cpu killer Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Can someone please enlighten me on how to effecitlvely replace kexts in OSx86? I'm not sure how the whole proccess goes and I might be needing to do it a few times until I get something to work. I'd appreciate a guide or something quite comprehensive, I know you need to replace them in terminal using sudo and then chmod/chown them, but I'm not sure of the exact procedure. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comedown Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 same here, I've tried unsuccessfully on many occassions to install the via rhine ethernet driver. I've searched and researched on countless times but I still have to manually reinstall on each boot to get on the net. I'm obviously doing something fundamentally wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Firstly, and obviously, get the new .kext you need. 2) Go to System/Library/Extensions in Finder 3) Put the new .kext file in that folder. If you are replacing an old one with the same filename, move (not copy) the old one to the desktop, and put the new one in it's place 4) Go into Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility). Select your OS X volume and click Repair Permissions. 5) Reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comedown Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 thanks. got it working. The none movement of the cursor in terminal when typing my password put me off too.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Firstly, and obviously, get the new .kext you need. 2) Go to System/Library/Extensions in Finder 3) Put the new .kext file in that folder. If you are replacing an old one with the same filename, move (not copy) the old one to the desktop, and put the new one in it's place 4) Go into Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility). Select your OS X volume and click Repair Permissions. 5) Reboot. Not forgetting that we need to remove Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache in /System/Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Well, if you want to split hairs, Sabr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Well, if you want to split hairs, Sabr :pirate2: Well, I always thought that if you don't remove those files, then the kext's aren't automatically reloaded at boot. :pirate2: - Sb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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