[Solved] Mouse Settings Crash

[WonkeyDonkey]

You should try and restart yes. And please, no references to 'alternate' downloads of any kind. Hint.

 

[tijoseph]

ok, Fail... After reboot I notice instead of a mouse icon it uses the main settings gear icon, but says mouse under it. It will not load mouse preference pane... I confirmed it is there...

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

Go to Terminal and post the output of :

ls -al /System/Library/PreferencePanes

 

[tijoseph]

drwxr-xr-x 38 root wheel 1292 May 18 16:32 .

drwxr-xr-x@ 92 root wheel 3128 May 17 12:55 ..

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Accounts.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 10 21:35 AppStore.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Appearance.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Mar 3 20:42 Bluetooth.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 DateAndTime.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 DesktopScreenEffectsPref.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 14 2016 DigiHubDiscs.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Dec 17 21:16 Displays.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 14 2016 Dock.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jan 11 01:46 EnergySaver.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Expose.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Extensions.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 14 2016 FibreChannel.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Ink.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 InternetAccounts.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 21 01:14 Keyboard.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 21 01:18 Localization.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 14 2015 Mouse.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 4 20:17 Network.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jan 31 00:20 Notifications.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Dec 20 00:53 ParentalControls.prefPane

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 May 16 16:47 PrintAndFax.prefPane -> PrintAndScan.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 PrintAndScan.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 9 17:52 Profiles.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 19 21:50 Security.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 14 2016 SharingPref.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Sound.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 6 20:53 Speech.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 Spotlight.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jan 11 01:53 StartupDisk.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 29 2016 TimeMachine.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Mar 3 21:07 TouchID.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 16 23:17 Trackpad.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jan 18 05:20 UniversalAccessPref.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 20 17:00 Wallet.prefPane

drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 8 23:43 iCloudPref.prefPane

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

What size is Mouse.prefPane in bytes ?

 

[tijoseph]

26.3 MB

 

[tijoseph]

It is interesting there is no mouse icon. The one above it is the old file. As you can see the mouse is in the middle.

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

Im using El Cap and mine shows 30.3. Try removing it and extracting again.

 

[tijoseph]

Im using El Cap and mine shows 30.3. Try removing it and extracting again.

cool

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

If that doesnt work, put the original back for the time being and configure the other parts of your system. I need to go and do some stuff in the real world. You have made good progress today, stick with it. We can come back to it later.