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deesto
Nov 13 2009, 03:42 PM
Running iDeneb Lite 1.6 (10.5.8) with latest Apple software updates. I'd like to get FireWire devices working, but although it seems to supply power to devices, I can't make a "valid" device connection.

System Profiler -> Hardware -> FireWire just says "Warning: Unable to list FireWire devices."

Messages that appear during boot:
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$ grep -i firewire /private/var/log/system.log
Nov  3 20:45:03 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire runtime power conservation disabled. (2)
Nov  3 20:45:04 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) TI ID 8024 PCI now active, GUID 00000ae6ff788717; max speed s100.
Nov  3 20:45:04 localhost kernel[0]: ERROR: FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure.
Nov  3 20:46:02 myhost configd[14]: InterfaceNamer:   MacPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/HUB0@4/IOPCI2PCIBridge/pci104c,8024@9/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController [1]
Nov  3 20:46:02 myhost configd[14]: InterfaceNamer:   MacPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/HUB0@4/IOPCI2PCIBridge/pci104c,8024@9/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [2]
Installed kexts:
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$ ll /System/Library/Extensions/|grep -i firewire
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 Nov 24  2008 IOFireWireAVC.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 Nov 24  2008 IOFireWireFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 Nov 24  2008 IOFireWireIP.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 Nov 24  2008 IOFireWireSBP2.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel    102 Nov 24  2008 IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
Is there a kext fix or driver or something that may get things working?
deesto
Nov 15 2009, 09:15 PM
Does anyone have FireWire working who might be able to give me a hand?
hascosx
Nov 16 2009, 02:01 PM
install with iatkos 10.5.5 up to 10.5.8
pci card firewire chipset texas intrument
deesto
Nov 17 2009, 02:29 AM
QUOTE (hascosx @ Nov 16 2009, 09:01 AM) *
install with iatkos 10.5.5 up to 10.5.8
pci card firewire chipset texas intrument
So I should wipe out an otherwise completely working 10.5.8 system, start with a completely different 10.5.5 distribution, hope I can update to 10.5.8 and hope that your chipset is similar enough to mine that firewire might work? Is there a better, safer, more sensible way to try and get firewire drivers working?
deesto
Nov 21 2009, 02:47 PM
LSPCI info is:
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024]
hascosx
Nov 21 2009, 06:11 PM
QUOTE (deesto @ Nov 17 2009, 09:29 AM) *
So I should wipe out an otherwise completely working 10.5.8 system, start with a completely different 10.5.5 distribution, hope I can update to 10.5.8 and hope that your chipset is similar enough to mine that firewire might work? Is there a better, safer, more sensible way to try and get firewire drivers working?


iatkos 10.5.7( very stable)
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