Iman07 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 hello everyone. i posted this question on two other forums and no one has been able to help me. I usually don't post on this forum, never really gave it a try. but hopefully someone will be able me here. lets start with my specs: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel Q9300 Nvidia e-Geforce 8600 GT 4GB PC2-8500 Segate 1 TB sata Linksys WMP54GS Generic Bluetooth Adapter I am currently running kalyway 10.5.6 with voodoo 9.5. On one of the forums someone suggested that since the kernel is not the "same" as the OS that it will cause hanging when trying to pair the keyboard and mouse (made my Apple). since kernel 9.6 is not out yet, what can I do? As mentioned, the bluetooth adapter is recognized by OSX and it easily finds the the keyboard and mouse. Its the verification process, entering the passkey, that hangs. It states that it is unable to connect. Anyone out there that can help me? I spent a good chunk of change on this keyboard and mouse, I would love to actually use them Please, if someone out there can address this issue, I would greatly appreciate it. Ayman. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iman07 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 nothing at all? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1020479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I have the same mobo with 10.5.6 but with Vanilla kernel 9.6 from the 10.5.6 update. Did u tried with the 9.6 kernel? I never used Voodoo and the kernel from the 10.5.6 update works like a charm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1020524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iman07 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 oh so you are using a vanila kernel? oh {censored}, maybe i can just use that. im on a 9.4 kernel. i didnt even think to upgrade it to the latest kernel. thank you so much! i will try that. is there a link to the latest vanilla kernel? i have another quick question. its about the EFI. as far i know, its suppose to be like the computers bios. pcs use bios and macs use EFI. now is this something that i need? does it only help with me installing updates straight from apple with no updates. i am just wondering if its something that will help make this work. i saw guides on how to install this EFI thing, but i dunno if i need nor do i know if i already have it installed. anyway to find out? thanks for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1021833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iman07 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 this is starting to get ridiculous now. i upgraded to the 9.6 vanilla kernel and i still cant pair. its starts to hang at the verification part, where i need to enter 0000. then it says its unable to pair and to bring it closer to the bluetooth module and blah blah. damn, this is annoying! u think its my bluetooth adapter? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1021884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iman07 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 one user recommended i downgrade the IOBluetoothFamily.kext to the 10.5.5. this solved the issue with the mighty mouse not connecting. it works flawlessly! now for the keyboard. for the life of me i could not get it to pair. its the damn password thing. it wont let me enter a key. i tried doing it without a passcode but it doesnt work. i even tried the kext from 10.5.2 thinking it might help, it did not. im really close to giving up on the keyboard. it seems many people are having problems with the keyboard. i tried updating the firmware on the keyboard via my MBP and it says its already up to date. what else can i do. thanks again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1021985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 one user recommended i downgrade the IOBluetoothFamily.kext to the 10.5.5. this solved the issue with the mighty mouse ..... "I have same isssue about voodoo kernel and bluetooth. I'm update to 10.5.6 with kernel 9.6 , and bluetooth work fine, but cant restart my system. so i try to use voodoo 9.5 kernel to fix restart issue . yse ,voodoo kernel can fix that ,but my bluetooth kb and mouse cant work now. I think that is a some kext issue about kext at /Extra, so i try to move out some kext file from /Extra/Extensions/ ,and the issue about bluetooth solve. the file is AppleACPIPlatform.kext Disabler.kext maybe you can try that to fix this issue . good luck" I'm find out that way is not work, when i use -f on the boot, bluetooth KB and mouse work fine . when boot notmally, they cant work . I dont know why? >< Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1027350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomt Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I had the very same problem. i'm running iDeneb 10.5.6 with vanilla. I had been trying to pair my new wireless aluminium keyboard for 3 days with no luck for 3 days. I tried everything, changed the bluetooth kexts mentionned in many posts, nothing worked out. I had the same symptoms : the keyboard was detected but the pairing failed. I changed the BT dongle, deleted all the prefs, etc : no pairing. I paired the keyboard with my mbp and an old powerbook so I knew it was working. And of course, the hackintosh paired with no probems with any other device i tried (two different cellphones, no problem). Then I tried everything I found on google even remotely connected to my issue, and SOMETHING WORKED OUT : i manually loaded this kext : sudo load /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext and voilà !! The new aluminium wireless keyboard paired !!! And that was it, no need to reload it at startup, I just loaded it once before pairing and that's it. Maybe i'll need to re-load it once if the keyboard get unpaired, but hey, now it's working ! I changed/reverted so many times the bluetooth kext i honestly can't remember what version it is, so I included the one i loaded as attachment to this post. Cheers! IOBK.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143609-no-pairing-with-apple-keyboard-and-mouse/#findComment-1100645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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