Digidesign Driver Incompatibility with Netbookinstaller

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. OSX 10.6.1 and netbookinstaller 8.3 RC4
2. Digidesign core audio driver (HW Not required for test)
3. Process is as follows:

i:   OSX 10.6.1 installed on Dell Mini 9
ii:  Install Digidesign Core Audio Driver
iii: After restart if you plug in the MBOX 2 Hardware, the driver will not 
detect the hardware and in 'System Profiler' you get a strange message 
where the 'Current required (mA)' shows: "Unknown (Device is not 
configured)"
See Fig1.jpg

iv:  The Device therefore will not recieve full power
v:   Updated from NBI RC3 to RC4 and started to recieve kernal Panic
see Fig2.jpg
vi:  Had to boot to safe mode and ran the uninstaller to stop the kernal 
panic
vii: Reinstalled software, back to point iii.

No other USB audio hardware that I have tried has failed like this!

What netbook are you using this on?
Dell Mini 9

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

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
OSX 10.6.1
NetbookInstaller 8.3 RC4
Digidesign Protools 8 and Mbox 2 Mini

Please provide any additional information below.

If someone could just explain to me what exactly NBI does to modify the 
system as I might be able to figure this out myself.  NBI seems to move a 
lot of stuff around and access extensions in the 'Extra' Folder and not 
directly from 'Extensions'

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2009 at 12:50

Attachments:

• Fig2.jpg
• Fig1.jpg

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This has been proven to work on 10.5.7, I am going to test this soon and let 
you 
know, also I will test a MINI 10v as well.

The solution to this might be the solution to any usb device which is having a 
similar issue to this

Original comment by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2009 at 1:00

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Weird

I decided to install the 10.6.2 update

I then rebooted but have not reapplied the netbookinstaller RC4

THE MBOX2 NOW WORKS!!!!!!

So I then proceeded to reapply the netbookinstaller (which your supposed to do 
after
a patch) BANG kernal panic with the digidesign driver exactly the same as in 
Fig2.jpg
above!!!

Come on somebody must know whats happening here, NBI is obviuosly overwritting
something the the DIGIDesign Driver requires!

PLEASE HELP

Original comment by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2009 at 5:20

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Ok So,

The same thing happens on the mini 10v. 

I did a fresh install with NBI bootmaker RC4. Install osx 10.6 - no updates 
applied.

Installed the drivers and they worked.

I did notice however that the bios settings would not save so I found this 
article 
regarding Bios always ressting unless you install NBI RC4 installer and not 
just the 
one from the bootmaker!!

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell-mini-10v-mac-os-x-discussion/13965-10v-bios
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always-resets-rc3-a04.html

Interesting...

I then applied NBI RC4 installer which I downloaded separately - on reboot 
KERNAL 
PANIC AGAIN!!

So into safe mode, uninstalled drivers and reboot, so OSX working again.

BIOS settings now stay too 

Original comment by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2009 at 5:41

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correction bios settings won't stay

Original comment by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2009 at 2:40

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Workaround found

see:-

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell-mini-9-os-x-discussion/15333-digidesign-usb
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device-incompatibility-netbookinstaller-mayb-other-usb-gear.html

Original comment by ppopretu...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2009 at 1:04