visa Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 can anyone tell that why my ps/2 keyboard doesn't work in mac os x thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLS Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 No, not unless you give us a lot of details What is your hardware ? How are you running OS X ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crises Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 can anyone tell that why my ps/2 keyboard doesn't work in mac os xthanks... ok this doesnt help you much but i can tell you that a proper mac bluetooth keyboard will work with OSx86, of course you have to have a working bluetooth dongle. got one off of ebay, worked straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 can anyone tell that why my ps/2 keyboard doesn't work in mac os xthanks... Broken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visa Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 yes my hardware. they are Sis chipset motherboard + P4 2.94, ATI Radeon9250 is that enough? my keyboard is stantard ps/2 keyboard which works well in XP. my mac os is installed from mac os install disk, not a image from deadmoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 You need the ApplePS2Controller.kext from the Darwin CD, install it in /System/Library/Extensions as described elsewhere. You will need to fix the permissions on this file. I usually do: cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 ApplePS2Controller.kext chown -R root:wheel ApplePS2Controller.kext in terminal.. there are probably slicker ways, but that usually works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visa Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 i don't have a darwin cd. can you upload it? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 The CD is Open Source & a free download, http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/8.0.1/...nx86-801.iso.gz you should really have a copy around if you're going to play with OSX86 to any extent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visa Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 yes, thank you. but i have more questions about the x86mac... my cpu usage is always 100%, and i did delete AppleTPM.....kext and add a line "platform=x86pc". these don't work... does it mean that my hardware doesn't suit osx86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visa Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 You need the ApplePS2Controller.kext from the Darwin CD, install it in /System/Library/Extensions as described elsewhere. You will need to fix the permissions on this file. I usually do: cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 ApplePS2Controller.kext chown -R root:wheel ApplePS2Controller.kext in terminal.. there are probably slicker ways, but that usually works. i discovered there is already one ApplePS2Controller.kext in /System/Library/Extensions... what can i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sacronaut Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i discovered there is already one ApplePS2Controller.kext in /System/Library/Extensions...what can i do? are you using a usb mouse? if so plug in a ps2 mouse also.... works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visa Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 ps2 keyboard and usb mouse. u mean i should also use a ps/2 mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakerElph Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 yeah, i had to do that too. not like its bad, whats the difference between USB and PS/2 in terms of mice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 My keyboard ps2 did not work until I connected a ps2 mouse too,so now I have usb mouse and ps2 mouse. But it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llandru Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 My keyboard ps2 did not work until I connected a ps2 mouse too,so now I have usb mouse and ps2 mouse.But it works. Go into your BIOS setup and turn off USB support. Plug in your keyboard and mous into the PS2 connectors. Your mouse and keyboard may then work perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Go into your BIOS setup and turn off USB support. Plug in your keyboard and mous into the PS2 connectors. Your mouse and keyboard may then work perfectly. Sure guys we understand that it might work when you have a ps2 port!!!!! But on the latest laptops, like mine Compaq/HP Presario X1000, Pentium M 1,4, ATI 9200 mobility we don't have one!!!!! So we would really like to know if there is a way to fix this.... The ApplePS2Controller.kext extension is in my extensions folder already, I will check tonight with my darwin CD to see if it has a different version.... So far, I can tell you that the Maxxuss patch for SSE2--->SSE3 compatibility is the problem....my keyboard and trackpad were working fine before applying the patch, since then the only way to get them back is to boot with the old kernel by passing this argument at the boot prompt... mach_kernel..... I would really like to be able to find a solution to this, because everything else works like a charm, and it looks like we are going to get access to ATI video drivers soon.... I'll keep you posted.... Long time Mac User..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 You need the ApplePS2Controller.kext from the Darwin CD, install it in /System/Library/Extensions as described elsewhere. You will need to fix the permissions on this file. I usually do: cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 ApplePS2Controller.kext chown -R root:wheel ApplePS2Controller.kext in terminal.. there are probably slicker ways, but that usually works. Your suggestion was "The Solution" for me, moving the drivers from the darwinx86 install Cd to my OSX installation fixed my keyboard and trackpad problems....after patching SSE2---SSE3 and TPM. Using the same logic, I also restored sound by moving the AppleA97audio.kext driver as well...... Thanks for the tip..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braid Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I have a similar problem here, usb mouse works, but it shutdown the ps2 keyboard. ps2 mouse with ps2 keyboard works, but usb mouse + ps2 keyboard= NO WAY. But in windows, its working fine. I guess it could be an IRQ problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naddy69 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/8.0.1/...nx86-801.iso.gz This link does not work for me. "Can't connect to server". are you using a usb mouse? if so plug in a ps2 mouse also.... works for me I just went thru this, I thought I was going crazy. My old PS/2 mouse started getting flaky (in Windows too so I knew it was the mouse!), so I got a new MS USB optical mouse. Unplugged the old PS/2 mouse, plugged in the new USB mouse and my keyboard stopped working. Plugged in the PS/2 mouse - even though I'm still using the USB mouse - and now the keyboard works fine (obviously!). Wierdest problem I've seen on OSX86! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapam Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 If you are using a PS2 keyboard and USB mouse then here is the solution. Boot from install DVD and enter the installer. Select Terminal in the Utilities menu and type: dp="/Volumes/(name-of-OSX-partition)" <--- use quotes, no parenthesesnano "$dp/usr/bin/nano $dp/etc/rc.local" # Near the end before the "exit" line add the following lines: kp="/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns" kextunload "$kp/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext" kextload "$kp/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext" I have ps2 keyboard and USB mouse and i got it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl8080 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 If you are using a PS2 keyboard and USB mouse then here is the solution. Boot from install DVD and enter the installer. Select Terminal in the Utilities menu and type.... How are you supposed to type that if your keyboard doesn't work? Is the an accessability keyboard like on XP? Within about 20 seconds of using OSX and realising the keyboard didn't work, I ordered the new mac usb keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakemon Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 How are you supposed to type that if your keyboard doesn't work? Is the an accessability keyboard like on XP? Within about 20 seconds of using OSX and realising the keyboard didn't work, I ordered the new mac usb keyboard. A USB keyboard can let you enter that text. This is helpful for laptops, like my friends laptop who's keyboard internally is PS/2, but the trackpad is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornolio Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 i've got ps2 mouse and keyboard and they don't work in osx until i disable usb in bios. but i need usb, so how to solve this problem???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankye Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 For Ps2 keyboard and usb mouse here is solution: open terminal and tipe cd /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ sudo mv ApplePS2Trackpad.ext ApplePS2Trackpad.bak sudo mv ApplePS2Mouse.ext ApplePS2Mouse.bak sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.* when finish reboot and everiting is work )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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