unable to install on macOS Catalina #102

dehydratedH2O · 2019-07-03T00:16:57Z

HoRNDIS is incompatible with Catalina due to the new read-only system partition. installation via the .pkg or brew will fail.

see the What's New in APFS session from WWDC19: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/710/

there may be a workaround by disabling SIP using csrutil in Recovery Mode, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

the "right" way to fix HoRNDIS long term is likely to migrate it to using the new DriverKit framework, documented at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit

wwwfeng · 2019-07-05T17:54:14Z

My OS version is 10.15 beat3 it work,it's able work on Catalina. try second times or restart your machine.And if installed contected phone it always not work or can't find your network You just need to copy /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist and /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plis delete these file. But if you try this,you may not connect the network anymore.and you just backup these two file,you will find it work.It's amazing. You have to remember to backup before you delete system file.

d235j · 2019-07-05T17:57:45Z

Is the installer still trying to put files in /System? It should not be doing that.

I don't believe network driver kexts are blocked just yet, but it would not surprise me if that becomes the case in 10.16. NetworkingDriverKit will be the way to go.

dehydratedH2O · 2019-07-05T18:01:49Z

In 10.16 basically anything not in /Users or /Applications is write protected. The installer is attempting to write to protected locations. Using an old .kext won't work without disabling SIP, which should not be required for users.

DriverKit should be adopted before Catalina is released if this project wants to support it. If I find time to do it myself, I will, but until then if anyone has a chance to do it, it's the "right way".

wwwfeng · 2019-07-05T18:04:47Z

lutnos · 2019-10-09T16:10:43Z

I now have HoRNDIS installed and working on the release 10.15 Catalina.

The process:

Shutdown
Hold command+R and press power
Launch terminal
csrutil disable
Reboot
Launch terminal
mount -uw /
Run the HoRNDIS 9.2 installer
Shutdown
Hold command+R and press power
Launch terminal
csrutil enable
Reboot

Ultimately, DriverKit is the way too go.

But for now I hope that this helps others

d235j · 2019-10-09T16:35:42Z

Can one of you provide a copy of the Installer log from a failed installation, with all logs enabled, not only errors? (Keep SIP enabled and everything else on defaults.)

I'm not on Catalina yet so I can't test.

ghost · 2019-10-09T19:57:27Z

installer[28945]: Product archive /usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg trustLevel=350
installer[28945]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: location = file://localhost
installer[28945]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]: file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg
installer[28945]: Set authorization level to root for session
installer[28945]: Administrator authorization granted.
installer[28945]: Will use PK session
installer[28945]: Using authorization level of root for IFPKInstallElement
installer[28945]: Starting installation:
installer[28945]: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
installer[28945]: Preparing disk for local booted install.
installer[28945]: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 453.09 GB (453093011456 bytes).
installer[28945]: Create temporary directory "/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T//Install.289452ieUJ2"
installer[28945]: IFPKInstallElement (1 packages)
installd[507]: PackageKit: Adding client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=28945, uid=0 (/usr/sbin/installer)
installer[28945]: PackageKit: Enqueuing install with framework-specified quality of service (utility)
installd[507]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
installd[507]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <1 packages, destination=/>
installd[507]: PackageKit: packages=(
	    "PKLeopardPackage <id=com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS, version=0, url=file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg>"
	)
installd[507]: PackageKit: Set reponsibility for install to 18666
installd[507]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg (destination=/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager/603D0B6A-6DB4-4042-B0B8-020C5A71589D.activeSandbox/Root, uid=0)
installd[507]: PackageKit: prevent user idle system sleep
installd[507]: PackageKit: suspending backupd
installd[507]: PackageKit: Using trashcan path /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/PKInstallSandboxTrash/603D0B6A-6DB4-4042-B0B8-020C5A71589D.sandboxTrash for sandbox /Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager/603D0B6A-6DB4-4042-B0B8-020C5A71589D.activeSandbox
install_monitor[28946]: Temporarily excluding: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
installd[507]: PackageKit: Shoving /Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager/603D0B6A-6DB4-4042-B0B8-020C5A71589D.activeSandbox/Root (1 items) to /
installd[507]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.tN75vt/Scripts/com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS.qKEa0q
installd[507]: ./postinstall: touch: /System/Library/Extensions: Read-only file system
install_monitor[28946]: Re-included: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
installd[507]: PackageKit: releasing backupd
installd[507]: PackageKit: allow user idle system sleep
installd[507]: PackageKit: Cleared responsibility for install from 28945.
installd[507]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running the script for the package "HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg"." UserInfo={NSFilePath=./postinstall, NSURL=file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running the script for the package "HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg".} {
	    NSFilePath = "./postinstall";
	    NSLocalizedDescription = "\U8fd0\U884c\U8f6f\U4ef6\U5305\U201cHoRNDIS-9.2.pkg\U201d\U7684\U811a\U672c\U65f6\U51fa\U9519\U3002";
	    NSURL = "file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg";
	    PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS";
	}
installd[507]: PackageKit: Running idle tasks
installer[28945]: install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=112 "An error occurred while running the script for the package "HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg"." UserInfo={NSFilePath=./postinstall, NSURL=file://localhost/usr/local/Caskroom/horndis/9.2/HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg#HoRNDIS-kext.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while running the script for the package "HoRNDIS-9.2.pkg".}
installd[507]: PackageKit: Removing client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=28945, uid=0 (/usr/sbin/installer)
installd[507]: PackageKit: Done with sandbox removals
installer[28945]: Install failed: The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Please contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

d235j · 2019-10-09T20:12:27Z

The post-install script needs to be changed.

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions was deprecated a while ago for rebuilding the kextcache. The currently supported method is sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel.

Since that command is trying to write to /System, it is failing and causing the Installer to throw an error — even though the kext is already installed in /Library/Extensions.

@jwise @mikhailai can you take a look? The kext and package will also need notarization. I can do some testing once I have a Catalina install set up.

d235j · 2019-10-11T21:55:23Z

Here's a version packaging the exact same binary-identical .kext together with a modified install script. This does mean the .pkg is unsigned (so you'd have to trust me and bypass Gatekeeper with the right-click-and-open method). I'll try to get a PR to the project in place soon.
HoRNDIS-9.2-catalina_install.pkg.zip

cheyennerhap · 2019-10-12T01:13:25Z

Thanks so much, this update worked perfectly!

ice-cream-headache · 2019-10-14T08:02:27Z

It works perfect.Thanks a lot.

alexandrehuat · 2019-10-17T16:06:40Z

Wonderful! It works. Thank you. Great job.

mongezik19 · 2019-10-20T21:40:39Z

Thank you so much @d235j

jadonk · 2019-11-07T20:44:26Z

@d235j any updates on a PR? Catalina has a regression related to BeagleBone's USB configuration, which includes a composite adapter including Mass Storage Class, CDC-ACM (serial), RNDIS and CDC-ECM (networking, previously supported by OS X). It appears to get the CDC-ECM working, we have to disable the RNDIS support (or perhaps enumerate it after RNDIS?). Therefore, we are considering just removing CDC-ECM, which otherwise breaks the latest Windows 10 if included in the composite adapter before RNDIS. Proprietary OS vendors. :-(

whao · 2019-11-28T07:00:20Z

@d235j I tried your binary and it worked well! Thanks so much for your job! But there is a small issue. Every time I reconnect my phone to mac, it creates a new interface in Preference -> Network. And the interface number increases. For example, it creates Ethernet Adapter (en6), after plugging out and in, it creates Ethernet Adapter (en7), and en6 is still there. Now it is alreay en15 on my laptop and I don't know how to delete old ones. Deleting in the Network panel doesn't work.

mabdullahsari · 2019-12-13T15:16:03Z

Catalina 10.15.2 straight up forbids the whole installation even when you bypass Gatekeeper because of "incompatibility".

suru1994 · 2019-12-14T06:52:05Z

not working in 10.15.2 update

marcocursi · 2019-12-14T13:27:56Z

Unfortunately...

johanf85 · 2019-12-16T13:10:19Z

It's working on my 10.15.2. Did had to accept something on a privacy and safety popup

marcocursi · 2019-12-16T15:20:08Z

Really?! I try again.

marcocursi · 2019-12-16T15:26:36Z

No problem on 10.15.1 updated 10.15.2.
New Mac with 10.15.2 no working.
Error “
Contact software developer “.

aivils · 2019-12-20T18:18:38Z

I go to system preferences -> security & privacy. I see - System software from developer "Joshua Wise" was blocked from loading.
unblock it by pressing "Allow"
it's working under 10.15.2

svalab-hatci · 2019-12-25T13:29:31Z

Thank you so much, you just saved my life !

air2terre · 2019-12-30T20:10:09Z

Works perfectly for me and the DJI application on Catalina. Thank you very much !

gmcinalli · 2020-01-24T08:55:10Z

Happens to me too.

Adriano-A3 · 2020-01-27T15:33:13Z

MVP TRIGGERED

liho98 · 2020-02-15T15:36:02Z

Hi @d235j, I am using your version, and it works. However, each time I disconnect and connect my device for USB tethering, it created a new network interface (en2-en8 shown in screenshot below), which is quite annoying. I realised that it doesn't recognised my phone model (Xiaomi Pocophone F1). Can you help me solve this issue, thanks in advance!

dragfly · 2020-02-23T22:18:40Z

Thanks @d235j, your version does get correctly installed on Catalina.

@liho98 I'm experiencing the same issue: this is due to Android generating a new MAC address every time the USB tethering is enabled. It's called MAC Randomization and is considered an official security feature

anquegi · 2020-08-15T09:41:26Z

Thanks @d235j, your version does get correctly installed on Catalina.

Nightless54 · 2020-08-17T22:10:37Z

Will there be updates for Big sur?

Belcarra · 2020-08-18T02:24:33Z

Big Sur requires total rewrite as a Driver Extension. Different API's for both network and usb.

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BluesChien · 2020-08-23T03:48:54Z

Thanks d235j, use this version "HoRNDIS-9.2-catalina_install"
Can work on Catalina 10.15.6

Install ,restart, and make sure allow "Joshua Wise" working.
Security & Privacy-> General-> Allow apps downloaded from

Leterel · 2020-08-23T10:04:44Z

Holy mother of god. Thank you for this. This fixed the issue.

Wiaf · 2020-08-25T05:25:39Z

works on 10.15.6

remotezygote · 2020-08-26T04:10:38Z

When I reboot after the csr disable, I get this when trying to run mount -uw /:

mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted
mount: / failed with 77

Is this possibly because of encrypted volumes?

I've tried every which way, and nothing seems to work. Is there some issue with ending up at a USB-C port, perhaps? Can't get this to work at all on Catalina, and I've tried everything.

LouisCAD · 2020-08-26T08:43:57Z

I personally just installed the official version which shows a warning at the end of the installation, and I ran this in the terminal:

sudo kextcache -i /

After that (and maybe a reboot, I don't recall), it worked despite the OS warning that the kernel extension will stop working in future macOS versions.

aybiz1 · 2020-09-04T23:11:26Z

HoRNDIS-9.2-catalina_install.pkg.zip completed install. Network shows ethernet is connected when I plug in the USB cable. But there still cannot access any website. Does anyone have the same problem? Running 10.15.2

aybiz1 · 2020-09-05T06:56:09Z

In Network, I changed the DNS server for the Ethernet Adapter which is the USB tethered phone to 8.8.8.8 and it was able to access the internet. But it failed again the next time I logged in the Mac. I am not able to get it to work again. I must be missing something in the Ethernet Adapter settings. Any help is appreciated.

wbinder1 · 2020-09-06T01:03:50Z

I couldn't get it to work on 10.15.6. I tried the installer like normal and the installer with disabling csrutil (Wiaf's comment). When I tried Wiaf's way,I got an error when I did mount -uw /. It successfully installs with the installer but nothing happens.

I also couldn't get it to install on my 2007 MBP running El Capitan.

Has any experienced this before? Any suggestions?

Gydunhn · 2020-09-08T04:58:25Z

Thanks, this works fine for me !

owsinla · 2020-10-06T16:20:19Z

The Catalina install package seems to have installed without any problems. However the program does not appear to be running because there is no addition to the Network display. Are there any system permissions that need to be granted for the program to run?

herbastar · 2020-10-07T07:16:00Z

Tried HoRNDIS-9.2-catalina_install.pkg.zip on Catalina 10.15.7 unfortunately after a restart my phone isn't listed.
Hopefully a new version is coming soon from HornDIS @jwise

hadees · 2020-11-06T21:03:11Z

Thanks I would just like to point out y'all can use SuspiciousPackage to check out this kind of stuff.

ffxluca · 2020-11-17T00:18:51Z

Not working on Catalina 10.15.7

merlek · 2020-12-11T16:00:54Z

I have it working on Catalina 10.15.7

I used the install file from above: HoRNDIS-9.2-catalina_install.pkg.zip

Then after installation, I ran the following:
sudo kextcache --clear-staging
sudo kextcache -i /

Then under System Security, I allowed the System software from Joshua Wise.

Ch667 · 2020-12-15T13:08:28Z

�It's work!! Thank you @merlek

KashifHK123 · 2020-12-20T23:44:29Z

It work. Thank you 😊

Atalus · 2021-01-19T19:54:37Z

It works for me too :)

chuchothecat · 2021-02-08T17:12:46Z

Works for me on Catalina 10.15.7!

johnnyfivedev · 2021-04-02T16:20:21Z

How to deal with this (No disk seen)? I have a Windows installed on same MacMini via bootcamp, might this be an issue?

dayuba · 2021-04-12T16:42:38Z

this worked

ElanVB · 2021-07-09T08:00:53Z

Thanks! This also worked for me!
macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287)

FellonCem · 2021-09-24T21:39:50Z

I created a github account for thanking to you. It worked properly. Thank you man ❤️

Thisguyisamajoridiot · 2021-12-12T19:11:05Z

It didn't work for me tho ;(

tomirimayoga · 2022-06-17T15:31:10Z

working on Catalina 10.15.7

type

sudo kextcache --clear-staging

then enter your password
type

sudo kextcache -i /

wait for a minute

then go to Security and Privacy, You should find and allow software from Joshua Wise
restart your system and connect your usb tethering

NALAWALAMURTUZA · 2023-02-28T06:41:43Z

it's not work in macOS Venture.please share solution if any one have.

Thank in advance.

hacker1024 mentioned this issue Oct 8, 2019

Catalina #106

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