DoubleCommand and 10.1.5 kernel panic

Jun 10, '02 10:53:44PM

Contributed by: robg

I threw the 10.1.5 update onto my PowerBook the second it became available to me, and on reboot ... kernel panic.

I doubt many people will experience the same thing, but I might be able to save somebody some trouble in tracking it down. There's a small kext called DoubleCommand that I applied quite some time ago that converts the enter key to the right of the space bar on powerbooks into a second command-key. Unfortunately, it does not play nicely with 10.1.5.

This can be fixed easily by booting from a CD (OS 9 is fine), use Sherlock to find the DoubleCommand folder (it will be in a folder called "Startup", but could be installed at the user or system level) and remove it from the Startup Folder.

Reboot in X and no more kernel panic.

[Editor's note: As detailed on MacFixIt, 10.1.5 appears to have changed something regarding the keyboard handling. Nearly everyone I've spoken to who had installed any sort of keyboard modification kext experienced a kernel panic after booting the 10.1.5 update. DoubleCommand has a new version out which claims to fix this problem, although I haven't tested it myself.]

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