#2 Panther complains

[Anonymous]

After I've logged on to Panther .4, I get the following error dialog:

"The system extension /system/library/extensions/
BelkinF5U103Driver.kext was installed improperly and cannot be
used. Please try reinstalling it or contact the vendor for an
update."

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

-- Allan --

[Joseph A. Oswald, III]

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One cause for this error message is incorrect permissions on the .kext.

For proper installation

1) the .kext must be installed in /System/Library/Extensions/, which you
seem to have done

2) the .kext (and all of its contents, since it is actually a directory) must
belong to root (system) and group wheel.

The command

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
BelkinF5U103Driver.kext

should prompt you for the admin password, and then make the required
change. (-R is important, to mark all of the contents with the proper
permissions).

3) you need to have the system recognize the newly installed kext. The
easiest way is just to restart the OS. Apple says there is a way to do it
without a reboot, but there seems to be a missing step in their
description.

[ateichman]

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Worked a treat! I figured the permissions part, but did not clue in that a
.kext was a directory, and so needed to copy permissions inward.

[ateichman]

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user_id=1114853

Worked a treat! I figured the permissions part, but did not clue in that a
.kext was a directory, and so needed to copy permissions inward.