LukeMotion Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hey Guys, I've got Snow Leopard up and running nicely using Chameleon RC2 bootloader. I can't seem to get the kexts loaded up for the various hardware on the motherboard though. There are reports of people with the same board as me having it up and fully running. The first device I'm trying to get working is the onboard Ethernet. This Motherboard has dual ethernet but I figured I only need one running which is the Marvell 88E8056. I've tried various kexts from this board and installing manually by copying to S/L/E and repairing permissions and using kext utility. Ive also tried placing it in the Extra folder so chameleon loads it but no success. Ive also Checked the appleyukon.kext and modded the strings for this model but no luck. OSX Just reports there is no PCI-E networking device installed. This is my first hackintosh so I was expecting these sort of issues but if anyone could shed a bit a light that would be great. I may try a different bootloader if it makes any difference, at the moment I'm booting off a pen drive just while I get the correct kexts. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Did you modify the AppleYukon2 in IONetworkingFamily for the 88E8056? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1300266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeMotion Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yeah, I've done the following; Open the terminal from /Applications/Utilities and type the following: sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleYukon2.kext/Contents/Info.plist (find and change: <key>Yukon-88E8053</key>) (to: <key>Yukon-88E8056</key>) <-- change "53" to "56" (find and change: <string>0x436211AB</string>) (to: <string>0x436411AB</string>) <-- change "62" to "64" (find and change: <string>Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8053 Singleport Copper$</string>) (to: <string>Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8056 Singleport Copper$</string>) <-- change "53" to "56" Ctrl O <--- Thats letter O Enter Ctrl X sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext Reboot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1300272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 There is no /System/Library/Extensions.mkext on Snow Leopard. To rebuild the extensions cache on Snow Leopard boot into safe mode and then reboot normally, or type this in terminal sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions What you really should do though, is leave IONetworkingFamily intact (you made a backup, right?) and use the attached Legacy kext in /Extra/Extensions/Extensions.mkext. This way, if a new AppleYukon2.kext is delivered via Software Update, your 88E8056 will still work. LegacyAppleYukon2.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1300599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 There is no /System/Library/Extensions.mkext on Snow Leopard. To rebuild the extensions cache on Snow Leopard boot into safe mode and then reboot normally, or type this in terminal sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions What you really should do though, is leave IONetworkingFamily intact (you made a backup, right?) and use the attached Legacy kext in /Extra/Extensions/Extensions.mkext. This way, if a new AppleYukon2.kext is delivered via Software Update, your 88E8056 will still work. LegacyAppleYukon2.kext.zip Isn't the easiest way to rebuild the extensions cache to just run Kext Utility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1300607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yes, unless you have to find it and download it first. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1300928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yes, unless you have to find it and download it first. Not difficult to find, and in my opinion one of the essential apps to have. Just drag and drop kexts into it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1301056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I agree, I use it all the time to make my /Extra/Extensions.mkext. I didn't know it could rebuild the extensions cache when running by itself. /EDIT Screw this, it sets all the permissions wrong!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192396-cant-seem-to-get-kexts-loaded/#findComment-1301856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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