PS/2 Keyboard Problems - Doesn't work!...but works in "safe mode"?!?!

[wcarson]

Setup:

Asus Motherboard with Athlon 4200 X2, nForce4 chipset

Microsoft Wireless Mouse (USB)

Microsoft Wireless Keyboard (PS/2)

OS X 10.4.6 HotISO

 

Problem:

1. Both keyboard and mouse worked during initial install.
   
2. On 1st boot, the mouse still worked, but the keyboard stopped working.
   
3. Using MacDrive (utility to access HFS from Windows), I downloaded and copied the newest ApplePS2Controller.kext (7/31/2006) into the /System/Library/Extensions folder.
   
4. Here's where it starts getting interesting...when I reboot, BOTH the mouse and keyboard WORK!! , but I get messages saying that the ApplePS2Controller kext's could not be loaded (3 messages). This is weird, because it looks like the kext's are not loading, but mouse and keyboard both work!!?!!
   
5. Rebooting at this point, when I come back into OS X, the keyboard no longer works!!! WTF?
   
6. Rebooting again into "safe mode" and voila...both keyboard and mouse work again!!
   

I've tried the etc/rc "unload/load", and all the permissioning stuff mentioned on the forums....but still the only way I can get both the keyboard and mouse working is to:

 

a. Drop the kext into the Extensions folder from Windows/MacDrive, reboot, and deal with the error messages as descibed above

 

or

 

b. Boot with -x "safe mode" option.

 

Am I missing something basic? Doing something in the wrong order? Suggestions please!

 

Wayne

[wcarson]

Got it working !

It was a permissioning problem with the ApplePS2Controller.kext. Apparently the instructions I originally used for setting the permissions wasn't *exactly* right.

 

Here's what I used that worked (after copying ApplePS2Controller.kext into the Extensions folder)...

 

cd /System/Library
rm Extensions.*
chown -R root:wheel Extensions
chmod -R go-w Extensions

 

Oh...and I did need the load/unload lines in /etc/rc as described in many places on this forum.

 

Peace.