I know this tune all too well, having just played it recently... I finally disabled the "Keyboard Assistant" that came with Tiger. I got tired of being nagged by the Assistant and I noticed that my keyboard was functioning properly. This is one of those cases where I don't understand what the problem is on Apple's side, but choose to ignore it and go about my business as usual. I might add that this same issue came up on my wife's iMac G5 after doing a low level reset. The G5 did not recognize its own keyboard....but it worked just fine.
>tonycd wrote: >> Just installed Tiger on a new blank hard drive in a B&W, then >> transplanted the drive into another B&W. (Long story. You don't wanna >> know.) >> >> The computer booted up perfectly. When the "Initialize Your >> Keyboard" (or whatever the window's called) popped up, though, it >> "doinked" that it didn't acknowledge the key I struck when instructed >> to hit the key to the right of the left-hand Shift key. > >Did you try hitting any other keys. > >Is this USB keyboard a non-Apple keyboard? > >> >> I connected the ADB Mac Extended Keyboard II and its ADB mouse that >> this machine will ultimately be using (without disconnecting the other >> -- duh!). Same thing. Recognized the error, disconnected the USB >> devices, restarted. Same result. >> >> The dialog box always gives the same error message: "You're hitting >> the build-in (sic) keyboard. Use your external keyboard." >> >> This edition of Tiger came on CD's. I ordered it from the Internets. >> The disks say "CPU Drop-In." I'm not aware of ANY recent-vintage Apple >> with a built-in keyboard. What gives? > >Uhm, every laptop has a built-in keyboard... > >For whatever reason it sounds like it thinks you have a laptop, or at >least a laptop keyboard. > >Are you plugging in the USB keyboard to the built in USB ports? > > > > > >-- >Clark Martin >Redwood City, CA, USA >Macintosh / Internet Consulting > >"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
