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Amit Singh
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andyinindy
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 Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: No go... |
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This hack doesn't work for me on my MDD G4 tower. When attempted to unload/reload the "AppleHIDMouse.kext", I got an error message:
| Code: | | kextunload: unload kext AppleHIDMouse.kext failed |
Apparently the kext was not loaded for some reason (perhaps because I am using a KVM?)...
I loaded/unloaded/reloaded the kext, and command+ escape does nothing. No changes in the Sound/Keyboard/Security pref panes either.
What am I doing wrong?
thx,
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eric
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Doesn't work for me either on my G5 iMac. Same behavior. |
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Amit Singh
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Well, let us see what's specific HIDs (and therefore, which kexts) are being used on your systems. An output of the following command in the Terminal will be helpful:
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Amit Singh
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: No go... |
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| andyinindy wrote: | This hack doesn't work for me on my MDD G4 tower. When attempted to unload/reload the "AppleHIDMouse.kext", I got an error message:
| Code: | | kextunload: unload kext AppleHIDMouse.kext failed |
Apparently the kext was not loaded for some reason (perhaps because I am using a KVM?)...
I loaded/unloaded/reloaded the kext, and command+ escape does nothing. No changes in the Sound/Keyboard/Security pref panes either.
What am I doing wrong?
thx,
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If the extension is not loaded, then it is not being used -- there must be some other extension used for your HIDs. Modifying this one will not do anything. You will have to find an appropriate extension for your machine in that case.
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andyinindy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Amit:
That makes perfect sense; editing an unused kext would be completely ineffective 
I did an "iogreg -l -w 0" and got... a LOT of output! Do you want me to paste it here? Or, how should I locate the loaded/active/appropriate mouse kext?
Thanks!
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freels
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:24 am Post subject: Installing the Front Row Package |
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| This may be slightly off topic but... installing the front row update package on an unsupported mac isn't straightforward. is there a way to bypass the system checks in installer? or do i need to resort to extracting the package and manually shuffling the files where they need to go? |
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eric
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| Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject: NEED HELP: BEZEL SERVICES SCREWED! |
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Amit,
during the install something got really wrong! The SystemUIServer was constantly crashing and all system menus (spotlight, time, airport, etc) disappeared. After a reinstall of the 10.4.5 combo update, the menus appeared again, but are all in English while my main installation language is French. I've tried to switch languages to Englsih and then back to French but didn't succeeded. Any help on restoring this would be highly appreciated. |
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Amit Singh
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: Re: NEED HELP: BEZEL SERVICES SCREWED! |
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| eric wrote: |
during the install something got really wrong! |
Install? What are we installing? |
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andyinindy
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Amit Singh
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Another option |
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If I read it correctly, you're patching one or more executables/libraries (even if it is by a few bytes). If you can get both options (setting the "HIDRemoteControl" key vs patching binaries) to work, setting the key is far more preferred. Of course, if only one of them works for you, then "trivial" or "clean" is irrelevant 
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fmen
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:22 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't work for me either...
I've added the HIDRemoteControl lines to the Info.plist of PowerMate.kext, as I have a Griffin PowerMate connected to my Mac, I'm pretty sure that kernel extension is loaded! I have regenerated the kernel extension cache, rebooted, but nothing happens... And no signs of Front Row in the system preferences.
I'm runnig Mac OS X 10.4.5, and have a valid copy of Front Row (version 1.2.1) in /System/Library/CoreServices/ (copied over from a MacBook Pro, but it's a universal application)
From the modified Info.plist of PowerMate.kext:
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<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>PowerMate</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.griffintechnology.iokit.PowerMate</string>
<key>HIDRemoteControl</key>
<true/>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>griffin_PowerMateUSB</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBInterface</string>
<key>IOUserClientClass</key>
<string>griffin_PowerMateUserClient</string>
<key>bConfigurationValue</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>bInterfaceNumber</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>1040</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>1917</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
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Amit Singh
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it really depends on whether there's an IOHIDDevice user client for something that has "HIDRemoteControl" set to true.
I have only verified this with three devices so far (because those are the three I have):
- The Apple optical USB mouse
- The Apple Mighty mouse
- The Apple Bluetooth mouse
For any of these to "work", it is necessary that you set HIDRemoteControl to be true in the appropriate property list file, which are as follows for the three devices listed above:
- /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBOpticalMouse.kext/Contents/Info.plist
- /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHIDMouse.kext/Contents/Info.plist
- /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist
Note that each Info.plist file mentioned above has more than one personality. Either you must add it to the specific personality your device is matched against, or simply add it to all personalities. The key called "IOKitPersonalities" contains a dictionary of personalities in each plist.
Amit |
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fmen
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:09 am Post subject: |
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I have an Apple Optical USB Mouse. According to ioreg, its product ID is 770
The 2 IOKitPersonalities in IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBOpticalMouse.kext/Contents/Info.plist are for products with an ID of 774 or 775:
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<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>775</integer>
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Is it because of this idProduct mismatch that this hack doesn't work on my system?
I have searched in /System/Library/Extensions/ for an Info.plist that have an idProduct with the value 770, and have found none! |
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T3hUb3r1337
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I've successfully patched the iScroll2.kext. It unloads and reloads flawlessly. Link to iScroll 2
Slight hitch though; Front Row doesn't come up when I press Command+Esc. I was forced to resort to using the Front Row Enabler to make it work.
Good news that this already-hacked .kext is able to be hacked yet again, but the bad news is that it doesn't work. If anyone has suggestions, I'll uninstall the changes that the Extender performs on my system to try to get it working without.[/url] |
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