Not compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. upgrading 10.5.x to 10.6 will produce a kext error asking for an update
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pols...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2009 at 7:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Attached is error message.

Original comment by pols...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2009 at 7:27

Attachments:

soundflower.tiff

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by 74obje...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 7:11

Changed state: Accepted
Added labels: Priority-Critical
Removed labels: Priority-Medium

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Strangely, I installed Airfoil which can install soundflower optionally, and
soundflower worker under 10.6 when installed that way... (though soundflowerbed
wasn't included)

Original comment by leca...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2009 at 10:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I also found it worked under 10.6 when installed by Audio Hijack Pro (also by 
Rogue Amoeba)

Original comment by Zoeck...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2009 at 1:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Zoeckler,
  How do you install Soundflower through Audio Hijack Pro?

Original comment by adamfis...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2009 at 3:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Launch A.H.Pro/Menu Bar_App.Name/Install Extras/Soundflower.

This will install .kext extension, in my case v.1.3, but NOT Soundflowerbed!
In order to get the above: Download Soundflower itself from the web, the 
current version is 1.4.3.
Launch Installer, but choose to install only "Soundflowerbed", NOT 
"Soundflower". Enjoy your working little 
app. on 10.6!!!
I believe the problem dwells within the very .kext v.1.4.3 file which isn't 
recognised by 10.6.

Can we skip the Audio Hijack thing?
Try downloading the whole SoundFlower package, BUT the old version 1.3, install 
everything it and report.

Original comment by paviglia...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2009 at 12:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I found the issue. Nothing complicated, just a simple file ownership issue;

[13:59:40 jlaundry@caligula /System/Library/Extensions]$ sudo kextload 
/System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) 
authentication failure (file ownership/permissions); check the system/kernel 
logs for errors or try 
kextutil(8).

[14:01:23 jlaundry@caligula 
/System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext/Contents]$ sudo kextutil 
/System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext has problems:
Authentication Failures: 
    File owner/permissions are incorrect (must be root:wheel, nonwritable by group/other): 
        /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext/Contents/Info.plist
        /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext/Contents/MacOS/Soundflower
        /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext/Contents/Resources/Soundflower.xcconfig

So, by running 'chown root' and 'chgrp wheel' etc, I now (appear to anyway, 
just about to test and make sure everything ACTUALLY works) have a running 
Soundflower 1.4.3 
install on 10.6. I guess this explains why the Rogue Amoeba software packages 
work, because they installed SF differently. Either way, this should be simple 
to package into the 
installer's scripts.

--Jed.

Original comment by jlaun...@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2009 at 2:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I can now manually load soundflower after changing my permissions, but when I 
reboot,
I need to kextload again.

How do we get it to load automatically now?

Ben

Original comment by ben.wood...@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2009 at 9:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

ben can you explain where you changed your permissions.
I know how to access a file or folder and change permissions manually, but 
which one(s)?

Original comment by csee...@optonline.net on 1 Sep 2009 at 2:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

A release candidate of Soundflower 1.5.0 has been uploaded to 
http://code.google.com/p/soundflower/downloads/list and should resolve this 
problem.

Original comment by 74obje...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2009 at 6:16

Changed state: Done

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the update.

Original comment by max...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2009 at 6:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

So far so good. Installed without issue. No .kext warning on reboot. Apps and 
system can see it . Not yet a trial 
by fire but I have a hunch you've got it.

Thanks!

Original comment by csee...@optonline.net on 1 Sep 2009 at 7:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

When I did an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard, I, too, noticed the kext 
error;
however, even after getting the Snow Leopard compatibility update, I still had 
issues
with Soundflower. It was giving me the same kext error, and today, it told me I
didn't even have Soundflower installed (even though the Airfoil Extras window 
said it
was).

Today, I finally just downloaded Soundflower from the web, used the uninstall 
script,
and reinstalled it.  Now things work just fine.

Original comment by pgebh...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2009 at 1:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Hmm. I just installed 1.5.1 from the site, and the kext seemed to have the right
permissions, however the /Applications/Soundflower folder did not.

They were both set to readable only by the owner, and oddly they were set to the
username of another administrator on this system. I had to chown -R root:wheel
/Applications/Soundflower and chmod -R 755 /Applications/Soundflower to get it
working properly.

Original comment by jmichael...@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2009 at 12:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Soundflower 1.5.2 Crashes every 3 mins of being active.

Issue 1: If sound flower (Motu) is processing a signal (itunes, FCP, etc) 
signal will crash resulting in a constant "buzz" similar to a continual 
electric shock.  Fix: Restart.

Issue 2: Soundflower requires restart if idle with no signal for 3 mins.

Restart: The restart process has been narrowed down to simply re-clicking the 
MOTU option in the Soundflower Drop-down Menu.

Original comment by Gnawle...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2010 at 8:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

the same thing is happening to me using Ableton and Traktor with an Kontrol S4 
as the audio out card.  Is there a fix other than restarting Soundflower?  I am 
using SnowLeopard 10.6.8 and soundflower 1.5.2.

Original comment by christop...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 3:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

sorry...Soundflower 1.5.2 Crashes every 3 mins of being active.

 Issue 1 : If sound flower (Motu) is processing a signal (itunes, FCP, etc) signal will crash resulting in a constant "buzz" similar to a continual electric shock.  Fix: Restart.

 Issue 2 : Soundflower requires restart if idle with no signal for 3 mins.

Restart: The restart process has been narrowed down to simply re-clicking the 
MOTU option in the Soundflower Drop-down Menu.

Original comment by christop...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 4:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I downloaded Soundflower 1.5.2 from code.google.com and installed onto my Mac 
OS X 10.6.8.  The resulting "Soundflower" folder in my Applications group would 
not show me its content.  It displayed as a folder icon with a little red - 
through it.  I performed the two operations (prefacing both with sudo) 
mentioned in comment 14 and it seems to work now.  ( 
http://code.google.com/p/soundflower/issues/detail?id=27#c14 )

Original comment by jis...@gmail.com on 31 Jan 2012 at 7:14

andy731128 / soundflower

Not compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6 #27