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4,746 reads · 2008-02-06 – 2008-06-16
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Usb devices not detected only keyboard and mouse

Usb not working for me on amd 10.5.1 rev1. Keyboard and mouse is ok but none of my other usb devices are detected. Disable legacy support in bios is not an option for me, i have to navigate my grub menu. I downloaded the supplied…

Primary Author
@szemettelep Published 2008-02-06
Collection
Leopard 10.5
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4,746 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 8 dispatches) · 2008-02-06 – 2008-06-16
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@szemettelep (2)@dagger (2)@nfoav8or@Ludvig@Ianxxx@usherjz

Usb not working for me on amd 10.5.1 rev1. Keyboard and mouse is ok but none of my other usb devices are detected.
Disable legacy support in bios is not an option for me, i have to navigate my grub menu. I downloaded the supplied iousbfamily.kext
Didn't work. Any ideas?

My specs
A8N32-SLIDeluxe amd x2 4400+
XFX7900gs 2gig RAM

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @szemettelep

Author Update #1 @szemettelep 2008-02-06

Thank You! I have tried that, I messed so much with usb already, I'm getting kernel panic at boot
USBF: 88.576 attemting to get EHCI Controller from BIOS
USBF: 88.576 USBLEGCTLSTS value c0082005
USBF: 88.576 Found USBLEGSUP_ID value 0x10001 - writing OSOvned

Other then the usb problem everything else seem to work. If i can't resolve the kp I have to reinstall leopard again.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

4 technical responses curated from 8 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @nfoav8or 2008-02-06

disabling the legacy IS an option for you. while you are running OSX run Terminal:
<b>sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist</b>

edit the kernel flag to run "-v" at boot and then try the different options in start-up this way: ie) -legacy, -v, etc.

Field Note #2 @Ianxxx 2008-04-13
[cite] szemettelep:Hello! Usb not working for me on amd 10.5.1 rev1. Keyboard and mouse is ok but none of my other usb devices are detected. Disable legacy support in bios is not an option for me, i have to navigate my grub menu. I downloaded the supplied iousbfamily.kext Didn't work. Any ideas? My specs A8N32-SLIDeluxe amd x2 4400+…

A lot of people get this if system.kext doesnt match the kernel
I think you can check this in system profiler by clicking on system.kext and see it says satisfied

Field Note #3 @dagger 2008-04-19

I have the same problem here. My first problem was "About This Mac" crashes, so I employed the solution pointed here
http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues#toc6 ↗ using the AppleSMBIOS.kext found at netkas. After the reboot, 'About This Mac' works, but now all my USB devices aren't working except for the USB mouse [the keyboard is a PS/2 attached to a USB adapter].

Looked at System.kext [same as kernel 9.2.0] in System Profiler and it says all Dependencies are satisfied.

Any help regarding this issue is greatly appreciated.

Field Note #4 @dagger 2008-04-20

@bajanboy

Thanks, that worked like a charm, now if only this forum was here during the time I had this problem with 10.5.1 LOL.

Corroborated & Participated: @Ludvig @usherjz
Sources & Contributor Provenance (6 credited usernames · Thread #226)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@szemettelepPrimary Author22008-02-06
@daggerContributor22008-04-19 → 2008-04-20
@nfoav8orContributor12008-02-06
@LudvigContributor12008-04-13
@IanxxxContributor12008-04-13
@usherjzContributor12008-06-16