Hi all.
I'm a new mac ( ) user.
My PC is a HP Pavilion DV2555EA notebook running iAtkos (leopard 10.5.7), the wired network card works well with AppleYukon2 kext but it won't load automatically at boot time! Every time I get to the desktop I must load the kext manually from terminal .... a little annoying
I have tried making OSX recreate the kext cache but no luck
Thinking about a script that loads the AppleYukon2.kext at boot time or adding the kextload line in a script running during boot, the question is: how can I do it?
I'm a linux expert but I know barely nothing about OSX so I need some advice on how OSX boot process works and what's the better way to make a script run as super-user during boot.
Help please!
Bye bye

OK, I've managed how to run a script at boot time in Leopard before user logs in (that is launching a Daemon).
I made a script called com.apple.yukon.plist in/Library/LaunchDaemons/ containing the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.yukon</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>//sbin/kextload</string>
<string>/System/Library/Extensions/AppleYukon2.kext</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
</dict>
</plist>

As you see I have divided the command line in two parts called arguments as I thounght of them as a command (kextload) and its argument.
Then I added that script to the daemons running at startup with the following command:
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.yukon.plist
You can then verify it's in the list of daemons running at startup with:
launchctl list
In this way you can run whatever you might like (as you see I load a driver!)
That's all.
I hope this will help someone in the future
Bye bye.

Hey thx for sharing, surely will help other members

I want to modify your daemon to load my VoodooPS2Controller.kext automatically. The problem I have is that somehow this kext interferes with the boot process and stalls the boot so that it never completes. If the boot completes, I can manually load this kext to enable both the keyboard & trackpad of a hackintosh laptop. The problem is that your script loads too soon, I need a short delay, probably just a few seconds. I know this should be simple, but I'm new to this. I'm keeping this kext in my /Extra folder with root:wheel ownership&permissions. Here's what I've got so far, which works, but loads too early, causing a panic somehow. When I manually load it using an external USB keyboard & mouse I have zero problems, so a tiny delay will likely solve this issue. How would I add a short delay before the kext loads?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.voodoo.PS2Controller</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>//sbin/kextload</string>
<string>/Extra/VoodooPS2Controller.kext</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
</dict>
</plist>