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athomas1 Author

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Multiple display problem in OSX 10.9.2

I just updated to 10.9.2 on my 15" Macbook Pro (Mid-2010) and after the restart my secondary display will not work. When I plug it in to my mini displayport my secondary display comes up black and my primary display comes back with the background and settings that I had set for my secondary display. It seems as though the OS was confusing my primary display for my secondary. After messing with the settings I was able to get my primary display back to my primary settings, but the secondary display is still showing up black no matter how much I mess with the display settings in the system preferences (changes to resolution, mirroring, ect.). Anyone else experiencing this?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010)

Posted on Feb 25, 2014 1:00 PM

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nAPPster84

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Posted on Feb 25, 2014 1:14 PM

Nearly the same here. I've an external display connected to my private iMac via mini displayport respectively two external thunderbolt displays connected to my iMac for work. Before the update to 10.9.2 everything worked fine, afterwards the screen turns from black to the normal display to black and so on, it's flickering every time I do something, open up an app, repositioning a window from one display to another, switch to fullscreen. This totally *****, as an Developer and UI designer I'm depend on two respectively three displays o.O

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Mar 19, 2014 7:58 AM in response to nAPPster84

I am having a similar issue after upgrading to 10.9.2. I am interesting in downgrading back to 10.9.1. I do have a Time Machine backup. Can you explain how you downgrade to 10.9.1? Is it as simple as restoring the Library folder back to before the 10.9.2 update?

Mar 19, 2014 8:01 AM in response to Hat_And_Suitcase

Can you explain how to set external display to use DisplayPort 1.1 instead of 1.2?

amaga

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Mar 19, 2014 8:09 AM in response to amaga

sorry, I've shared 10.9.1 AMD* files in dropbox link

Mar 19, 2014 8:50 AM in response to tbartoncv

You can always email me - it's sloafmaster at gmail. thanks sir

tedr0

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Mar 19, 2014 8:52 AM in response to amaga

Thank you amaga, you are awesome. I can finally use my second monitor again!

dankohn

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Mar 19, 2014 9:55 AM in response to amaga

amaga, thank you so much for the files and your solution. What a relief to have mu second monitor working again.

I'll just mention that I couldn't get kext utility to work, but instead needed to use Kext Wizard.

Mar 19, 2014 10:02 AM in response to tbartoncv

Also, out of curiosity, what was the 5th kext you loaded? I'm only seeing these 4 from your screenshot:

AMD7000Controller.kext
AMDFrameBuffer.kext
AMDRadeonX4000.kext
AMDSupport.kext

I tried replacing those 4 with the version (1.16.39) I extracted from apple's OSX 10.9.1 mac pro updater PKG but it simply caused osx to fail to advance to the login screen (instead it showed me some noisy junk framebuffer). Bummer!

Also, amaga's files seem to be version 1.14.21, which I'm hesitant to try since my other attempt failed.

Mar 19, 2014 10:31 AM in response to epistemic

You also need the AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle

Mar 19, 2014 7:38 PM in response to epistemic

i did. hope you got it

Mar 19, 2014 8:13 PM in response to amaga

Thank you so much amaga! I also followed up with Apple's bug tracking system with obvious outcome. Now I can use my monitor that had always worked.

Much appreciated!

Mar 20, 2014 1:08 AM in response to leifdalan

Hi Guys.

MBP 8.1 and displayPort -> VGA doesn't work, DVI does – but unfortunately I don't have display with this input. So I'm trying to do everthing including PRAM & SMC reset, but no results.

The last option is amaga solution. I don't have any backups so i wanna ask you guys, can anyone can share file for intel graphic extensions.

In extension directory i have 4 file which was changed after update to 10.9.2.

- IOGraphicsFamily.kext

- IONDRVSupport.kext

- IOPCIFamily.kext

- System.kext

Thanks.

Mar 20, 2014 1:29 PM in response to athomas1

amaga!! thank you so much. That worked completely for me! You are a lifesaver my friend. thanks again.

If anyone else is having similar issues I suggest following amagas instructions using the drivers he uploaded to dropbox and the kext utility.

Mar 24, 2014 3:28 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

Ha!

Read the thread, and this simple fix (re-selecting my previous display profile in System Preferences/Display/Color/Display Profile) was my problem on an iMac with a flickering display.

No SMC or NVRAM/PRAM Resetnecessary here.

Mar 25, 2014 12:20 PM in response to athomas1

THe free App "Display Menu" solved my problem on my 2009 MacPro using 2 displays. Try it!

Mar 26, 2014 9:21 PM in response to amaga

Thanks for sharing, it works for me 🙂

Multiple display problem in OSX 10.9.2