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Jason_Thames
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Chun, I want to first say that your kext has made it possible for me to finally use my Sony Vaio SZ with near 100% hardware support (Intel 3945 only thing not working). I am now using a Dynex (Best Buy) PC Card Wifi solution (Broadcom) that Leo sees as Airport Extreme. I have now been able to remove Vista fully and only use Windows XP SP3 via VMWare Fusion. I have 4GB ram and this solution, combined with Unity is more than I could hope for! I can now have my preferred OS of choice on a notebook that has more features, is smaller, more powerful, and lighter than a Macbook, and still run my Windows apps needed for work. Kudos to you...

 

Now, does anyone know how support is coming for a version that will work in 10.5.4? Thanks...

 

-Jason

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hey chun-nan,

 

i have a problem.. i installed the beta 3 driver on my laptop

i have a TI xx12 pci to card bus

after intalling the driver and restarted my computer

mac screen boots up. i see a power led on my linksys wpc54g ver 3.

which indicates that the driver works. now that not the problem

the gray mac screen never left there.. it stops loading.. no disk activity whatsoever.

i tried to use -v and saw that it stops at display: family specific matching fails..

after that it stops.. pls anyone help me.. it my 10th time to reinstall leopard and end up with this problem.. :)(

 

btw.

 

im using iatkos 2.0

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otteporihs
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Hi Chun-nan,

I tried your beta3 on my X61 tablet (iATKOS v4i - 10.5.4). The first boot, it recognize the device RL576 (Ricoh), and it hangs. the second time and on, it gives me kernel panic. I know I'm using stock ACPI.

 

Please help me.

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Hi Chun-nan,

I tried your beta3 on my X61 tablet (iATKOS v4i - 10.5.4). The first boot, it recognize the device RL576 (Ricoh), and it hangs. the second time and on, it gives me kernel panic. I know I'm using stock ACPI.

 

Please help me.

 

Hi otteporihs,

 

If possible, can you post the kernel panic picture? Thanks.

 

Chun-Nan

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TheUSMarshall
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Chun-Nan:

Many thanks for putting these kext's together. My TI PCIXX12 Cardbus Controller is being recognized with no problem. Like many others (especially fellow Vaio owners), though, I still haven't figured out how to get the SD/Memory Stick card reader working. Do you know of any kext development in progress to support this? If not, how would one start in trying to create and/or perform a linux port of such a driver?

Thanks!

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zuibird
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Hi,Chun Nan

I hava a PCMCIA-eSATA card,like this: 38_0_1203248778.jpg

 

and I find it's device ID with DPCIManager, the gray area of image is my device

75349_080806092227.png

 

whan can I do for using it in my thinkpad x61 on kalyway 10.5.2?

 

Thank you for your job!

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fabio88
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hi guys,

i installed this but leopard doesn't boot , the boot hangs with the line:

mDSNResponder[36]: Couldn't read user-specific Computer name

mDSNResponder[36]: Couldn't read user-specific local name

..how can i fix this problem??

thanks

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hi guys,

i installed this but leopard doesn't boot , the boot hangs with the line:

mDSNResponder[36]: Couldn't read user-specific Computer name

mDSNResponder[36]: Couldn't read user-specific local name

..how can i fix this problem??

thanks

 

now i have reboot in safe mode, installed a kext for audio and then repair permissions..now i can reboot in normal mode but i don't see the wireless device in the system profiler, airport doesn't find wireless devices

i don't know, my device is supported but doesn't work..

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coderguy
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Hello.

 

Chun-Nan, are you there? I really need your help. Or anyone that can!

 

I bought a PCMCIA cardbus wireless adapter from TP-LINK, the model is TL-WN610G (chipset AR5212).

Product: http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=4

 

Well, I'm using rev8 kexts atm. I tried with Beta3 also but showed two cards instead of only one.

 

The card is recognized, including the adapter (CardBus to ExpressCard).

picture1il9.jpg

 

 

Recognized as AirPort Extreme, look at ID.

picture2ea1.jpg

 

 

Network drivers working correctly.

picture3uu7.jpg

 

 

AirPort ON

picture4wv1.jpg

 

 

Using Assist Me => Diagnostics trying to find my network

picture5xm5.jpg

 

And then... FREEZING...

picture6ex7.jpg

 

At this point the system hangs completely.

Only back when I remove the card.

 

dmesg right after boot:

	AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet address 00:19:e0:7a:2c:64

 unable to start recv logic

 ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

 ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

 SIOCPROTOATTACH_IN6: en0 error=17

 ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

 

When it hangs, dmesg shows:

	unable to collect channel list from hal; regdomain likely 32924 country code 840

 11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840

 en1: 802.11d country code set to 'CN'.

 en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

 ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz)

 

Any ideas??

I'm almost selling this card to buy some usb adaptor.

 

Thanks in advance.

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~Eureka
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Hello.

 

Chun-Nan, are you there? I really need your help. Or anyone that can!

 

I bought a PCMCIA cardbus wireless adapter from TP-LINK, the model is TL-WN610G (chipset AR5212).

Product: http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=4

 

Well, I'm using rev8 kexts atm. I tried with Beta3 also but showed two cards instead of only one.

 

The card is recognized, including the adapter (CardBus to ExpressCard).

 

.....

 

Recognized as AirPort Extreme, look at ID.

 

.....

 

Network drivers working correctly.

 

.....

 

AirPort ON

 

.....

 

Using Assist Me => Diagnostics trying to find my network

 

.....

 

And then... FREEZING...

 

.....

 

At this point the system hangs completely.

Only back when I remove the card.

 

dmesg right after boot:

	AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet address 00:19:e0:7a:2c:64

unable to start recv logic

ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

SIOCPROTOATTACH_IN6: en0 error=17

ath_chan_set: unable to restart recv logic

 

When it hangs, dmesg shows:

	unable to collect channel list from hal; regdomain likely 32924 country code 840

11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840

en1: 802.11d country code set to 'CN'.

en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz)

 

Any ideas??

I'm almost selling this card to buy some usb adaptor.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi coderguy,

 

It seemed to have something to do with the wireless driver. However, I am sorry to say that I don't have the source code so I cannot do too much about it.

 

Here are some links related to AR5212 that you may want to check:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40317

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=26193

 

Chun-Nan

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kizwan
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now i have reboot in safe mode, installed a kext for audio and then repair permissions..now i can reboot in normal mode but i don't see the wireless device in the system profiler, airport doesn't find wireless devices

i don't know, my device is supported but doesn't work..

 

Can you give me details about your wireless card? Is it Atheros or Broadcom? What is the hardware's ID?

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coderguy
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Hi coderguy,

 

It seemed to have something to do with the wireless driver. However, I am sorry to say that I don't have the source code so I cannot do too much about it.

 

Here are some links related to AR5212 that you may want to check:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40317

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=26193

 

Chun-Nan

 

Oh thanks, I thought could be related to PCI cuz I tried many wireless driver.

At least I know where to try.

Thanks Chun-Nan!

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Xenn0X
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installed beta 3 on my setup.

 

do not have a card to test but got this info on verbose boot:

will it work now?

 

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: Mac OS X PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pnp]

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: Intel PCIC probe:

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: Ricoh RL5C476 rev b6 PCI-to-CardBus phys mem 0xbf900000 virt mem 0x5b563000

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: host opts [0]: [pci only] [io 3/6/1] [mem 3/6/1] [pci irq 16] [lat 64/64] [bus 2/2]

Aug 12 21:07:14 localhost kernel[0]: IOPCCard info: PCI card interrupts, PCI status changes

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Sandiel
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Hello Chun-Nan!

 

I have a little problem. I've tried your files, to get my cardbus working, but it gives a freeze at start. I use Kalyway 10.5.2 in an HP 6710b. Everest gives me this information about my cardbus:

 

Ricoh RL5C476 CardBus Controller

Device ID: 1180-0476

 

Please help me, becouse this is the only way to get internet on my hackintosh:)

 

Thanx to read!

 

Sandiel

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~Eureka
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Hello Chun-Nan!

 

I have a little problem. I've tried your files, to get my cardbus working, but it gives a freeze at start. I use Kalyway 10.5.2 in an HP 6710b. Everest gives me this information about my cardbus:

 

Ricoh RL5C476 CardBus Controller

Device ID: 1180-0476

 

Please help me, becouse this is the only way to get internet on my hackintosh:)

 

Thanx to read!

 

Sandiel

 

Hi Sandiel,

 

Try not to plug your cardbus device into the slot untill booting into OSX to see if it still freezes.

 

Or

 

Boot into the single user mode while the cardbus device plugged into the slot to see if it still freezes.

 

Let me know the results. Thanks.

 

Chun-Nan

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Sandiel
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boot up one time with "update -x -v" let it update and then reboot and should work fine.

had same issue that my lappie would not boot. after this it works fine.

 

Hi!Thanks, it helps, so now i have cardbus and i have net!

Guys, you are the best!

 

Sandiel

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