AMD Radeon 69xx Graphics in Lion [TEST]

[tonymacx86]

I haven't personally tested, but apparently the 69xx series is working with GraphicsEnabler in Lion.

Anyone with one of these cards want to confirm? Post as much info as you can on model, device ID, brand, etc... with screenshots.

 

[DN38416]

Awesome! I hope this is true. I have 6950 with Lion installed but I can't do anything yet because my USB keyboard and mouse won't work.

 

[techfreak85]

I hope so! I have been tempted to buy a 6950 for a while now!

 

[moment0]

I have a 6950 flashed to 6970, I can test this soon and will report back with success or not soon, hopefully!

EDIT: Boot process runs fine but hangs on gray screen
pic: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22154000/IMAG0144.jpg

Screen still sleeps after period of time etc...

 

[ZedLove]

Hey Tony, thanks for all of your fantastic work!

Lion up and running with a 6870. Two monitors, one through DVI and the other with mini DP to DVI adapter working like a charm!

Edit: Just realized this was for 69xx cards. Oops! Still grateful for all the work you've done, Tony!

 

[xadmin]

So any confirmation on 69xx card yet?

 

[moment0]

Attempting a work around now, will report back in 10min or so.

EDIT: Doing what is said post below this.

 

[DN38416]

I have a 6950 flashed to 6970, I can test this soon and will report back with success or not soon, hopefully!

EDIT: Boot process runs fine but hangs on gray screen
pic: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22154000/IMAG0144.jpg

Screen still sleeps after period of time etc...

I managed to get around this issue by removing atiradeonx3000.kext and ati6000controller.kext in the installer partition (don't forget to back them up)

 

[DN38416]

Update: I fixed my usb (mouse & keyboard) issue. Now I need to tinker with this graphics card.
So apparently it works with GraphicsEnabler? Well I set mine to:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>

Do I need to install any other kexts? Because this alone does nothing for me unfortunately.

I also set:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=x86_64 -v PCIRootUID=1</string>

But still nothing

Any other suggestions?

 

[moment0]

Partial success...

Lion now boots with my 6950, all animations run smooth as butter (except for launchpad) but there is another problem. Reso is 1024x768. I wonder if changing the reso by boot will fix that issue.

EDIT: Sys info displays 3mb card as in snow leopard, so looks like support might be the same as Lion GM