Igniter Card/Driver No Longer Seen in OS X
by Oliver Miede
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Jun 2, 2009 at 1:18:40 am
I recently reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled OS 9.2.2 so that I could continue to use my Igniter capture card. I also installed the last known driver for it, 4.7.4. It works fine if I boot up in OS 9, but when I look for it in OS X (10.1, 10.3 or 10.4), it's gone. When I try opening Classic in OS X, I get an Aurora error message saying it cannot see the hardware or driver for the Igniter. If I try opening Ignition from the Prefpane, it says "The kernel extension igniter.kext did not load!" Prior to the reformat, I was at 10.4.11 and everything worked well. Is there something I'm forgetting to do or upgrade that will allow OS X to see the card?
Re: Igniter Card/Driver No Longer Seen in OS X by Oliver Miede on Jun 2, 2009 at 5:46:45 am
David, thanks for responding.. but I'm not sure I understand. The Igniter worked perfectly under OS X before using the same 4.7.4 driver that I reinstalled. And if that's not the correct driver, any ideas on where it's hiding? All I have is the original install disc and the downloaded 4.7.4 from Aurora's website.
Re: Igniter Card/Driver No Longer Seen in OS X by David Battistella on Jun 2, 2009 at 12:43:49 pm
I can't really say. I might guess that the QuickTIme is no loner compatible with that version of the driver, which is about three or four years old now.
Re: Igniter Card/Driver No Longer Seen in OS X by Oliver Miede on Jun 2, 2009 at 10:24:16 pm
Except that I've only reinstalled the QT versions from that time.. not to mention that it worked prior to the reformat using the latest QT. I have to admit I'm baffled! This morning, I tried all over again.. reinstalled original software, then FCP 3.0, then the Igniter, then the latest driver (4.7.4) and it worked flawlessly in FCP. Installed OS X 3.0 and, of course, no sign of the hardware or driver. There must be something else I've forgotten to install... Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Re: Igniter Card/Driver No Longer Seen in OS X by Oliver Miede on Jun 4, 2009 at 2:28:03 am
Mystery solved. I downloaded and installed the IgniterX driver 6.4, which I understood to work only for IgniterX cards.. cards that came to market a full year after my base Igniter card was installed. Voila! Thanks for your help!
