Well, I guess it just goes to show that maybe starting at the very simplest thing and gradually working up to a reinstall makes more sense. :) I took a mid-size hammer to a smaller problem. :) Well hey, at least I learned something new today and thanks. On Aug 6, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Barry Hadder wrote:
> > I got bit by it as well. I reinstalled Leopard and the whole works. > It was only a year later that I figured out what it was. > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Well Barry I'll b damned, that was exactly the issue. Huh, well that >> is really curious because it never occurred to me to check this to be >> honest since I just didn't make that connection between the usb and >> laptop keyboard. Of course I also stumped the Apple folks as >> well. :) Funny, I can't even remember when these got turned on and >> so >> it goes to show the simplest things can really get you. Here I was >> ready to jump through all sorts of hoops and so thank you very much. >> On Aug 5, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >> >>> >>> Sounds like you have mouse keys turned on. Try hitting the option >>> five times. You can also turn them off in universal access/mouse >>> and >>> trackpad. >>> >>> Sorry if you've all ready tried this, but that's sure what it sounds >>> like so I decided to mention it in case you haven't. >>> On Aug 5, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> All, I posted this to another list and must have stumped the >>>> geniuses. First let me explain my setup. I have one of the new >>>> MacBook Pro 15-inch models. I generally use an external keyboard >>>> since I don't always need my machine for portable purposes. The >>>> other >>>> day I tried using the MBP's keyboard and and realized that all of >>>> the >>>> letters, numbers, spacebar, and caps lock keys do not work. Now >>>> before you say hardware, it is not hardware related. I have a test >>>> account and 9 out of 10 times I can log into this account and >>>> everything works as expected. If I log into my own account first, >>>> then >>>> I can't use the MBP's keyboard to log into any other account. Now >>>> the >>>> weird part is the external keyboard works perfectly and is not >>>> affected by whatever the hell is going on. I tried an archive and >>>> install with no success, I have booted from another Leopard disk >>>> and >>>> it works fine, I even just did the upgrade to 10.5.8, and this had >>>> no >>>> affect on my issue. I believe there is some software that is >>>> causing >>>> the problem, but I have not located anything that has not already >>>> been >>>> there and this is a new issue. If anyone has any thoughts, it >>>> would >>>> be appreciated. I only installed an upgrade to Dragon Burn and a >>>> trial of Cocktail, which I removed, but do not believe this is the >>>> issue. I also did install a copy of ABBYY FineReader and I could >>>> certainly remove from my system, but again, I don't think this is >>>> the >>>> problem. There is something being loaded when I log into the >>>> system >>>> and seems to have an impact system-wide in that I have to login >>>> first. I could easily rebuild the system, but would prefer to >>>> avoid >>>> doing this if at all possible or I'm going to have to run out and >>>> find >>>> a firewire 800 drive. Migrating all of my data would be such a >>>> painful process since it would take quite a while. :) >>>> >>>> THanks, >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
