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Thanks Green Dome, I might have to wait till Christmas is over before I get the chance to try this, (silly season is just too busy), but this is the first glimmer of a solution. Thanks.

I am trying to set up a NetInfo domain hierarchy on my home network. I do not have OS X server. When I go to create a new domain using nidomain, I get the following error <blockquote> The "nibindd" daemon is not running on this desktop system. To set up a NetInfo server, edit the file...

I swapped USB ports - no change. I did narrow down the 'window of opportunity' for mouse activity though. Hold down the 'V' key when rebooting to start in Verbose mode. You will see a pause for initializing the USB keyboard & mouse. Thats when I click & wiggle the mouse alot. Success rate is...

I am using a VERY old apple fixed frequency 16" colour monitor (832 x 624). I aim to buy a multiscan monitor once my wallet recovers from the G4 :(

Thanks for the thought Mike. The keyboard is directly connected and the mouse via the keyboard. I'm looking for any pattern to this (but obviously it's a slow process). My current theory is that it is worse after changing boot volumes (ie if I boot OS 9 & then reboot OS X it is more likely to...

Hi, I have a 450MHz DP G4. I find that the USB keyboard and mouse are (randomly?) disabled during boot. You can actually see the mouse laser extinguish, and stay off for the rest of the boot. Sometimes it seems to boot ok if I provide lots of mouse activity at the right moment - although the...