No USB Devices Working

[philippe94]

Hi,

 

I need help for my USB1.1 and 2.0.

They are detected but no fonctional.

I have an Asus K8V-X SE Mobo with a Chipset Southbridge VIA8237R.

I have Zephyroth OSX Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI. All works fine, only USB.

 

I read this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=156 but didn't help me.

USB Legacy Support is fully disabled in BIOS but I have -legacy paramter in com.apple.Boot.plist

I run USB Prober, with some USB devices connected, you can see my printer and 2 USB Keys plugged, here a screenshot:

but noone is mounted on the desktop or really detected - I can't detect my printer for example.

 

dmesg | grep -i USB is KO: no output, no result, blank

if I do kextload -v -t /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/PCGenUSBEHCI.kext

I have "PCGenUSBEHCI.kext is already loaded; so I think it's OK.

 

I don't know what's happened? what can I do?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

If needed, I can join/add some log of USB Prober or additional screenshots.

 

Thanks

[VasH]

Try this:

 

In terminal:
sudo su -
type your password
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/caches
exit

 

If it works you can make a script that load at startup (but I don't know how)

 

I've had similar issue, but after 10.5.2 update USB work flawless.

 

good luck

[philippe94]

Thanks for your reply, VasH

 

Some questions before test it:

- do I need edit com.apple.Boot.plist (remove -legacy parameter)?

- after the command, have I to reboot Leo?

 

Thanks for all

[VasH]

you don't have to reboot, but you have to type the command everytime you startup, if you don't write a script that load automatically at startup.

 

As for the -legacy parameter I'm not sure, I wasn't usign that option.

 

Try without removing and see if it works.

if not, you can decide if remove and retry.

[philippe94]

Fantastic Vash!!

 

It works: my USB Keys are mounted and my printer HP PSC 1350 is here and fully fonctional

Good jon, thanks

 

But now I need a script to load at each startup!

Tested without removing -legacy parameter from com.apple.Boot.plist and USB Legacy setting to [Auto] in BIOS.

EDIT: Another problem: it seems that after 5 or 10 minutes, I need to re-do the command to empty Extensions Cache, otherwise, same problem as before: USB Devices are not mounted!!! But not very disturbing at all. Perhaps there is an esay to fix this (a script?)

 

But, Thanks for all Vash

[alpha2zulu00]

This problem was fixed for me after installing the latest System.kext from a real Mac running 10.5.2

[philippe94]

From the DVD or from the real system?

[codyman]

Ayone who has this problem, PM me, i got VasH's script to work at startup. Thanks VasH!