How did you disable it, Lawrence?
On Mar 15, 8:44 am, Lawrence David Eden <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
