Dlink DWL-G520 strange in Leopard, Strange issues with WiFi card Options

[gutaker]

I got Leopard 9a581 up and running Cheers for BrazilMac from osx86scene and others

But theres always a "but"...

As my one and only network connection is wireless and i use Maya, i need my DWL-G520 to be the "primary" interface and DRM free.

...so i took the IO80211Family.kext from 10.4.8, add to the Info.plist as suggested <string>pci168c,13</string>.
After reboot i did not edited NetworkInterfaces,plist but just removed from Network Preferences interface added by the system and added manually my own - that did the job - flawless net connection

I had to remove WPA security from my router due to failure connections(the only way to connect to wifi with the atheros card at the moment is to set wireless security to NONE).

But, as i mentioned above i use maya so i had to replace IONetworkingFamily.kext to achieve my NIC as "primary" and here is the moment where the weirdness comes up

Procedure 1:

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i took the the patch package installer for IONetworkFamily.kext from kalyway 9a527 release...

it worked great, maya working, net connection working and all the stuff after 1st reboot and what was my disappointment when after another reboot the system hangs... it never goes to GUI state only grey apple in the center of the screen

so i did -v booting to verbose all the things and i get this:

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03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet address 00:19:5b:78:a2:4e
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel unable to start recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

so what i did is: in single user mode i deleted IONetworkingFamily.kext and replaced with the original one - the system woke up and back to normal but CAN'T USE MAYA! but got net conn... did the "Procedure 1" again with same result... so i turned the machine off and pick a cup of tea - after powering the machine up - no hangs, system ok, maya working, net working, just in console it writes me something like this:

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03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel dsmos: Starting...
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet address 00:19:5b:78:a2:4e
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel unable to start recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic
03/11/07 01:17:34 kernel ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

anyone got a clue what to do with it? or maybe someone is in possession of IONetworkingFamily source to pre-compile it for leopard?

conclusion:
when you get this error - just turn your rig off, wait a few second, turn it back on and you're done!
(i hope someone find a REAL solution for this )

anyway - cheers and hope this helps some of you

EDIT:
unfortunately this only happened once after few next reboots the system wont come up.

[tchow]

I install ToH leopard 1.5. AR5425 auto detect. no problem. perfect.

[gutaker]

what do you mean "toh leopard 1.5"? as i can remember there is only RC2 toh release somewhere on the net, ie TPB or green demon.

thx anyway

[gutaker]

finally found a solution

thanks goes to netkas for pointing the Time Machine fix by zef on netkas.org - that did the job!

be sure to use 10.4.8 IO80211Family.kext and 10.5 IONetworkFamily.kext
just dl it from here http://tinyurl.com/27frv7 its recompiled IONetworkingFamily binary, so all you need to do is replace it under /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/MacOS

voila

once again thx

[TeDeU]

doesn't work for me, i have a wireless atheros 5005G
Can somebody provide some help please ?

[Micron]

Oh yes this sure saved my a** and i can now activate Maya 2008 and 2009 on OSX86. Funny thing is I am never able to run maya with my Intel 5100 WiFi Link and Bluetooth turned on. I always have to turn them off before launching Maya or it asks for another activation. The secondary Airport Card I have in there doesnt affect this. Not a serious issue though ... I can work with that. Thanks for the Link gutaker. U are a life saver man.