Help !! reactivating trackpad on g4

[prosonic]

I own a powerbook g4 and I love it. I just bought a second one(for my wife), it is used, from the teenage son of a friend. He somehow disabled the trackpad, so he could use a usb connected mouse. Does anyone know how to reactivate the trackpad?

When I go to system prefs keyboard/mouse, I don't have trackpad as an option, instead I have only mouse as an option.

I would really like to restore to macs default setting of using the trackpad with the option to ignore the trackpad when a mouse is connected.

 

[OutThere]

When you turn off the trackpad, it always stays available in the system preferences to turn back on...it could be a corrupted preferencepane, however.

Might want to try asking him what exactly he did before going further.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Plus, it only disables the trackpad when an external mouse is present. If you unplug the external mouse, the trackpad should turn back on.

 

[prosonic]

Actually, that's what has me confused. In my prefs window I ONLY have Keyboard/Mouse/Bluetooth/Keyboard Shortcuts...No trackpad option even when USB mouse is disconnected.

I have erased the HD and installed OSX fresh but that didn't help either. Is this possibly a firmware issue?

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Actually, that's what has me confused. In my prefs window I ONLY have Keyboard/Mouse/Bluetooth/Keyboard Shortcuts...No trackpad option even when USB mouse is disconnected.

I have erased the HD and installed OSX fresh but that didn't help either. Is this possibly a firmware issue?

Sounds like it. You should have a Trackpad 'tab'. Time to call Apple.

 

[mad jew]

Maybe reset your PMU. If you're bored, reset the PRAM too.