SharePointBrowser, RTL8168B, and AFP issues

[CrArC]

I've always, *always* had trouble with this hackintosh in terms of networking, in that it never quite fully works.

 

Currently, the Hac in question can be connected to via AFP/SMB from other clients on the network, including an Xbox, a Mac Mini, and another hackintosh.

 

But it can't connect to ANY shares itself. Without delay, clicking on a system listed in Finder will result in an instantaneous "Connection Failed" message.

 

The mainboard is an MSI P35 Neo FIR, which uses a Realtek RTL8168B gigabit LAN controller. It works right off the bat in OS X, but I've tried alternative drivers with no noticeable difference.

 

This is a fresh, Retail install of OS X with chameleon bootloader, 10.5.7.

 

I was wondering what on earth the problem could be. I'd even read on the grapevine that this particular network card had a problem with file sharing under OS X, most specifically AFP.

 

Console messages when I try to connect to other systems read like:

SharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned 45

 

Any ideas?

[SanPan]

Hi there,

 

I was having this same problem and found the solution buried in a super long thread. Thanks goes to nigelbb.

 

 

There is an error in a symbolic link /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs You can check this from Terminal with this command:-

 

ls -l /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs

 

If it shows something like this then there is a problem as the link should be to /System not just System:-

 

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 49 Mar 25 12:22 /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs -> System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext

 

To fix this in Terminal enter these commands

 

sudo rm /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.f

 

Before each command executes you will be prompted for your password.

 

 

 

I've always, *always* had trouble with this hackintosh in terms of networking, in that it never quite fully works.

 

Currently, the Hac in question can be connected to via AFP/SMB from other clients on the network, including an Xbox, a Mac Mini, and another hackintosh.

 

But it can't connect to ANY shares itself. Without delay, clicking on a system listed in Finder will result in an instantaneous "Connection Failed" message.

 

The mainboard is an MSI P35 Neo FIR, which uses a Realtek RTL8168B gigabit LAN controller. It works right off the bat in OS X, but I've tried alternative drivers with no noticeable difference.

 

This is a fresh, Retail install of OS X with chameleon bootloader, 10.5.7.

 

I was wondering what on earth the problem could be. I'd even read on the grapevine that this particular network card had a problem with file sharing under OS X, most specifically AFP.

 

Console messages when I try to connect to other systems read like:

SharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned 45

 

Any ideas?

[CrArC]

Hi there,

 

I was having this same problem and found the solution buried in a super long thread. Thanks goes to nigelbb.

 

Yeah, it seemed a workable solution for most. It didn't work for me the first time (one of the first things I'd tried) I had to copy across the contents of the Filesystems folder from one of my working machines and then recreate the symbolink link again via terminal - now it works fine

 

Thanks for the link SanPan. To anyone needing those terminal commands again:

 

sudo rm /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs
sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs