OMG just how bad does Tiger have to get before we give up on it?

[Lt Major Burns]

My Mighty mouse driver works fine, and this is the first i've heard anything faulty with it. perhaps, therefore you have a faulty mighty mouse.

[chevy]

About the Lexmark problem.

I had an issue with my Lexmark X73 that was taking significant CPU time, and I found it was related to the monitor part of the Lexmark software. I disabled it (see my other post about that issue) and now MacOS behaves ok again, the my X73 cannot be used as a push-button copier anymore.

[DeltaMac]

Originally Posted by octavedoctor

Everything fine until 10.4.3 when the same thing happened. Thinking that perhaps the problem was some of my third party apps, haxies etc. conflicting with Tiger I then chose, as an experiment to wipe my drive, reinstall first OSX from my original 10.0.0 disk then follow the upgrade path OSX 10.0.0 > Panther > Tiger > Tiger 10.4.3 combo update.
...(Occam's) razor says that when multiple solutions present themselves you should select the simplest. As the only change that links these problems is the changes introduced with the 10.4.3 update I have to conclude that it is the source of the problem.

... my iMac is three years old now and I'm guessing that many of you here who are trying hard to help are running more modern machines. Perhaps it is even an iMac specific problem.

I suppose that the biggest problems i have are my dented Mac user's ego; having endured the jibes of my Mac-phobic friends and colleagues supported by the knowledge that my machines work flawlessly day after day without any of the problems that we experience with Windows boxes to suddenly find myself experiencing the kind of trivial issues that we don't have with the PCs ...

I hear your frustration -
1. You don't need to go through some involved upgrade process (10.0-10.1-10.2, etc.) to install Tiger after erasing your drive, just install Tiger. I prefer to simplify, rather than add complications to the whole install process, if it is possible. If you wish to follow Occam, then keep the solution simple. Erase, install Tiger, upgrade to 10.4.5 - and don't install the Mighty Mouse software, the upgrade will include that for you.

2. My iMac is now nearly 6 years old. I use the Mighty Mouse, and have 10.4.5, and do not experience some of the problems that you report. My video is slowly dying, but is purely a hardware issue. I don't have real suggestions for you, but you do not have some specific problems only shared by iMacs.

3. The Mighty Mouse options will not show up if: You don't have a Mighty Mouse connected, or your Mighty Mouse is defective, or you have a USB hub that is not behaving properly (seems quite common to report)

[powermac]

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. To bring this discussion back to your problem, which is why you posted to begin with. As people have posted, they too have the Mighty Mouse, with varies configurations on different hard ware. They are not experiencing any trouble. It appears the problem is isolated to your computer and situation. Try some of the solutions people have offered. Unless a hardware issue is present, we all can get your system working fine.

[octavedoctor]

Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

My Mighty mouse driver works fine, and this is the first i've heard anything faulty with it. perhaps, therefore you have a faulty mighty mouse.

I don't think so because it works fine in 10.4.2

[octavedoctor]

Originally Posted by chevy

About the Lexmark problem.

I had an issue with my Lexmark X73 that was taking significant CPU time, and I found it was related to the monitor part of the Lexmark software. I disabled it (see my other post about that issue) and now MacOS behaves ok again, the my X73 cannot be used as a push-button copier anymore.

I think the Lexmark issue is irrelevant so i shouldn't really have included that; haven't been able to uncompress the driver on any operating system, Mac, windows or Linux

[octavedoctor]

Originally Posted by DeltaMac

I hear your frustration -
1. You don't need to go through some involved upgrade process (10.0-10.1-10.2, etc.) to install Tiger after erasing your drive, just install Tiger. I prefer to simplify, rather than add complications to the whole install process, if it is possible. If you wish to follow Occam, then keep the solution simple. Erase, install Tiger, upgrade to 10.4.5 - and don't install the Mighty Mouse software, the upgrade will include that for you.

No i know, i just chose to do it that way, as I had already tried a straight install...

Off topic: the spelling correction of Ockham was not really necessary; Occam's razor is an alternative latin spelling of Ockham. It was William of Ockham, an english theologian who first devised the simple logical process known to more modern philosophers as the KISS principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid. As Ockham is the correct anglo-saxon spelling of the village of Ockham in Surrey where William originated, it seems to me to be the more correct form. Apologies for that brief diversion!

[octavedoctor]

Originally Posted by powermac

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. To bring this discussion back to your problem, which is why you posted to begin with. As people have posted, they too have the Mighty Mouse, with varies configurations on different hard ware. They are not experiencing any trouble. It appears the problem is isolated to your computer and situation. Try some of the solutions people have offered. Unless a hardware issue is present, we all can get your system working fine.

I don't think it's a hardware issue; as i have pointed out, the mouse works fine in 10.4.2.

Perhaps some of the changes Apple have made (or "improvements" as they like to call them) have affected the way in which the OS detects devices connected through a USB hub. I have a basic hub which serves my printer and scanner; no problems there. The mouse is connected via the keyboard's hub as the mighty mouse's cord is too short to stretch around the back of my iMac without straining. By way of an experiment however, I have just connected the mouse to a port on the back of the machine to see if the OS picks it up when i switch on. I'll let you know if that works. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it there withoout completely reorganising my desk (so Apple will still indirectly be dictating the way i work instead of allowing me the choice...)

Thanks for all the suggestions.