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- HP EliteBook_8x0G1
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- i7-4600U
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- HD 4400, 1366 x 768
Hi, I just noticed the weird shutdown issue, where after the screen goes blank you can still hear the fans spinning so it hasnt powered off yet.
I noticed this after unplugging the usb kb/mouse to prepare to take the laptop out into the field for testing.
what i did was unplug mouse/kb.
booted up as normal.
realised them touchpad needed tweaking.
went to sys pref to turn on mouse tap = mouse clicks.
adjusted the touchpad speed and noticed the stepping movement issue, kinda feels weird (at this point do i use rehabmans fix to solve this weird issue?)
when i went to shutdown, the screen went blank as normal, but what was not normal was the fan was spinning for at least 5 minutes while i did something else.
came back to the hackintosh, and just did the hard power off by holding down power button.
ok, i've reset the machine and powered on and logged on, and powered off or shutdown again, this time it was quick as a flash.
did i just catch a bug?
also noticed at the login screen, using the touchpad to move the mouse around it was very fast and very smooth - ie just perfect. after login the mouse movement via touchpad, the movement is completely worse. i'm not an expert on programming , but does osx have some kind of thing happen to its touchpad config b4 and after login?
cheers
I noticed this after unplugging the usb kb/mouse to prepare to take the laptop out into the field for testing.
what i did was unplug mouse/kb.
booted up as normal.
realised them touchpad needed tweaking.
went to sys pref to turn on mouse tap = mouse clicks.
adjusted the touchpad speed and noticed the stepping movement issue, kinda feels weird (at this point do i use rehabmans fix to solve this weird issue?)
when i went to shutdown, the screen went blank as normal, but what was not normal was the fan was spinning for at least 5 minutes while i did something else.
came back to the hackintosh, and just did the hard power off by holding down power button.
ok, i've reset the machine and powered on and logged on, and powered off or shutdown again, this time it was quick as a flash.
did i just catch a bug?
also noticed at the login screen, using the touchpad to move the mouse around it was very fast and very smooth - ie just perfect. after login the mouse movement via touchpad, the movement is completely worse. i'm not an expert on programming , but does osx have some kind of thing happen to its touchpad config b4 and after login?
cheers
I've been working on some enhancements to the keyboard and trackpad we use for our ProBook laptops. I'm not completely finished yet (when is software ever done), but I think it is worthy of release for testing at this point.
Complete details are in the README.md in the root of the github repo. Many of the changes detailed in the README are based on changes I made to the code I started with, and a few of those are not applicable to the version we have been using... but because source for that version is 'lost', I had to start with an earlier version and redo some of the same changes/bug fixes for this version.
There are complete details in the README.md, but here are the highlights that are interesting here:
- You can use the Fn+Del (SysReq) key on the built-in keyboard to toggle touchpad on/off. Touchpad LED in upper left corner will glow orange when touchpad is deactivated, and be black when it is activated. When the touchpad is deactivated, all input is thrown away (including buttons). I like to enable this when I'm using an external mouse.
- The ability for the driver to detect accidental input is much improved. It is not perfect yet, but it is better. In this version, it is also always on, regardless of the setting in Trackpad Prefs. A future version will pay attention to the trackpad pref option.
- This version seems "smoother." That is, it seems easier to move the pointer in small amounts... there is not that slight "stair stepping" effect that the previous version had. I would like to do some more work to make it even smoother in a future release (implement some sort of decaying average to eliminate spikes in the input)
Main github page with README (instructions for installing) and of course the source code:
https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller
Download page:
https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller/downloads
(Both Debug and Release versions are in the ZIP, but I recommend installing the Release version as the Debug version will spam your kernel.log like crazy)
I built this version last night and uploaded it then too. I see one person has already noticed and decided to download it.
But please give this a try and report back with your results.
And you might want to backup your current ApplePS2Controller.kext and AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext just in case something goes wrong.
Note: Just thought I'd mention that I have tested on 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion), but this should work on 10.7.x as well (Lion).
New Release 2012-10-11: This version fixes the WiFi button (so it doesn't change brightness) and adds some diagnostics when sending the "Identify Touchpad" command (in the case that it fails).
New Release 2012-10-13: See the change log in README.md for complete information. Highlights are bug fixing, enhanced accidental input detection when typing, and custom keyboard mapping.
New Release 2012-10-13 (late): Again, see change log in README.md for complete information. Highlights are: sleep delay, and VoodooPS2Mouse.kext working.
New Release 2012-10-15: See this post for details: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/75649-new-voodoops2controller-keyboard-trackpad-12.html. And of course full details, updated source, wiki, and downloads on github.