strip22 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I have the AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext, but what to do with it(total noob)... I have a dell xps 1710, and JAS mac osx86 10.4.7 installed.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Follow the Ethernet link in my signature and then find the Broadcom 57xx item. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strip22 Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Found this guide, but its for 5701 1. I Found a patched Driver somewhere here in the Board (Sorry, I have read so many threads, that I have forgotten the Name of the real publisher) 2. This Driver ist attended to this Post. I hope the patcher will allow this 3. Copy this Driver File to the Mac Desktop 4. Open Finder and navigate to System/Library/Extensions 5. Find the IONetworkingFamily.kext and copy it also to your Desktop: 6. Mark it with the right Mousebutton and select "Show Package Content" or so. -- Sorry I'm using a German Language OSX and so i don't know the real English Button Names. I think you will be able to find the correct ones ;-) -- So far so god 7. Move in the opend KEXT to Contents and then to PlugIns 8. Find AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext and copy it to Desktop -- The Copy to Desktop Actions are neccesary, otherwhile you could not edit the KEXT Files -- 9. Mark the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext with right Mouseclick and choose "Show Package Content" or so, like above 10. Navigate to Contents - MacOS 11. There You will find a File called AppleBCM5701Ethernet 12. Overwrite/ Replace this File with the patched one from your Desktop 13. During all these Steps it is possible that you have to Identify with your Root Passwort. Do so and you are able to replace the Files 14. At this time you have placed the modified Driver in the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext ON YOUR DESKTOP 15. Now its time to complete the IONetworkingFamily.kext on YOUR DESKTOP 16. Therefore mark the in Step 5 copied File on Desktop with right MB and select "Show Package Content" or so 17. In the opend Package navigate to Contents-PlugIns 18. Copy your modified AppleBCM5701Ethernet (Step 14) from Desktop to this package. Replace the old One 19. After closing you got a modified IONetworkingFamily.kext on the Desktop 20. Now you have to copy this File to your System/Library/Extension Folder. 21. Navigate there with Finder and replace the existing one with the modified one from Desktop 22. The KEXT is now replaced an you have to do some jobs in the Terminal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Drop it into /System/Library/Extensions Delete the files Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache Run these commands: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext Open up Disk Utility and repair permissions. Reboot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strip22 Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Been doing as said, but it just wont work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaspers Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Drop it into /System/Library/ExtensionsDelete the files Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache Open up Disk Utility and repair permissions. Reboot Is that enough ? Don't you also need to do some chmod and chown ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Is that enough ?Don't you also need to do some chmod and chown ? Thanks for reminding me. Fixed it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35666-need-help-with-a-kext-installation/#findComment-253802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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