92GTA Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I just installed MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal.Install.DVD(INTEL_AMD_SSE3_SSE2).iso It's on a notebook with a 3.2 HT 800FSB Northwood core with SSE2 that has an SiS chipset. I installed it onto a 60GB 5400RPM drive that I did a 0 fill on. I booted from the install DVD, once the installer began I went into disk utilites and formatted the HD for the install, named the drive and did the recommended Apple Journeled file system or whatever it was. I then choose the Intel proc patch, the SSE2 patch, and the 10.4.5 files. I also removed all additional font, languages, and printer drivers. FYI, I had a USB mouse plugged in the entire time. Anyway, install went GREAT! NO issues. Both the USB mouse AND the touchpad & keyboard all worked great during the install. AFTER the install was another story... During the post install setup I noticed the touchpad stopped working and only the USB mouse and the notebooks keyboard were working. No big deal I thought, I use USB mouse anyway. Well I finished the setup, my new profile and desktop loaded for the first time and BANG, error windows. 3 of them saying errors with the following files: ApplePS2Controller.kext ApplePS2Mouse.kext ApplePS2Touchpad.kext (Yes that's abreviated). I just hit ok and moved on. I checked a couple things, changed NOTHING, and shutdown to go eat dinner. When I came back and turned on my notebook, about few moments into the boot sceen it showed a tiny square box with a circle that had a line through it diagonally and even though the rotating thing under the Apple logo was still going it would not pass that point. Manually shutting down and starting yielded the same results time after time. SO, I did another installation, formatted the HD again, everything went EXACTLY the same and now I'm looking at my desktop right after clicking OK on the 3 errors I mentioned. Well I can't shut it down because I'll have to reinstall to get the OS to load again. Can someone PLEASE help me out with exactly what to do while it's running so that it will boot again? I did a search of the forum but only seemed to find people with the keyboard not working, no one seemed to have my same problem. BTW, I'm a complete OS X newbie so if there is any command line stuff I need to do, please be detailed enough for me to understand Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 This problem can be fixed by doing this within Terminal: cd /System/Library/Extensions sudo find ApplePS2Controller.kext -type d -exec /bin/chmod 0755 {} \; sudo find ApplePS2Controller.kext -type f -exec /bin/chmod 0644 {} \; Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
92GTA Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Thanks for reply, I'm glad I'm not alone. I've been doing a TON of searching and when I get home in a couple hours I'm going to start in on it hardcore for the weekend. I'll be sure to post everything I do and find out so hopefully we can work it out or get feedback or answers from some other good person here who can help. Alex EDIT: Oh, I'll try that when I get home. Will the system boot after you do it? I'm afraid to even reboot the first time, lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 You might also want to try doing the same to: AudioIPCDriver.kext AppleMLANAudio.kext AppleHDA.kext These also share the same problem when loading kexts in -v (verbose mode), but I seem to have strange issues booting with verbose active, not entirely sure why. Sometimes the Mac just stays in verbose mode whilst everything else is doing their thing. The DVD must have some serious flaw in the way it is installing the OS, 10.4.3 was much easier to install compared to this, and the JaS patch worked perfectly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
92GTA Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Good news: I did all you suggested and when it loads not a single error and the touchpad works! VERY bad news: I can only boot safe mode, -x, because otherwise I get the "Still waiting for root device" timeout according to -v mode. WTF? Errr... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 You're not the only one to get that message That was the same problem I had with the Myzar ISO after replacing the kernel, which went away when I tried the newer AMD/SSE2/SSE3/nForce/VIA ISO with just the bare-base kernel patch + SSE3 selected. Did this occur only AFTER you changed the permissions on the kexts? if so, just do it to the ApplePS2Controller.kext instead of the other ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
92GTA Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Well they weren't related because the first time I installed OS X, it wouldn't reboot either. Turns out I don't know how I fixed it, lol. My system is booting fine now. It could have been the disk permission repair or something that I did while installing my video and audio drivers. Thanks for the help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-82936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 the wonders of installing an Intel Mac. lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-83375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
granjerox Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 If I can't use my keyboard, how am I suposed to aply the fix. Maybe I don't know how to reach terminal from boot screen. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12954-1045-post-install-problems-please-help/#findComment-85681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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