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daulex
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Hey,

 

I have gone through a fricken storm of problems with 10.5.8 and I imagine there will be a lot more with SL (as it does not like my mobo), but for now, let's fix this.

 

My system:

(see sig)

 

Used 10.5.6 for a while, updated to 10.5.6 was fine, updated 10.5.8: still waiting for root device, switched the bios settings from IDE to AHCI and everything was fine once again, however the iPod does not mount.

 

The ipod shows "connected" on its screen, charges and displays normal behavior however does not mount in finder and does not show up in iTunes.

 

It mounts and works fine under xp (I've got a dual boot, and how I got xp to run under AHCI is a whole new story).

 

I've been through every single guide that I could find on google, insanelymac and other forums. Installed a whole bunch of kexts and still nothing.

 

I'm only creating this cause I'm desperate.

 

My apple wired keyboard and my mx revo (both usb) work fine.

 

Please request any info that might help the situation will be more than glad to provide it.

 

Thank you so much for helping me in advance :wallbash:.

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Lanceomni
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Im assuming this is the case with any USB storage? Thumb drives, external drives?

 

[EDIT]

Open Terminal and type: 

uname -a

 

Then Open Finder and go to the /System/Library/Extensions folder and right click system.kext and select Get Info.

 

Post everything from the uname command and the version of your system.kext

daulex
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uname -a:

Darwin starscream.tiscali.co.uk 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

 

Version: System Resource Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 9.6.0

 

And I'm not sure about other usb things, I only have my iPod out of the things that I can plug in via usb and has storage on it.

 

Btw, thank you so much for getting on my case. :(

 

Oh and btw, in case this might be relevant: I'm booting via a copy of the chain0 file, that I copied into c:/chain0, in order for it to dual-boot with windows, after modifying the boot.ini gile.

Lanceomni
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uname -a:

Darwin starscream.tiscali.co.uk 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

 

Version: System Resource Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 9.6.0

 

And I'm not sure about other usb things, I only have my iPod that I can plug in via usb and has storage on it.

 

Btw, thank you so much for getting on my case. :(

 

Oh and btw, in case this might be relevant: I'm booting via a copy of the chain0 file, that I copied into c:/chain0, in order for it to dual-boot with windows, after modifying the boot.ini gile.

 

You are running System.kext version 9.6.0 and mach_kernel 9.8.0 These versions must match and can cause mounting issues.

 

Install System.kext 9.8.0 from Apple's 10.5.8 update should fix your problem.

 

* Always backup your kexts first (Explained below)

 

If you do not have a backup copy of System.kext version 9.8.0 you can download the 10.5.8 delta (single) update from apples website or use the one I have attached at the bottom.

Extract from Apple's Update:

Use Pacifist (Get that here: http://www.charlessoft.com/) to extract it

 

Install it:

Use KextHelper (Get that here: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilit...t-Helper.shtml) to install it. Id also move a copy of your existing System.kext to a safe place for backup and then delete it out of your extensions folder before using KextHelper to install.

 

You can also manually install by doing the following

 

Place the kext you wish to install on your desktop (The following commands rely on it being on the desktop).

 

Short Version Open Terminal and type:

sudo -s
mkdir /backup
cd /System/Library
cp -r Extensions/ /backup/
cp ~/Desktop/System.kext Extensions/System.kext
chmod -R 755 Extensions/System.kext
chown -R root:wheel Extensions/System.kext
touch Extensions/
rm -rf Extensions.mkext
diskutil repairpermissions /

 

Reboot using the boot-flags -v -f

-v Verbose Mode displays useful information during the boot process.

-f Forces OSX to load kexts from the extensions folder instead of the cache file. We did delete the cache file so this is just a precaution.

 

 

Long version explained:

 

1. Give yourself root privileges so that you can modify files.

sudo -s

2. Make a backup copy of your kexts. First we will make a directory called "backup" in our root directory to store them. Open Terminal and type:

mkdir /backup

3. Change directories to /System/Library This will shorten some of the commands we have to type in.

cd /System/Library

4. Copy your kexts to the new "backup" folder.

cp -r Extensions/ /backup/

5. Copy the kext from your desktop to the extensions folder (Replace System.kext with the name of the kext you want to install.

cp ~/Desktop/System.kext Extensions/System.kext

6. Set the proper permissions for the extensions folder.

chmod -R 755 Extensions/System.kext

7. Set the proper ownership for the extensions folder.

chown -R root:wheel Extensions/System.kext

8. Touch the extensions folder

touch Extensions/

9. Remove the extensions cache to force OSX to rebuild it with our new kext.

rm -rf Extensions.mkext

10. Repair permissions to your drive.

diskutil repairpermissions /

 

11. Reboot using the boot-flags -v -f

-v Verbose Mode displays useful information during the boot process.

-f Forces OSX to load kexts from the extensions folder instead of the cache file. We did delete the cache file so this is just a precaution.

System_9_8.zip

daulex
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Hey,

 

Thank you for that, I installed the kext that you provided via the kext helper first, nothing, did it, via the terminal, still nothing

 

uname:

Darwin starscream.tiscali.co.uk 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

 

Version: System Resource Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 9.8.0

 

The system profiler still shows it, however it does not mount/show up in finder or itunes.

Lanceomni
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Hey,

 

Thank you for that, I installed the kext that you provided via the kext helper first, nothing, did it, via the terminal, still nothing

 

uname:

Darwin starscream.tiscali.co.uk 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

 

Version: System Resource Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 9.8.0

 

The system profiler still shows it, however it does not mount/show up in finder or itunes.

 

 

And you have rebooted correct? Well Im not sure then. I would keep searching your chipset and 10.5.8 as others may have experienced the same problem. It is still good as non-matching kernel and system.kext can cause a host of different problems.

 

Good Luck

epholx86
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i also have the same problem... ipod and other USB storage device cannot mount... the kernel version & system.kext ver is same, but it still cannot mount...

 

here i attach log that i extract during boot... and there is something about "com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass" and

"IOUSBMassStorageClass"... i highlight with red in the log file.. someone can help..?

 

sorry for my bad english

Log_25aug.rtf

da_jokker
da_jokker
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I can't even start to say how many hours I've spent getting Leopard running on my Sony Vaio Laptop. Everthing has been a hurdle.

 

But I wanted to post becuase the last thing that I could not get working was my USB issue. As long as it was plugged in when I booted, I was fine. However plugging them in once I was up and running didn't work. (It was working up until 10.5.6 update)

 

 

 

The System.kext and the kernal version did the trick. Update my System.kext to match the kernel version 9.8.0 (as part of the 10.5.8 patch) and everything worked!!!

 

 

 

By the way, for those getting the PCGenUSBEHCI load errors... I have had them from my initial install of Kalyway 10.5.2 and continue to see them in Verbose boot with 10.5.8 .... however it does not matter.. USB is working like a charm.

 

 

 

Thanks to this thread

krlbcn
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Well... don't know what to start with:

 

Darwin carloss-aoa150.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

 

This is my Kernel

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>System Resource Pseudoextension, Apple Computer Inc, 9.8.0</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.kernel</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>System Resource Pseudoextension</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>9.8.0</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>9.8.0</string>
<key>OSBundleCompatibleVersion</key>
<string>9.8.0</string>
<key>OSBundleRequired</key>
<string>Root</string>
<key>OSKernelResource</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

 

And this my system.kext

 

I think they match as I'm not blind...

What I don't know is why it doesn't mount my usb drives...

Any ideas?

Thx

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