Solution for the "dead key"

pizzaboy75 · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:33 pm **Posts:** 111

Hi all,

just wanted to let you know that i found a kext wich enables the dead key next to the left shift key.

http://rapidshare.com/files/149769842/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext.zip.html

guiyoforward · **Joined:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:33 am **Posts:** 30

sounds great. could you describe what it does?

skapplin · **Posted:** Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:47 pm

pizzaboy75 wrote:

Hi all,

just wanted to let you know that i found a kext wich enables the dead key next to the left shift key.

http://rapidshare.com/files/149769842/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext.zip.html

I'm puzzled as there is no key next to the left shift key. Might this only apply to non-US other-branded models?

pierrox · **Joined:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:08 am **Posts:** 194

On European ISO keyboard, there is a small key next to the left Shift key. Most of the time, it's the <> key. And it doesn't work at all. I haven't tried this kext yet though.

mac money · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:13 am

this did not make any difference for me

remote · **Joined:** Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:21 pm **Posts:** 5

before applying this kext does it affect the general keuboard layout?
As to say.
I'm italian my keyboard is italian and yes it has the <> key just righht to the shift key and yes again it does'nt work.

My question is does this kext affect the keboard layout, and does it affect an external Mac keyboard ?

Sorry for my bad english.

mistercharlie · **Joined:** Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:29 am **Posts:** 8

I can confirm it works. I installed the kext using OSX86Tools and restarted. The OS X keyboard viewer now shows the dead key and it switches between open windows in an application when used with the command key, just like it should!

Thanks for the link.

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dogweed · **Joined:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:34 pm **Posts:** 46

Yup - works well for me. Installed with kext helper, reboot and then all keys are recognised!

Favlex · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:06 pm

pierrox wrote:

On European ISO keyboard, there is a small key next to the left Shift key. Most of the time, it's the <> key. And it doesn't work at all. I haven't tried this kext yet though.

Ok I'm lost.
Could u show me which small key u are supposed to poin to ?
Sorry but in mine European (Italian) keyboard I don't see anything..

niels · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:40 pm

Could anyone upload the kext to anything other than Rapidshare? Rapidshare doesn't like my IP address and so I can never download anything (I don't want to go premium for a 13 kb kext)

Thanks

Favlex · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:03 am

ok..Now I got it.

I was a bit tired yesterday... :lol:

Favlex · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:06 am

niels wrote:

Could anyone upload the kext to anything other than Rapidshare? Rapidshare doesn't like my IP address and so I can never download anything (I don't want to go premium for a 13 kb kext)

Thanks

Here

pug · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:01 pm

that works well

niels · **Posted:** Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:34 pm

Favlex wrote:

Here

Thanks, Favlex.

papalozarou · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:37 pm **Posts:** 42

Works grand for me - I can now use ~ and ` again, as well as the oft used and much missed window swap shortcut.

benuk · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:11 am

I can't download from rapid share as my IP is shared by tens of thousands of people (I use 3G), could somebody give me another link for this please.

boffinboy · **Joined:** Thu May 28, 2009 10:44 pm **Posts:** 7

What's interesting about this to me is that on a real Mac (ahem!) if you plug a third party keyboard into the USB port sometimes a window pops up saying that the Mac does not recognize the keyboard. It then asks for this particular key to be pressed in order to identify it.

softcel · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:29 pm **Posts:** 1

Thanks a lot! This kext solved my dead key too.
I replaced the kext inside ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ by this one and it is working great.

If you need a keyboard layout for your language checkout Ukelele http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14495
It is a free unicode layout editor that comes with many Logitech keyboard layouts that mimic the Windows PS2 keyboards.
Just drop the xxx.keylayout and xxx.icns pair of files into /Library/Keyboard Layouts folder, open Systems Preferences > International-Input Menu tab and select the new keyboard.

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