Mac R0cketman Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I got Leo running by using the TOH release QE/CI by nvinject , sound by alc883 package the only problem is wifi my card is detected and everything but leo cant turn it on i have a WG311T which is athereos 5001 and worked flawlessly in tiger here is a screen shot. P.S. : About this mac says 1 core but activity monitor shows 2 so guys who get core solo shouldnt worry abt it nad i solved the boot problem by running the script BUT i was first installing on GUID thats why i couldn;t make it work after i installed on MBR worked flawlessly thanks ToH for the release will seed as soon as i get wifi up and going screen.tiff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I think there's problems with wireless drivers on all 10.5 installs unless genuine. Mine is the same using the Railink driver (USB wifi card) worked perfectly in 10.4 (jas, uphuck) but no joy at all in 10.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-493899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac R0cketman Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 then lets wait till a guru helps us till then where is my ethernet wire Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-493900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 similar problems here. although my edits are in Apple Airport Broadcom whatever.kext and adding different lines, it does show up, same as you say yours does, but refuses to turn on. does yours happen to list in NetworkInterfaces.plist? mine did at one point, but tried a reinstall, but not show up this time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-496526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neikous Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I have the WG311T and it's working perfectly in Leopard. I followed the guide from this post ( http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40317 ) - Don't miss the part where it says to get the IONetworkingFamily.kext from 10.4.8! Good luck -- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-496538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I had a similar problem, rebuilding my .kextcache by using the -f option on reboot fixed it. In my case, I added my wireless card after I installed Leo and it would seem that it wasn't properly detected until I forced a manual reload of the kernel extensions with that startup switch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-498499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 well, turns out i was editing the wrong kext file. i started out editing the Atheros one, then for some reason started editing the Broadcom kext after multiple installs of tiger. somehow it worked flawlessly without errors or kernel panics. so this time i edited the Atheros one again and now it shows up. problem now is, i cant join wep networks. and since ive edited that kext file, the whole comp locks up randomly. anyone else had this problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-498796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBo Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 well, turns out i was editing the wrong kext file. i started out editing the Atheros one, then for some reason started editing the Broadcom kext after multiple installs of tiger. somehow it worked flawlessly without errors or kernel panics. so this time i edited the Atheros one again and now it shows up. problem now is, i cant join wep networks. and since ive edited that kext file, the whole comp locks up randomly. anyone else had this problem? If you search for that card in the 10.4.8 wiki there is a link to post about this. I solved it by using 10.5 IONetworkingFamily.kext and 10.4.8 IO80211Family.kext. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-501104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 yeah thanks, its fixed now. used the link neikus posted above.leopard is all good now. dunno if ill keep it, its slow and has skippy graphics and artifacts on my acer. i end up booting to tiger more often. we'll see. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-504236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronR Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 OK I found a way to turn it on. My wireless pci adapter is atheros AR5005G based, I added 168c, 1a to the atheros kext. After reboot it won't let me turn it on in network preference. So I click advanced button, in TCP/IP tab configure IPv4 I click 'off', came back out and click 'apply', voila, airport is on! on status bar still shows off but after reboot it will change to on. New problem is, system will freeze after a while, I have to switch off the airport to avoid crash. Weird. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-507858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 are you using the 10.4.8 IO8---.kext? mine had the same problem as yours, till i dropped over my tiger kext. once i did that, no more system lockups. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-510698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mianos Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 hey guys, i cannot count, but i think its now on more than 10 machines < leopard. now on a fujitsu siemens lifebook p7120 i am on 10.5.6 now and installed all airport updates. i recognizes the card fully with mac-address/etc. i see it in dmesg wuuhuum BUT: i cannot turn the card on. nothing happens. Parts of dmesg: wl0: Broadcom BCM4324 802.11 Wireless Controller AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:0b:7d:21:60:df AirPort: Link Down on en1 is there any chance? can someone post 10.4.8 io80211.... kext, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69624-airport-found-but-cant-turn-it-on/#findComment-1170587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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