Hi Janina, I'm wondering if you have the standard keyboard setup correctly on your mac mini?
But what would be wrong with using your mac keyboard on the kvm switch It works with your mac and the windows computer, Mind you the windows keyboard should Work fine through the kvm also Try setting the kvm to start on the mac mini with the windows keyboard connected and see if you get the error that a non standard keyboard has been connected. Then follow the prompts. -----Original Message----- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 18 May 2020 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Oddities using a PC USB Keyboard with my Mini Hi, I have a standard, very standard (no extra keys) 104-key PC USB keyboard hooked up to my new Mac Mini. I'm using a StarTech KVM switch to control the Mac, my Linux desktop, and a Windows laptop with this keyboard. Working the Mac with this keyboard works mostly, but the exceptions are significant enough that my full-size Apple BlueTooth keyboard is never too far away. Specifically: * The Mac will not accept a password typed in the PC keyboard. * I've tried multiple times, but I don't try anymore because it's * a waste of time. If I need to type my keyboard, I need to use * the bt keyboard. * I cannot type an email address with the PC keyboard because I * don't seem to have an @ symbol. Shifting 2 on the top row of the * qwerty gives me the double quote mark that's also available to * the left of the Enter key. Strange. Any ideas? I confess the keyboard identification wizzard didn't automatically associate this device. I couldn't figure how and where to enter the keys it was looking for to auto identify it. I tried that twice, but am willing to give it another go if someone has some specific ideas about using that application. Best, Janina -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20200517203109.GB2602%40rednote.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SYCPR01MB40486FAD994F0E34A901BC588AB80%40SYCPR01MB4048.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.
