Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

retinalcircus

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 14, 2012
1
0
Hello!

Thanks in advance for any help on this issue.

I have swapped displays between two MacBook 1,1 computers. (One had a display that was cracked and the other had a dead motherboard). Now I can only boot into single user mode (command-S while starting up). The recipient of the new screen gives errors like: "GFX0: family specific matching fails" and "display: family specific matching fails"

I need a command to use from single user mode to identify the transplanted display's identity.

Then I plan to modify the EFI so that it is again happy with the new display.

Anyone know the code for display identification?

Thanks again.

----------

I found this command via google

ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

but it only works from the terminal, which I can't get to. I can only access the command line via single user mode.


So, I need different information...
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.