Lemieux Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 My sons hackintosh keyboard and mouse stopped working. the keyboard and mouse work in windows and I can type at the osx bootloader prompt. However as soon as osx loads it stops working. he said the only thing he did was update garage band. I hooked up an old imac keyboard and mouse and it works fine. I'm wonderig if the update overwrote a kext, but don't know where to look. he can't keep the imac keyboard and mouse so I need to fix it. any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poco Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You could try the VoodooPS2Controller. If you want to see if any kexts were changed then go into /System/Library/Extensions and sort by last modified. iPoco Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/#findComment-1203474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemieux Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 I'm not sure if an update would modify a kext, it would probably overwrite it. But I'm no expert. also I did a plain install of kalaway 10.5.2, so i think it installs the sleep kernel not the voodoo. but again I'm no expert. this computer was running great for about a month. I mean really great. Imovie, idvd, garage band with a line6 ux-1 tone port. my son has been going nuts recording all kinds of songs, layering like 5 guitars parts. If i could afford a mac I would buy him one, but for now it's not in the cards. I really want to fix it. the computer is a foxconn intel 925 based MB with a p4 2.8 HT CPU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/#findComment-1203497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poco Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 If a kext was replaced (overwritten) it would still have a newer last modified date. iPoco Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/#findComment-1203498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemieux Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 If a kext is updated/installed will it have the date it was installed or the it was created? I'm kind of confused because i'm not sure an update would overwrite the PS2 kext since it would probably not be a apple kext. My IT experience tells me that the end-user is not telling the truth about what happened. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/#findComment-1203510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poco Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I was going to suggest that but I its your son so I'm careful not to point any fingers. Some people on these forums don't take kindly to that sort of thing so I try to let them go down that path before I suggest it. Try and install the VoodooPS2Controller. If you look in /System/Library/Extensions are there any kexts to do with PS2? Just thought of something you are using a USB keyboard from the iMac? It will show the date it was created (most files 2007) but if the update installed a newer version of a file its logical to assume that the file created after most (if not all) of the others. Something you can do to check the validity of your son's claim is to go into the System Update system preferences panel. You should be able to see all installed updates. iPoco Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/175485-ps2-keyboard-and-mouse-stopped-working/#findComment-1203553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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