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johnnyICON
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Well I took a look at my BIOS settings and turned off

USB KB Storage Support & USB Mouse Support and Viola :)

it works, my USB mouse does not work, however, but that's what turning off USB Mouse support does, correct?

 

Secondly, I don't have the ability to turn on Numlock or Scrolllock, so i'll asume that's a regular PC feature.

 

In any case, thanks for the help.

macgirl
macgirl
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Well I took a look at my BIOS settings and turned off

USB KB Storage Support & USB Mouse Support and Viola :)

it works, my USB mouse does not work, however, but that's what turning off USB Mouse support does, correct?

No, the BIOS setting for keyboard and mouse is for operating systems without USB drivers, like DOS, I don't remember if NT had USB support, also for bootmanagers like lilo, darwin.
Secondly, I don't have the ability to turn on Numlock or Scrolllock, so i'll asume that's a regular PC feature.

 

In any case, thanks for the help.

Let me re-check.

 

EDIT:

Yeah, num lock and scroll lock lights dow not lite/change, numlock ins not lighted but I got numbers instad of cursor movements (arrows, home, end, page up and page down).

 

These are my BIOS settings:

USB ports Enabled

USB Keyboard support Disabled

USB Mouse support Disabled

USB Storage support Enabled

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pupis
pupis
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Hi ! Yes the simpliest solution is to use USB Kboard and mouse.

Just a word about the full PS2 solution, I tried and it seems less precise, in fact my cursor moved 4 or 3 pixels by 3 pixel (on a MS intellimouse explorer)

 

Here is the detailled solution, and it costs nothing ;)

 

- open a terminal (found in applications/utilities)

- type "sudo -s" (without the quotes)

- type your password

- type "nano /etc/rc"

- add at the end of the file, just between "fi" and "exit0", that two lines:

(EDIT: You can quickly go to the end of the file using "Control + V" ;))

 

kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext

kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext

 

- Save the modified file exiting nano with "control + x" and answering YES (with the key Y) to the "Save modified buffer question"

 

Hope it'll help ;)

 

EDIT: It only works if you already have PS2 kexts installed, and with a mixing PS2/USB problem ;)

 

 

esta fue la solucion para que empize a funcionar el teclado de mi SONY VAIO pcg-v505fp

 

mil gracias por la compartirlo !!!! :(

NacHak
NacHak
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Hi ! Yes the simpliest solution is to use USB Kboard and mouse.

Just a word about the full PS2 solution, I tried and it seems less precise, in fact my cursor moved 4 or 3 pixels by 3 pixel (on a MS intellimouse explorer)

 

Here is the detailled solution, and it costs nothing :blink:

 

- open a terminal (found in applications/utilities)

- type "sudo -s" (without the quotes)

- type your password

- type "nano /etc/rc"

- add at the end of the file, just between "fi" and "exit0", that two lines:

(EDIT: You can quickly go to the end of the file using "Control + V" :))

 

kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext

kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext

 

- Save the modified file exiting nano with "control + x" and answering YES (with the key Y) to the "Save modified buffer question"

 

Hope it'll help :gun:

 

EDIT: It only works if you already have PS2 kexts installed, and with a mixing PS2/USB problem ;)

 

How do I type these in terminal when my keyboard is not working?

 

Thanks

Grafdude
Grafdude
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My keyboard nor my mouse worked plugged in ps/2. I have an Asus A8N-E and the HLC says ps/2 is not supported for this motherboard. I'm pretty sure there must be someway to make the ps/2 ports worked. So how am I suppose to type in terminal if my keyboard doesn't work cause unfortunately I dont have a usb keyboard at hand.

 

Funny that my keyboard and mouse worked fine during setup which prooves that ps/2 is functioning.

 

Is there a way to run terminal without loading the OS, i'm figuring keyboard could work there.

Marco Jr
Marco Jr
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How do I type these in terminal when my keyboard is not working?

 

Thanks

 

Yeah ! Good Point ! I've the same problem ! I can't edit any kind of file obviously.

 

O downloaded a software named MACDRIVE6 that's enable my Windows read my Mac Os Partition.

 

But maybe for some HFS design reason, the ETC folder appear to me as file (my plan is open the file with notepad) with 11 bytes.Take a look !

 

E:\>dir /ah

Volume in drive E is APPLE MAC OS X

Volume Serial Number is C070-57BA

 

Directory of E:\

 

23/04/2006 22:45 6.148 .DS_Store

23/04/2006 01:59 8.388.608 .journal

23/04/2006 01:59 4.096 .journal_info_block

23/04/2006 02:32 <DIR> .Spotlight-V100

23/04/2006 01:59 <DIR> .Trashes

23/04/2006 01:48 <DIR> .vol

23/04/2006 02:23 <DIR> bin

24/12/2005 19:05 <DIR> cores

23/04/2006 02:45 1.024 Desktop DB

23/04/2006 02:39 2 Desktop DF

23/04/2006 01:48 <DIR> dev

23/04/2006 02:22 11 etc

14/03/2006 17:29 4.023.856 mach_kernel

24/12/2005 19:05 <DIR> Network

24/04/2006 00:01 <DIR> private

23/04/2006 02:23 <DIR> sbin

23/04/2006 02:22 11 tmp

04/01/2006 03:08 <DIR> usr

23/04/2006 02:22 11 var

24/04/2006 00:01 <DIR> Volumes

23/04/2006 01:59 <DIR> ____HFS+ Private Data

9 File(s) 12.423.767 bytes

12 Dir(s) 7.255.035.904 bytes free

 

E:\>

neversell
neversell
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i got USB mouse and KB, but they don't work

so i tried ps/2 and only KB works, but not for mouse.

i also tried plugging in ps/2 and USB mouse, but no luck

and i used macdrive 7 and it didn't detect mac osx partition

what should i do next?

anything simulate mouse with KB?

Marco Jr
Marco Jr
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it say that the program need mac 9.x/ classic to run

 

How do I enable Mac Classic on Mac OSX 10.4.5 ??

 

Thanks

 

Humm...sorry, dude

 

different behavior to me...I just decompressed it and executed the main file into the compressed sit file :pirate2:

 

Well...BTW, this solution does not work to me.I'm still without keyboard :(

 

I think I should by a new USB keyboard :(

SmilE
SmilE
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u don't need this utility anymore!

under osx, go to system preferences, International.

Then under "input", select keyboard, it'll activate a virtual keyboard!

let's try :) i've already gave a solution to this problem... if u have a PC, the better way is to buy a USB keyboard. Or if u have a notebook (like me :) ), follow my solution :D

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