Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] royally messed up my mac

[Rob M. <ro...@ma...>]

First off, what version of OS X did you have installed?

With every version I've played with, except the really old ones, you  
can simply try reinstalling OS X over top of itself.  There is an  
option that for doing a clean install that allows you to move existing  
bits of the OS out of the way while leaving third party stuff installed  
where it was.  This can often correct other problems related to  
upgrades that didn't quite get things right as well.

The other, more complex option, is to replace the IOPCCardFamily kext  
on it's own.  If you tell me what version of the OS, I might be able to  
help you out.

Your system sounds like it was likely working properly to begin with.   
No work or testing has been done with the 802.11a/b cards and the  
information I have would tend to indicate that the driver will need to  
be changed to handle these as they communicate to the system very  
differently.

-Rob

On Friday, July 4, 2003, at 00:20, b p wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've royally screwed up while trying to get this
> driver to work with my wireless card.
>
> I've gone and installed the "IOPCCardFamily v.1.1.0
> installer" without reading the doc closely enough
> first. And I was running OS X 10.2.4 - now i've got an
> older IOPCCardFamily.kext and I can't locate a proper
> version. My pc wireless card no longer shows up in the
> taskbar on the upper right corner on my desktop.
>
> Is it possible to replace the extension file with the
> correct version I should have, and everything will
> work? I've updated to OS X 10.2.6 currently.
>
> My previous problem was that the Wireless Driver
> wasn't installing correctly. However, even after
> installing the files manually and wiping the cache
> files I would still only get a greyed out "Network
> Configuration" in the System Prefs->WirelessConfig
> panel. I tried every solution I could find on the list
> archives having to do with getting EN1 or EN2 to show
> up in System Prefs->Network, but no go.
>
> It must have been in my endless frustration that I
> stupidly replaced my IOPCCard kext file. No I'm doubly
> screwed.
>
> I'm running:
> Ti Powerbook G4 rev 3
> OS X 10.2.6
> Proxim Orinoco Silver 802.11a/b combo card
>
>
> (before I messed up the IOPCCardFamily kext file, the
> wireless card would show up in the upper right corner
> with the only option selectable as "Power Off"
>
> Any Suggestions including how to back up my system to
> an older OS X version without losing all my files
> would be greatly appreciated. I'm a new mac user.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
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