Keyboard and Video issues, Macbook Pro and KVM
Keyboard and Video issues, Macbook Pro and KVM
- Subject: Keyboard and Video issues, Macbook Pro and KVM
- From: Bill Campbell <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:25:45 -0700
- Mail-followup-to: email@hidden, Dan Harkless <email@hidden>
I have several related issues on a 15in Macbook Pro running Snow
Leopard 10.6 when using a KVM switch with a Microsoft ``Natural''
4000 keyboard and a 24in 1920x1200 monitor.
First the X11 specific problem, the geometry seems hosed when
bringing the external monitor up from sleep or going back to the
built-in monitor from sleep. Most notably a perl::Tk program
barfs with negative sizes on pack() after bringing up the
external monitor. I can understand X11 might well get the
display geometry on startup so has bogus values until it's
restarted. If this is the case, is there any way to get it to
get the current display geometry with restarting X11?
The others aren't specifically X11, but are keyboard mapping and
System Preferences questions. The other machine on the KVM
switch is a PPC Mac Mini, and is running the Microsoft Intellikey
program with the augmented keyboard control.
I have not tried installing this on the Macbook Pro as I am afraid
it will hose the keyboard mapping when using the built-in keyboard.
Am I right here or can I install Intellikey to get these mappings
when using the external keyboard?
Currently I am remapping the Option and Command keys using the
System Preferences->Keyboard->Modifier Keys, selecting the
Microsoft keyboard, and switching the Option and Command keys so
they behave almost like an Apple keyboard or using Intellikey.
The problem is that these changes don't stick and have to be
reset every time I either switch between the machines with the
KVM switch or bring the system up from sleep. Is there any way
to get these changes to stick? I would think that this setting
would be retained once selected for a particular keyboard type.
Bill
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