Transmission/utorrent dmg won't install

bobok · #1 03-29-2009, 07:51 PM

I cannot seems to install any of the torrent client. 1/4 of my upper screen get shaded and the whole deskstop just freeze. I am new to mac os and hope someone would help. My Mac Os is installed with iakos 5i. I install office for mac on a dmg file with no problem but installing any of the torrent client would not work for me.

naquaada · #2 03-29-2009, 08:18 PM

Post your system specs please. Maybe you have an ethernet controller which isn't supported so good.

bobok · #3 03-29-2009, 09:05 PM

My pc has: Realtek RTL8168B/811B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC on GiGAbyte motherboard (EP45-DS4P) with Q660 cpu

The download completed. It looks like it read the dmg file but did not execute

bobok · #4 03-29-2009, 09:25 PM

You are probably right. it could be my nic card. I downloaded the file to my PC using Vista and dual boot to my Mac OSx and the dmg file install correctly. Now, where and how do I get the right driver for my card?

naquaada · #5 03-29-2009, 10:25 PM

Try this one. It's from the XxX 10.5.6 installation DVD.

bobok · #6 03-30-2009, 08:30 AM

Thanks, Naq. I did install your file and try to install utorrent but it is still a no go. it stop after the download windows finishes 'mounting the disk image'.

naquaada · #7 03-30-2009, 12:56 PM

Have you deleted forcedeth.kext? Do you only have problems with opening disk images? If you download images with Safari it opens them automatically and this could create problems. What kernel and what seltbelt.kext do you have? If you haven't too much data on your system try a new installation with the XxX 10.5.6 image. This works perfect and contains a version of the actual 9.6.0 kernel.

bobok · #8 03-31-2009, 07:46 AM

Maybe I should consider installing 10.5.6. how do I delete forcedeth.kext? I am new to mac so i am not sure how to do it. I think i have kernel 9.5.0. how do I check know what seltbelt.kext and kernal do I have and how do I download outside of safari?
Thanks again...

lanceomni · #9 03-31-2009, 01:04 PM

Before you do anything you may want to make a backup copy of your extensions folder just in case something goes wrong and you have problems booting. You can backup your extensions folder and remove your kext by doing the following:

In Short

Code:

sudo -s
mkdir /backup
cd /System/Library
cp -R Extensions/ /backup/
rm -Rf Extensions/forcedeth.kext
touch Extensions/
rm -Rf Extensions.mkext
diskutil repairpermissions /

Reboot using the boot-flags -v -f
-v Verbose Mode displays useful information during the boot process.
-f Forces OSX to load kexts from the extensions folder instead of the cache file. We did delete the cache file so this is just a precaution.

With Explanations
1. Give yourself root privileges so that you can modify files.

Code:

sudo -s

2. Make a backup copy of your kexts. First we will make a directory called "backup" in our root directory to store them. Open Terminal and type:

Code:

mkdir /backup

3. Change directories to /System/Library This will shorten some of the commands we have to type in.

Code:

cd /System/Library

4. Copy your kexts to the new "backup" folder.

Code:

cp -R Extensions/ /backup/

5. Remove forcedeth.kext

Code:

rm -Rf Extensions/forcedeth.kext

6. Touch the extensions folder

Code:

touch Extensions/

7. Remove the extensions cache to force OSX to rebuild it without forcedeth kext.

Code:

rm -Rf Extensions.mkext

8. Repair permissions to your drive.

Code:

diskutil repairpermissions /

9. Reboot using the boot-flags -v -f
-v Verbose Mode displays useful information during the boot process.
-f Forces OSX to load kexts from the extensions folder instead of the cache file. We did delete the cache file so this is just a precaution.

If you do not have any issues after reboot then you can erase your Backup folder and follow the steps above to rebuild it.

bobok · #10 04-01-2009, 05:07 AM

Help!. I tried your instruction and now it would not boot. Now, how do I retore from the backup?

thx.