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Airport Atheros AR9280 (168c/002a) is always disabled in OSX 10.9.4

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funkyfrank

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After installing OSX 10.9.4 on my Vaio F11, the Atheros AR9280 (168c/002a) is found out of the box and listed in system info. But I cannot enable the device, it stays disabled.

There is no AppleLPC loaded, could this be the problem?

EDIT: Now AppleLPC is loaded, but no change here.

Bluetooth btw. works.

Thanks for help and ideas...
 
funkyfrank said:
After installing OSX 10.9.4 on my Vaio F11, the Atheros AR9280 (168c/002a) is found out of the box and listed in system info. But I cannot enable the device, it stays disabled.
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Supported out-of-box by vanilla kexts. Verify your device is working in Windows/Linux.
 
RehabMan said:
Supported out-of-box by vanilla kexts. Verify your device is working in Windows/Linux.
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Hi RehabMan, yes it works with Windows 7 and also OSX 10.6.8 without problems... Don't know why it doesn't work on OSX 10.9.4.
 
funkyfrank said:
Hi RehabMan, yes it works with Windows 7 and also OSX 10.6.8 without problems... Don't know why it doesn't work on OSX 10.9.4.
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Are you running vanilla IO80211Family.kext and IONetworkingFamily.kext?

Is this a laptop? If so, do you have a hardware on/off button or special key to turn WiFi on/off? Have you tried it? (be patient).
 
Yes it ist all vanilla 10.9.4 and yes, it is a notebook with a switch for WLAN. Of course I already tried that switch and I can see how Bluetooth will enable or disable. But no change on airport WLAN. I can activate it on the status bar menu, but the net quality indicator will stay empty and searching WLANs will result in no results....
 
funkyfrank said:
Yes it ist all vanilla 10.9.4 and yes, it is a notebook with a switch for WLAN. Of course I already tried that switch and I can see how Bluetooth will enable or disable. But no change on airport WLAN. I can activate it on the status bar menu, but the net quality indicator will stay empty and searching WLANs will result in no results....
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If that key is handled via DSDT, it could be a DSDT issue (probably one of the _Qxx methods... EC query). You can instrument your EC queries with ACPIDebug.kext.

See here: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug
Apply: "Add DSDT Debug Methods"
Apply: "Instrument EC Queries"
Install the ACPIDebug.kext.

Then reboot with the newly patched DSDT and press your WiFi key. Check system.log to see if an EC query method (_Qxx) is called. Does it both enter the method and exit (two traces)?
 
RehabMan said:
If that key is handled via DSDT, it could be a DSDT issue (probably one of the _Qxx methods... EC query). You can instrument your EC queries with ACPIDebug.kext.

See here: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug
Apply: "Add DSDT Debug Methods"
Apply: "Instrument EC Queries"
Install the ACPIDebug.kext.

Then reboot with the newly patched DSDT and press your WiFi key. Check system.log to see if an EC query method (_Qxx) is called. Does it both enter the method and exit (two traces)?
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Ok thanks, I added these and will reboot soon.
 
Ok added ACPIdebug and dsdt, kext is loaded, after restart.

Code: 
23.09.14 15:00:38,000 kernel[0]: ACPIDebug: Version 0.1.0 starting

No acpidebug message after I switch on WLAN device. Only these messages will appear:

Code: 
23.09.14 15:01:05,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- completed -- result = TRUE -- 0xe400 ****
23.09.14 15:01:05,000 kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController][staticBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Received Bluetooth Controller register service notification -- 0xe400 
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][configurePM] -- ERROR -- waited 30 seconds and still did not get the commandWakeup() notification -- 0xe400 ****
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][protectedBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Connected to the transport successfully -- 0x61c0 -- 0xb000 -- 0xe400 ****
 
funkyfrank said:
Ok added ACPIdebug and dsdt, kext is loaded, after restart.

Code: 
23.09.14 15:00:38,000 kernel[0]: ACPIDebug: Version 0.1.0 starting

No acpidebug message after I switch on WLAN device. Only these messages will appear:

Code: 
23.09.14 15:01:05,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- completed -- result = TRUE -- 0xe400 ****
23.09.14 15:01:05,000 kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController][staticBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Received Bluetooth Controller register service notification -- 0xe400 
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][configurePM] -- ERROR -- waited 30 seconds and still did not get the commandWakeup() notification -- 0xe400 ****
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
23.09.14 15:01:35,000 kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][protectedBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Connected to the transport successfully -- 0x61c0 -- 0xb000 -- 0xe400 ****
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Post ioreg: http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/58368-guide-how-make-copy-ioreg.html
 
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