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 Sep 29 2004, 03:26 AM
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When switching, I can see the scroll lock light turn on and back off, but with the Mac, it seems impossible to turn the scroll-lock light on. It seems that the key is used for something else or not accepted on the Mac. Is there a way to get the KVM to work with the Mac? |
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Sep 29 2004, 11:03 AM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,081 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
Tell me how you have it setup... is the primary keyboard an apple or a pc keyboard?
I think the problem lies in that the key mappings on a apple keyboard are different than ones in a PC keyboard, so the kvm may not be recognizing the scroll lock key. Let me know how you have it set up and we will go from there -------------------- Lawrence
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Sep 29 2004, 03:37 PM
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I have a PC USB keyboard (a Logitech Internet Navigator), a Microsoft USB Mouse, and a Viewsonic monitor plugged into the KVM. Then the output cables from the KVM go to the two computers. Port A goes to the desktop PC, and port B goes to the Powerbook. It's the video connector and one USB plug for each computer because the KVM acts as a hub for the keyboard and mouse.
I think you're right about it being a keymapping issue; I've read that the Mac maps the scroll lock to the power key, but nothing happens when I press the scroll lock (when I press the power button on the power book, it brings up the shut down menu). I've also read about cryptic key combinations to press on the Mac like esc-s or ctrl-F14, but none of them seem to do anything either. Thanks |
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Sep 29 2004, 03:57 PM
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Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,081 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
You are going to have to resedit I believe to accomplish this.
Take a look here: http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml -------------------- Lawrence
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Sep 29 2004, 04:40 PM
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I downloaded ResEdit from the link on that site, so I have ResEdit 2.1.3.sea on my desktop. When I run it, it loads the OS 9 Classic Environment, but I can't see how to switch to it or access the application. Do I want to be running the OS 9 version.
The documentation link from the site you linked, doesn't work. I get redirected to apple's main documentation page, and I can't find a resedit doc. The tutorials I've been able to find aren't even close to what I need to do, but maybe it will be obvious once I can get the program to run  Will I have to reboot the computer? |
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