*MiK Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Hi all, is there someone that have gotten a working kext for the Broadcom Ethernet 14e4 1693 device? I've downloaded various kext from the forum but no one works: no ethernet board is recognized, and in the log files i see: AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 start -mapping device memory failed On my old Tiger it was working... any ideas? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MiK Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 up Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-865958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hello, I'm looking for the same kext as MiK is. (got the same laptop) does this driver exists !? @MiK have you got wireless working? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-867590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MiK Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 nope Overlordt, it seems that does not exists a driver for our wireless card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-868131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 hmm wireless doesn't works "yet" but wired first: On my old Tiger it was working... so making that hardware work is possible! Is it that hard to make the driver work with Leopard ?? maybe there is someone on this forum capable of fixing that, please let us know! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-868229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MiK Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 yes, on tiger the 1693 broadcom card worked very well and without difficulties. But i've lost the kext since i've formatted the old hd; if I had known that there were many difficulties on Leopard, I would have made a backup of the old Kext Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-868665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmiede Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 You need to add your vendor and device number to both the AppleAirPort.kext plist between the "array" tags and delete the "radio"reference line entirely. Mine is a broadcom 4320. The vendor ID is 14e4. The statement should look like this: <array> <string>pci14e4,4320></string> </array> Insert the same string in your IO80211Family.kext file between the "<array>" tags. Repair permissions (chown,chmod) and the delete Extensions.mkext, and Extensions.kextcache files. reboot and keep your fingers crossed. Be sure to save your original Kexts just in case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-868835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 thanks for the reply schmiede! this is what i did: i edited the info.plist file in AppleAirPort.kext like this, <array> <string>pci14e4,1693></string> </array> now, inside the info.plist file in IO80211Family.kext i could not find any "<array>" tags! so i created them (made a mistake over here???) after i repaired the permissions and rebooted..... nothing changed! still cant see my network connection... what have i done wrong? thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-868883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MiK Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Overlordt you're making a big mistake: the pci14e4,1693 device is the ethernet card, not the wireless one. Perhaps the wireless card installed on the 5920g is know to have no drivers yet on osx, so you shouldn't waste your time trying to make it work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-869170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 so, of i understand it correct.... schmiede's instructions are for a "wireless solution" ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-869733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmiede Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 so, of i understand it correct.... schmiede's instructions are for a "wireless solution" ? Correct. The wireless mods need to be made in AppleAirPort.kext "plist file" and in the IO80211Family.kext files in the Plugins/(your wireless vendor card kext)/plist file. Didn't understand you are looking for a solution for your ethernet card. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Just a footnote. I have found some of the later releases - JaS - Kalway to be deficient and subject to hardware/resource conflict problems (buggy). If you can get it to load, ToH 10.5.0 may be your best bet. Once loaded I have found it to be solid and dependable. I used an upgrade path 10.4.6/10.4.8/ (both JaS), and installed ToH Leopard as an upgrade from the DESKTOP (important). If ToH loses your internal ATA, SATA optical drive during install, just plug in a USB 2.0 DVD drive insert the disk, let Leopard find it, and continue installation from there (don't reboot, just plug in the USB drive). Be patient. ToH takes up to 2 hours to load, and you have to keep the mouse moving or your machine will go to sleep in the middle of the installation. I installed on an ancient HP ZX5000 (intel) laptop, and ToH discovered and loaded my ethernet, Airport, and rediscovered the internal DVD all on its own. Schmiede Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-869960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 hmm oke, so, i have been reading some more topics about hardware compatibility and yes schmiede i got the idea that previous versions of OSX86 got better hardware support, for example Tiger 10.4.8..... Mik also posted that the broadcom ethernet adaptor was working in that version! My idea: Copy .Kext files from a Tiger 10.4.8 installation to Leopard 10.5.4 Question: Will it work !? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-870792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordt Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 guys!?, are you still alive....? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122316-jas-1054-ethernet-not-working/#findComment-874160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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