[Wirelessdriver-support] How to make the WD work on 10.2

[Gregory J. S. <gre...@ma...>]

I used the 2nd procedure below and it WD works great on my Lombard.

on 8/20/02 10:48 AM, Rob McKeever at ro...@ma... wrote:

> That's pretty much the case...
>=20
> I think it's close enough to the release date to at least let out the
> patch for the existing installer, with the new one to follow in a day
> or two.
>=20
> Basically, Jaguar introduces some security checks for kernel extensions
> and the current driver fails this test.  To fix it:
>=20
> Do one of the following:
> 1) Install the developer tools.  This installs a more complete version
> of kextload that is needed here.
> 2) Open terminal and run "sudo kextload
> /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext"
> 3) Modify=20
> /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist",
> removing the 2 line entry for IOKitDebug on lines 33 and 34 (it's not
> needed except during development and was incorrectly typed as a string
> when it should have been an integer)
> 4) run "sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions"
> ...NOTE: This won't work if run from the console as kextload will pop
> up a dialog asking for confirmation
>=20
> ...or...
>=20
> 1) "sudo chmod -R ugo-w /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext"
> 2) "sudo chown -R root.wheel
> /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext"
> 3) Modify=20
> /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist",
> removing the 2 line entry for IOKitDebug on lines 33 and 34 (it's not
> needed except during development and was incorrectly typed as a string
> when it should have been an integer)
> 4) run "sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions"
>=20
> I'm doing this from memory, so I'm sure someone will correct me if I've
> left something out...
>=20
> -Rob
>=20
>=20
> On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 06:09 AM, Steven Major wrote:
>=20
>> Whoo-hoo! =A0Mine just came in the mail today! =A0It=B9s EARLY! =A0I=B9m
>> wondering if the new driver is ready to go and is just being held back
>> until the official Jaguar release date.
>>=20
>> Obviously, I=B9m so anxious to install it I might go back to a wired
>> connection until the new driver is out.
>>=20
>> Simply giddy with delight,
>> -Steve