Ward, Many thanks, and I guess this is what to expect with an all new product. Over the years I have been spoiled...and I do have the latest drivers.
Again, I appreciate your time on this. John > From: Ward Oldham <woldham at insightbb.com> > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:37:56 -0500 > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: OS X and Family > > Hi John > > Start with the basics. > > Unplug the external third party peripherals you don't absolutely need. > You mentioned iMic, sound sticks, and the Kensington Turbo Mouse. Your > kensington hub is probably not a source of a problem from a > compatibility standpoint. I just hope yours is functioning correctly. > If it did under OS 9, you should be OK. > > Boot from your OS X CD and run Disk Utility to verify your hard disk. > Also, repair disk permissions while in Disk Utility. You may want to > try fsck -y booting into single user mode. Avoid Nortons unless your > running 7.0.3. Even then, Nortons has not been deemed a good working > product under OS X. Symantec is still trying to fix their problems > ever since releasing version 7. > > Two easy issues are IE and your restart and shutdown commands. IE > preferences are set within IE but also need to agree with the settings > within your Internet System Preferences. Your dialog boxes that pop up > upon restart or shutdown can be bypassed by holding down the Option key. > > Get one thing working correctly at a time and make sure you have the > latest drivers for your turbo mouse and iMic. > > iMic > http://www.versiontracker.com/redir.fcgi/kind=1&db=mac&id=10300/ > iMic_Control_1-5.sit > > Kensington Turbo Mouse > http://www.versiontracker.com/redir.fcgi/kind=1&db=mac&id=10374/ > MouseWorks_OS_X_install.dmg > > I am also not sure whether there were any sound issues created by > 10.2.3. Maybe someone else recollects. > > Good Luck, John. > > > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY 40204 > 502-485-1243 > www.mactown.us > > > On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 06:43 AM, profile wrote: > >> >> Group I need your help to point me in a direction to clean up several >> "strange" happenings. >> >> >> I am running OS X 10.2.3 on a dual 800. I still use OS 9 on all the >> other >> machines but I am wanting to migrate and felt I should begin with just >> one >> to see how I get along. I am having many strange things happen. >> >> IMic: I have plugged into this machine a Kensington 4 port hub, and >> Harman/Kardon Sound Sticks. When I used the hub and the sound sticks >> all >> was fine. When I added the iMic later then each time I would boot the >> machine there would be NO sound for I found the default "output" would >> continue to change to the iMic. Each time I would change to the sound >> sticks, each time it would return to the iMic on the next start. I >> had to >> remove the iMic. >> >> Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro: I added a Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro >> (wireless). I downloaded the latest drivers and I found that I could >> get it >> working if I toyed around with where the USB plugs were attached. The >> Soundsticks would not work unless they were plugged into a specific >> port on >> the machine. If I used the other port on the back of the box they >> would not >> work. If I plugged them into the back of the monitor they would not >> work, >> if I plugged them into the hub, they would not work. The same with the >> Turbo Mouse. There was just one port that I could use on the back of >> the >> machine. The monitor then had to receive the keyboard and mouse from >> Apple. >> >> Each time I would start the machine the Superdrive door would open on >> booting. Every time. I went to the knowledgebase and found something >> from >> Apple that said that some C.D. trays would open if they had other than >> an >> Apple mouse or if a third party trackball was added. I removed the >> trackball and the problem stopped. Any solution to this for I sure >> love the >> trackballs? >> >> Internet Explorer: I have used IE on this machine for a long while >> but when >> I updated to 10.2.3, and brought IE to the current version from >> Microsoft's >> site I now cannot change the default site that IE opens when booted. >> I can >> change it, but it will continually return to one that I have deleted >> over >> and over. I don't know what to throw away to try and get this to work >> right. >> >> Dialogue Box: when you shut down the machine there is always a >> dialogue box >> that ask are you sure you want to shut down. I have looked everywhere >> and I >> can't find where to have this turned off. Can this be eliminated? >> >> Norton Systemworks: I possibly need a new C.D. for this problem, but >> if so, >> then the download system doesn't work as it should. I decided to run >> Norton's SystemWorks 2.0 to see if this would find anything. I had >> previously gotten the complete updates with "Live Update". When I >> began it >> said I had major problems with the b-tree structure and I should use >> the >> C.D. When I boot from the C.D. it went into OS 9.2 and when it ran >> through >> all it's bells and whistles it said all was fine. When I then booted >> into >> 10.2.3 from the machine and then ran Norton's again it still said >> there was >> the major problem. Is the only solution to this one to get a new >> C.D.? If >> so, then the live update sure has it's limitations in this situation. >> >> >> This is like the ingredients of a cake. Sorry to have so much but >> there >> seems to be many things that don't work as you would expect. Thanks in >> advance for your help. >> >> John Robinson >> profile at aye.net >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> >> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
