Lamertus Loire Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hey guys, I'm just running into a strange problem. I've got 2 hds in my workstation, one is Windows and I want to install OSX on the other one. That's all good and fine, but as soon as I pop the install cd into it and start the installer, it loads and loads and loads and then I see the language screen, where neither the mouse nor the keyboard are working. I tried it on several different machines now - on a PentiumD as well. Didn't work either. I plugged the mouse into several different ports, on hubs as well as directly on the board - no joy. Specs: AMD 3700+, 3 gigs RAM, 6800gt, Asus A8V (VIA chipset); A little help would be appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmilE Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 with some configurations, you need an usb mouse or keyboard. PS2 devices doesn't work in the installation... look for some answers in the forums...there are a lot of topics about it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-97641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Yeah, just found it (btw, the search function here is kinda weird - google gave me the desired results). Well, still. I'm using a USB Keyboard and Mouse, but they don't work. http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10773&hl= It seems that I got to swap the 10.4.5 kexts with some older kexts. Two problems: 1) Could someone send me the 10.4.3 kexts that are supposed to be working? (hope this isn't against the rules here) 2) Could someone who had the same problem give me a step to step instruction bout what I have to do once I got the kext? I mean, how am I exactly swapping the kexts? 3) Is this just an installation setup problem or will I have USB Mouse and Keyboard support when I installed OSX through VMWare? Help would be great, thanks a lot! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-97645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Okay, installed OSX through VMWare now, but mouse/keyboard are still not working... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-97750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Okay... I deleted the old IOUSBFamily.kext and swapped it with the one from 10.4.3. I did exactly this here: simply... drag & drop IOUSBFamily.kext 10.4.3 into your /System/Library/Extensions system will ask you to AUTENTICATE insert your root password and replace existing IOUSB kext open terminal type sudo -s (insert root password) kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions reboot enjoy your USB port And now, OSX won't even boot anymore. In VMWare, the keyboard's working, but the mouse is not anymore. I've spent the whole freaking day trying to solve this, a little help would be great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-97901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSpam Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Well, you could try disabling USB in your BIOS and use PS/2 devices only. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-97960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 That'd be a great idea if PS/2 would actually work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-98073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 Just can't get it to work, really annoying. I tried everything now - I downloaded the 10.4.3 extensions from TPB, put the IOUSBFamily.kext into the Extensions folder, still nothings working. Once I restarted OSX, I get the error message: The system extension "/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext" was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it, or contact the product's vendor for an update. It'd be insanely great if one of you guys could help me out here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-98333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chival4ry Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 [ Retry it ] open terminal type sudo -s (insert root password) -------------------------- cp -R /Your_10.4.3_IOUSBFamily.kext_PATH /System/Library/Extensions/ chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext rm -r /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache rm -r /System/Library/Extensions.mkext kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions Close the terminal Open the Disk Utility application and Repair Permissions on your system drive ------------------------- reboot enjoy your USB port ============================= The possibility to work is 50%. Good Luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-98659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamertus Loire Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hmmm, every time I try to just drag 'n drop the kext into the extensions folder (even if I did the authentication), it tells me that it cannot replace the files, cause the item 'content' is in use. If I just trash the 10.4.5 file and replace it with the 10.4.3 one, I'll get the error that the kext was installed improperly. Same thing happens in Safe Mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-99142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chival4ry Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I edited some steps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15223-no-mousekeyboard-during-install/#findComment-99343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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