Xtension USB port dead again with El Capitan update

[Heather James]

Here is an odd thing - when I check the PowerLinc.kext in textWrangler, in
the XML at
/System/Library/Extensions/PowerLinc.kext/Contents/pbdevelopment.plist that
shows

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>PBXProjectSourcePath</key>

<string>/Users/dfleck/Documents/Personal/PowerLinc/PowerLinc_kext/PowerLinckext.pbproj</string>
</dict>
</plist>

That seems like an odd string that would only work on dfleck's machine ...

                Heather James
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            thewebgal at gmail.com

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On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:25 AM, <james at sentman.com> wrote:

>
> Ha, found it right where I thought I had put it. That doesn’t happen very
> often ;)
>
> I have a powerlincCU device and that appears to be working fine on OSX
> 10.11.4 for me here. Is yours the “CU” device type or the even older
> regular one? I can’t test that as I don’t have one but the driver
> permissions are the same for both devices so I would not expect that at
> least to be the problem.
>
> Once you’ve verified that the files are actually placed into the
> /System/Library/Extensions folder you should also check to be sure their
> permissions have been set correctly. If you just do a get info from the
> finder they should have 3 entries in the sharing and permissions section of
> the get info window. It will probably say “you have custom access” and then
> for “system” it will say “read & write” and for “wheel” and “everyone” it
> will say “read only”
>
> Have you tried connecting the device and enabling the interface in
> XTension while the Console app is open? Did it print out any messages
> during those actions that might be applicable? You can send me off the list
> me any log lines that are generated when you plug in the device or when you
> try to enable the interface. There might be a hint in there if there are
> any errors logged.
>
> I don’t know why this has gotten so difficult on OSX the last major
> update. I thought it was just because of the driver signing that is now
> required, but there is no code in these drivers to load so that shouldn’t
> be a problem. Even though I still have the protection turned on it will
> still load these devices for me here so I doubt that is the problem.
>
> On Mar 25, 2016, at 10:57 AM, James Sentman <james at sentman.com> wrote:
>
> I’ll wade into the piles of stuff and see if I can get to the cabinet
> where the powerlinc is.
>
>
> Thanks,
>  James
>
>
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