Thanks for the tip Dan - was a generic disc. Actually from the outset
ie first booting from the disc, it was demanding a mouse before
proceeding. Have used this disc for a lot of reinstalls and it hasn't
misbehaved yet but certainly a possibility. Might try and reinstall
once more it can't hurt. The ibooks are second hand and don't have
original CDs. Thanks again, DD
On 15/09/2009, at 8:41, Daniel Kerr wrote:
So the question is:
anyone with experience on the Unix terminal know of a way to prod the
OS into recognizing the trackpad hardware? Or how to formally test
it?
I have gone to the temple of Google but came away empty handed
Thanx
DD
Hi David
Did you use a generic OS install, or the iBook disc?
I only ask as I had something similar happen with an iBook G4 a few
years
back and one of the "drivers" for the trackpad wasn't getting
installed from
a generic OS disc. I had to go back to the original iBook install CD,
install that then "upgrade" to the latest OS for it to work.
(Or perhaps I'm thinking of OS9 days...).
I'll see if I can find the job in question and go through my notes
when back
in the "office" later.
But just thought I'd "offer" that info anyway. (May not be useful in
the
end, just wanted to mention it.)
Kind regards
Daniel
-Sent from my iPhone
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