Experiences with 10.6.6?

[Che Dog]

Anyone who has updated to the release of Snow Leopard 10.6.6 have anything to report on how it works with DisplayLink, positive or negative?

[Remotruker]

Yes. Mine quit working all together!


Anyone who has updated to the release of Snow Leopard 10.6.6 have anything to report on how it works with DisplayLink, positive or negative?

[Che Dog]

Yes. Mine quit working all together!

Bummer -- very sorry to hear it. Did you revert to 10.6.5 successfully?

Any comment from DisplayLink on Remotruker's problem (lots of luck with that question, right, fellow Mac sufferers?)?

[dcoulson]

Anyone who has updated to the release of Snow Leopard 10.6.6 have anything to report on how it works with DisplayLink, positive or negative?

Works fine for me. Using the 1.6b3 driver.

[dcoulson]

Yes. Mine quit working all together!

What adapter and driver? I've got two Macs running 10.6.6 and DL works fine. Any error messages or DisplayLink debug information you can post?

[Bit-N-Byte]

Anyone who has updated to the release of Snow Leopard 10.6.6 have anything to report on how it works with DisplayLink, positive or negative?

Hi! Just recently bought from my local Fry's store the Imation Link A/V Extender product which uses the DisplayLink driver for the Mac OS X. Here's my experience so far.

Hardware:
Macbook Pro (model 5.5)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz CPU
4GB RAM
Seagate 500GB 7200RPM hard drive
nVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card (native screen resolution @ 1280 x 800)
Airport WiFi card
Imation Link Wireless Audio/Video Extender
Vizio GV47L LCD television (VGA native screen resolution @ 1360 x 768 60Hz)
Linksys WRT54GL router (running Tomato firmware version 1.28)

Software:
Mac OS X 10.6.6 (not 64bit kernel as Cisco VPN client extension is 32bit only)
DisplayLink driver for the Mac 1.6b3
Firefox 3.6.13
Adobe Flash 10.1.102.64
Safari 5.0.3
QuickTime 10.0

Others:
Road Runner Standard Internet service (10Mbps download/1Mbps upload)

The first thing I did was download the latest DisplayLink driver which is at version 1.6b3 from this forum. The install wizard seems to be like any other Mac OS X installer except for the end which asked to restart my laptop. Unfortunately, the only thing the installer did was close (maybe crash?) the user interface of the OS. I hit the power button and the Shutdown dialog box appeared. I clicked on the Restart button.

While my laptop was rebooting, I connected the Imation device to my TV's VGA and 3.5mm stereo jacks. I wish I can connect the Imation device via HDMI, but my TV only has 2 HDMI jacks which are already in use. Besides, the VGA and stereo connections are good enough for what I'll be using the device for anyway. I set the receiver base right next to my Wii sensor bar in front of the TV.

Once my laptop has finished booting and I'm logged in and sitting on my couch which is about 9-10 feet away from my TV, I inserted the USB transmitter into my laptop, folded it to a 90 degree angle per the quick start guide and it synced with the receiver base instantly. I then proceeded to change my TV's resolution using the OS' System Preferences from 1280 x 1024 (weird why the OS picked this up automatically) to its native resolution of 1360 x 768. On a side note, I know not a way to have my laptop just use my TV (or any other external monitor) as its only screen so during testing I have it as an extended desktop.

I must say I am surprised to see that moving windows between my laptop and TV, and scrolling through websites (laptop connected via WiFi to router) like slashdot.org and macintouch.com displayed on my TV is pretty fast and smooth. I can only compare this USB device to the USB docking stations at work which have jittery and laggy (is this even a word?) screen refresh. I mean I had my expectations set to very low since this device is wireless compared to the wired docking stations. Then again, I also don't have any other USB devices connected to my laptop during testing so the Imation device doesn't really have any other devices to share the USB bandwidth with. So far so good!

I surfed over to crunchyroll.com to view some full screen (SD only) Bleach episodes. I headed over to gametrailers.com to watch some full screen (HD only and I'm just guessing that they are 720p as I can't find any info as to what resolution this website uses) game trailers. FYI, both sites are streaming Flash videos through Firefox. I went to trailers.apple.com using Safari to watch some 1080p HD QuickTime movie trailers. I found no problem watching any of the videos from the websites I listed above.

Other than the installer restart issue, I'm actually satisfied with the Imation device and its DisplayLink driver on my Macbook Pro laptop. I may actually buy another one for my bedroom TV. This time though I'll probably buy it from amazon.com (lower price than Fry's, free shipping, and no sales tax), and since that TV has a free HDMI jack, I will connect the device using it. I'll post a review about it when the time comes.

[Bit-N-Byte]

I had some time to kill today so I moved the Imation device over to my bedroom TV which is a Sony Bravia KDL-40EX401. I tested it with a HDMI and VGA/3.5mm stereo cables. It also has a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 for both HDMI and VGA connection. I did the same tests I typed above, and I would say the only thing I noticed is when it is playing 1080p HD movie trailers from Apple's website over HDMI (FYI, both video and audio are streaming over that cable into the TV), the trailer scenes seem to slow down at random spots but the sound is still in sync with the video. I played the same trailers, but this time the Imation device is connected to the TV via VGA and 3.5mm stereo cables. The trailer scenes are a little bit smoother and faster than when they were played over HDMI, but there are still spots in the trailers that it will kind of slow down. Again the sound is still in sync with the video over the VGA/stereo cables.

[Carlo]

10.6.6 works for me. Don't expect problems as it was a very minor update apart from the new flashy App Store.
If you have any issues with the DL drivers try to use the uninstaller and install again: depending on the permissions status on your Mac there can be problems in loading the drivers after an OS update.

[Che Dog]

Bummer -- very sorry to hear it. Did you revert to 10.6.5 successfully?

Any comment from DisplayLink on Remotruker's problem (lots of luck with that question, right, fellow Mac sufferers?)?

Carlo, thank you for your response. I'll try my best not to be too cynical in the future.

[awald]

Can somebody please help me or offer some guidance? I recently purchased the Warpia system and the moment I plug the USB in it crashes my Mac. I receive a screen that says I need to hold down the power button to restart the system. Unless I remove the USB adapter the system will continue to crash on restart.

I am running Snow Leopard.

[dcoulson]

Can somebody please help me or offer some guidance? I recently purchased the Warpia system and the moment I plug the USB in it crashes my Mac. I receive a screen that says I need to hold down the power button to restart the system. Unless I remove the USB adapter the system will continue to crash on restart.

Are you using the 1.6b3 driver? Check /var/log/system.log and see if there are any DisplayLink errors.

Are you able to try the device on another system and see how it behaves there?

[awald]

I am using the 1.6b3 driver. I will look at the log this evening. I have plugged the device into a netbook running Windows 7, which caused the netbook to crash, and a PC running Windows XP, which worked fine.

[gerlein]

Are you using the 1.6b3 driver? Check /var/log/system.log and see if there are any DisplayLink errors.

Are you able to try the device on another system and see how it behaves there?

Hi, i have the same problem. I'm using 1.6b3 driver. Mac Book Pro MC374RS 13" with Mac OS X 10.6.6. After installing drivers http://warpia.com/support/drivers/Mac_drivers_120.0.1.20-3.zip
i insert PC Adapter and get crash message from Kernel.

Here is my /var/log/system.log (http://www.2shared.com/file/WPYF2UwT/system.html)

[dcoulson]

Hi, i have the same problem. I'm using 1.6b3 driver. Mac Book Pro MC374RS 13" with Mac OS X 10.6.6. After installing drivers http://warpia.com/support/drivers/Mac_drivers_120.0.1.20-3.zip
i insert PC Adapter and get crash message from Kernel.

What drivers did you install? I'm not familiar with the drivers in the link you posted.

You should only need the 1.6b3 driver. In this case, the driver that caused the kernel panic was com.wisair.driver, whatever that is.

Can you use your DisplayLink product without installing those drivers?

[awald]

Any thoughts on how I can remove all software/drivers that Warpia required me to install and go through the process of installing whatever is necessary for the DisplayLink?

I do not have a time machine or any other back up of the entire system.

The error report that appears after I plug in the usb adapter is as follows:

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 168351 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 606198E7-DC5F-4EF2-9D47-79E0343FF872

Fri Jan 21 19:26:38 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2aab55): Kernel trap at 0x215a86cc, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x03e6acc0, ECX: 0x00000005, EDX: 0x04413a00
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x217d3d98, ESI: 0x03e25800, EDI: 0x02d3ce00
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x215a86cc, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x03e20010
Error code: 0x00000000

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x217d3b88 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x217d3bbc 0x223974 0x0)
0x217d3bd8 : 0x2aab55 (0x59623c 0x215a86cc 0xe 0x596406)
0x217d3cb8 : 0x2a09a8 (0x217d3cd0 0x3e167c0 0x217d3d98 0x215a86cc)
0x217d3cc8 : 0x215a86cc (0xe 0x48 0x217d0010 0x10)
0x217d3d98 : 0x220a8c52 (0x3e25800 0x3e167c0 0x3eaa3c0 0x0)
0x217d3dd8 : 0x220a92aa (0x3e25800 0x31d7600 0x220f0cb8 0x0)
0x217d3e18 : 0x53cb6e (0x3e25800 0x31d7600 0x1 0x4ffaa6)
0x217d3e78 : 0x53ada3 (0x31d7600 0x3e25800 0x3e6afa0 0x3e64880)
0x217d3f28 : 0x53b334 (0x31d7600 0x3a18e40 0x0 0x50f6a4)
0x217d3f78 : 0x53cfe3 (0x31d7600 0x8 0x217d3fac 0x1)
0x217d3fc8 : 0x2a06cc (0x3e695b0 0x0 0x2a06db 0x414db7c)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.wisair.driver.HWA(0.27.0)@0x220a6000->0x22108fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(4.1.7)@0x21589000
dependency: com.wisair.driver.CommonWUSB(0.27.0)@0x21c6d000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(4.1.7)@0x21589000->0x215bcfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x1b6ee000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
10J567

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBook2,1 (Mac-F4208CAA)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 52918448808
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.displaylink.driver.DisplayLinkDriver 1.6
com.wisair.driver.HWA 0.27.0
com.wisair.driver.CommonWUSB 0.27.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile 17 - last loaded 51419724709
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelNehalemProfile 11
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros 422.19.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelGMA950 6.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.68
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.2.1b1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros21 424.14.5
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.5.0d5
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.4.12
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer 6.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.34
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver 2.3.8f7
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 303.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 200.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 200.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 200.3.2
com.apple.driver.USBCameraFirmwareLoader 1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.6.3
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTyp eZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 4.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClien t 105.13.0
com.apple.security.sandbox 1
com.apple.security.quarantine 0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 105.13.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.9.9f12
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.0fc1
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 41
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.9.9f12
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.9.9f12
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 312
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.0d3
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.5.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.2
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.3.8f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.3.8f7
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.3.8f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 2.5.1
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Model: MacBook2,1, BootROM MB21.00A5.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 1 GB, SMC 1.17f0
Graphics: Intel GMA 950, GMA 950, Built-In, spdisplays_integrated_vram
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.1.14.5
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.8f7, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: ST980811AS, 74.53 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8221
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8501, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021a, 0x1d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8240, 0x5d200000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x7d100000

[dcoulson]

Any thoughts on how I can remove all software/drivers that Warpia required me to install and go through the process of installing whatever is necessary for the DisplayLink?


If there is an uninstaller use that, otherwise go in /System/Library/Extensions and find it. You can do a 'sudo kextunload <filename>.kext' to unload it, which should hopefully fix your problem. You can also just 'sudo rm <filename>.kext' and reboot. Depending how it is setup, there may be multiple kexts for that one product.

Be careful you don't delete the wrong thing or your system might not come back up :-)

[awald]

It appears that it is not the Display Link driver causing the problem. I removed all software and drivers related to the install and then did a step by step. The Display Link driver appears to be fine, but it is the Warpia Wireless USB Manager that causes the problem. After installing the Wireless USB Manager, rebooting, and then plugging in the wireless USB the CPU crashes. Any thoughts on how to avoid this? Is there another Wireless USB Manager I can use?

[dcoulson]

The Display Link driver appears to be fine, but it is the Warpia Wireless USB Manager that causes the problem. After installing the Wireless USB Manager, rebooting, and then plugging in the wireless USB the CPU crashes. Any thoughts on how to avoid this? Is there another Wireless USB Manager I can use?

You'll probably have to work with Warpia support to resolve this. Might be a known issue with a specific release of OS X, or perhaps they have newer/beta drivers you can try.

[jakebryant]

Can somebody please help me or offer some guidance? I recently purchased the Warpia system and the moment I plug the USB in it crashes my Mac. I receive a screen that says I need to hold down the power button to restart the system. Unless I remove the USB adapter the system will continue to crash on restart.

I am running Snow Leopard.

Same exact issue here with my Atlona AiR3. Installed Displaylink drivers, restart, plug in USB adapter and get an immediate crash. Atlona support confirms issue is with Displaylink driver not supporting 10.6.6. All they could do is recommend a roll back to 10.6.5 (yeah right). No ETA for working drivers. Pretty bummed.

[dcoulson]

Same exact issue here with my Atlona AiR3. Installed Displaylink drivers, restart, plug in USB adapter and get an immediate crash. Atlona support confirms issue is with Displaylink driver not supporting 10.6.6. All they could do is recommend a roll back to 10.6.5 (yeah right). No ETA for working drivers. Pretty bummed.

Can you post the OS X crash dump in a new thread? Are you using the 1.6b3 drivers for your DisplayLink device?

Someone else had an issue with a Warpia device, but it was the Warpia driver causing it to crash, not the DisplayLink stuff.

[jakebryant]

Can you post the OS X crash dump in a new thread? Are you using the 1.6b3 drivers for your DisplayLink device?

Someone else had an issue with a Warpia device, but it was the Warpia driver causing it to crash, not the DisplayLink stuff.

Thanks for having a look. Yep, using 1.6b3. Crash dump posted in this new thread: http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=643

[dcoulson]

Thanks for having a look. Yep, using 1.6b3. Crash dump posted in this new thread: http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=643

It's not the DisplayLink driver which is causing the crash - It is the 'wisair' thing, whatever that is. Are you able to uninstall that and just manually install the DL driver and see if you have more success.

Perhaps the vendor does not support 10.6.6, but it's not the DL driver that is causing the problem.

[jakebryant]

It's not the DisplayLink driver which is causing the crash - It is the 'wisair' thing, whatever that is. Are you able to uninstall that and just manually install the DL driver and see if you have more success.

Perhaps the vendor does not support 10.6.6, but it's not the DL driver that is causing the problem.

I will contact Atlona support again and see what they say. When I uninstall their software, I can plug in the USB adapter without crashing, but cannot get the device to communicate with its peer to send audio/video. My guess is that their software tunnels that connection (but I have no idea).

Thanks for your help. Will post in other thread if there are any more developments.

[Blueshape]

Hello,

I have installed the DisplayLink 1.6b.3 and I have installed the WUSB driver 12.36.1.0. Now the system doesn't crash.

BUT, I cannot connect correctly me Mac with my TV. I don't know how to start the displayLink program. Since I installed it I cannot find it on my computer...:confused:

On my TV I see not really that what is on my computers screen. On my TV I see the standard background picture from my Mac, nothing more.

I would be very grateful if someone could help.

Warm Regards

Blueshape

[dcoulson]

On my TV I see not really that what is on my computers screen. On my TV I see the standard background picture from my Mac, nothing more.

That is normal for the second display. You can change your display options in System Preferences and set the displays to 'mirror', or you can just drag windows from one display to the other - You can set the display arrangement in System Preferences also.

[Blueshape]

That is normal for the second display. You can change your display options in System Preferences and set the displays to 'mirror', or you can just drag windows from one display to the other - You can set the display arrangement in System Preferences also.

Thanks - I found it, it's only in the monitor setting... ;-) There is no special program that I have to start.

[Blueshape]

That is normal for the second display. You can change your display options in System Preferences and set the displays to 'mirror', or you can just drag windows from one display to the other - You can set the display arrangement in System Preferences also.

No I tried it again, but this time it down't work! Unbelievable. Both sticks are paired, but in my monitor pref I cannot make snychronize or mirror. there are only the options with 800x600 etc.

I don't get connection with my TV

and now?