You will probably not like my answer; I never get that problem on my Mac Mini. Even back when I first got my Mini and did not have a monitor connected, VO woldn't start automatically after I logged in but I got the same behavior every time I started my machine. One thing different with my settup from yours is I intentionally have my machine set to require a login each time. I also have VO enabled for the login screen. After I hooked up a cheap monitor,VO starts up properly every time and since I have Terminal set as one of the apps to be started at login time, I have consistent focus to the desktop. All that is fine here.
If your machine keeps doing this on a repeated basis, you ot to take it into the Apple store (if possible) and have a genius take a look at it; wonder if there is a hardware issue or something. I remember you asking this question some time ago but I didn't recall anyone answering it either. On 5/1/12, Jenny Keller <jlperd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Every other time I turn on my computer I get the log in screen, and the only > reason I know that is because I have just barely enough vision to see it. > > Voice over is set to start during that screen but it doesn't. I log into > the system, which it's not supposed to ask me to do anyway because it's set > to go directly to the desk top, and when I goes to the desk top, there is a > box that since voice over won't come on either automatically or with command > F5 I don't know what is going on. > > It will allow me to use VO M to access the apple menu to shut down properly, > and then when I restart the computer the desktop pops up and all is well. > > What on earth is going on? > > Jenny > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.