Popular Post janek202 Posted March 27, 2011 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hi all.Recently I was working on new utility for kexts. Seems to be finished, so I decided to show this app on international forum.Features:1. Maintenance: Repair permissions, and rebuild cache for Extra and System/Library/Extensions.Both directories: Extra/Extensions and Extra/KextStore are supported.2. Installation: Install kexts to Extra or S/L/E and create mkext.3. Unpacker: Check mkext's content kexts and unpack it.4. Kext Information: Check kext's architectures and dependencies.5. Loaded: Shows list of currently loaded kexts in system.There's no need to repair permissions in Disk Utility, after using this tool.Installation and Maintenance can be executed for any OS X partition. Not only /.Works on Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion.Universal binary: x86_64 and i386.Download links:http://wizards.osxlatitude.com/kext/download.htmlPlease report me any bugs or ideas for new features.I would never make this application without support and ideas by osx86.org.pl team. Thank you, guys!Thanks to q64ceo for allowing me to host my applications. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farhanito Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 looks great.. thanx so we can install Lion's kext and rebuild its cache from inside SL? and vice-versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 so we can install Lion's kext and rebuild its cache from inside SL? and vice-versa? Yes. I used "touch" command, so system takes care of rebuilding cache, instead of rebuilding it manually. At least it should work like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04152viki Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Danke! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks, works great in SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great... Thank you.. c.frio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great job! I'll try it Thanks janek202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fc bayern Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrax Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hi all.Recently I was working on new utility for kexts. Version 3.0 seems to be finished, so I decided to show this app on international forum. Hi I like a lot your app can you/ will you provide source, pleaseee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealGold Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Prima, danke schön! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orwell Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks! works on Lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markrtoon Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks, it's very nice, better than Kext Utility and Kext Helper b7 combined. May it rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great. But does this new utility handle the rights of kext "correct" if i use kext utitlity works but next OS X Diskutility must repair all of them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great.But does this new utility handle the rights of kext "correct" if i use kext utitlity works but next OS X Diskutility must repair all of them again. Yes. Maintenance: First it sets owner (root:wheel) and permissions (755) for the whole System/Library/Extensions. Some system kexts requires other permissions etc. so after that it repairs permissions on whole target disk using: "diskutil repairpermissions". Installation: It sets owner and permissions only for newly installed kexts. Others aren't modified. After that it rebuilds cache. So there's no need to run Disk Utility after using my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatterhenner Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 whut a great tool!!!! thanx for this....makes life easier!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314TeR Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great application. Great job! Everything you need in one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 If anyone would like to make a translation to other language (currently English and Polish) please let me know. I will create necessary files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfesq Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I really appreciate the added functionality it has over other kext utilities. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bor Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Dzięki! Miło widzieć rodaków wspierających społeczność OSX86 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi all.Recently I was working on new utility for kexts. Version 3.0 seems to be finished, so I decided to show this app on international forum. Features: 1. Maintenance: Repair permissions, and rebuild cache for Extra and System/Library/Extensions. Both directories: Extra/Extensions and Extra/KextStore are supported. 2. Installation: Install kexts to Extra or S/L/E and create mkext. 3. Unpacker: Check mkext's content kexts and unpack it. 4. Kext Information: Check kext's architectures and dependencies. 5. Loaded: Shows list of currently loaded kexts in system. Hi Janek, This was long overdue and many thanks for your hard work. I would like to suggest some additional features in the 'Loaded' section: -Would it be possible to emulate the functionality of the 'Extensions' section of System Profiler ? What would be useful is the location of the loaded kexts. These could be displayed in a new window with the ability to save the info to a text file. Kind regards, Rn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 -Would it be possible to emulate the functionality of the 'Extensions' section of System Profiler ?What would be useful is the location of the loaded kexts. Ok. I will add this in version 3.1. I found a way to search kexts also in /Extra by their bundle-id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrax Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi I like a lot your app can you/ will you provide source, pleaseee? Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Version 3.1 (Probably Beta). Improved filtering. More info about selected kext. Please report me any bugs etc. When everything will be ok I will update first post with new version. Edit: Version 3.1 is now official. Check the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Version 3.1 (Probably Beta). Hi Janek, A couple of suggestions for future releases: 1- Could you make 'renaming of Extra/Extensions folder to Extra/KextStore Optional. That may be useful for backward compatibility. 2- I know it's early days but it would be nice to output some information messages as to what it is doing (a bit like Kext Utility). That way, one would know whether it is running or stuck. Thanks again, Regards Rn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 1- Could you make 'renaming of Extra/Extensions folder to Extra/KextStore Optional. That may be useful for backward compatibility. Well, I think it's pointless. Extensions will be renamed to KextStore only when "Rebuild mkext" option is selected. Chameleon loads kexts in that order: 1. Extra/Extensions folder 2. Extra/Extensions.mkext Keeping Extensions folder and mkext is pointless, because kexts will be loaded only from E/E directory. That's why if you want to use mkext (some kexts works only that way) you have change Extensions' name (usually to KextStore). If you repair permissions, install new kexts etc. this folder won't be renamed. 2- I know it's early days but it would be nice to output some information messages as to what it is doing (a bit like Kext Utility). That way, one would know whether it is running or stuck. I will think about it, but usually the only function that takes some time is repairing permissions to whole disk (Option repair S/L/E permissions). Edit: No one reported me any bugs so version 3.1 is officially published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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