On 5/10/10 10:04 AM, ===( )8> wrote:
Okay update -- all seems to be good now.
Was having problems with safe booting (three times total, holding shift
and power to boot up gave me that same Bluetooth nonsense with the stuck
cursor), and I had forgotten about OPTION-restart. I should also
mention, on account of the stuck cursor, I reseated the Mini's
connections to the KVM switch. Dunno if it helped, but at least I
thought of it and did it. A Google search leading to a PDF manual for my
Mini reminded me of Option-Restart, so I did that, and THEN held down
shift while restarting, and THEN my Mini booted in Safe Mode (it told me
it was in safe mode and asked me to log in, which it didn't do before,
so apparently those prior attempts to boot in safe mode were totally
malfunctional).
It might well have been a problem with the KVM switch. That would
account for the "stuck cursor" (no mouse connection), the failure to
safe boot (no keyboard connection) and possibly the bogus bluetooth
mouse (maybe, because it didn't see a wired mouse and figured you had a
bluetooth mouse).
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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