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Keyboard's wrong keys!!!
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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I'm using my bluetooth keyboard to write this because the keyboard on my powerbook 12" no longer has its keys mapped correctly. Most of the command keys work, and some of the number keys work, but none of the letters work - and some letters produce numbers (ie hitting "i" gives me a "5"). I repaired permissions on disc to avail, and I can't boot into single user mode because it doesn't recognize "s" and the bluetooth keyboard isn't initialized at that point.
This is not fun.... and a major problem.
Any ideas on how to repair, or at least where they keymaps are stored? I don't know how it started... I was using iTunes and command-H to hide didnt' work. Then I realized that the keys simply didn't show up...
please help,
Rand
btw I tried to search for previous posts, but macnn timed out...
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Sounds like a hardware defect. If you didn't spill any coffee over lately did you check the keyboard connector?
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Join Date: Jun 1999
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Not a hardware defect. You accidentally turned on Num Lock. Just tap the F6 key to turn it off and all will be well.
Chris
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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You may have picked an International keyboard layout as well...
System Preferences > International > Input Menu
Make sure the "U.S" is the only option checked there.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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Nonsense.
He has num lock pressed, just as chabig said.
tooki
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haha, i remember when this happened to me on my first laptop. it took me two days to come up with what is was, since the keyboard didn't have the numbers printed out.
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iBook G4 800mhz 12", 640mb ram, 60gb hdd, AirPort Extreme, Internal Bluetooth with osx 10.3.2 Panther
Palm Tungsten|T, TI-OMAP 144 MHz, 512mb SD, Internal Bluetooth with Palm OS 5.0
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btw, is there anyone in the world that's using the numeric keyboard on a laptop?
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iBook G4 800mhz 12", 640mb ram, 60gb hdd, AirPort Extreme, Internal Bluetooth with osx 10.3.2 Panther
Palm Tungsten|T, TI-OMAP 144 MHz, 512mb SD, Internal Bluetooth with Palm OS 5.0
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by cryon:
btw, is there anyone in the world that's using the numeric keyboard on a laptop?
No kidding, probably not...at least not easily and without mistakes...
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Admin Emeritus Join Date: Oct 1999
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Originally posted by cryon:
haha, i remember when this happened to me on my first laptop. it took me two days to come up with what is was, since the keyboard didn't have the numbers printed out.
Hehe.
That said, on all Apple laptops with the "integrated numeric keypad" function, the numbers are clearly marked on the keys in smaller numbers.
tooki
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