On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 07:18:56AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I just had a bad time rebooting with 2 combined problems. > > 1. A brand new acer wireless mouse was found of on powerups, but refused > to move the pointer even in the bios, until that mouse was replaced with > and older logiteh, and the cable leading to its rx dongle was plugged > into a usb2 interface on the mobo. Its not found if plugged into a usb3 > port. >
Probably best for any device with a USB dongle to be plugged in directly to a socket rather than an extension cable. Range on a wireless mouse should be maybe 20 feet. > > And why do I see the ata6 error on a reboot, but not on a full powerdown > reboot? > Possibly because a full powerdown will flush cache and ensure writes to disk? It's also worth checking logs and dmesg output to see what is shown. > This is my first experience at software raid, so I am a new bee. My > fingers are at your command. > > Thank you. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > With every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater > >
