driver version do I need and what should I modify.

I can also boot to High Sierra and a web driver works fine there, even with my 1080Ti that is not flashed. I want that card to also work in Mac OS X version 10.12.6 (16G1811).

Thanks,
Robert A. Ober
 
flowrider said:
^^^^Hmm, from Nvidia's web site, it appears that the only updated drivers to (16G1710):

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141129/en-us

Lou
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Yep, and that one won't install. I expected one of the hacks to work. Seems like I need to find what it is looking at and change the number. I guess I will change the number in the info.plist to 16G1710 instead of the older number I have there.

I sure wish Apple and Nvidia would settle their differences!

Thanks,
Robert
 
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