Immortal LuD Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hey guys! I've recently jumped into using Mac OSX, but I'm a long time Linux lover! I currently have OSX running great on my Q6600 @ 2.7GHz, 2GB of DDR2 PC-6400, GeForce 8800GT system. Unfortunately for me, my WMP54G didn't work, no matter what I tried, nor does my built in ethernet on my Asus P5N-E Sli, OR my Linksys LNE100TX version 2.0 nic. What a bummer. So I went to work, (Best Buy), and purchased a WUSB54GC. I've already read a ton of threads on how people got this to work on 10.4, etc..., but most of the threads were from 2006! Most of the links and files are missing, and I have already downloaded Ralink drivers, installed them, did these damn chown commands and everything, and nothing seems to work! This is the only thing I desire from my OSX86 machine... Internet. Thanks for any help guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Download the attachment from this link - http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=6102 Put the attached kext in your /System/Library/Extensions folder and authorize it to copy over the old kext when the window pops up. type the following in a terminal window: sudo -s (enter your password) sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/RT73USBWirelessDriver.kext sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/RT73USBWirelessDriver.kext cd /System/Library rm -rf Extensions.mkext Extenions.kextcache sudo diskutil repairPermissions / reboot Now run the USB Wireless Utility from your application folder (If nothing is showed up, go to you System Preferences and then Network. It should say that a new network device (Ethernet Adapter) has been found. Save changes and try to run the USB Wirless Utility again.) and search for the wireless network. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Thanks for your help!Unfortunately, it's still not working... Anything that I could have missed? I don't mind doing a fresh install of OSX and try your instructions again...I'm just starting to get really worried that I won't be able to get my machine on the internet! Wait a tick!!!I just decided to load the kext using the terminal, and it worked!!!...Isn't it supposed to do this automatically?... And I wonder if this is why I couldn't get my old adapter working either... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Ok, so is it working now ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yup! I'm on OSX as we speak! WOOHOO! Thanks so much! I found a huge problem when you don't use a password for your account... When you try to do the sudo command in the terminal, nothing will happen. So I had to apply a password first, and then the command worked! I'm so happy now, thanks so much! I haven't restarted again, but hopefully it will automatically turn itself on. I already had the rest of the "replug" files installed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Happy for you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Just for future knowledge, what do the chown and chmod commands do? And why are we always repairing the permissions after we make changes?... Is that fixing the kext files? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Just for future knowledge, what do the chown and chmod commands do? And why are we always repairing the permissions after we make changes?... Is that fixing the kext files? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452?viewlocale=en_US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown Enjoy the lectures. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Just to let you know Mr. Skyper, my RT73USB kext isn't loading on startup. I have to go into the terminal and manual use kextload to load it... I restarted the computer, I can get the wireless adapter to find my router, and connect to it using WPA, but now it's not getting any data through it... So no internet! Weird. I may have to play with it a bit longer, but the whole kext thing not loading sucks. Do you know a fix for that? Oh and thanks for the lecture links! I appreciate everything you're helping me with! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 try "KEXT HELPER b7" it should be under apps in most distros! and install it using this program Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipeout Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 I got the same problem with my WUSB54G, or any of my Ralink devices. They worked fine under 10.5.1, I patched them w/ kext Helper. And I did all that stuff. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 Great! I know I have that program. I'll give it a shot here in a minute, thanks so much guys! Firefox was crashing my system like a {censored}, and I'm still experiencing crashes now and then... Hopefully I can figure out what's crashing the system, and fix that! You guys rock. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
magiclooper Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hello, I want to ask, Mine is WUSB54G, is it ok? and how to load kext by using terminal??? thank you!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 sudo -s (then password) kextload /system/library/extensions/xxxxxx.kext I have a question. I used the Kext Helper b7 program, it removed my rt73 kext, and I found a backup, and it won't load properly now, and it's giving me the "Sytem extension cannot be used" error. What is this kext helper supposed to do?... So far it just messed it up even more! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-775927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDaBomb2u Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Hello All, I'm having the same problem with WUSB54GC under 10.5.2. I followed all the instructions posted here, but still cannot get it to work. Any ideas? Thanks! -Thomas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-865387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD91DC Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hello All, I'm having the same problem with WUSB54GC under 10.5.2. I followed all the instructions posted here, but still cannot get it to work. Any ideas? Thanks! -Thomas I'm having the same problem, i have been trying for 2 days to get this to work. I put the kext in the correct folder, typed in sudo -s into terminal then my password, that copied and pasted the rest of the stuff i need to type into terminal, rebooted, and the wireless utility still says "No Device" Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109390-linksys-wusb54gc-w-1052/#findComment-879709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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